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cineteq

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Leonardus said:
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.
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Exactly my thoughts. Everyone, please don't turn this thread into another Schlecks bashing thread...I don't want to be looking for different threads to talk about them, I just want to see one thread: Schlecks Depreciation Thread :D
 
airstream

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A few years should be clearly read as since yesterday. :p

There's also Planche des Belles Filles with 3k at about 9-10%. Evans and Menchov hate steep continual sections and Wiggins is doomed to lose a lot. Stage 3 also includes some finish hill. Wiggins will lose ground there as well. The La Toussuire and Peyragudes stages draw really global prospects for various early monumental raids. Remembering Landis, I bet La Toussuire will confirm its sinister mythical status - the gaps will be huge. It would be a very beautiful literary story. Although, in my view, the win will be in the bag even before Peyragudes.
 
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A few years should be clearly read as since yesterday. :p

There's also Planche des Belles Filles with 3k at about 9-10%. Evans and Menchov hate steep continual sections and Wiggins is doomed to lose a lot. Stage 3 also includes some finish hill. Wiggins will lose ground there as well. The La Toussuire and Peyragudes stages draw really global prospects for various early monumental raids. Remembering Landis, I bet La Toussuire will confirm its sinister mythical status - the gaps will be huge. It would be a very beautiful literary story. Although, in my view, the win will be in the bag even before Peyragudes.
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I really hope that happens just to see the forum's reaction.
 
LaFlorecita

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airstream said:
A few years should be clearly read as since yesterday. :p

There's also Planche des Belles Filles with 3k at about 9-10%. Evans and Menchov hate steep continual sections and Wiggins is doomed to lose a lot. Stage 3 also includes some finish hill. Wiggins will lose ground there as well. The La Toussuire and Peyragudes stages draw really global prospects for various early monumental raids. Remembering Landis, I bet La Toussuire will confirm its sinister mythical status - the gaps will be huge. It would be a very beautiful literary story. Although, in my view, the win will be in the bag even before Peyragudes.
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:eek: I'm afraid you will end up horribly disappointed.
 
airstream

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LaFlorecita said:
:eek: I'm afraid you will end up horribly disappointed.
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Pfff... what version could you oppose to mine? ) Frank is not a contender and there will be no mercy.
 
El Pistolero

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Pfff... what version could you oppose to mine? ) Frank is not a contender and there will be no mercy.
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Does not matter. Schecks will be so demoralized come September that they'll give up cycling forever.
 
Forunculo

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Pfff... what version could you oppose to mine? ) Frank is not a contender and there will be no mercy.
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Some RSNT fans believed Frank can get an easy victory against the likes of Basso or Scarponi given he podiumed last year in TdF.

And the goal "officially" is top 5.


And Andy out the TdF podium is a strong possibility.


Then the rest of the season is a problem, Olympics, San Sebastian, Vuelta, Lombardia and worlds are the only prestigious races and they won't have the rider to beat in any of them.


And given the lack of undertanding of Becca the team could be in danger.
 
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To answer the question yes. But considering only two races count for them, the current one and the TDF, its more like did you enjoy watching Horner ride a crappy TT. (I know Cancellara is on the team but either this year or last with Leopard the classics were not much more than something to pass the time before the one event of the year)
 
airstream

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LaFlorecita said:
Trolololol!
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Great cycling argument. Thanks.

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Some RSNT fans believed Frank can get an easy victory against the likes of Basso or Scarponi given he podiumed las year in TdF
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Who? With his preparation, I didn't think it was possible initially
 
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Woo-hoo, another pointless Radioshrek bashing thread. Before we had

This
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=14555&page=75

This
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=15099&page=152

And partially this
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=14603&page=68

To bash the Shreks in, but that certainly wasn't enough. NO WAY! We need more, why bash 'em in three threads, lets just pollute the whole goddamn board by Shrek bashing.

At least you could have created a simple yes/no poll or something
 
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Bruyneel's teams often did little until the Tour. If you look at years like 2000, 2002 or 2003, the US Postal teams did pretty much nothing before the Dauphine Libere, leading up to the TDF. Their very modest wins to date (Strade Bianche, a stage of T-A) are already greater then some of those years.

If Andy wins the Tour, it will pretty much be on par with some of those years Bruyneel was celebrated for. If he doesn't, it will be a failure of a season.
 
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Well I feel bad for the riders who got stuck on this clusterf*ck of a team and I don't really care about Bruyneel.

Mostly I think it's hilarious because of the epic failure of that idiot Becca and the fact that Nygaard's new team is winning monuments and WorldTour races left and right, and has already found a sponsor makes it even funnier.

But again ... sucks for the riders
 
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