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dlwssonic said:im a bit unsure about riders dropping to 20 minutes trying to conserve energy.
why? y6ou think it's better to save energy by following at all costs?
dlwssonic said:im a bit unsure about riders dropping to 20 minutes trying to conserve energy.
JPM London said:It's constantly repeated that Saxo is not as strong as some of the other teams - which might be right, although I think a lot are underestimating the team when they hit the mountains - but what they also forget is that last year all you heard was that Astana was far too weak to support Contador. Didn't seem to stop him and he often had more support than Andy in hte mountains anyway...
Ryo Hazuki said:why? y6ou think it's better to save energy by following at all costs?
Archibald said:and then came 2009 when Astana rode against him yet he still won - literally with no support...
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:they'll still be better then BMC in the mountains
^^being serious here
Mambo95 said:Don't be fooled by that. They're dropping off the back deliberately to save energy.
Parrulo said:well he had 1 domestic that year, contador demanded sergio paulinho to be selected for the team because they are very good friends (they were always room-mates when they raced together) so he knew sergio would help him out.
ofc horner got all ****ed off and said paulinho wasn't a good enough cyclists to ride the tour and that he only got selected because that dirty spaniard wanted him. lol
therhodeo said:Are we really judging contenders based on their domestiques placing in the GC??
dlwssonic said:im a bit unsure about riders dropping to 20 minutes trying to conserve energy.
Ibanez said:All the prominent riders from the Giro seem completely knackered - Dupont and Gadret have been complaining, Arroyo is 12 minutes down.
And from the Saxo domestiques, Navarro and Hernandez are both 20 minutes back, and they have much less representation at the front of the bunch then the other major teams. I know that they will be aiming to save energy going into the Pyrenees, but it doesn't look good. Stronger support could have saved Contador that 80 seconds on the first stage as well.
So are they still exhausted from the Giro? I don't question that Contador can do it, but what about the mere mortals that he will rely on? Navarro was a beast last year but now I'm not sure he is in any position to do it again, and Leopard have so far been everpresent at the front of the peloton. Predictions anybody?
ImmaculateKadence said:Isn't this exactly what Schleck was talking about in the week before the start? Maybe they are saving energy, but they look physically tired as well. I think it's too early to speculate if it will negatively impact AC in the mountains. What I'd be more worried about if I were AC is my complete inability to ride near the front. If he thinks a surging peloton is going to wait for the alleged doper that sits 1:40 back to pull himself off the tarmac and get a bike change, he's sadly mistaken. Besides, his team is wasting that energy they are trying to conserve bringing him back.
Angliru said:I think the main rider concerned with everyone waiting on him is Andy.![]()