Recent content by Dr.JSW

More on "I wish they would attack" tactics Remember when Telekom took the front when Lance had the yellow jersey. Telekom was going to try to isolate Lance. He sat in the back and played ropadope (spelling?). When the big climb came, Ullrich was isolated and alone and Lance had 3 or 4 guys...

Attacks via early break away: What will Astana do if Radio Shack puts Kloden and Saxo puts elder Schleck in the same break away early in the race? Astana would be wasted by the 50 mile mark chasing them down. At the moment of the catch, what if baby Schleck and a teammate hit it along with...

More advantages of a strong team: Thanks for your response. Another obvious advantage to having a stronger team beyond help with punctures/mechanicals is being able to force the work load on to the team with the GC leader. If AC is #1 and his team only delivers him to the bottom of climb...

Thanks for the statistics. This shows how Lance's team got stronger and stronger by the year as it became a machine to back him as far down the road and as far up the mountain as possible. Didn't he win the first year with a surprise attack near the bottom of the first real mountain, putting 7...

Thank you for the reply! That makes sense. I hope it works out that way for AC. Thank you for the reasonable reply!

Obsession, who? Aggressive, yep! Obsession?????? I asked a question about team rankings, my first posting and you accuse me of obsession. Who is obsessed? I asked a question because I have not viewed the race or followed the stroke-by-stroke commentary on-line yet, and you go into a tirade...

Dr.JSW For those with no TV coverage to most races, some races are uploaded in newsgroups in the alt.binaries.multimedia.sports group. Question: Since Astana finished so far down as a team, does this suggest problems for Astana supporting AC in the Tour? Or was their support sufficient, but...