Recent content by cyclingmad

Weak and pathetic This sounds like a pathetic attempt to get fired up and sound intimidating. He just sounds like a little boy who has been picked on. Despite having ability he has no killer instinct so doesn't win much. He then spends a lot of time moaning about how unfair it all is. He...

misread They had a good first week thats what I said "aside from the first week they were poor". The first week and getting yellow helped substantially in getting the protour licence looking at the points rules. They were one of the lucky wildcard teams from last year as they didn't get many...

Understrength BMC and other very weak Giro teams are a result of the qualification criteria for protour licence and need to race all the major races. Not all of the qualifying teams have enough riders that can get wins in lots of different races and even less the resources to support these...

politics of doping This is a good point. Ask yourself what would you do at work when you hear rumours or are suspicious of someone. What personal risks do you take exposing it and what do you gain from it. That is the situation Pinotti is in and in the circumstances of the interview say a...

A good point athletes didn't die following his program but others did that wanted the same results but couldn't afford to pay for his service. He also had the unbeatable advantage of knowing exactly how the controls were being developed.

The real reason a lot of people dont like Schleck on this forum is that he is miles better than Cadel Evans and the fans cant handle it that there man just aint that good. Same applied to Contador just goes winning races. Schleck comments about Evans were fact not disrespect. Evans was never a...

Basso, Sastre and Gesink will also feature in this tour it is much more a climbers tour than last year and riders will bide time for harder stages and more opportunities. Bit of topic I guess Evans looked to pop quicker today than others in the top 10. Contador seemed to follow okay until the...

AS is young and says dumb things like Cavendish does. Another dumb comment he made in a stage in the Tour De Suisse not suiting him after breaking away with Gesink then losing time. He said it had been a false flat after the hill rather than downhill. Basically telling his rivals where he feels...

Cobbles were the same for everyone but the impact of them was determined more by luck than skill. Frank and Andy Schleck were positioned pretty well the same one was lucky one was not. LA, Contador and Evans were all positioned about the same but luck meant Evans got around the crash. LA and...

Agree with this post about inclusion of Cobbles in a GT While it is exciting to have Cobbles in a grand tour it is too much of a lottery. Armstrong, the Schlecks, Evans and Contador were all positioned roughly in the same position jostling around hitting the cobbled sectionS. Luck played too...

Agree re Contador who will definitely be top 5. His best TTs are the prologues. TT is very similar to London 2007. Bit longer than Vuelta 2009. Results in the prologues outside Grand Tours can mislead because of riders not peaking Cancellera will win quite easily 2-5th will be out of the...

Cant agree with you there and believe this race will be exciting. There was nothing wrong with the route last year or this year. The race was dull on a lot of stages last year because of Astanas strength and tactics. Aside from Saxo bank no team could do anything about it. This year there is...

Would have to check where it is finishing so cant be too specific. Generally best advice get there very early (like before 12:00) within the last km it is hard to see with the crowds and atmosphere no better than further up the course. Bring water something to sit on and mark your territory...

I dont think Cancellera is sub par he is racing like Andy Schleck and picking when he puts the effort in. In the Tour De Suisse he had no problems beating Martin in the prologue but couldn't do it in the later TT. Tour De France will be the same big performance to win the prologue work for the...

It is a matter of his timing his peaks. 2008 he won Olympics at end of year looked unstoppable then was nowhere through the early 2009 until he came good at the Tour De Suisse and carried into the first week of the TDF. He then had another slow patch until the worlds and came out super quick...