Oops, I should really read the thread properly rather than skimming........Levi and Landis mixed up ( apologies ) I to think people should be innocent until proven guilty and it would have been good for Contador to have a chance and deffending his title!!Eldron said:
Scotttri said:
Thats a fair comment. Kloden and Contador would have been up there. In all fairness though I think Evans is as good as either of them, but we'll never know....well not this year at least. I guess the thing would be next year if the winner from this years race and Contador both race.Eldron said:
the tour is really missing levi. its lacking the charm that levi brings to races. he is one of the finest riders of our generation.Eldron said:
no. levi has a very large support base. in years to come there will be fellow american cyclists who will reference his achievements as an inspiration. sometimes we forget there is a human being under the helmet. levi is not just a cycling powerhouse machine. he is a human loved by many. those who really know him are excited just how generous and loving he is to his fellow cyclists and fans. for example he has a very large following from young men under 16.Scotttri said:
Sheesh. I almost took that seriously until the bit about the human loved by many...Ashley.S.Olsen said:
Powerful Pete said:Sheesh. I almost took that seriously until the bit about the human loved by many...
I love the French too. And do not dislike Americans (married one, actually). But of course, you are mistaken. An Italian from an Italian team winning the Tour is almost as good as an Italian on an Italian team winning the Giro.obxbes said:
Trev_S said:I'd hardly call them an American team.
Telekom > T-Mobile > High Road > Columbia
All they did was change the country of their license.
Gives them an image change from the T-Mobile bad publicity of the few years before hand.
In affect it's worked because people (as seen above) are refering to them as a US team blah blah blah.
As for Levi, I don't think he has any grounds to be bitter. He signed with Astana in full knowledge of what occurred at the TDF in 07 and the drama that followed. He & the others would surely have known of the threats of Astana not being invited to the tour. Unless he lives under a rock somewhere in the middle of nowhere and clearly didn't read the news during the tour. He must have wonder where all the Astana riders disappeared to, probably thought he dropped them.
Scotttri said:HAH!! Dont you mean dream at night, cause thinking that'll be the case has to be a dream
2nd I think. Now putting Kloden in a strong team where he is team leader, Contador in another and Evans in the third would make for a great race, no disrespect for Valverde but but I dont think he's as good as the other three......happy to be proven wrong thoughEldron said:
