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Recent content by hammt34

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    Tour de France Stage 7: Tournus - Station des Rousses 165.5km

    [ Or were you asking about Armstrong? No the main man of the race is my concern Just really curious as to how much time he will try to get back. I just dont think the grade is steep enough to make a substanstial gap till the real hard stuff comes along. I like like a good race and all but...
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    Tour de France Stage 7: Tournus - Station des Rousses 165.5km

    i dont know about anyone else, but did LA look better than AC on the climb? Do u think it was cause the speed was high and grade was low?
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    Have All GC contenders given up?

    From my observations it almost seems that everyone who is considered a GC contender for the TDF has either Blown their load for the Giro (nibali,basso,Evans,Wiggo,Sastre,Vino) or isnt looking to be in that great of form (schleck,LA). So it almost seems to me that all these contenders are...
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    Radioshack Fail

    Well i started a thread called Radioshack Powerhouse and asked what would warrant RS a failed season and General consensus Was no TOC win. So if bottle cant take 26 seconds from MickR and RS cant even win The TOC with a "stacked" team do they really think they can contest the Tdf where there...
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    Tour of California Stage 7: Los Angeles TT (33.6 km)

    So no bets on Bottle taking 14 or 16 seconds from Rogers He stayed with A.C in a couple TT Right?
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    Contador 2010

    I read somewhere that George Hincapie actually gave the heads up about the split.Hmmm could be the reason Ol Georgie was about to cry when JB and LA put him the screws by driving the peleton on stage 14 ha ha:D
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    Contadors Form

    I have been reading all the posts as of recent and it seems that a lot of people have seen some vulnerability in A.C.So what are opinions on A.C and what percentage his form is really at. Does anyone think he has been on top form but down playing his chances or Do u think he is maybe at 75% and...
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    Is Contador THAT hated in U.S

    Upon waking up this morning,I did my usual routine of checking race results and was suprised that Cadel won Fleche. But even more of a suprise was that A.C placed third. At this point I checked Twitter feed on the race and Wow the response from Americans was pure Joy that cadel outsprinted A.C...
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    2010 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

    Where Did Tiago finish?
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    Radioshack powerhouse

    I am a little confused as I am a brand new fan to the REAL cycling world not just soley the tdf anymore.Anyway my point is Versus made it seem that bruyneel gutted the entire talent pool from Astana and made The Powerhouse of team radioshack but from what it looks like to me is that all the real...
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    Criterium International - The showdown

    This made me laugh out loud brilliant post all of you guys are funny. i am a big time lurker and can always count on this forum to make me laugh
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    Better TT : Ullrich vs. Contador ?

    Are you kidding!!!!!! Contador would murder Ullrich In the mountain TT and Remember the fact that ullrich couldnt hang with lance u r suggesting that AC wouldnt be able to hang with LA back in the day pffft
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    2010 Volta ao Algarve

    u r right i take it back tv does have a volume
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    2010 Volta ao Algarve

    I am glad Versus didnt cover the event can you imagine the excuses for radioshack or the brilliance of Johan Brunyeel tactics used by Alberto i really do have to mute versus coverage to enjoy the race.