True, true... Aitor is another talker though about the Tour, we'll see in July how well he does. I'm
not a huge Lance fan, but I think he has this one in the bag already (by the way, great name you
have there).
Tom
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> Look at it this way Tom (BTW great name!): Miller is probably at least as qualified to be called a
> Tour winner as Aitor Gonzales whose claim to fame is that he TT's as well as Miller.
>
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> > > >
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cycling/story/0,10482,879487,00.html
> > >
> > > He isn't going to quit if he can't get work elsewhere. Millar
> isn't
> > > going to grab a job at this time of year that someone else wants.
> >
> > I wish that he would quit, and save us all from his complaining. He's never proven that he
> > could be a great rider. Sure, flashes of brilliance here and there, but spoiled would be the
> > word I've heard about him. How come a lot of people always talk about his prologue win in 2000
> > at the Tour as an indication of how great he could be? That's what a 5 mile or less TT? Sure,
> > that shows how great
> someone
> > can complete a short time trial course, but doesn't show how
> someone
> > can be a great stage racer. How do "they" (whoever they are) come
> up
> > with a prognostication such as that from a prologue win? Aside from that, I lost total
> > respect for him after he quit the Vuelta this year, even though it was waning to begin with.
> > Yeah, it was a
> tough
> > stage riding to Angrilu, but everyone else had to do it as well,
> and
> > some didn't finish, technically he did. To honor his sponsor and
> his
> > job, he should have kept going. Sissy! He'll never be great, he doesn't have the dedication or
> > the heart I don't think.
> >
> > Tom
