Saul Raisin wins Mtn stage in Langkawi!

[bobke]

Pretty cool.
ANother American up and coming stage racer.
Too bad he's on a (phew) French team.
Maybe Disco will get him back.

Why is it that the US produces so many good stage racers but not many if any one day racers?

What big one day races have Amercians won except by stage racers...
LBL: 1 Tyler
Fleche: 1 Lance
Worlds: 2 Lemond and 1 Lance
Paris Roubaix: zero
Flanders: zero
MSR: zero (Fred Rodriguez was close to Cipo)
Zurich: zero
San Sebastien: 1 Lance
Lombardia: zero

compared with
Giro: Hampsten, Tyler 2nd, Greg 3rd
Dauphine: Tyler and Lance and Lemond
TdSuisse: Hampsten, Lance
TdF: Lemond+Lance 10 wins
Vuelta: Lance 4th
Paris Nice: Julich
Langkawi: Danielson
should we count DuPont and Georgia and Coors Classic?

 

[Dead Star]

Pretty cool.
ANother American up and coming stage racer.
Too bad he's on a (phew) French team.
Maybe Disco will get him back.

urrr, i thought Raisin went through the CA espoir system?

 

[cyclingheroes]

urrr, i thought Raisin went through the CA espoir system?

Yeah he is a great talent. I saw him during the Tour of Switzerland and The Tour of Germany, here is a picture of him that i made during the last stage of the Tour Of Switzerland (at the Furkapass) 2005.