Boeing said:Now what does Ben King do?
stay at Lances house now there's a vacancy....
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Boeing said:Now what does Ben King do?
michaeld said:Race and keep winning. He'll be one of the leaders now. BK should not be in too much of a rush.
tgsgirl said:No, only when they're hyped up Americans. It is the center of the universe, you know.
Parrulo said:no wonder he left RS
phinney killed the radiostar!!! in the sense of lance being such father figure for trek-dieweak guys
craig1985 said:I'm going to laugh so hard if Phinney flops badly next year.
on3m@n@rmy said:Serves Shack right. If RS really wants the guy one of their main recruiters just can't walk out to take a personal call... and I don't care if it's the Pres, King, Queen, Prince or hot-babe whatever.
auscyclefan94 said:Interesting comment on Johanbruyneel.com
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It wasn't for a lack of trying on Bruyneel's part. "I met with Taylor at the Tour de l'Avenir to talk with him one-on-one." What the two talked won't be making any headlines. "Out of respect to Taylor and his new team, BMC, I won't reveal the details of that discussion."
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It seems to me that Bruyneel has said that BMC is not that secure either. JB does have a point but Radioshack is a lot more volatile.
HL2037 said:Surely no senator called. A type like that will say stuff like that to save face and to punish the kid by trying to make him feel insignificant.
on3m@n@rmy said:LOL, for sure. Well this "type like that" feller is preparing for his next character-fitting career.... politics.
craig1985 said:I'm going to laugh so hard if Phinney flops badly next year.
kurtinsc said:Define flop.
If Phinney ends up winning a few lesser TT/prologue stages and gets a few top 10's in bigger TT's and simply rides a few decent cobbled races to learn from the others on BMC... the season would be successful in my mind.
If you're expecting him to win any road races.... I think you are setting your expectations too high. Right now he's a TT rider, and 4th or 5th tier sprinter and someone who might one day be able to ride the pave well. Other then that he's a pure domestique.
Perhaps when he hangs up his track shoes he'll develop into more of a threat on the road... or perhaps not. But at his current track cycling weight he's useless with any hills present.
on3m@n@rmy said:Ya, but rather than intimidation I was thinking more along the lines of a polished liar.
auscyclefan94 said:Agreed, craig1985's comment was completely absurd.