VeloGirl said:Thor didn't even contest today's intermediate sprint.
JV might be thinking Green will be an objective....for Tyler anyway.
And I do think this year's sprint changes suit Thor more than they suit Tyler or Cav - if he had free rein.
jens_attacks said:arrogant or not,i still don't like hushovd
Denkoff said:I'm agree. Is anybody here love Hushovd? I can't understand, how to love him.
VeloGirl said:JV might be thinking Green will be an objective....for Tyler anyway.
And I do think this year's sprint changes suit Thor more than they suit Tyler or Cav - if he had free rein.
muscat said:Look at all his compliments for the americans but not one tweet inpraise of Thor and in an interview he complains that protecting the yellow jersey is hard work and effectively mucking up JVs plans for the tour.
muscat said:True Thor seemed to be genuinely happy for Tyler and Tyler very thankful but has anyone seen anything in the media from JV praising Thor for being in the yellow jersey since the weekend. Look at all his compliments for the americans but not one tweet inpraise of Thor and in an interview he complains that protecting the yellow jersey is hard work and effectively mucking up JVs plans for the tour.
How many DS would love to be in JVs place at the moment and be wanting to give him full support for the green? Interstingly Riis and Nygard that have gone out of their way to praise Thor publicly.
ingsve said:I can understand Vaughters thinking when it comes to green. The sprint stages this year is a mix of Hushovd stages and Farrar stages. Instead of letting Hushovd go for green by getting some 5th and 6th places in the flattest stages (and still not get green) it makes more sense to let Farrar take a shot at the flat stages. It's better to win stages than to have someone finish 3rd in the green jersey competition.
patrick767 said:But a combination of winning or nearly winning stages that suit Hushovd with good finishes on the pancake flat ones, plus contesting the intermediate sprints, is a good strategy for winning the green. Thor has already shown that to be true. Despite being told he's not going for green and not even contesting several intermediate sprints, he's in 3rd place.
As for the comment from Vaughters I saw yesterday in a video about the course suiting more of an all rounder for green with the tough finishes, thus ruling out Thor and Farrar, he apparently missed his own rider's astonishing finish on stage 4. 6th place is worth 20 points. The only other sprinter (Rojas) to get any points there got 8.