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c&cfan said:
I think all the riders are thinking the same. They want out and way from the toxins that is RS.
In saying that Fabs just needs to go on another team away from the Shlecks.
I mean get him on FDJ. That will be fine. Just far far far away from any Shleck like.
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That was the worst spring the Schlecks ever rode.
I can't believe what i saw over the last weeks.
I am a fan of Andy, but if he doesn't win the Tour come July, there'll be a lot of things he has to explain.
I can't believe what i saw over the last weeks.
I am a fan of Andy, but if he doesn't win the Tour come July, there'll be a lot of things he has to explain.
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Forunculo said:Becca quitting at the end of the season?????
If we check RSNT WT points, come from helpers not from leaders
And we have:
- Jakob at Giro: No chance.
- Andy at TdF: A very small chance.
- And then the rest of the season JB praying
Don't worry Andy will start claiming the 2010 Tour as his....
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thehog said:
Don't worry. The Fandy will have 15% increase in power in Time for the Tour. Johan will teach him high cadence and how to weigh his pasta
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cineteq said:Maybe this is their way to get back at JB for what he did to Kim
At least, it seems very likely, that we see a lot of riders leaving this team at the end of the season.
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I'm glad Cancellara only hurt one shoulder, this way he can still give the Schlecks a big facepalm.
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Forunculo said:From who? journalists??
From a lot of cycling types. I think it stems from this:
“I’m not going to go into any controversy, that’s my version and I’m not going to go into Andy said this or that. The decision has been made and the decision stays like it is.”
Such public displays from both riders and management is bizarre to say the least and one that almost certainly signals that the RadioShack camp has yet to settle. Bruyneel rarely has seen his authority challenged but when it has – Alberto Contador during the 2009 Tour de France – it has ended in acrimony.
One matter that appears to have been settled surrounds the Giro d’Italia. Earlier in the year Bruyneel had hinted that Fränk Schleck could ride the Italian grand tour in May, before turning his attention towards supporting Andy Schleck at the Tour de France. But at the start line in Liege, Bruyneel confirmed that both riders would ride the Tour, with Fränk Schleck skipping the Giro.
But the universal theme that unites both brothers and their manager is a need for a victory. The team have fired blanks so far this season, and Fabian Cancellara’s win in Strade Bianche aside, they’ve failed to capitalise on their undoubted collective strengths.
“There’s not that much different, there are just two groups that came together and we tried to get the best quality out of both groups but until we’ve had that big victory I can’t say it has been a success.”
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bruyneel-the-andersen-decision-is-final
Report from RSNT:
“This is absolutely not the result we expected from the team,” said a discouraged team manager Johan Bruyneel after the race. “If we consider that today is the end of the first part of the season, here at the end of the classics, we are far from satisfied. For the first part of the spring classics on the cobbles, I was feeling quite confident with our team and with our leader Fabian Cancellara. We had a good start with Milan Sanremo, but then once Fabian was injured, we lost hope for those classics. Next we looked to the Ardennes classics and we hoped to see improvement here. But all of it was far from what we expected. Today we had no one in the top 20 and we can’t be happy with that.”
An attack from Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) with 20k to go gave the Italian a solid lead to begin the final climb. But Kazakh Maxim Iglinskiy had other plans, chasing down Nibali in the closing kilometers and passing him to secure the victory by 21-seconds after almost seven hours in the saddle. Finishing behind Nibali for third was Iglinkisy’s teammate Enrico Gasparotto at 36-seconds back in the 257.5km/160mi Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Fränk Schleck arrived with a group at 2:11 as best-placed rider for the team, along with teammate Maxime Monfort in the same group.
Monfort explained the racing action, saying, “The key point in the race was the 10k before La Redoute and at that point you have to fight to be in good position. But right then it was raining and so cold it was almost snowing. We were thinking more about getting our rain jackets instead of moving up. Of course we should have taken more clothing before that moment. Fränk was feeling confident all week. I know him very well now and I felt he could do a good result. His attitude and condition were good. As for me, my shape was not too bad today. I was in a good group. But in my mind I was thinking about getting warm, not getting a result,” he concluded.
“I had fantastic legs at the start,” said Andy Schleck. “But it just didn’t go as planned. There were crashes of course, but we can’t always be blaming the weather. We have to start dealing with the situations better that develop during the race since it’s the same for everyone. I can’t say this has been a bed of roses; it has not been a good year for us. We have not been lazy, everyone has worked hard. But we cannot blame anyone else. We can only blame ourselves.”
Horner was present until the critical final 20k. “I started at the back on La Redoute and of course it exploded,” said Chris Horner. “There was good speed and good pressure the entire day, so it was a good, strong race today. But you need to start La Redoute at the front for sure. My form was pretty good, not top ten, but maybe top 20, but if you start at the back on an important climb, you aren’t going to make anything happen and today I got too cold so things went bad there. Hopefully now with a little bit of rest my health will continue to get better. Same for Andy. His form is on the way up and it’s not July. That’s more than two months away and it’s completely different when Fränk and Andy can train in good weather before a big event. These last three weeks in Europe have been nothing but cold and rain. That’s not an excuse, that’s a fact. It’s difficult to race when you weigh 63 kilos (139lbs) and it’s this cold.” Horner abandoned near 20k to go, with hands numb from the cold and unable to brake.
“It was a difficult race for sure,” continued Johan Bruyneel. “After 220km Frank came back to the car, he was shaking, quite frozen on the bike. So that’s the explanation, but not an excuse since the weather was the same for everyone. But here at the first part of the season it is a not a success for us. I hope this will serve as motivation for the second part of the season. If we look back there isn’t a good explanation for why things haven’t worked, other than that both of the Schlecks have had some illness this season. So we have to use this lack of results as motivation and tell ourselves that we start from zero and try to get back to earning good results.” Regarding the powerful win by Iglinskiy, Bruyneel added, “I worked with Max Iglinskiy for two years and he’s had some success in spring classics. He’s on a much better level now than when I was managing Astana years ago. Chapeau to what he did today.”
“This is absolutely not the result we expected from the team,” said a discouraged team manager Johan Bruyneel after the race. “If we consider that today is the end of the first part of the season, here at the end of the classics, we are far from satisfied. For the first part of the spring classics on the cobbles, I was feeling quite confident with our team and with our leader Fabian Cancellara. We had a good start with Milan Sanremo, but then once Fabian was injured, we lost hope for those classics. Next we looked to the Ardennes classics and we hoped to see improvement here. But all of it was far from what we expected. Today we had no one in the top 20 and we can’t be happy with that.”
An attack from Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) with 20k to go gave the Italian a solid lead to begin the final climb. But Kazakh Maxim Iglinskiy had other plans, chasing down Nibali in the closing kilometers and passing him to secure the victory by 21-seconds after almost seven hours in the saddle. Finishing behind Nibali for third was Iglinkisy’s teammate Enrico Gasparotto at 36-seconds back in the 257.5km/160mi Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Fränk Schleck arrived with a group at 2:11 as best-placed rider for the team, along with teammate Maxime Monfort in the same group.
Monfort explained the racing action, saying, “The key point in the race was the 10k before La Redoute and at that point you have to fight to be in good position. But right then it was raining and so cold it was almost snowing. We were thinking more about getting our rain jackets instead of moving up. Of course we should have taken more clothing before that moment. Fränk was feeling confident all week. I know him very well now and I felt he could do a good result. His attitude and condition were good. As for me, my shape was not too bad today. I was in a good group. But in my mind I was thinking about getting warm, not getting a result,” he concluded.
“I had fantastic legs at the start,” said Andy Schleck. “But it just didn’t go as planned. There were crashes of course, but we can’t always be blaming the weather. We have to start dealing with the situations better that develop during the race since it’s the same for everyone. I can’t say this has been a bed of roses; it has not been a good year for us. We have not been lazy, everyone has worked hard. But we cannot blame anyone else. We can only blame ourselves.”
Horner was present until the critical final 20k. “I started at the back on La Redoute and of course it exploded,” said Chris Horner. “There was good speed and good pressure the entire day, so it was a good, strong race today. But you need to start La Redoute at the front for sure. My form was pretty good, not top ten, but maybe top 20, but if you start at the back on an important climb, you aren’t going to make anything happen and today I got too cold so things went bad there. Hopefully now with a little bit of rest my health will continue to get better. Same for Andy. His form is on the way up and it’s not July. That’s more than two months away and it’s completely different when Fränk and Andy can train in good weather before a big event. These last three weeks in Europe have been nothing but cold and rain. That’s not an excuse, that’s a fact. It’s difficult to race when you weigh 63 kilos (139lbs) and it’s this cold.” Horner abandoned near 20k to go, with hands numb from the cold and unable to brake.
“It was a difficult race for sure,” continued Johan Bruyneel. “After 220km Frank came back to the car, he was shaking, quite frozen on the bike. So that’s the explanation, but not an excuse since the weather was the same for everyone. But here at the first part of the season it is a not a success for us. I hope this will serve as motivation for the second part of the season. If we look back there isn’t a good explanation for why things haven’t worked, other than that both of the Schlecks have had some illness this season. So we have to use this lack of results as motivation and tell ourselves that we start from zero and try to get back to earning good results.” Regarding the powerful win by Iglinskiy, Bruyneel added, “I worked with Max Iglinskiy for two years and he’s had some success in spring classics. He’s on a much better level now than when I was managing Astana years ago. Chapeau to what he did today.”
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thehog said:
I think so
and it is only going to get crazier.
May be a huge reason behind the poor Schleck performances all spring
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And there you have it.... mention the weather 47 times followed by "...but it was the same for everyone" then mention the weather again.
Monfort explained the racing action, saying, “The key point in the race was the 10k before La Redoute and at that point you have to fight to be in good position. But right then it was raining and so cold it was almost snowing. We were thinking more about getting our rain jackets instead of moving up. Of course we should have taken more clothing before that moment.
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Monfort explained the racing action, saying, “The key point in the race was the 10k before La Redoute and at that point you have to fight to be in good position. But right then it was raining and so cold it was almost snowing. We were thinking more about getting our rain jackets instead of moving up. Of course we should have taken more clothing before that moment.
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after todays schleckfest. this man must be in agony right now knowing they will never win the tour those 2 sisters
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