Andy Schleck Discussion thread.

[Carols]

All this man up, become more mature stuff is oversimplifying his problems in my view.He's been affected by winning the TDF not how he wanted it(although had no control over that), by Frank's problems and by the failed appointment of Bruyneel.Its not simply a case of grow up Andy, its slightly more nuanced than that.

And which on that list made him go out drinking all night when he was riding the Vuelta, or being scared of descending or dropping his chain alot?

Hopefully he finishes a race today and it can be a new start for him!

 

[Afrank]

For a start there is no chance of him doing anything in a GT this year given his current situation, secondly there is little to no chance of him doing the Giro or Vuelta anytime soon, he considers himself a "Tour de France rider" and thirdly the whole point of my post is that sometimes the cards fall right for a certain rider in a certain year. All this man up, become more mature stuff is oversimplifying his problems in my view.He's been affected by winning the TDF not how he wanted it(although had no control over that), by Frank's problems and by the failed appointment of Bruyneel.Its not simply a case of grow up Andy, its slightly more nuanced than that.

Yes, the cards fall right for riders sometimes, but waiting for them to fall right for you is a mistake. Because sometimes they never will fall right. I agree his problem is more complicated, and a lot of his problems come from the mental side. "Manning up" IMHO is just one of the things he needs to do, the biggest change he needs to make I think is, as Cyrille Guimard said in the quote Christian posted, enjoy cycling again.

By man up, I was mostly talking about finishing a race and not abandoning anymore by the way.

 

[Netserk]

Andy already got a tour designed for him. It's not ASO's fault that he f*cked it up.

 

[Telmisartan new]

Yes, the cards fall right for riders sometimes, but waiting for them to fall right for you is a mistake. Because sometimes they never will fall right. I agree his problem is more complicated, and a lot of his problems come from the mental side. "Manning up" IMHO is just one of the things he needs to do, the biggest change he needs to make I think is, as Cyrille Guimard said in the quote Christian posted, enjoy cycling again.

By man up, I was mostly talking about finishing a race and not abandoning anymore by the way.

Okay, agreed, its probably that simple, get his head right, enjoy his cycling and show us the awesome GT rider he once was.I am not making excuses for him although it may sound like it, Carols, you are right also, his attitude at times stinks, this forum has little time for him but i do feel sympathy for someone with "head" problems,suppose that is all i am saying.

 

[Carols]

his attitude at times stinks, this forum has little time for him but i do feel sympathy for someone with "head" problems,suppose that is all i am saying.

He gets a tough time because he has disappointed us countless times He used to be a real fav here but all the good will diminished with his repeated antics and attitude.

 

[Red Rick]

Improvement today, from DNF for no reason to just getting dropped, that has to count for something, and in the pic he wasn't even riding alone, so he wasn't the last man in the race

 

[serfla]

I just want him to retire

Be free to change your signature, Netjerk.

 

[Carols]

Improvement today, from DNF for no reason to just getting dropped, that has to count for something, and in the pic he wasn't even riding alone, so he wasn't the last man in the race

He has actually crossed the line? Well it is a new beginning then Strade Bianci next!

 

[Red Rick]

He has actually crossed the line? Well it is a new beginning then Strade Bianci next!

Was more of a guess, we never heard he quit

 

[pdluz7]

Andy finished a race after 312 days. How long to he returns to the podium?

 

[Forunculo]

Congrats Andy But unless Vuelta, Worlds and Lombardia are your goals you have to wait to 2014

 

[Netserk]

According to this he finished, but I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere else.

 

[Christian]

According to this he finished, but I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere else.

Came back to the raging peloton after a mechanical 70km from the finish ... like a boss!!!!

 

[Taxus4a]

Yes, he finished

And I was wrong before:

Guercilena confirmed that Schleck is set to ride Strade Bianche on Saturday and then stay in Italy to ride Tirreno-Adriatico, which starts next Wednesday.

"That's the plan at the moment, as long as there are no last minute problems," Guercilena said.

 

[airstream]

I offer all the fans consider that it is the start of great Andy's resurection and as a result start of great obliteration for all other GT contenders. That's the way I feel.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Looks like anyone with dreams of winning Liege Bastogne Liege this year should start concentrating on other targets.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Yes, he finished

And I was wrong before:

Guercilena confirmed that Schleck is set to ride Strade Bianche on Saturday and then stay in Italy to ride Tirreno-Adriatico, which starts next Wednesday.

"That's the plan at the moment, as long as there are no last minute problems," Guercilena said.

Good news. This is exactly what Andy needs to do now. Go out and fight. LBL could still be on target.

 

[Unkown]

Well at least it looks like he is suffering, that is always a good thing.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Unkown]

Was going to post that picture lol, but the one i found was too big. Anyways its good to see him suffering at least, 1000x better than giving up and resulting in a DNF.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

 

[Netserk]

Was going to post that picture lol, but the one i found was too big. Anyways its good to see him suffering at least, 1000x better than giving up and resulting in a DNF.

I saw your post and was going to edit it with a resized picture, but you deleted your post, so I just chose to post it myself. If you want to resize a picture I can help you

 

[Unkown]

I saw your post and was going to edit it with a resized picture, but you deleted your post, so I just chose to post it myself. If you want to resize a picture I can help you

Ya not quite sure how to resize on this forum, didn't want to get anyone annoyed with a huge picture so I just deleted it.

 

[LaFlorecita]

lol zam what's that

 

[screaming fist]

It's Banandy!

So, what's next for him?