yaaaaaaa, after reading his story your right on. until moninger wrecked he was the "gc" guy and the
rest were for gord. i just think they may have made a mistake in their gc selection...
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> > if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be kickin
some
> > ass.. he got 3rd in the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....
>
> Somehow I don't think Lieswyn or any of the Healthnet guys truly intended to go for GC, seeing as
> it will ultimately come down to the Gentings Highland climb as it always has. Stage wins and
> sprint jerseys are likely to be their goal for Langkawi, so the shoulda, woulda, coulda stuff is
> as meaningless as ever.
>
> The Gentings Highland finish is surreal: with the 95 degree heat and 90% humidity on essentially
> flat stages, you have been cooking yourself and slathering on sunblock every 20 minutes (unless
> you are a dumbass who thinks you'll tan by going from a winter climate north of the 45th latitude
> to the equator). You climb this rather steep, 15 mile long hill to finish (quite thrashed from the
> effort) in the clouds at a silvery castle-like mountaintop resort. The temperature is about 20
> degrees lower, and having felt like you have been on a rotisserie spit for the previous stages, is
> by contrast a bit chilly. As you creep past the finish line you are greeted and cheered on by
> Westerners dressed up in clown and jester costumes (they are the entertainers at the resorts).
>
> Then back to reality as you are loaded up in buses and trucked back down the hill to the sweaty
> tropics of KL.