Frank Schleck for the Vuelta?

[Zoncolan]

Should he now target the Vuelta?
The course really suits him this year.
What will Riis say? He seemed pretty ****ed with Schleck for abandoning team Saxo and looking to start a new one with KA. Will he be included in the team? He should have enough time to recover.
I also hope Joaquim Rodriguez will only go for stages at this Tour and not the overall, since he is already a fair way back. Should target the Vuelta IMO.
Same goes for Sastre.

 

[riobonito92]

His injuries seem potentially too severe.

 

[scribe]

No way he can get through a multi-fracture on his shoulder PLUS collar bone break. Maybe Vuelta '11

 

[flicker]

Should he now target the Vuelta?
The course really suits him this year.
What will Riis say? He seemed pretty ****ed with Schleck for abandoning team Saxo and looking to start a new one with KA. Will he be included in the team? He should have enough time to recover.
I also hope Joaquim Rodriguez will only go for stages at this Tour and not the overall, since he is already a fair way back. Should target the Vuelta IMO.
Same goes for Sastre.

dude did you see fraank this morning on the floor. He is hurt bad!

 

[Escarabajo]

...Should target the Vuelta IMO.
Same goes for Sastre.

Is Sastre out of the Tour too?

 

[Zoncolan]

Is Sastre out of the Tour too?

Out of the overall IMO.
As for the extent of Frank's injuries, he could recover in time.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Indeed he should.

 

[Christian]

As for the extent of Frank's injuries, he could recover in time.

If it was only a broken collarbone maybe but with a triple fracture in his shoulder it's probably too much.

His season is probably over - no time to recover for Vuelta, Worlds and Lombardia doesn't make much sense. He needs to recover, put it all behind him and we'll see him at Mallorca Challenge '11.

 

[BeachBum]

I think he may as well go ahead and sit it out. It's not as though next year's contract (with Saxo OR the rumored new team) is dependent on results.

Why not just recover FULLY, then see if he feels like some of the 1 day races? Lombardia would suit him, not sure about the course for the road WC.

 

[roundabout]

Riis expects Schleck to be out for 3 weeks, but i think it's better to wait for surgery.

 

[joy118118]

vuelta? last year they went to vuelta and i never saw him. forgot them. there are only two races for the schlecks every year.

 

[hfer07]

No chance at all-He & Andy will be busy putting their brand new team together in the Autumn. Riis care less about the Vuelta anyways

 

[Zoncolan]

OK. You convinced me he won't do it.
I still think he should though, if he recovers in time, that is.

 

[craig1985]

On the brightside, Frank will have plenty of time to spend with his baby daughter.

 

[analo69]

No chance at all-He & Andy will be busy putting their brand new team together in the Autumn. Riis care less about the Vuelta anyways

Yes, good chance.


According to the Danish Feltet.dk website which cite the Saxo Bank press officer, Fränk Schleck is ready for the Vuelta. He went back to the hotel after the visit to the emergency room in Valenciennes and had a talk with the riders and staff. There he promised to win the vuelta.

So I think we will se him in september. Then he will also be ready for Lombardy and other classics. Unfortunately he has little chance in this years worlds.

 

[The Hitch]

vuelta? last year they went to vuelta and i never saw him. forgot them. there are only two races for the schlecks every year.

whats the second
liege bastogne liege?
amstel gold race?
tour de suisse?
luxemburg nationals?

 

[Christian]

vuelta? last year they went to vuelta and i never saw him. forgot them. there are only two races for the schlecks every year.

Maybe you didn't see him because he was only in it for 2 stages or so, then left to get surgery on his knee.

whats the second
liege bastogne liege?
amstel gold race?
tour de suisse?
luxemburg nationals?

Or maybe Paris-Nice? Flèche Wallonne?

/update: Fränk's shoulder is not broken after all, false information from RTL. It's "just" the collarbone, 3 times

 

[Christian]

Fränk Schleck: "I expect to be back on the bike withing two weeks, but don't want to set any goals for the rest of the season"

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

whats the second
liege bastogne liege?
amstel gold race?
tour de suisse?
luxemburg nationals?

To be fair, I don't think he actually targeted suisse.
And LBL and AGR are in the same category; ardennes. -- which is his 2nd major goal.
And the National championships come just before the tour, plus with a list of four riders, how much preparation do you really need

 

[riobonito92]

Yes, good chance.


According to the Danish Feltet.dk website which cite the Saxo Bank press officer, Fränk Schleck is ready for the Vuelta. He went back to the hotel after the visit to the emergency room in Valenciennes and had a talk with the riders and staff. There he promised to win the vuelta.

This is what we all do after we break a bone - start talking about how soon we will be back, start planning to be on the turbo in a week, back on the road in three, back to winning form in six. . . it's a way of coping psychologically with the instant transition from athlete to invalid.