Its been a while since I've checked out the forums. I see things haven't changed much. It surprises me how people get so emotional and pigheaded about LA and think they know what he is all about.
Whether people want to admit it or not LA has huge respect within the current and retired peloton. In my opinion during the Tour LA kept the conflict between himself and Contador (when interviewed by journalists) quite professional but was frank about the situation. Now that the Tour is over Contador has been in my opinion quite un-professional in his comments towards Lance and I think you can imply the rest of the team all the way up to Bruyneel. I think he, Contador, is going to pay a price for that within the peloton. It will be interesting to see who Armstrong is able to pull together into the new RadioShack team and what team AC will end up on. I think this will tell the story of who has more respect. Also if there is a TTT next year, AC could be in trouble.
Maybe you guys missed the article where Prudhomme credits Armstrong for creating an exciting tour. He had some interesting things to say in praising Armstrong. On the 'vs' coverage in the US Bob Stapleton was on several times and went out of his way to praise Armstrong. You should also go to Twitter and look up some of the current and former cycling figures and check out the comments made about LA in general and the LA / AC situation.
I don't know whether LA went to the team dinner/party after the end of the tour or not, I know he skipped the one on the previous night to be with backers of his new RadioShack team. I can tell you though who he was having red wine with in a very private setting in the wee hours of the morning after the Tour. That man was none other than Eddy Merckx.
No respect indeed.
Whether people want to admit it or not LA has huge respect within the current and retired peloton. In my opinion during the Tour LA kept the conflict between himself and Contador (when interviewed by journalists) quite professional but was frank about the situation. Now that the Tour is over Contador has been in my opinion quite un-professional in his comments towards Lance and I think you can imply the rest of the team all the way up to Bruyneel. I think he, Contador, is going to pay a price for that within the peloton. It will be interesting to see who Armstrong is able to pull together into the new RadioShack team and what team AC will end up on. I think this will tell the story of who has more respect. Also if there is a TTT next year, AC could be in trouble.
Maybe you guys missed the article where Prudhomme credits Armstrong for creating an exciting tour. He had some interesting things to say in praising Armstrong. On the 'vs' coverage in the US Bob Stapleton was on several times and went out of his way to praise Armstrong. You should also go to Twitter and look up some of the current and former cycling figures and check out the comments made about LA in general and the LA / AC situation.
I don't know whether LA went to the team dinner/party after the end of the tour or not, I know he skipped the one on the previous night to be with backers of his new RadioShack team. I can tell you though who he was having red wine with in a very private setting in the wee hours of the morning after the Tour. That man was none other than Eddy Merckx.
No respect indeed.