Recent content by Bellkicker

I admire your tenacity Mrs John Murphy. You just won't stay down. I'll play along and ask, specifically, which races CSC/Saxo would have won with superior tactics? I'll say 2002 Giro with Hamilton.

The inclusion of the pavés this year reminded me of 1999, the first year Lance won. The organizers had included a ride across the Passage du Gois, a slippery, narrow trail that floods when the tide is in. Alex Zülle lost 7 minutes, as I recall, on that day because he was caught behind a crash...

Franco Pelizotti is actually known as a guy who can muscle his way around the peloton. He sprints well on top of mountains, which is how he won the KOM in the jersey in the TdF last year. And don't forget that he took second in the Giro (excluding Di Luca) last year, too. I wouldn't call him...

I think Magnus has said it well. CSC/Saxobank has probably been the second-most succesful team in the era of USPS/Disco/Astana. This on a much smaller budget. Whether they've been lucky in finding cheap talent or whether there is something to their famous team camaraderie is hard to tell...