Andy could never get near the front of a TT and that was the reason he never acheived what he should
have. Tyler can win just about any TT and that makes him a top flight racer.
Phonak is a big time team and they can support Tyler in the big races which CSC couldn't. Moreover,
there are the rumors that Riis is having money problems on the team.
A turd in the hand smells like two in the bush.
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> "Richard Adams" <
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> > B. Lafferty wrote:
> > > Tyler to Phonak. Two years for 3 million Euros. Bravo!!!! He
deserves
> every
> > > euro of it.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, after all those glowing words over the past two years about
what a
> > great guy Bjarne Riis is, how he loves riding with Carlos Sastre,
what a
> > splendid buch of soigneurs and mechanics they have, it boils
down to
> > the money. Here I thought he moved to CSC to be a team leader.
Ah,
> > well, he's probably only got a couple years to make hay, might as
well
> > make the best of it.
>
> I think his compliments towards Riis and CSC wre sincere. I can't
blame
> him for moving on, and Phonak could be good for him. Riis clearly
gave
> Tyler the confidence to acheive which he will take with him.
>
> IMO, Tyler is the Andy Hampsten of his US generation. That is to
say, he's a
> rider who always rides to the best of his ability and wins (or is
capable of
> winning) a variety of different types of races. Plus, he's not an
arrogant
> jerk like some other top riders in the peloton. I don't think he'll
ever
> win the TdF; podium yes. He could repeat a la Hampsten if he makes
the Giro
> a goal again.