TDF Stage 9 - Tuesday, July 13 2010, Morzine-Avoriaz - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, 204 k

[jaylew]

so radioshack dont send anyone in a break once again. Typical JB. No excitement

They actually tried. At various times, Horner, Brajkovic, Paulinho, and Popo were in breaks but none of them stuck or could bridge to the front group.

 

[mickkk]

Sounds like a suicide breakaway, be caught on the big climb for sure.

 

[alberto.legstrong]

I think Horner would have been well suited for a break today. He would dearly love to win a TdF stage. Sad.

The reality is that for all the BS about Bruyneel being a master tactician, he has a p!ss poor record of winning anything other than long multi-day races of attrition where the most doped rider wins. He does not appear to know how to have his team hunt for stage wins like other teams.

I know this is clinic stuff, but it makes the allegations of floyd all the more plausible. Without the uci in your pocket, what can you really win?

Sorry. Wrong thread I know.

 

[Cyc81325]

I think Horner would have been well suited for a break today. He would dearly love to win a TdF stage. Sad.

The reality is that for all the BS about Bruyneel being a master tactician, he has a p!ss poor record of winning anything other than long multi-day races of attrition where the most doped rider wins. He does not appear to know how to have his team hunt for stage wins like other teams.

Good grief some of you sound so stupid.

 

[Scirea]

Why not let them get a big lead? LLS is not a threat really and if he got yellow it would take the pressure off bmc. Even if evans felt he needed to keep yellow. The madeleine is where possibly teams like saxo, radioshack, astana or liquigas would take over on the climbs.

No way Luis-Leon will get the yellow, no chance. Evans, Andy or Contador will wear the yellow at the end of the day. That's it.

 

[BroDeal]

Good grief some of you sound so stupid.

Get back to us with the number of classics that master tactician Bruyneel managed to win, Mr. Wizard.

 

[sportzchick]

Saw the Shleck/Contador commerical again - LOL worthy

 

[alberto.legstrong]

Good grief some of you sound so stupid.

Please enlighten us.

 

[Anonymous]

Get back to us with the number of classics that master tactician Bruyneel managed to win, Mr. Wizard.

Hes won the two biggest grand tours in the world multiple times.. isnt that enough?

 

[Cerberus]

Saw the Shleck/Contador commerical again - LOL worthy

Yep, very.

 

[sometriguy]

I'm going on the Records saying that Andy Schleck has been over hyped and that he won't get dropped on the final climb of the day, but he will be put in real difficulty.

He will show weakness today

 

[Cyc81325]

Get back to us with the number of classics that master tactician Bruyneel managed to win, Mr. Wizard.

Probably the same number of sprints Contador has won.

 

[BroDeal]

Hes won the two biggest grand tours in the world multiple times.. isnt that enough?

No it is not because it does not show any tactical genius to have the most doped up rider win what is effectively a race of attrition. A monkey could have done his job. Someone like Riis, who started with a small budgeted team, grew it to a large successfull team, and has won all sorts of races with all sorts of riders, has a much better claim to tactical genius than Bruyneel will ever have.

 

[Ryaguas]

Uffff Thomas Voeckler having a bad day

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Probably the same number of sprints Contador has won.

What does this has to do with anything?

"Your mom", much?
________
JUSTIN BIEBER

 

[BroDeal]

I'm going on the Records saying that Andy Schleck has been over hyped and that he won't get dropped on the final climb of the day, but he will be put in real difficulty.

He will show weakness today

I don't think so. If the contenders decide to really race then they will want to go over the top together after dropping one or two GC threats. They need enough people to stay away to the finish. I think someone like Wigans might have trouble.

 

[Roland Rat]

I thought we all knew that they are no saxo bank? Seriously, any team who expects them to be riding on the front the whole day is kidding themselves when it comes to BMC. We are a young team who lacks an extra one or two climbers. It is not great we don't have frank here as he can climb quite well.

"We"?

 

[sportzchick]

"We"?

like every other sport I guess - everyone refers to their no.1 team as we

eg. Im not going to say Australia is going to play England in a Friendly - im going to say We are going to play England in a Friendly

 

[Cerberus]

like every other sport I guess - everyone refers to their no.1 team as we

Only when they're doing well though.

 

[Roland Rat]

No it is not because it does not show any tactical genius to have the most doped up rider win what is effectively a race of attrition. A monkey could have done his job. Someone like Riis, who started with a small budgeted team, grew it to a large successfull team, and has won all sorts of races with all sorts of riders, has a much better claim to tactical genius than Bruyneel will ever have.

+1.

Although you could argue his tactics for evading tests was pretty impressive.

 

[sportzchick]

Only when they're doing well though.

not a great fan of that team then

It will aways be "we" regardless and besides BMC are the team with the yellow jernsey so they are doing well

 

[Wergeland]

No it is not because it does not show any tactical genius to have the most doped up rider win what is effectively a race of attrition. A monkey could have done his job. Someone like Riis, who started with a small budgeted team, grew it to a large successfull team, and has won all sorts of races with all sorts of riders, has a much better claim to tactical genius than Bruyneel will ever have.

Except that Kim Andersen was the one planing the tactics i Saxo.

 

[sportzchick]

Except that Kim Andersen was the one planing the tactics i Saxo.

a good leader knows how to put good men around him

its what we would call delegation

 

[BroDeal]

Except that Kim Andersen was the one planing the tactics i Saxo.

If Bruyneel can claim credit for Yates work at the Giro then Riis can claim credit for Andersen's work as well.

 

[Cerberus]

not a great fan of that team then

It will aways be "we" regardless and besides BMC are the team with the yellow jernsey so they are doing well

Of BMC? Not a great fan, but I have no beef with them either and they have indeed done well so far, both the team and Evans. I was simply making a general observation that when it comes to sports teams it tends to be "we" won, but "they" lost.