Reaction in British papers today following Wiggins withdrawal:
'Wiggins out of Le Tour, but there's still the Vuelta to focus on! Route looks suited to him there as well, with the large amount of time-trialling kilometres' [or words to that effect]
Stromeon wrote:
Reaction in British papers today following Wiggins withdrawal:
'Wiggins out of Le Tour, but there's still the Vuelta to focus on! Route looks suited to him there as well, with the large amount of time-trialling kilometres' [or words to that effect]
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Spoiler
Yeah, 38 kilometres of Individual Time-Trial is indeed a lot
Gotta love British newspapers Edited by juszta on 01-06-2013 10:13
Aquarius wrote:
Where do you guys expect Schleck's level to be in the mountains come July ?
I must say I'm uncertain about it, but he's showed signs of improvement through the season, so I'm not sure where his progression will end. Not that I'm longing to see that happen, but maybe there's he's the one guy who could outclimb Froomechkin if Contador isn't able to ?
I think Andy will come good, really good. I am not sure if he will be able to beat Froome/Contador/Rodriguez, but I am sure he will be right there in the battle with them. Tour de France is the only race he really cares about so I believe that all these months he prepares himself only for TdF will pay off. Top 5 potential seriously.
Andy is nowhere good enough for a top 5/10/whatever in the Tour. Yes, he showed form in AToC, but California is nowhere to compare with the Tour or even other WT stage races like TdS or P-N. If he doesn't abandon after a few mountainstages, he'll most likely end up between 50th and 100th in GC.
Radioshack will mostly focus on Horner, Monfort and Zubeldia, Schleck will most likely get a free role.
fosforgasXIII wrote:
Andy is nowhere good enough for a top 5/10/whatever in the Tour. Yes, he showed form in AToC, but California is nowhere to compare with the Tour or even other WT stage races like TdS or P-N. If he doesn't abandon after a few mountainstages, he'll most likely end up between 50th and 100th in GC.
Radioshack will mostly focus on Horner, Monfort and Zubeldia, Schleck will most likely get a free role.
Honestly until the Tour de Suisse concludes, nobody can really guess what his for will be like. Top 25 GC at the Tour de Suisse and maybe he'll show up at the tour.
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But I'm not even sooooo sad about it, better an American sponsor than no sponsor. Just ridiculous that no big Dutch company(Shell, ING, Phillips, Unilever etc.) wants to give it a try. It's quite cheap, Rabobank still pays part of the contracts.
Well, it seems so. Of course at least till the end of 2013, and they will at least 'help' in 2014 as well, not sure if all the contracts will be paid or just part of the wages. https://www.telegr...ter__.html
Vaguely listed in this article(best I could find in a few minutes), but Dutch Edited by Jesleyh on 01-06-2013 19:12
), wrote it there...
