Alpechraxler said:Andy responed quickly to the accelerations from kreuziger just to turn his head once again and see where frank is![]()
He's back!!!!
Alpechraxler said:Andy responed quickly to the accelerations from kreuziger just to turn his head once again and see where frank is![]()
killswitch said:Frank crashed today and may not start tomorrow.
Lexman said:Haven't seen the race but on the other hand which renowned climbers (and I mean those capable of winning a GT) are present in Suisse?
No Contador, Froome, Quintana, Rodriguez, Valverde etc...
I think one must look Andy's race in function of this fact...
Trek Factory Racing team manager Luca Guercilena says that Andy Schleck will not target the general classification at the upcoming Tour de France, but will focus on winning stages - provided he earns a place on the team during the Tour de Suisse.
Taxus4a said:That is not the problem, there are enough good people to test properly, similar to last year... we have Mollema, Rui Costa, Evans, Pinot, Acevedo, Wiggins, Kreuziger, Henao,...and some other good climbers in shape with less name...
The issue is that Andy finished 40 last year in Suisse, and he started with a 134 in the prologue and a 54 in Crans montana, not better than this year, but in the Tour de France, he finished 20, even looking the stage in a breakaway in Alp D Huez, and he did a decent second ITT, so.. he maybe could have been finished 15th.
What I mean is that he is still on time to be top ten in the Tour, he should be top 20 here in Suisse, and so far is possible.
killswitch said:Frank crashed today and may not start tomorrow.
T-Nielsen said:Should Andy do the Giro - Vuelta next year. Or maybe the Vuelta this year and the Giro - Tour next year.
Basically I think he needs a GT to get in shape for the next at this point.
T-Nielsen said:Should Andy do the Giro - Vuelta next year. Or maybe the Vuelta this year and the Giro - Tour next year.
Basically I think he needs a GT to get in shape for the next at this point.
T-Nielsen said:Should Andy do the Giro - Vuelta next year. Or maybe the Vuelta this year and the Giro - Tour next year.
Basically I think he needs a GT to get in shape for the next at this point.
Angliru said:He did a grand tour last year and it hasn't seemed to have benefited him at all to look at his results this year. He seems to have regressed instead of progressed.![]()
Christian said:Andy is not very good right now but lucky for him no one on his team is. They are all either injured or in poor form. I have nothing against guys like Zubeldia or Busche, but right now it's not like they're miles ahead of Andy, if they're even ahead of him at all. So even though Andy is not great, his team might well take him simply because they don't really have anyone better either.
Plus they say they want to go for stage wins, but they don't have anyone who is a decent finisher. Busche, Rast, Roulston, Popovych, Irizar, Didier.... all good riders but not winners. Cancellara is really their only hope, and Devolder maybe, and that about says it all. Unless Jensie can pull it off one last time, but that's a cra@pshoot too.
All of their potential stage hunters were at the Giro, with Arredondo, Nizzolo and Felline. The others are still too young, like Stuyven and Silvestre. Maybe they should have taken Van Poppel, but in the long run it seems like the smarter idea not to take him (to me at least)
Anyhow, bottom line... it's not like Andy is up against really strong competition in his team
shades1 said:his biggest issue will be getting a contract for next year .
senatorrick said:I'm sorry for the Andy hate but this guy should be ashamed if himself! I can't believe I rooted for this lazy spoiled brat! I hope he retires soon,
Savant12 said:It's going to be harder for Andy to find a contract now that Belkin riders will also be looking for a new team.
Andy hasn't shown anything for Trek and I think other teams would rather take Kelderman, Ten Dam or Mollema as GC contender riders than Andy.
Has Andy just become a stage hunter kind of rider? [if he can make that effort]
Marco Pantani said:There will be no doubts, that Andy is going for GC after the coming weekend of racing.