I don't think team sky have any qualms about "losing" the yellow jersey if brad happens to win the prologue. Brailsford and yates know to look at the big picture and won't succumb to any pressure from their sponsors (which i don't expect to see anyway)
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Hoping for Eddy, never seen anyone "attacking" roundabouts like he does. He will keep the pace where others slow down.
Meh, he hasn't trained enough on his TT bike this year. He's done a little this week, but that's obviously far too late. Might just get the white jersey though, but I can't imagine him winning unless he somehow is extremely lucky with changing weather conditions.Justin Pain said:
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Justin Pain said:
Cancellara? Cancellara! Cancellara.
There is simply no one so totally in control on a TT bike as him. He is the king and Eddy (2nd in the Norwegian ITT nationals) is at best a pretender.
The Hitch said:Yeah bruv
Dis tour ting is a trek, and i ain't chattin bout Andys bicycle.
Trust it. Wheels wiggin wheels. France be fulladem hairy aliens, probs and mayhem. Sick.
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wiggo will put minutes into them......
oh wait....
it's just the prologue...
...wiggo will put seconds into them.....
seriously,wiggo for the win,mick and froomy in the top 10
i fear cance might not even top 5 here
vino to rise again
weather forecast??
oh wait....
it's just the prologue...
...wiggo will put seconds into them.....
seriously,wiggo for the win,mick and froomy in the top 10
i fear cance might not even top 5 here
vino to rise again
weather forecast??
Arnout said:
He likes almost any rider
That's what true cycling fan should do in my view
Ahh, and Jens is the guy that invented first time - UK Postal while in Algarve
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Arnout said:
i like them as a team.cycling needs stronger and stronger teams.if you have a 20 million budget than there's no excuse to not do what they did on joux-plane and everything this year.i just like their mentality especially bradley's
plus i came up with the uk postal thing so i hope they won't let me down
and yes there aren't more than one dozen riders i don't like.
jens_attacks said:i like them as a team.cycling needs stronger and stronger teams.if you have a 20 million budget than there's no excuse to not do what they did on joux-plane and everything this year.i just like their mentality especially bradley's
plus i came up with the uk postal thing so i hope they won't let me down
and yes there aren't more than one dozen riders i don't like.
Well Sky have smaller budget than Katusha, Astana, Radioshack and BMC
On par with Omega, Movistar and now as well with GreenEdge who got Orica as very big sponsor.
Just a sidenote.
We believe in UK Postal
A thought on the UK Postal thing. How many different tour stage winners did US Postal have in their history, and will the UK version match that this year?
Gloin22 said:Well Sky have smaller budget than Katusha, Astana, Radioshack and BMC
On par with Omega, Movistar and now as well with GreenEdge who got Orica as very big sponsor.
Just a sidenote.
We believe in UK Postal
One could argue that the big budgets don't necessarily matter that much
However, Sky's current team is indeed impressive at the moment, whether you appreciate it or not. They could have 3 riders in top10 at the prologue...
It will be interesting to see them on bigger 'bumps' than Joux-Plane with better riders than Weening and Kiriyenka though.
Morbius said:
Heras and Hincapie if my memory doesn't fail me. Sky still have EBH and Cav for wins, so yeah.. Could easily match it in one year
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BoxCoppi said:Heras and Hincapie if my memory doesn't fail me. Sky still have EBH and Cav for wins, so yeah.. Could easily match it in one year
Pfft, Paolo Savoldelli.
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Morbius said:
BoxCoppi said:Heras and Hincapie if my memory doesn't fail me. Sky still have EBH and Cav for wins, so yeah.. Could easily match it in one year
El Pistolero said:
Not a stage winner, but yellow jersey wearer in the 2003 Tour after the stage 4 TTT was Victor Hugo Pena, by virtue of 1) his better result in the prologue than any other USPS rider, 2) the TTT won by USPS, and 3) it was LA's "off" year.
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When did Big George win a stage? I thought the whole Garmin / HTC / Cavendish mess was about him finally trying to win one
EDIT twice
Hincapie and Salvodelii won in 2005
also
Popovich in 2006 and Contador in 2007
EDIT twice
Hincapie and Salvodelii won in 2005
also
Popovich in 2006 and Contador in 2007
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Listed budgets does not matter all that much.
BMC and Omega can always get more money by talking with respectively that Swiss guy for BMC and that East-European guy for Omega.
BMC and Omega can always get more money by talking with respectively that Swiss guy for BMC and that East-European guy for Omega.
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