roturn wrote:
Will be interesting to see, who is peaking for the Giro to reach a top result. Big questionmarks for me are especially Kreuziger, Le Mevel, Rodriguez, Machado and Löfkvist. But even then it`s still a great fight.
Löfkvist will finish on the podium, at least.
Being realistic he can do Top 10, he looked well in Tirreno, then took some time off preparing, we will see wednesday and in liege how his form is looking now. He is not starting Romandie or any other race after LBL, preparing in high altitude training camps I think.
I think Sky improved a lot in mountains this year and with Cioni and Possoni he has two great domestiques to help him, Top 10 would be great
If Tiago Machado finishes inside the top-20, it'll be a great result for him, as I don't see him being with the best in this steep, difficult mountains. Who I think will flop are David Arroyo and Jose Rujano. Androni should have either Serpa and Sella as leaders, because I think they can do a better job than them.
Machado: He's aiming to "just learn". That's the spirit, considering it's his first GT. A stage win would be awesome, but unfortunately Bruyneel has done his usual trick of transforming a kamikaze attacking rider into a more reserved one
Rujano: I really want to see him at his 2005 level. I believe he'll do it. Call me an optimist.
Edited by issoisso on 21-05-2011 18:35
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
GreenEdge Cycling has announced that Italian manufacturer, Santini, will clothe the Australian team for three years, continuing the partnership with Australian cycling that dates back to 2003. Not really that important but some news that I can share first since noone else is up.
DJP19 wrote:
GreenEdge Cycling has announced that Italian manufacturer, Santini, will clothe the Australian team for three years, continuing the partnership with Australian cycling that dates back to 2003. Not really that important but some news that I can share first since noone else is up.
Hey, I'm up and those crazy students *not saying any names * stay up late sometimes. Not that I'm on enough to notice
In 1991, he flew out to Mallorca for one of the key time trials in that year’s Vuelta, with a small fridge occupying the seat next to him.
“In here lies the key to the Vuelta,” he joked with journalists on the flight. What was in the fridge and who received it is a mystery. ONCE’s Melchor Mauri won the time trial and went on to take the Spanish tour’s overall title.
That's putting it one way.
Another way to put it would be to say that Mauri dominated that Vuelta, beating Induráin in the TTs by insane margins. He would never achieve such a level ever again.
I'm guessing ONCE were one of the first teams on EPO that year. Kind of like how Gianni Bugno was the first guy on EPO and suddenly went from "good classics rider, can't ride well two days in a row", to completely dominating a Giro, and later to crap once everyone else started taking EPO and he lost his advantage.
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