Is Brian Nygaard a professional comedian?

[Dekker_Tifosi]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nygaard-andy-schleck-on-course-to-peak-for-tour-de-france

About Andy in Suisse

“He had a bad day, he didn’t eat properly and once he got dropped he lost a lot of time, but then in the rest of the race he was good,” Nygaard insisted. “He won the climbers’ jersey for a reason, because he was probably the strongest guy on the climbs.”

Are you ****ing kidding me Brian? Andy was the strongest on the climb in Suisse? WTF

 

[theyoungest]

Andy won the KOM jersey, and thus he was the strongest climber. Seems fair, no? Too bad Ten Dam lost the jersey on the final day, otherwise he would have been the best climber in the race. Alas...

 

[Midnightfright]

He must of meant with the exception of de gendt

 

[Duartista]

Ridiculous indeed. It reminds of reading the report of the stage Cunego won in L'equipe: the article was entitled "The pride of the greats" and more than half of it was dedicated to Schleck's ride. At least Nygaard has the excuse that his job is to promote the team...

 

[roundabout]

Yes. Too be honest I am somewhat surprised that Nygaard got to where he is.

 

[Duartista]

Andy won the KOM jersey, and thus he was the strongest climber. Seems fair, no? Too bad Ten Dam lost the jersey on the final day, otherwise he would have been the best climber in the race. Alas...

He's just lucky Charteau and Matt Lloyd weren't riding.

 

[just some guy]

Nygaard just playing poker problem is he is Bluffing and he knows it and so does everyone

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Clearly Nygaard doesn't understand the concept and workings of the KOM jersey.

No more amusing, though, than the ridiculous silk scarf things that he and his cronies have round their necks on the LT website.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Seriously, he's mainly a PR guy. What's he supposed to say, that Andy is a lazy bum that does diddly squat when not in peak form? They're currently still looking for a title sponsor, so this does not surprise me at_all.

 

[cineteq]

Nygaard just playing poker problem is he is Bluffing and he knows it and so does everyone

Can't wait for the Sclecks to be exposed in TdF.

 

[hrotha]

I understand as a PR guy he has to spin things and put them in a positive light, but I'd rather he didn't insult our intelligence while doing so.

But ok, I suppose his target audience is the most casual of casual fans.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Can't wait for the Sclecks to be exposed in TdF.

Exposed as what? Everybody knows what they are already. Andy as the world's 2nd best GT rider and Frank as somebody who can feature highly in GC, without ever being a major threat, but who can get the odd stage win on the big ones.

 

[Spine Concept]

Can't wait for the Sclecks to be exposed in TdF.

How can you be so confident in that statement? Do you - like several on this forum - think that Riis was the recipe for Andy's success at peaking properly?

 

[theyoungest]

How can you be so confident in that statement? Do you - like several on this forum - think that Riis was the recipe for Andy's success at peaking properly?

Not necessarily their peaking. But definitely their tactics, which are ridiculous this year.

 

[cineteq]

How can you be so confident in that statement? Do you - like several on this forum - think that Riis was the recipe for Andy's success at peaking properly?

It will come down to preparation and team tactics. Obviously, not having Riis and a well established, organized team will make a difference for them this year.

 

[Spine Concept]

Not necessarily their peaking. But definitely their tactics, which are ridiculous this year.

I was wondering about that because I've seen several statements in that regard. As far as their tactics go, I agree. However, call it a gut feeling, I still think Andy will be up there come July. This is his race, this is what he works for the entire first half of the season, the race that means everything to him. One would think he'd do everything perfectly to peak at that point in the season. It just seems too easy to underestimate him for the tour based on his results prior to the big one. Then again, maybe it's too easy to overrate him as well based on his last couple of tour results. He's a huge x-factor in that regard.

 

[Anonymous]

iirc Nygaard is leopard trek man what else would he say?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nygaard-andy-schleck-on-course-to-peak-for-tour-de-france

About Andy in Suisse


Are you ****ing kidding me Brian? Andy was the strongest on the climb in Suisse? WTF

lol, what a f;n idiot, this tells me andy will suck hard in the tour compared to last year, nygaar is a tool.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I understand as a PR guy he has to spin things and put them in a positive light, but I'd rather he didn't insult our intelligence while doing so.

But ok, I suppose his target audience is the most casual of casual fans.

have you ever visited ans or cauberg during agr and lbl? there you can see the schleck fans. I've met empty aquariums with more knowledge of cycling than those

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

have you ever visited ans or cauberg during agr and lbl? there you can see the schleck fans. I've met empty aquariums with more knowledge of cycling than those

Haha the Cauberg ambience was great. Every Dutch, Belgian, English, Swedish, whatever nationality except Luxemburgian were cheering for Gilbert when he passed Andy Schleck. And all Schleck-fans wanted to throw themselves of the mountain, they left immediately after that and didn't even go watch the podium.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I find myself disliking the schlecks and Leopard more and more.
They just suck.

 

[just some guy]

I find myself disliking the schlecks and Leopard more and more.
They just suck.

Put me on that bandwagon as well

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Even though I'm afraid I might repeat myself:

 

[hfer07]

Are you ****ing kidding me Brian? Andy was the strongest on the climb in Suisse? WTF

Kind of remains me of Virenque bragging about his climbing abilities & KOM achievements while Pantini was dropping his a$$ every time they competed together -LOL

 

[Angliru]

I was wondering about that because I've seen several statements in that regard. As far as their tactics go, I agree. However, call it a gut feeling, I still think Andy will be up there come July. This is his race, this is what he works for the entire first half of the season, the race that means everything to him. One would think he'd do everything perfectly to peak at that point in the season. It just seems too easy to underestimate him for the tour based on his results prior to the big one. Then again, maybe it's too easy to overrate him as well based on his last couple of tour results. He's a huge x-factor in that regard.

He has all the tools except the ability to focus on the task at hand. Maybe his confidence in himself is such that he thinks he can skate by and still reach his goals, I just find it interesting that he's twice on record for forgetting to eat/hydrate in major events. The first was the Tour in 2008 with the result being he completely dropped out of contention and the top 10 in the gc and now at the TdS. Considering the consequences of his bonk in 2008 (a possible Tour victory) one would think that he and his teammates/managers would be certain to remind him to eat till he didn't want to hear anymore and then remind him again. I can't believe the TdS circumstance can be attributed to him being isolated from his teammates (he was riding as a super domestique wasn't he?) or the action so heated that he just couldn't squeeze it in amongst all the aggression.

A lack of focus could maybe explain his shifting issues. Add to that the tendency to drift back to the team car in the mountains for bottles when the domestiques are there for that task. Is he that confident that he thinks his opponents aren't worthy of his complete attention?