Who else is enjoying the collapse of RadioShack this year?

[richwagmn]

Bruyneel has to be beside himself. He's the genius. The man who produced 8 TDF winners and now this. A complete disaster of a season. Big budget team, no results.

And unless Horner can climb out of his mind tomorrow, they'll lose the ToC which was probably their only shot at something this year given Cancellara's crash.

Frank seems to be doing what Schlecks do best, which is throwing away his chances at GTs (hey I crashed into a rider and he didn't watch out for me). And of course, brother Andy may not even podium this year at the TDF with the course.

I bet Johann would take AC back in a second over the Schleck duo.

Looks like Johann may go out the same way LA went out. With a wimper.

 

[barn yard]

i don't think johann is too concerned about bike racing at the moment!

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

"Who else is enjoying the collapse of RadioShack this year?"

Me. As much as i enjoyed Armstrongs last crashfest tour.

 

[Old School]

I'll enjoy it even more when/if Paul and Phil don't talk about the squad ALL THE TIME during Le Tour.

THOSE guys are the ones that have made me sick of RadioShack...more so than even the riders.

 

[woodie]

I think it'll be sad if the team collapses and all the riders and staff lose their jobs.

 

[Froome19]

Bruyneel has to be beside himself. He's the genius. The man who produced 8 TDF winners and now this. A complete disaster of a season. Big budget team, no results.
.

You answered him, yourself. The TDF is what matters to him so give him a chance.

 

[the asian]

I'm Loving it!!
Will be even more pleased when Andy fails to win the tour
Chris Horner and Gallopin are the only riders I like on that team.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Andy Schleck wins Tour easy
Who do you think will win? Wiggins? Evans? One attack and they're all dead

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I like horner and especially cancellara a lot. however cancellara crashing is a blessing in disguise as now the team is utter failment

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Andy Schleck wins Tour easy
Who do you think will win? Wiggins? Evans? One attack and they're all dead

Andy is no Contador mate, he has to take atleast 5 minutes on both of them (probably more) in the mountains because of the tts

 

[Gloin22]

Andy is no Contador mate, he has to take atleast 5 minutes on both of them (probably more) in the mountains because of the tts

Against this Andy stands no chance

Siutsou ----> Frank ----> Morabito -----> Rogers ---> Porte ----> Froome ----- > Wiggo/Evans

I wait for Froome destruction this year at Tour Hope he gets there on best fitness possible

 

[airstream]

Firstly, it will be much less that 5 min. Secondarily, Andy will climb so that everything around will literally die. The opponents will dream about the only thing that this hell to end asap. They will forget they fight for gc.

 

[Gloin22]

Firstly, it will be much less that 5 min. Secondarily, Andy will climb so that everything around will literally die. The opponents will dream about the only thing that this hell to end asap. They will forget they fight for gc.

100kms of TT'ing and you say less than 5mins. I wouldn't be sure

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Against this Andy stands no chance

Siutsou ----> Frank ----> Morabito -----> Rogers ---> Porte ----> Froome ----- > Wiggo/Evans

I wait for Froome destruction this year at Tour Hope he gets there on best fitness possible

I don't belive in Wiggo for the yellow jersey, let that be said, but if Evans got last years form he will be very hard to beat this year

 

[airstream]

100kms of TT'ing and you say less than 5mins. I wouldn't be sure

anyway, 5 min is a biased far-fetched pro- tt-ers number.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Bruyneel has to be beside himself. He's the genius. The man who produced 9 TDF winners and now this. A complete disaster of a season. Big budget team, no results.

I fixed that for you.

 

[LaFlorecita]

100kms of TT'ing and you say less than 5mins. I wouldn't be sure

Shh..! Let him dream. He will wake up soon enough, when his dream starts to become a nightmare.

 

[airstream]

Well, LaFlorecita, at least I'm glad that thanks to the Schlecks you recognize that other riders exist, like Alex Rasmussen for instance. Probably, you'll like the sport one fine day.

 

[burning]

Shh..! Let him dream. He will wake up soon enough, when his dream starts to become a nightmare.

If rides the Toussuire stage like he did in Galibier, he can do serious damage to TT guys and eleminate them
Otherwise, he has virtually no chance

 

[Froome19]

If rides the Toussuire stage like he did in Galibier, he can do serious damage to TT guys and eleminate them
Otherwise, he has virtually no chance

Well the question is how much time would he have taken on that stage if the other favorites had started chasing much earlier.
Would they have all died out? they all did seem pretty gone asides from Evans.
Or would they have halved the gap?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Well, LaFlorecita, at least I'm glad that thanks to the Schlecks you recognize that other riders exist, like Alex Rasmussen for instance. Probably, you'll like the sport one fine day.

Lol... I've been a fan of Alex for a few years now...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

because he's strong and muscled?

 

[Cancellator]

I actually like all the guys on this team. I think the management is the problem: Becca's lack of understanding of the sport is well-known, plus the fact that this team is a bit of an unholy merger, sort of trying to impose an American identity over a Lux/International team. It's like the people have nothing to do with each other.

I doubt the team will survive in the current format. I think even with worse riders, the Leopard of 2011 was better than this, especially near the end of the season.

 

[greenedge]

I'm not enjoying it as riders like Voigt have been close/ doing work for leaders. They have had bad luck for some riders like Bennati/ Hermans. Cancellaras' crash was also bad- for him/ fans ( i think for every who wanted a great Northern Classic Campaign ).

Frank is still in with a chance at the Giro and Andy will do something at the Tour.

 

[Leonardus]

Is the Shack doing that bad? CQ ranking suggests otherwise.
And i'm not really enjoying the failures of Radioshack, they have a lot of good guys with youngsters like Bakelants, Gallopin and Oliveira and of course great riders like Cancellara, Montfort and good old Voigt. The only guys i don't like are the whining Schleck brothers, but there's already a thread about them. Besides I expect the collapse of Andy in the coming TdF and that's something I will enjoy. And as already mentioned, team management and identity are a problem. I wonder how that will turn out.