Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
evans beats AC at F-W and all of a sudden he win the tour. WHAT A JOKE!
Who said that? This is about as "fat" an interpretation as Ullrich's a*ss, ROFLMAO.
This race changes nothing for the Tour, yes, but the "slight" detail of Evans's confidence in the direction of much stronger self-belief and aggressive/smart riding when it counts. Good for him (minus, of course, LOL
the now "BMC" rider positives, Ballan, Frei, etc). Minus that, ha, ha, ha, good for fans. Good for cycling.
(Let's hope BMC doesn't screw up any more, and Rihs has learned a few lessons, ahem, cough, cough, and is smart enough now not to get his whole team caught again--minus Evans, who is clean).
Both Evans (honouring the WC jersey) and Conti are doing yeoman's GT service to cycling by riding classics to win, not to roll around the countryside training only for other objectives. Showing some respect. Good on them both!
Amstel and Fleche been two great races for fans (let's just hope Evans can survive BMC and Rihs' predilections for blowing up teams).