Olympic Dream Team Rejects Consideration.

[TubularBills]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...onsideration/2012/06/16/gJQAueuehV_story.html

Why? If not in solidarity for and of guilt?

 

[Berzin]

Safe to say we now know who 6 out of the ten former Armstrong teammates have given testimony, ay?

 

[Kennf1]

Safe to say we now know who 6 out of the ten former Armstrong teammates have given testimony, ay?

Yep. It's also safe to say those four guys are not answering phone calls from Patton Boggs or Austin right now.

 

[cleanmarine]

A statement of unity?
A statement of protest?
A statement of guilt?
A statement of remorse?

 

[BotanyBay]

They don't want to be in London when more s**t hits the fan. Just like Andy Schleck doesn't wan't to be on Alpe D'Huez when the next bombshell revelation hits the media. They want to avoid the media mess that is about to swarm them. It's only a matter of time before the USADA (ahem, Birotte) evidence starts getting leaked.

 

[lean mean &green]

i may be picking nits but those four hardly make up a dream team. one of them would be an outsider to even medal in the ITT and they'd be extreme long shots to win an olympic road race.

 

[MacRoadie]

i may be picking nits but those four hardly make up a dream team. one of them would be an outsider to even medal in the ITT and they'd be extreme long shots to win an olympic road race.

I disagree. Zabriskie is in fantastic TT form, doing very well at ATOC and retaining his US TT Championship. Mini Phinney himself has already voiced a level of doubt with regard to his chances.

As for Jawge, the Olympic RR this year is a sprinter's course, which means a good leadout train. Aside from being a fantastic one day man, Jawge is one helluva leadout man: more so than Horner and Duggan for sure.

 

[mastersracer]

The reasons have been spelled out in the Velonews article below. USA selection criteria:

I. A. 3.3. All athletes must be in good standing with USAC, UCI, and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) at the time of nomination.

It was a preemptive decision - if you know who is in charge of USA cycling and Armstrong's desire to know the names of the witnesses, its not hard to imagine there was going to be payback against those riders.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012...mpact-u-s-olympic-road-team-selections_224183

 

[ElChingon]

Somehow that list of riders still falls extremely short of a "Dream Team". The USA could never fill that phrase in Cycling, whereas Italy, Belgium, Spain, heck even France but USA?

Well I guess if 2nd place, or DNF is what you think of in Dream Team, them maybe they'd be your Dream Team.

(Mods change the title, there's no way it can ever happen. I'd recommend "Olympic Nightmare Team " as a good replacement)

 

[spalco]

I suppose they are a "dream team" insofar as they are the most prominent US cyclists of the last decade who are still active, pretty much.

 

[lean mean &green]

I disagree. Zabriskie is in fantastic TT form, doing very well at ATOC and retaining his US TT Championship. Mini Phinney himself has already voiced a level of doubt with regard to his chances.

As for Jawge, the Olympic RR this year is a sprinter's course, which means a good leadout train. Aside from being a fantastic one day man, Jawge is one helluva leadout man: more so than Horner and Duggan for sure.

i didn't say they were talentless hacks but there's a big difference between contributing/contending and forming a "dream team" of overwhelming favorites.