What will Saxo Bank Do In the next 3 Mountain Stages?

[Miburo]

So what will Saxo Bank do right now?

Edit: My bad, i mean will and not should.

 

[Red Rick]

Miburo, is that you? where's the poll

edit- there it is

Contador will go full *** naturally

 

[Red Rick]

Kreuziger for option B, Contador for option C, while Kreuziger may help a little bit in that.

Tomorrow they're gonna test the waters to see if there's hope left

 

[murali]

saxo will show the belkin boys what to do when you 2nd and 3rd spot in GC.

J-rod and quintana will be happy to help them now. they need to pull down mollema

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Abandon Velasco and go with RK.

 

[Miburo]

Abandon Velasco and go with RK.

What about Mick? Go on Gladon, you never know.

 

[Afrank]

Long range suicide attacks for Alpe and LGB, mountain top finish battle for Annecy. Or long range on Annecy too if the attacks the previous 2 stages didn't work out.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nothing I'm afraid. Contador will get 3 seconds at most.

 

[Bavarianrider]

All or nothing attack on Glandon

 

[Zam_Olyas]

What about Mick? Go on Gladon, you never know.

Mick will win a stage, and that is enough for him this time.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

So what should Saxo Bank do right now?

the title says 'will' but your post says 'should'

They should do all out suicide attacks only caring about the win, but whether they will, who knows.

So which do you want me to vote for? What they will do or what they should do?

 

[DirtyWorks]

All or nothing attack on Glandon

IMHO, it's too far out unless the attackers get a super-group of guys far down on GC to help.

Saxo has done a great job setting up for a team assault on his position. Send Kreuzinger(sp) up the road while Contador just sits on. Send Contador up the road after Kreuzinger gets caught.

I'm afraid Froome's got too much power for him to lose the lead. The day before Paris is a mountain top finish. Perfect for Froome's capabilities.

 

[H2OUUP2]

So what should Saxo Bank do right now?

What SHOULD they do, or what WILL they do?? Two different questions.


They SHOULD probably just hold onto two podium spots. That's pretty impressive.

But I think they WILL not do that and risk it all. Which will make for great racing, which will make me happy.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Considering how fragile Sky was in the Pyrennees, there should certainly be a chance to do some fancy tactical long range attacking a la Fuente De, Movistar could easily do the same.....

 

[User Guide]

They should be ok for points this year so definetly think they will give it a good go.
Depends on Krueziger I guess and how he values a podium spot.

 

[jens_attacks]

festina courchevel type of attack. all or nothing. blow the race apart

 

[User Guide]

Considering how fragile Sky was in the Pyrennees, there should certainly be a chance to do some fancy tactical long range attacking a la Fuente De, Movistar could easily do the same.....

Valverde wants a stage , think a better chance of Quintana winning one AND getting on the podium.
How much pull does Valverde have/want ?
Should all be for Quintana at this point but wont.
Staying on topic be interesting how things play out between Saxo and Movi from this point in.

 

[Miburo]

the title says 'will' but your post says 'should'

They should do all out suicide attacks only caring about the win, but whether they will, who knows.

So which do you want me to vote for? What they will do or what they should do?

My bad, i meant: will

 

[luckyboy]

Pray for another Fuente De

 

[murali]

They should be ok for points this year so definetly think they will give it a good go.
Depends on Krueziger I guess and how he values a podium spot.

sorry for asking, but how do they compute the UCI points? The document i read looked very complex, and i still haven't figured out who gets what.

 

[murali]

my gut feel is that they will be willing to sacrifice one spot. But considering the gap to #4, they can afford to attack with both kreuziger and contador.

 

[Wigwan]

They should be ok for points this year so definetly think they will give it a good go.
Depends on Krueziger I guess and how he values a podium spot.

Does Contador points count? If not, Maybe they'll go all in for Contador, but ry to preserve Kreuziger's 3rd place.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think a lot of you are going to end up disappointed. They will try but it will be depressing. I think they'll be better off riding for stage wins (particularly Contador).

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Kind off sucks for Kreuziger if he has to participate in silly all or nothing attacks.

For Contador it's obvious, a small chance of winning or stage wins or whatever is all better than podium, but for Kreuziger TDF podium would be (close to) the best result of his carreer. He would settle his name as a GC contender again. So for him, just defending against Quintana and becoming third is the best thing to do, whereas for Contador silly all or nothing attacks are the best thing to do, imo.

 

[SafeBet]

Kind off sucks for Kreuziger if he has to participate in silly all or nothing attacks.

For Contador it's obvious, a small chance of winning or stage wins or whatever is all better than podium, but for Kreuziger TDF podium would be (close to) the best result of his carreer. He would settle his name as a GC contender again. So for him, just defending against Quintana and becoming third is the best thing to do, whereas for Contador silly all or nothing attacks are the best thing to do, imo.

I kind of agree.
Contador should be the one used for long range attacks, if they're planning to do them.