Astana in disarray...?

[Alpe d'Huez]

Still in disarray: Their baby was conceived naturally, defying doctors' concerns that Armstrong's bout with testicular cancer had rendered him sterile. The baby is due next month

Meaning it turned out to be a little surprise.

Considering that back then Lance understood he would have had to impregnate Sheryl through a lab experiment...

I mean, he saved enough bullets, right? I gots to know!

 

[Anonymous]

A source from KZ's cycling federation told me that all the debts are to be paid by Tuesday- i.e. tomorrow.

on saturday they said they would be paid by monday...

time to send the heavies around..

note that the report is debts, not ongoing funding..

 

[whiteboytrash]

Meaning it turned out to be a little surprise.

Considering that back then Lance understood he would have had to impregnate Sheryl through a lab experiment...

I mean, he saved enough bullets, right? I gots to know!

Very good ! I like ! Dirty Harry.

What worries me most is he has another book coming out... In July. Fark me... here we go again....

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Very good ! I like ! Dirty Harry.

I wasn't sure anyone would pick that up! Or did you just feel lucky and guess?

 

[perry1234]

are they even in the giro.. ive not noticed..

why don't they do better? disarray is not a good thing!

 

[Anonymous]

why don't they do better? disarray is not a good thing!

i cant even remember who i was talking about... probably lotto..

 

[craig1985]

Very good ! I like ! Dirty Harry.

What worries me most is he has another book coming out... In July. Fark me... here we go again....

Lance Armstrong: The World's Greatest Champion by a man who most certainly sits in the Lance Armstrong camp, John Wilcockson. ITSTL!


(Interesting To Say The Least)

 

[whiteboytrash]

Looks like I was right again. What was going on with the team tactics today ? The whole Lance Armstrong comeback thing is a distraction and frankly he's an embarassment. Not only to the team but the sport. He has a lot to learn & new jerseys won't do a thing for this abortion.

Thanks for the post WBT. Very insightful. Looks like its getting worse and going further downhill for Astana. Even Fuji are beating them !!!!

Clean Columbia are on top !


1 Team Columbia - Highroad
2 Team Milram
3 Lampre - NGC
4 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo
5 Team Saxo Bank
6 ISD-Neri
7 Fuji - Servetto
8 Team Katusha
9 Astana
10 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli
11 Cervelo Test Team
12 Barloworld
13 Quickstep
14 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini
15 AG2R La Mondiale
16 Caisse d'Epargne
17 Rabobank
18 Liquigas-Doimo
19 Garmin - Slipstream
20 Xacobeo Galicia
21 Silence - Lotto

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the post WBT. Very insightful. Looks like its getting worse and going further downhill for Astana. Even Fuji are beating them !!!!

Clean Columbia are on top !


1 Team Columbia - Highroad
2 Team Milram
.......Garmin - Slipstream
20 Xacobeo Galicia
21 Silence - Lotto

those ratings are of what???? youve lost me, or is that just a made up list...?

 

[bianchigirl]

The team classification for the Giro

 

[franciep10]

look on the real team classification at the bottom of the page.


http://cyclingnews.com/road/2009//giro09/?id=results/giro0912

 

[SpeedWay]

those ratings are of what???? youve lost me, or is that just a made up list...?

Some people have an agenda to push. Lie, cheat, steal whatever it takes for these characters(or lack thereof). Here are the top 10 teams as of today for those who don't paint their face for their job in the circus.

Teams classification

1 Astana 150.45.11
2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 6.56
3 Team Columbia - Highroad 8.11
4 Liquigas-Doimo 21.25
5 Caisse d'Epargne 22.44
6 Cervelo Test Team 27.33
7 Barloworld 28.20
8 Rabobank 31.19
9 Lampre - NGC 34.23
10 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 34.24

 

[Anonymous]

my original post of "what are those ratings" was an informed one, i knew he was being a clown, i was hoping he was going to reply so i could fight back with genuine rankings.. sadly he was beaten to it..

Some people have an agenda to push. Lie, cheat, steal whatever it takes for these characters(or lack thereof). Here are the top 10 teams as of today for those who don't paint their face for their job in the circus.

Teams classification

1 Astana 150.45.11
2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 6.56
3 Team Columbia - Highroad 8.11
4 Liquigas-Doimo 21.25
5 Caisse d'Epargne 22.44
6 Cervelo Test Team 27.33
7 Barloworld 28.20
8 Rabobank 31.19
9 Lampre - NGC 34.23
10 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 34.24

see thats what i thought he was posting originally, but when i looked at the "standings" for today of course they where completely different, columbia still top but the rest had changed.. ... in fact i even posted (and then deleted it when i confused myself....)

If you are going to use statistics at least do not attempt to decieve with completely innacurate statistics... and put up the actual team standings and not the super team standings..

the points standings are completely ridiculous and based on stage finishing.. lol...

so now someone has posted the proper ones..

Astana in dissaray.. discuss..

actaully sod it... lets slate astana..

Super team classification

1 Team Columbia - Highroad 258 pts
2 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 190
3 Lampre - NGC 161
4 Astana 151

darn it.. theyre still above most of the other teams..

 

[BikeCentric]

Wow Whiteboy you know it would be most awesome if you could stick to reality-based criticisms of Astana rather than making stuff up...

 

[Anonymous]

Wow Whiteboy you know it would be most awesome if you could stick to reality-based criticisms of Astana rather than making stuff up...

not so much made up, as misleading.. he mislead at least one person who i thought would know better...

anyway...

did the sponsors pay up as promised on tuesday or dont we know..?

 

[whiteboytrash]

I rest my case.

What a joke.

It all went bust when Olsen's ex attacked his own team-mate for what ?

 

[franciep10]

I rest my case.

What a joke.

It all went bust when Olsen's ex attacked his own team-mate for what ?

yeah and he came back to levi and pulled him up the mountain when levi cracked. I wouldn't call it dissaray but it's obvoius that levi doesn't have the strength to be a team leader.

 

[whiteboytrash]

yeah and he came back to levi and pulled him up the mountain when levi cracked. I wouldn't call it dissaray but it's obvoius that levi doesn't have the strength to be a team leader.

So why attack in the first place ?

Radio call to popo: "Lance is chasing you down & he has left Levi in the desert heat".

 

[Mellow Velo]

I bet that little display of domestique harmony inspired Contador with tour confidence.

 

[franciep10]

So why attack in the first place ?

Radio call to popo: "Lance is chasing you down & he has left Levi in the desert heat".

maybe it was a team tactic to put a rider up there and have levi join up to that group but he cracked, so maybe lance went back or it could be that hes doing just as you said.

 

[Parrot23]

I bet that little display of domestique harmony inspired Contador with tour confidence.

LOL,

I think A. Schleck and Contador are the kind of riders who could attack Menchov--and maybe the only ones right now. Neither scared to take a flyer a long way from home, and the latter with brutal acceleration to break the tow and get the 10 metres and then hold the gap. In interview with Procycling this month, AC says he's been working on the latter.

But the way Menchov shut down di Lucca's surges each time this Giro, one can wonder. Strong, very strong.

 

[whiteboytrash]

maybe it was a team tactic to put a rider up there and have levi join up to that group but he cracked, so maybe lance went back or it could be that hes doing just as you said.

Errr yep that's it. Sastre's man yesterday showed what class teamwork is all about. Gave up a stage win for the team leader. Glodie Hawn's daughters ex left his man alone. To your question: no it wasn't a team tactic. Levi needed him after his flat. Why leave him alone ?

It was great seeing Basso attack as soon as Lance joined them to drop him.

 

[Parrot23]

It was great seeing Basso attack as soon as Lance joined them to drop him.

Wasn't it Sastre? Or maybe both did at different times. A pre-Tour salvo, maybe.

 

[RdBiker]

Wasn't it Sastre? Or maybe both did at different times. A pre-Tour salvo, maybe.

Which guys are targeting the Tour and not this Giro? Armstrong at least is here just to train for July but are Menchov and Sastre here for that reason too? Menchov looks very good if he hasn't even reached his peak yet but if he's not at his best right now then I have to ask what kind of stuff his on...

 

[elapid]

Menchov realized that he gets stronger on his second GT for the year, based on a couple of Vuelta wins after average TdFs. I think it was last year that he started racing the Giro hoping that this would put him in better form for the TdF. Maybe he has to rethink his approach ... or, he will be scary good at the TdF!