Now to answer the thread title, another thread that has been hijacked by BPC.
Levi and Andreas will be at least equal to Lance next year. Both will be given a minor race to whet their appetite of winning a race. Levi, the Tour of California and Andreas perhaps the Tour of Luxembourg or Austria, maybe Terrino Aldretico. This will be all the team will win, with the odd ITT win by Levi and Andreas. Lance's MTB and triathlon forays don't count for team effort.
I suspect the tour will become very nasty on the road, physical and shoving, blocking, etc, after Contador walks out of the Alps with 2-3 minutes on the best placed Shack rider (they'll know the tour is over but singa different tune to the public). Someone will say something to the press and one of the sock puppet riders (really a fanboy) will rush to the defense of the noble RadioShack, declaring it has nothing to do with the Shack and is unsubstantiated and that he saw someone else instigating the dirty acts...it will all be a lie. However the media will be bombarded with talk of 'positive attitudes' and 'a long way to Paris.' The naughty Berty will then spank the Shack riders senseless in the Pyrenees and a very frustrated Levi and Andreas will be simmering at the collars having to tug Lance up the hills in a futile but determined manner. Maybe Bruyneel will pull up next to Lance and give him a shove. The temper tantrems! I'd hate to be a domestique when this happens, they'll all cop it.
You see its about perception, when the $h!t really does hit the fan for the Shack, which it rightfully should, the team will engage in a PR effort to direct the publics attention away from all the grandstanding and ego filled bile that Lance had coughed up in the prior 6 months, showtalk and gamesmanship that he will demonstrate he could not physically manage to pull off against Schleck, let alone Contador. Liggett will find a way to attack Contador and defend Lance (he will be portrayed as a victim of bullying).
As for Levi and Andreas...when you sell your soul you get peanuts in return. No sympathy here. I just hope Levi stays on his bike and doesn't knock others off like this year.
Sprocket01...it is foolish to engage in psychological warfare when you know the odds are not in your favour. If you can't back up what you are saying, even to the smallest degree, you are in line for a hiding. Thanks for once again demonstrating your cognitive failings and those of your hero.
Levi and Andreas will be at least equal to Lance next year. Both will be given a minor race to whet their appetite of winning a race. Levi, the Tour of California and Andreas perhaps the Tour of Luxembourg or Austria, maybe Terrino Aldretico. This will be all the team will win, with the odd ITT win by Levi and Andreas. Lance's MTB and triathlon forays don't count for team effort.
I suspect the tour will become very nasty on the road, physical and shoving, blocking, etc, after Contador walks out of the Alps with 2-3 minutes on the best placed Shack rider (they'll know the tour is over but singa different tune to the public). Someone will say something to the press and one of the sock puppet riders (really a fanboy) will rush to the defense of the noble RadioShack, declaring it has nothing to do with the Shack and is unsubstantiated and that he saw someone else instigating the dirty acts...it will all be a lie. However the media will be bombarded with talk of 'positive attitudes' and 'a long way to Paris.' The naughty Berty will then spank the Shack riders senseless in the Pyrenees and a very frustrated Levi and Andreas will be simmering at the collars having to tug Lance up the hills in a futile but determined manner. Maybe Bruyneel will pull up next to Lance and give him a shove. The temper tantrems! I'd hate to be a domestique when this happens, they'll all cop it.
You see its about perception, when the $h!t really does hit the fan for the Shack, which it rightfully should, the team will engage in a PR effort to direct the publics attention away from all the grandstanding and ego filled bile that Lance had coughed up in the prior 6 months, showtalk and gamesmanship that he will demonstrate he could not physically manage to pull off against Schleck, let alone Contador. Liggett will find a way to attack Contador and defend Lance (he will be portrayed as a victim of bullying).
As for Levi and Andreas...when you sell your soul you get peanuts in return. No sympathy here. I just hope Levi stays on his bike and doesn't knock others off like this year.
Sprocket01...it is foolish to engage in psychological warfare when you know the odds are not in your favour. If you can't back up what you are saying, even to the smallest degree, you are in line for a hiding. Thanks for once again demonstrating your cognitive failings and those of your hero.
(Klodi could get work in Germany regardless)
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