rjc_43 wrote:
You are quite right. I thought Cav was about the same?
1,75m actually.
You might want to start liking Freire (1,71m)
I agree with the bad mouthing to the press - I had a grievance to settle with my boss, so I spoke to my boss. We settled nothing then. Then he gave me a pay rise... mainly because the minimum wage went up.
Freire eh? I can sprint a bit, and I'm not the heaviest guy, so climbing isn't exactly out of the question...
rjc_43 wrote:
I agree with the bad mouthing to the press - I had a grievance to settle with my boss, so I spoke to my boss. We settled nothing then. Then he gave me a pay rise... mainly because the minimum wage went up.
Ouch.
rjc_43 wrote:
Freire eh? I can sprint a bit, and I'm not the heaviest guy, so climbing isn't exactly out of the question...
Now you just need to refuse to train when it's raining and you'll be the english Freire!!!!......minus the talent......and the niceness
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Levi4life wrote:
Back on topic
Always wanted to say that
Really?
Cause I always wanted to say "Good evening Mr. Bond....I've been expecting you". So the other day I was at a friend's house, I grabbed her bunny (I promise that's not a euphemism), sat on the swivelling office chair, and when she came in I slowly spun the chair around, stroked the rabbit and said it very slowly.
There, I've gone about as far off topic as I can possibly imagine. What will you do now?
I HAVE DEFEATED YOU
*Dances*
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Levi4life wrote:
Back on topic
Always wanted to say that
Really?
Cause I always wanted to say "Good evening Mr. Bond....I've been expecting you". So the other day I was at a friend's house, I grabbed her bunny (I promise that's not a euphemism), sat on the swivelling office chair, and when she came in I slowly spun the chair around, stroked the rabbit and said it very slowly.
There, I've gone about as far off topic as I can possibly imagine. What will you do now?
I HAVE DEFEATED YOU
*Dances*
I'm on a horse.
If offense is the best defence, does it mean that defence is the worst defence?
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord will delete my browser history.
"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
So I had a look at Team Saxo Bank-SunGard finally. Am I correct that this will be the team next year:
(Team set up by current strenght imo)
Alberto Contador (Unless dope takes him out)
Ritchie Porte
Daniel Navarro
Chris Anker Sørensen
Gustav Erik Larsson
Nick Nuyens
Nicki Sørensen
Brian Vandborg
Benjamin Noval
Baden Cooke
Juan José Haedo
Frank Høj
Laurent Didier
Kasper Klostergaard
Jesus Hernandez
Michael Mørkøv
Jonathan Bellis
André Steensen
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Jonas Aaen
David Tanner
Jaroslaw Marycz
Seems like a horrible team :-/
If Alberto Contador is out then the Tour de France team is likely to be this:
Ritchie Porte (Possibly top 10)
Daniel Navarro (Possibly top 15)
Laurent Didier (Possibly top 20)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Possibly mountains jersey)
Gustav Erik Larsson (Possibly top 3 TTs)
Nicki Sørensen
Brian Vandborg
Juan José Haedo (Sprinter, possibly top 5's)
Baden Cooke (Possibly lead-out for Haedo)
Nick Nuyens will probably be good in the cobbled classics with Frank Høj, Baden Cooke and Kasper Klostergaard.
Could the hilly classics be "alright" with Porte, Didier, Nicki and Bellis?
Gustav Larsson could do decently in the smaller tours. As could Porte, CA Sørensen and perhaps even Nicki, but wow how bad this looks compared to the previous 5-6 seasons. With Contador this looks decent, without it looks horrible, and earlier seasons it looked amazing, but OK, time to get realistic. The team have been a bit too strong with riders on the sideline not getting their chance...
Have I forgotten any riders that might lighten up the comming season? Monfort would be very welcome Imo and a typical Riis rider that would probably be top 5 in all classics and top 10 Giro/Vuelta.
FreitasPCM wrote:
Now Oliveira says he hasn't signed yet with Radio Shack. He says he's in negotiations with them and with Team Letzeburg or whatever the name is.
And now he's officially confirmed by Radioshack.
People may remember him as one of only three riders who did anything to animate the U-23 road race by attacking a few times (the others being Herrada and Gallopin). Also, medals in the U-23 European Champs (RR and TT) and U-23 World Champs (TT)
Edited by issoisso on 12-10-2010 18:07
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SotD wrote:
So I had a look at Team Saxo Bank-SunGard finally. Am I correct that this will be the team next year:
(Team set up by current strenght imo)
Alberto Contador (Unless dope takes him out)
Ritchie Porte
Daniel Navarro
Chris Anker Sørensen
Gustav Erik Larsson
Nick Nuyens
Nicki Sørensen
Brian Vandborg
Benjamin Noval
Baden Cooke
Juan José Haedo
Frank Høj
Laurent Didier
Kasper Klostergaard
Jesus Hernandez
Michael Mørkøv
Jonathan Bellis
André Steensen
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Jonas Aaen
David Tanner
Jaroslaw Marycz
Seems like a horrible team :-/
too right.. Larsson seems to bootle it when it really matters in TTs (finishing 1min off Cancellara in the worlds in both 09 and 10)
no real climbers... yeah ok Navarro, Sorensen and Noval are decent, but all uncapable of lasting the distance with a TDF field surging up l'alpe d'huez (by field i mean Van Den Broeck, Schlecks, Menchov, Wiggins, Evans and Sanchez.. maybe Gesink as well)