Frank Schleck's comments

[Forunculo]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fra...&ns_source=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0


Frank attack again, didn't he leave the giro to prepare the Tour?


So, he was in form for Suisse and lost to Costa?

 

[GreasyMonkey]

.... and yet more whining from the Schleck!

And the excuses start, even before the race.... SHEESH!!

"Too many race-days already" - WTF, you are a professional bicycle racer!

"Missing my brother" - WTF, are you a man or a whiney 2-year-old?

"I am not a machine" - no, you are supposed to be a professional bicycle racer, grow up, deal with it or get out and go to work for Becca as his chauffeur.

 

[zigmeister]

And the excuses start, even before the race.... SHEESH!!

"Too many race-days already" - WTF, you are a professional bicycle racer!

"Missing my brother" - WTF, are you a man or a whiney 2-year-old?

"I am not a machine" - no, you are supposed to be a professional bicycle racer, grow up, deal with it or get out and go to work for Becca as his chauffeur.

Frank is trolling everybody..you have fallen victim also I see...so easy.

 

[hoerpi]

"Missing my brother" - WTF, are you a man or a whiney 2-year-old?

Since when is missing your brother whining? It's just a statement to me and perfectly reasonable. Andy was the captain after all.

 

[hfer07]

And the excuses start, even before the race.... SHEESH!!

"Too many race-days already" - WTF, you are a professional bicycle racer!

"Missing my brother" - WTF, are you a man or a whiney 2-year-old?

"I am not a machine" - no, you are supposed to be a professional bicycle racer, grow up, deal with it or get out and go to work for Becca as his chauffeur.

..And I thought Frank was the more grounded of the two......

 

[GreasyMonkey]

Frank is trolling everybody..you have fallen victim also I see...so easy.

In 3 1/2 weeks we will know who was being trolled.....

 

[TheEnoculator]

I'm not sure how to take Frank's latest comments: is he trolling or is he the biggest p-u-s-s-y in the history of cycling?

 

[VeloCity]

So.. who is going to remind him that Contador actually raced the giro, dominated it, made the nationals, raced and made the tour despite the bad luck and had already raced and won other stage races prior to that?

Yeah, I wonder how Alberto was able to do all that...

 

[LaFlorecita]

Yeah, I wonder how Alberto was able to do all that...

Lol dude I hope you don't mean what I think you mean.. You should take it to the clinic if you do.

 

[Pentacycle]

I'm not sure how to take Frank's latest comments: is he trolling or is he the biggest p-u-s-s-y in the history of cycling?

If Frank can keep the Suisse form until the third Tour week, he'll have to get some outside help imo . It's never been done in recent cycling history that a rider has top form for 6 to 7 weeks. He's also raced 55 days already, that's 20 more than the average Tour rider. Imo he's got no chance to even get a top 10.

 

[JPM London]

And the excuses start, even before the race.... SHEESH!!

"Too many race-days already" - WTF, you are a professional bicycle racer!

"Missing my brother" - WTF, are you a man or a whiney 2-year-old?

"I am not a machine" - no, you are supposed to be a professional bicycle racer, grow up, deal with it or get out and go to work for Becca as his chauffeur.

I dunno - I mean, I like being on the Schlecks' backs just as much as the next man as soon as they're acting ridiculously, but I actually get him on this one.

There's never been any doubt that those two are more like siamese twins than anything else, so of course he'll miss his brother going into the Tour - especially as he was expecting to support his brother and not leasd the team himself.

And, fair enough, he has ridden quite a lot more recently than he would normally do and that as a contender, not just for Tour build-up. I think he's just stating facts...

Now, if he in another week starts blaming a puncture on the sun's position in the sky or says he's falling behind because Alex Rasmussen isn't there to give him a push, I'm all game!

 

[Froome19]

And the excuses start, even before the race.... SHEESH!!

"Too many race-days already" - WTF, you are a professional bicycle racer!

"Missing my brother" - WTF, are you a man or a whiney 2-year-old?

"I am not a machine" - no, you are supposed to be a professional bicycle racer, grow up, deal with it or get out and go to work for Becca as his chauffeur.

You evidently dont understand how being a professional cyclist works.
He is saying he wont be at top form.

To be at top form the riders need to be at optimum condition, they have to have raced the right amount of races and have done the necessary amount of training and currently Schleck has not fulfilled those criteria.

Also the brother thing is perfectly simple to understand as of course why can he not miss his brother, or do you expect all professional cyclists to be sociopaths

 

[Angliru]

Is this just a repeat of the first interview where he stated pretty much the same things or is this an entirely different, more recent one?

 

[Fatclimber]

Well, with Andy out, Frank and Andreas more than happy to be support riders, coupled with the remainder of the roster, it looks like it's Horner's time to shine. (Yes, I put 4 commas in one sentence) Too bad for him he can't possibly have much success based on the course this year.

 

[avanti]

Frank could go for the KOM unless his team has someone high on GC.

 

[Cimber]

Yeah, I wonder how Alberto was able to do all that...

Well Frank should know...

 

[GreasyMonkey]

You evidently dont understand how being a professional cyclist works.
He is saying he wont be at top form.

To be at top form the riders need to be at optimum condition, they have to have raced the right amount of races and have done the necessary amount of training and currently Schleck has not fulfilled those criteria.

Also the brother thing is perfectly simple to understand as of course why can he not miss his brother, or do you expect all professional cyclists to be sociopaths

I fully understand how a pro cyclist works. It is normal that a rider will have the TdS or Dauphine under their belts as a warm-up race. They need to build form, and do the right amount of work to be at their peak at the start of the 2nd week of Le Tour.

If FS cannot get the balance right, then he should think of another profession. If he has 55 days of racing (which I doubt he has), then he has either done too much or gone too hard in the earlier races. Lots of riders are good at Ardennes, then good again by le Tour, often they are doing other races as well.

His brother is a team-mate, not his life-support system. He can miss him all he likes, but when he trots this out as one of a number of excuses the week before the race starts, in the public domain, he should be pilloried.

 

[Froome19]

I fully understand how a pro cyclist works. It is normal that a rider will have the TdS or Dauphine under their belts as a warm-up race. They need to build form, and do the right amount of work to be at their peak at the start of the 2nd week of Le Tour.

If FS cannot get the balance right, then he should think of another profession. If he has 55 days of racing (which I doubt he has), then he has either done too much or gone too hard in the earlier races. Lots of riders are good at Ardennes, then good again by le Tour, often they are doing other races as well.

His brother is a team-mate, not his life-support system. He can miss him all he likes, but when he trots this out as one of a number of excuses the week before the race starts, in the public domain, he should be pilloried.

I think you have forgotten about the Giro, if it wasnt for the Giro then everything would be alright as Frank wouldnt have been peaking for so long and therefore his problem which is primarily with his peaking not his race days would not have been effected. He is effectively on one long peak since the Ardennes and that is not sustainable. The racing days is contributes to that but is not the primary cause for his belief.

In terms of his brother I do not believe he is using it an excuse but rather as a genuine expression of disappointment. They truly do love each other and you shouldnt let your prejudice blind you to that simple fact.

 

[OctaBech]

I think you have forgotten about the Giro, if it wasnt for the Giro then everything would be alright as Frank wouldnt have been peaking for so long and therefore his problem which is primarily with his peaking not his race days would not have been effected. He is effectively on one long peak since the Ardennes and that is not sustainable. The racing days is contributes to that but is not the primary cause for his belief.

In terms of his brother I do not believe he is using it an excuse but rather as a genuine expression of disappointment. They truly do love each other and you shouldnt let your prejudice blind you to that simple fact.

In all honesty, Fränk wasn't planned to ride the Giro, so he did not prepare a peak for it and actually showed up out of shape. Kim A, said he was surprised by Fränk's performance considering he hadn't prepared. Also Fränk left before they hit the mountains.

just pointing out that it's a bit dishonest using the Giro as an excuse, though not as bad as Andy's faked knee injury.

 

[Dr.Sahl]

Frank could go for the KOM unless his team has someone high on GC.

hahaha... nice one, didnt know you made jokes on the forum.

Frank will be out of TDF before stage 12

 

[jilbiker]

Frank is going to use TDF to prepare for Vuelta. The schlecks plan to do the real battle with Alberto at the Vuelta. 8 mountain top finishes, Andy is going to need some major help. I see Frank dropping out after stage 12 max, expect some "Accident" or "crash" to happen right around stage 8 thereabouts. The schlecks really do not care about the team and about the business of cycling. I do not know why ANY team would want these pair of riders. From a business sense its been a disaster for the investors of Radioshack. Riders need to remember that someone is footing the bill of their riding. AND that person expects to make a handsome profit from their investment.

The schlecks just want to do things their way, ride the races they want, with the directors that please them and train when they want. Which is okay if at the end of the month, its your signature at the end of your paycheck. Cycling is business first, Frank and Andy, else go home and have pleasure rides in the park!!

 

[Publicus]

Is this just a repeat of the first interview where he stated pretty much the same things or is this an entirely different, more recent one?

It seems like someone just rehashed is previous interview. At least that's how I read it.

 

[Publicus]

I fully understand how a pro cyclist works. It is normal that a rider will have the TdS or Dauphine under their belts as a warm-up race. They need to build form, and do the right amount of work to be at their peak at the start of the 2nd week of Le Tour.

If FS cannot get the balance right, then he should think of another profession. If he has 55 days of racing (which I doubt he has), then he has either done too much or gone too hard in the earlier races. Lots of riders are good at Ardennes, then good again by le Tour, often they are doing other races as well.

His brother is a team-mate, not his life-support system. He can miss him all he likes, but when he trots this out as one of a number of excuses the week before the race starts, in the public domain, he should be pilloried.

He has had 55 days of racing. I think a fair point of criticism for him and RSNT is why he raced so many days given his and his brothers obsession with the Tour de France. Surely he could have sat out the Tour de Suisse and/or the Tour of Luxembourg to give himself and his team its best shot at a good result.

 

[Angliru]

It seems like someone just rehashed is previous interview. At least that's how I read it.

That's my interpretation too. I asked because it just seems that we're simply going over something that is old news but I guess with no racing going on we'll debate about anything... even old news, over and over again.

 

[Angliru]

He has had 55 days of racing. I think a fair point of criticism for him and RSNT is why he raced so many days given his and his brothers obsession with the Tour de France. Surely he could have sat out the Tour de Suisse and/or the Tour of Luxembourg to give himself and his team its best shot at a good result.

I can't help but think that it was all within his masterplan to eventually bail on the Tour so that he can be on form to help Andy in Spain versus their arch-enemy. The Tour of Luxembourg organizers wouldn't have liked it much if neither of the Schleck brothers took part and as I was told by someone here within the forum (for whatever that is worth), Frank likes the TdS and wanted to do well in it. Strangely this while knowing that it would be detrimental to his form for the Tour. I get the impression that if it were solely up to him he wouldn't be doing the Tour at all. With Andy out he appears to have absolutely no motivation. I can't recall any statements by him pertaining to his motivation in helping whomever is appointed the team's leader. It's likely I missed it. I can't imagine that his public statements since the announcement of Andy not doing the Tour have been all about:

- of his lack of form will effect his image
- his numerous race days being too many to allow him to be able to hold his form for the 3 weeks
-and of course how much he will miss Andy at the Tour

Since this is obviously a house divided could it be that the lines are drawn in such a severe manner that we'll have 2 teams within one with both sides pursuing their own agenda?