On Feb 26, 12:29 am, Andre <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2:02 pm, Kyle Legate <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > dave a wrote:
> > > So what you are saying is that Cancellara decided he didn't have the
> > > motivation to win the ToC TT but decided to be motivated enough to place
> > > fifth? Or maybe he is so good that he just took the day off and wound
> > > up in fifth place anyway.
>
> > > I say ********. He wanted to win to show the likes of Levi and DaveZ.
> > > who was boss in the TT. He tried his best, but it wasn't good enough.
> > > Then, loser that he is, he makes a lame excuse. No class.
>
> > Fanboi,
>
> > Cancellara already showed them who's boss in the prologue. Since then
> > he's been training at a reasonable pace to be ready for important races.
>
> What doesn't make sense is that if he was only "training at a
> reasonable pace", why did he only lose 19 seconds on the toughest
> stage? He was going all out man! I believe he just wasn't fully
> recuperated from that cold rainy stage and therefore lost the TT. The
> excuses he made were still stupid. He'll still probably win the TDF
> prologue anyway. C'est drole non?
>
> Andre
I smell a severe lack of understanding of cycling^^
1. FC and LH did go all out. FC didn't deny that for a second.
BUT
2. FC has a build up toward Paris-Roubaix, whereas LH had a buildup
towards ToC and Paris Nice. Quite simply: this isn't a logical peak
for FC, whereas it is a perfect peak for a GC contender. A GC
contender will after the Tireno, ToC, PN tone down again upwards to
his next goal (Giro/TdF/Vuelta)
That FC won the prologue is not completely conflicting with this, due
to the nature of the discipline. High-speed steering is a major part
of it and FC has that skill beyond any other.
And what FC said is obviously true: the motivation of both of them is
obviously different considering the courses. It's ridiculous to deny
that ToC is more important for LH than FC and the same goes reversely
for the TdS.
