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SHACK ATTACK: Radioshack fail dismally!

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Feb 21, 2010
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Roadrage said:
Well, that confirms what I've suspected since I came here. Even the moderators want to bash Lance and any team he's associated with. I'm reminded of the phrase "lunatics running the asylum."

Overreact much?

I see no "bashing". Care to explain the part you think is the "bashing"?
 
Jul 22, 2010
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Roadrage said:
Nope, it wasn't. When you suggested they race stateside in what appear as minor races, I jumped to what was, apparently an erroneous conclusion. My apology.

Assuming Lance actually returns to the U.S. at a time when Novitsky has subpoenaed everything he's ever touched other than his left nut. ;) Isn't Polanski still in France?
 
Jul 16, 2010
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Colm.Murphy said:
Overreact much?

I see no "bashing". Care to explain the part you think is the "bashing"?

As I've already stated, apparently I did overract and have apologized. My only defense is I saw what on first glance, appeared to be a general belittling of the team, essentially stating their primary riders were all old, and then suggesting they compete in minor races. I'd like to think they will continue to be a force in future tours, especially if Johann stays.
 
Roadrage said:
My only defense is I saw what on first glance, appeared to be a general belittling of the team, essentially stating their primary riders were all old, and then suggesting they compete in minor races. I'd like to think they will continue to be a force in future tours, especially if Johann stays.

Yeah, because they're such a force in this one. :D
 
Roadrage said:
MOOSE,
"Cute" photos....WHERE'S THE PROOF?! Put up or shut up.

Yeah, Moose. Put up or shut up.! LOL.

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Mar 11, 2009
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Moose McKnuckles said:
One of those is racing with a broken arm. Hint: he's not on Radioshack. Hint 2: He also raced the Giro.

Lance fell harder and more often.

Broken arm lol.

Lance might have a broken arm too, but you would not know it because he does not complain about every little booboo.

BTW, it IS possible to race the Giro and podium at the Tour.
Lance did last year grrrrr. Grrrrr. GRRRR.
 
Jun 19, 2009
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Polish said:
Lance fell harder and more often.

Broken arm lol.

Lance might have a broken arm too, but you would not know it because he does not complain about every little booboo.

BTW, it IS possible to race the Giro and podium at the Tour.
Lance did last year grrrrr. Grrrrr. GRRRR.

As much coverage as I've seen I couldn't have seen it all but, and Lance should back me up; he's riding as well as he could including the crashes. He's not on the max program and he's race preparation was geared to surviving the Tour, not winning it. All the bluster and bluff was to lull the sponsors into sending the checks...It's all About the Money. It always was and that's the problem.
 
Jun 9, 2010
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Now serious... Hey I read somewhere in the net that RadioShack would be finishing his sponsorship in the 2011... Do you ppl who follow Da Shack know something about it?

BTW... The Ultimate Wheelsucker, Kloeden, Horner between others are getting really olds, so What is going to happen with that team? They are going to need a lot of young blood in their ranks and if the new about RadioShack ending his sponsorship in the 2011 looks like this team is almost dead...

Could you ppl explain what could happen with this team? Thx! :)
 
Apr 26, 2010
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Roadrage said:
appeared to be a general belittling of the team, essentially stating their primary riders were all old, and then suggesting they compete in minor races.
Since when stating the truth has become belittling?
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Roadrage said:
As I've already stated, apparently I did overract and have apologized. My only defense is I saw what on first glance, appeared to be a general belittling of the team, essentially stating their primary riders were all old, and then suggesting they compete in minor races. I'd like to think they will continue to be a force in future tours, especially if Johann stays.

From what I understood, Johaan was bored out of his mind before Armstrong unretired himself. He had pretty much given all the running of the team at races to his subordinates and was primarily handling managerial duties with the team. With Armstrong sliding back into retirement I can't see where Johaan will find his motivation. He doesn't have a rider that can compete for the Tour overall. He hasn't really nurtured the young talent to the point that it would be ready to contend with the seasoned Tour contenders. He's left with Brajkovic and Machado who are both unproven in 3 week races. Unless they sign/steal one of the young up and coming prospects, their own prospects are quite dim. They don't have the kind of riders that actually win alot of races.
 
Polish said:
Lance fell harder and more often.

Broken arm lol.

Lance might have a broken arm too, but you would not know it because he does not complain about every little booboo.

BTW, it IS possible to race the Giro and podium at the Tour.
Lance did last year grrrrr. Grrrrr. GRRRR.

Gesink is riding with a fractured ulna and is still 6th in the GC

So Lance has no excuse really.
 
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ekimov grudgingly admitted the shack's failure. 'we failed our goals', (yesterday's interview to sportsexpress).

bruyneel's spinmachine is leaking oil and sputtering yellow smoke.
 
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Dunno, I never said it. In fact I've said I thought it unlikely he'd podium but had a chance at the top 10. I also said he was well past his prime and had potential to totally blow up, which he did. OTOH, he's come back to show some grit also. So bottom line IMO: Not great, but not an embarrassment either. I think if not for that first bad stage and the crashes early, he would have stayed motivated and maybe been in the top ten. But that's not what happened; contenders for Yellow don't beat them selves up with repeated crashes, have multiple bad days, or significant mechanicals. LA has had all those things this race. combine all those things with the fact that he's well past his prime, I think he's done OK.

Of course I'm sure you don't feel that way and that's fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. You'll just have to wait for your wet dream of the total humiliation of LA.

You are missing the most obvious difference between his performance in years past, and this year. He is scared to dope like he always has, and is now presenting his true physiological self. He is an embarrassment to himself and the team built around him. The Shack signed up to win the TdF, not fall bass ackwards into the team competition.

As for my wet dream, that involves a fully restored Austin Healey BJ-8 3000 MkIII, and not a single balled fraud of a man.
 
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Roadrage said:
As I've already stated, apparently I did overract and have apologized. My only defense is I saw what on first glance, appeared to be a general belittling of the team, essentially stating their primary riders were all old, and then suggesting they compete in minor races. I'd like to think they will continue to be a force in future tours, especially if Johann stays.

I will specifically belittle them. They suck. Johan Buryneel is considered a "genius" because he hitched his wagon to a junkie doping freak who defrauded millions of cycling fans as well as people with cancer. This year is proof that when you go off the junk, you can't hack it anymore. To make things even worse, the short bald guy who seems always to be considered a contender, but never seems to actually win anything important...oh sorry, when he races in Georgia or California, he seems to be able to beat up on the local pros:rolleyes:...sh!t the bed this year almost as badly as his Uniballed master. He should never have been talked about above the level of bottle carrier, which is really all he is good for, and should be laughed out of the race for having a team that saw what a wet noodle he is, and refused to do anything but ride behind him and wait for The Uniballer to fall off so they could pace him up the mountain for 64th place. Radio Shack spent a fortune on funding a team of has-beens who proved that once you put them under the microscope and shut off their ability to dope, they suck wind and have to rely on twitter and brown nosed press coverage to make the news.

Want more?
 
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Thoughtforfood said:
I will specifically belittle them. They suck. Johan Buryneel is considered a "genius" because he hitched his wagon to a junkie doping freak who defrauded millions of cycling fans as well as people with cancer. This year is proof that when you go off the junk, you can't hack it anymore. To make things even worse, the short bald guy who seems always to be considered a contender, but never seems to actually win anything important...oh sorry, when he races in Georgia or California, he seems to be able to beat up on the local pros:rolleyes:...sh!t the bed this year almost as badly as his Uniballed master. He should never have been talked about above the level of bottle carrier, which is really all he is good for, and should be laughed out of the race for having a team that saw what a wet noodle he is, and refused to do anything but ride behind him and wait for The Uniballer to fall off so they could pace him up the mountain for 64th place. Radio Shack spent a fortune on funding a team of has-beens who proved that once you put them under the microscope and shut off their ability to dope, they suck wind and have to rely on twitter and brown nosed press coverage to make the news.

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Wow do you really have this much hate for a SPORTING EVENT? Remember everyone - ultimately this is nothing more than grown men riding a bicycle. No need for the histrionics
 
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Wow do you really have this much hate for a SPORTING EVENT? Remember everyone - ultimately this is nothing more than grown men riding a bicycle. No need for the histrionics

Since when is Armstrong or The Shack a "sporting event?"
 
Aug 8, 2009
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rxgqgxnyfz said:
Apparently someone thinks LA=cycling=TDF :rolleyes:

Sorry - I'll try to be as articulate as the bards and cycling geniuses that frequent this forum - "towards a team participating in a sporting event" - relax as this is simply a team participating in a game.
 
Feb 4, 2010
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Thoughtforfood said:
As for my wet dream, that involves a fully restored Austin Healey BJ-8 3000 MkIII.

Not bad, but I'd go for a fully restored 1958 Porsche Speedster.

And I still think your obsessive hatred of LA is fascinating and amusing.....
 
Feb 4, 2010
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python said:
ekimov grudgingly admitted the shack's failure. 'we failed our goals', (yesterday's interview to sportsexpress).

Well duh. They hoped to win the TDF. Lots of team do. It is after all, a competition, one of the toughest and most demanding in the world. Very few end up on top and the rest don't.

As to the hype, it takes people to buy into it, be it "fanboys" (and girls) or "haters" (who buy into it just as much as their opposites) to make it effective. Personally, none of that gets me too worked up. I just watch a 100+ of the best cyclists in the world (and to me they are all impressive as bike racers, from the podium to the grupetto) turning themselves inside out day after day. Only people with an agenda get themselves caught up in the hype which is all bulls**t, SOP from marketing departments and self feeding entertainment on internet discussion forums.

Spin? LOL!!! Dude read the stuff posted on this forum. Every word, every syllible, every move, every glance by LA or anyone else gets spun to suit the agenda of the internet experts. Brunyeel has nothing on the CN forum for spin. I try to simply enjoy the spectacle and leave it as that.
 
May 13, 2009
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So if LA, LL, Kloden, and Radioshack are off the juice, does that mean that Contador, Schleck, Menchov, Sanchez ect.... are on the juice?

Thoughtforfood said:
I will specifically belittle them. They suck. Johan Buryneel is considered a "genius" because he hitched his wagon to a junkie doping freak who defrauded millions of cycling fans as well as people with cancer. This year is proof that when you go off the junk, you can't hack it anymore. To make things even worse, the short bald guy who seems always to be considered a contender, but never seems to actually win anything important...oh sorry, when he races in Georgia or California, he seems to be able to beat up on the local pros:rolleyes:...sh!t the bed this year almost as badly as his Uniballed master. He should never have been talked about above the level of bottle carrier, which is really all he is good for, and should be laughed out of the race for having a team that saw what a wet noodle he is, and refused to do anything but ride behind him and wait for The Uniballer to fall off so they could pace him up the mountain for 64th place. Radio Shack spent a fortune on funding a team of has-beens who proved that once you put them under the microscope and shut off their ability to dope, they suck wind and have to rely on twitter and brown nosed press coverage to make the news.

Want more?
 
May 7, 2009
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Alpe d'Huez said:
To shift gears again. Anyone care to speculate what will happen with the team in 2011? ....).

I would like to see them go the way of Rock Racing.
Better for the integrity of the sport (if it has any left), IMO