Dazed and Confused said:what strategy would that be?
Attack all the time, get in breaks, and basically be a pain in the a$$ for the teams trying to control the race and keep it together.
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Dazed and Confused said:what strategy would that be?
Afrank said:Attack all the time, get in breaks, and basically be a pain in the a$$ for the teams trying to control the race and keep it together.
karlboss said:Now we just need someone to confirm the whole team one at a time, garmin last team to be announced.
NattyTerp said:the Inner Ring @inrng 1m
Garmin-Sharp's Tour team: Talansky, Vande Velde, Martin, Millar, Bauer, Navardauskas, Dennis, Hesjedal + Danielson
Sophistic82 said:now thats a strong team, they could really spice up things.
Zinoviev Letter said:Arguably the strongest support team in the race for whoever ends up as their GC leader on the road. When your fifth strongest climber is someone like Danielson or Vande Velde, you know you have a very strong mountains team and they also have guys who have serious flat horse power. Although Bauer strikes me as a bit of an odd choice over Vansummeren, Zabriskie or Rasmussen.
The problem is that it's hard to see any of their prospective leaders challenging the top tier GC riders. Hopefully that means that they'll attack like mad with the likes of Martin and Navardauskas rather than have a team that deep all work for a 6th place on GC. Particularly in the absence of a sprinter.
That, as well as his name. Who in their right mind would want to f@#k with Jack Bauer?Anderis said:I don't think one rider in top10 would satisfy them. They always managed to do that (apart from 2012, when everyone crashed) even in times when they had just 2 proper climers in the team and one of them crashed (2010).
Two riders in top10 or one in top5 is what I rate as a good result for them. Hopefully they will keep their promise about being aggresive and this will pay off with some stage wins and maybe a team-classifiacation win.
And Bauer is there, because he is better time-trial rider than Van Summeren, better climber than Rasmussen and is in better shape than Zabriskie.
Anderis said:And Bauer is there, because he is better time-trial rider than Van Summeren, better climber than Rasmussen and is in better shape than Zabriskie.
42x16ss said:That, as well as his name. Who in their right mind would want to f@#k with Jack Bauer?
Steady said:Will Navardauskas contest in the sprints? To me he seems to me like someone who could get in top 15 in the flat sprints, and top 5-10 in the medium mountains stages the first week?
Am I right in my summary=?
Kender said:jack bauer is being rewarded for all his hard work in the giro probably. Plus he's the only kiwi racing the tour so i'm happy he's there 8)
fgrune said:Do you guys think Jack Bauer and Rohan Dennis will leave the race before Paris?