Cancellara should leave leopard trek

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riders ride to WIN RACES, not come in first loser, which is what Fabio is and always will be on weak teams like Leopard/Trek

Er, Wow...

 

[zigmeister]

TS makes no sense....since when did Cancellera, with any team, really have help when he decided he wanted to attack on his own?

Doesn't make much sense when nobody can keep up with the guy in the World except sucking his wheel. His teammates would only slow him down possibly.

 

[mr. tibbs]

This:

Nah. Spartacus was the strongest and would have won both if he had been a bit smarter. Here's what he should have done:

1. Claimed he was sick, injured etc beforehand rather than telling everyone how he was going to smash everyone. Learn to bluff Man!

2. Not attacked 60km from the finish of Flanders. I was watching on tv thinking this guy is way too confident. So it proved. He should have waited until the gerardsb and taken on Gilbert man to man.

3. In Roubaix, he should have quit whining like a little girl about Thor and Gollum sitting on and jus gone after JvS and he other leaders. Cancellara showed by riding Thor etc of his wheel with 3km to go that hw was strong enough to drop those wheelsuckers so why whine about them.

Let's hope the boy can develop some savvy.

And this:

Boonen helped Fabian last year.

Last year there was no outstanding favourite, just a marginal one in Boonen. Therefore the team tactics weren't targetted in such a big way at stopping any one rider. But if they were centred on a rider, it was Boonen.

When Cancellara went, no-one co-operated with Boonen's attempt to chase and the race was over.

In 2010, no one would chase because Boonen would win the sprint. In 2011, no one would chase because Cancellara would win in the final kms. It's the same situation, only targeted at him.

If he wants to win the race next year, he should attack--and keep attacking!--while he has a chance to win instead of hoping that the others will help him, and then letting up when he realizes they won't.

One difference between Boonen and Cancellara: When Boonen was in a similar situation in 2010, he blew himself up at the front trying to close the gap, not caring who he was towing. Sure, this tactic gave second and third to Hushovd and Flecha, but Boonen wasn't riding for second or third.

 

[**Uru**]

Cancellara should have won Paris-Roubaix this year. As has been said already, he could and did ride Thor and Ballan off his wheel in the end. He also caught and beat the entire breakaway, save one, to the line. His fault was sitting up and wasting energy *****ing about Thor and Ballan instead of resting up a bit and attacking a few Ks later.