Recent content by mapei81

Really, this is the way most Tours have gone since I have been paying attention - Indurain, then Armstrong, etc. Not realistic to expect otherwise.

Hell, every Radio Shack rider has won the TdF judging by the bands on their sleeves.

Cav can win anytime he wants to - it's that simple. He's by far the best right now. Quite a few great sprinters have been dominant without trains - Zabel comes to mind - you just have to be smarter.

wow, by less than half a wheel

absolute chaos as they all jockey for position at 60k/hr

It looked to me like he got bumped right before he lost it.

Lemond '89? Lemond '86?

How about Milram?

Ivanov Voeckler Cancellara stage 1

In his pre-Versus/OLN days, Phil was very very good. I think his home base was UK channel 4. He was still trying hard, and didn't have a rooting interest, unless a Brit was doing well on a particular day.

I don't know about "certain" vs. AC, but he still was incredibly loyal and impressive.

You sure? He clearly did order them to come with him. And Lance was the one who explained it to the media, saying the idea was to distance "everybody else." Anyway, if it was JB's order, I'm not sure that helps a lot.

Second post ever, just registered. Lance was helped immensely by both the TTT (18 seconds over Garmin, 40 over Saxo) and the stage 3 split (41 more over all other GC contenders, including his teammates). Without those he would have been 6th going into today's stage and probably not on the...

First post here, go easy. Isn't Lance also an investor in Bruyneel's team? I had thought that Tailwind Sports was part of the business arrangement, which would mean that, really, Lance is JB's boss. And if I have that wrong, it will certainly be true next year. Radio Shack's sponsorship...