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richwagmn said:Still early in the season, but how is Astana looking team wise? Are they capable of controlling a race like the TDF?
Horner seemed to think they looked pretty weak in today's stage.
richwagmn said:Horner seemed to think they looked pretty weak in today's stage.
richwagmn said:Still early in the season, but how is Astana looking team wise? Are they capable of controlling a race like the TDF?
Horner seemed to think they looked pretty weak in today's stage.
Publicus said:Pereiro is in crappy shape and has been useless when the terrain heads upward.
richwagmn said:Horner seemed to think they looked pretty weak in today's stage.
MacRoadie said:I wonder how good his view was from 2 minutes back. What was his analysis of his own team leader (Leipheimer), who finished 38 seconds BEHIND him...?
Geoffroy Lequatre + 00:25
Janez Brajkovic + 00:25
Christopher Horner + 01:58
Sébastien Rosseler + 02:36
Tiago Machado + 02:36
Levi Leipheimer + 02:36
Yaroslav Popovych + 16:15
flicker said:uhhhh! its only a training race for the shack beevis.
theswordsman said:He said that Levi dropped a chain with five miles to go![]()
MacRoadie said:I wonder how good his view was from 2 minutes back. What was his analysis of his own team leader (Leipheimer), who finished 38 seconds BEHIND him...?
Geoffroy Lequatre + 00:25
Janez Brajkovic + 00:25
Christopher Horner + 01:58
Sébastien Rosseler + 02:36
Tiago Machado + 02:36
Levi Leipheimer + 02:36
Yaroslav Popovych + 16:15
:: 12 / 03 / 10 :: Alberto Contador in Paris-Nice: “It was like a Tour stage, but the hard ones”
Alberto Contador retained the lead jersey today in Paris-Nice after a particularly tough day, which was done at a great pace and where he fought from the first km to last. “It was like a Tour stage, but the hard ones”, said the Astana’s leader.
“You have to be super attentive and there has been a moment”, said Contador, “that I had to answer to an attack because they where Joaquin Rodriguez, Kreuziger and Luis Leon. That\'s what this race is that there are many riders in a few seconds and is very difficult to control. Although I wear the yellow jersey now, I will not take the whole responsibility because neither my team nor I can”.
Contador said his team “has done what it could. The stage seemed for the sprinters, but nothing at all, has been a very hard stage and almost impossible to control, because in the kilometer 100 had not yet made the break”.
Alberto said he is “feeling good, but in this race you need a very, very strong team to keep it under control, it is a race that is easier to win at counter-attack than being defensive. Tomorrow will be very difficult and I will not take more responsibility than me and my team can take”.
Finally, Alberto said he is not a duel “between Valverde and me, although I wish it were. Tomorrow will be like to start the race again, although I have in my favor the Sunday’s stage. If I keep the yellow tomorrow, I would prefer that was not the last stage, but depending on what happens tomorrow, also I can play my cards on Sunday”, he said.
theswordsman said:He said that Levi dropped a chain with five miles to go![]()
flicker said:uhhhh! its only a training race for the shack beevis.
Yeah, life on Montana just didn't prepare him for that.Publicus said:Don't forget it was a little chilly too. Li'l Levi doesn't like the cold much.![]()
peloton said:Really?
Funny no-one in the live coverage(s) noticed that....![]()
theswordsman said:He said that Levi dropped a chain with five miles to go![]()
lolz Tommy D watch. Where is Kristen?BroDeal said:Uh-oh. All but two of their riders came in behind Tommy. D. I call this the Tommy D. score. Today's score is 2/7 = 28.6% Retirement Shack is screwed.
Overall I don't think we can learn much from P-N. It's March. It's been colder than a witch's tit in a brass brassiere on the shady side of an iceberg. Lots of riders dislike riding in the cold. On paper Astana can field a decent team, not stacked or anything, but good enough for Contador.
is that an equivalent euphemism to "dropping the soap" in the Big House?theswordsman said:He said that Levi dropped a chain with five miles to go![]()
BroDeal said:Uh-oh. All but two of their riders came in behind Tommy. D. I call this the Tommy D. score. Today's score is 2/7 = 28.6% Retirement Shack is screwed.
peloton said:Really?
Funny no-one in the live coverage(s) noticed that....![]()
However, Levi’s luck run out at around 5 miles to go, as he drop his chain coming out of a bumpy turn. He lost contact with the front group, which was now down to around 40 guys.
flicker said:uhhhh! its only a training race for the shack beevis.
BroDeal said:Uh-oh. All but two of their riders came in behind Tommy. D. I call this the Tommy D. score. Today's score is 2/7 = 28.6% Retirement Shack is screwed. On a non-mountain stage a score less than 50% is a sure sign a team is sucking. A score of 28.6% on a hard, bumpy day of racing is almost unheard of. It might even be record breaking.
Overall I don't think we can learn much from P-N. It's March. It's been colder than a witch's tit in a brass brassiere on the shady side of an iceberg. Lots of riders dislike riding in the cold. On paper Astana can field a decent team, not stacked or anything, but good enough for Contador.