Me Thinks Andy Should Ride The Giro in 2012

[Zoncolan]

is this a way of speach, were you are from?

A small town half way between Palermo and Sciacca

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

A small town half way between Palermo and Sciacca

I love Italy, but if they threaten to kill me everyday, i would be kinda scared

 

[Zoncolan]

I love Italy, but if they threaten to kill me everyday, i would be kinda scared

Sicily is a different world from the rest of Italy though (Campagna and Calabria exluded).
As long as you don't wake up with a horse's head in your bed, you're OK.

 

[cineteq]

Andy should go for the double...2nd in the Giro and the Tour in the same year! Unprecedented, maybe

Better yet, he should use them as training for La Vuelta...

 

[theyoungest]

Sicily is a different world from the rest of Italy though (Campagna and Calabria exluded).
As long as you don't wake up with a horse's head in your bed, you're OK.

If you don't own a horse, I think you're pretty safe on that one.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Sicily is a different world from the rest of Italy though (Campagna and Calabria exluded).
As long as you don't wake up with a horse's head in your bed, you're OK.

sicily I believed is pretty good now. the other areas you named indeed

 

[airstream]

If the things will develop as in this year Pyrenees, Klodi can even hit top-3. Perhaps only Contador will be interested in attacking. For instance, I can't imagine Evans fretting and fuming in the mountains. Kloden is a fabulous wain. He climbs at steady pace miraculously. He did well on La Toussuire in 2006, he can't physically lose a lot on Peyragudes, being on form. Evans easily has to abandon the idea that he's the best time trialist among the main contenders. There're a lot of arguments for him actually. I expect a lot.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

If the things will develop as in this year Pyrenees, Klodi can even hit top-3. Perhaps only Contador will be interested in attacking.

Why not Andy, Frank, Sanchez, or Van den Broeck?

 

[El Pistolero]

sicily I believed is pretty good now. the other areas you named indeed

Been to Sicily a few years ago. It's definitely a whole other experience than going to North Italy. Whole different mentality there. Yet it's also one of the most beautiful places of Italy, still have fond memories of the Etna.

But it's not like your life is in danger or something if you go there as a tourist

 

[The Hitch]

I hear Ndrangheta, while least known is far worse than Cosa Nostra or Camorra, but still, its not necessarily direct against the region. The victims are often miles away.

Anyway point is, its nothing like Juarez.

 

[LandEscape]

I hear Ndrangheta, while least known is far worse than Cosa Nostra or Camorra, but still, its not necessarily direct against the region. The victims are often miles away.

Anyway point is, its nothing like Juarez.

I really think Camorra is stronger in short uphill punchy finish, Mafia in controlling long flat stages while Ndrangheta is the best in top mountain stages, very much if there's "snow" involved.

To get back on topic, if A Schleck doesn't ride this year Giro is officialy the dumbest talent in cycling history (unless he wins TdF, which is veeeery unlikely).

 

[The Hitch]

I really think Camorra is stronger in short uphill punchy finish, Mafia in controlling long flat stages while Ndrangheta is the best in top mountain stages, very much if there's "snow" involved.

To get back on topic, if A Schleck doesn't ride this year Giro is officialy the dumbest talent in cycling history (unless he wins TdF, which is veeeery unlikely).

I suppose it wont look so bad if he wins Liege and Worlds.

 

[Panda Claws]

I suppose it wont look so bad if he wins Liege and Worlds.

Worlds will be tough. Luxemburg's team is not very strong.

There is Frank however.

 

[The Hitch]

Worlds will be tough. Luxemburg's team is not very strong.

There is Frank however.

Well Andy winning worlds would rely on other teams doing the work and he launches attack.

Basically Andy wants what a lot of the other favorites want but since his team isn't as strong, their teams will do the work instead.

 

[Christian]

Well Andy winning worlds would rely on other teams doing the work and he launches attack.

Basically Andy wants what a lot of the other favorites want but since his team isn't as strong, their teams will do the work instead.

Yes absolutely it can work, as proven by Hushovd of course and Fränk also got 4th in Stuttgart a couple of years ago, Andy 5th IIRC in Beijing

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Worlds will be tough.

Like he can beat Gilbert in Liege. It's not 2009 anymore.

 

[greenedge]

Andy needs Contador to ride the TDF for him to win it. Evans will otherwise not crack ( stage 18 up Galibier ) but if the two of them attack together, consistently that will tire Evans out. Andy then needs to just attack and somehow break Contador. Either way he is screwed but that is his best hope.

 

[c&cfan]

Like he can beat Gilbert in Liege. It's not 2009 anymore.

yes because gilbert is younger and andy is already past his peak. oh wait...

 

[will10]

Yes absolutely it can work, as proven by Hushovd of course and Fränk also got 4th in Stuttgart a couple of years ago, Andy 5th IIRC in Beijing

The two Schleck examples you pick are perfect examples of why it is highly unlikely that a Schleck will ever win the Worlds.

 

[c&cfan]

Andy needs Contador to ride the TDF for him to win it. Evans will otherwise not crack ( stage 18 up Galibier ) but if the two of them attack together, consistently that will tire Evans out. Andy then needs to just attack and somehow break Contador. Either way he is screwed but that is his best hope.

i'm sorry??????????? what???????

since when does contador needs andy for any help against anyone, specially evens?

what a SPOS.
for a moment i believed that you were saying something like conti + evens against andy, or (the one that makes(can) sense) landy+evens against conti... but no, you really said that.

oh wait, you are a australian poster with an historic of delusional posts. ok.

 

[c&cfan]

The two Schleck examples you pick are perfect examples of why it is highly unlikely that a Schleck will ever win the Worlds.

but he won liege solo. don't underestimate him... (underestimate him while you can, it's just andy...)

 

[will10]

but he won liege solo. don't underestimate him... (underestimate him while you can, it's just andy...)

Exactly my point: the only way the Schlecks can win a big classic is to win solo, and you have to either be exceptional on the day, or at least very good and a bit lucky (eg. Evans Worlds win). They have no sprint.

 

[El Pistolero]

yes because gilbert is younger and andy is already past his peak. oh wait...

Because Gilbert is ten times better than Andy at classics

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

yes because gilbert is younger and andy is already past his peak. oh wait...

Gilbert targets Liege. It's little more than Tour prep for Andy Schleck. In 2009 that was different.

See what Bruyneel has to say about the Ardennes classics.

http://tinyurl.com/blmrohm

Second paragraph...

 

[theyoungest]

but he won liege solo. don't underestimate him... (underestimate him while you can, it's just andy...)

He won that partly due to a really strong team (I say partly). At the Worlds he won't have a strong team, just Fränk.