Why did Andy Schleck abandon

[Doug Laipple]

the Vuelta?

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

If you read Cyclingnews, you would know the reason he gave: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/andy-schleck-abandons-vuelta-with-stomach-cramps


Susan

 

[Doug Laipple]

Since they changed their format, I can't get Cycling News (other than the forum) on my cell phone. I won't have access to my desktop computer until Tuesday.
I could easily access the news before the change, but now it freezes my whole cellphone if I try to access it.

 

[lucybears]

or even
”I have not been feeling well and I have had all symptoms of the flu since last night and I have not been able to eat anything before today's stage. Naturally I felt weak and drained for energy today and it made absolutely no sense to finish the stage feeling like this”, said Andy Schleck.
http://www.team-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=2504

 

[Doug Laipple]

thank you very much.

I appreciate the news.

 

[James Jordan]

Since they changed their format, I can't get Cycling News (other than the forum) on my cell phone. I won't have access to my desktop computer until Tuesday.
I could easily access the news before the change, but now it freezes my whole cellphone if I try to access it.

Try http://www.pezcyclingnews.com, works well on my Palm Pro. Plus the site is a lot easier to use then the new version CN and has really good quality writing.

 

[cromagnon]

Bad fish I heard.

 

[Payo2000]

Bad fish I heard.

is it true that he is going to Liquigas?

 

[dblueroom]

Bad fish I heard.

Andy Schleck did not finish bad coming in mountain stage, just about the same in TDF - here he's 1:58 behind major contenders like Evans, while 1:20 something behind leader. However I didnt think Saxo Bank sent a winning team here in the Vuelta, and all has been true that Andy was just using vuelta for WC prep. Andy didnt do any prep coming in this race.

 

[Anonymous]

Since they changed their format, I can't get Cycling News (other than the forum) on my cell phone. I won't have access to my desktop computer until Tuesday.
I could easily access the news before the change, but now it freezes my whole cellphone if I try to access it.

same problem here, i rely on the forum now for all my news and dont bother with the main site..

 

[thehog]

same problem here, i rely on the forum now for all my news and dont bother with the main site..

Same here. Cyclingnews went backwards with the new site. Can't be read on the iPhone and the forum loads like a dog.

 

[flicker]

andy

How unfortunate; not only did vuelta loose#1 contender but Andys' retirement would have bettered Chris Horners potential.
I put Schleck A.,second only to Alberto in mountainous stage race.

 

[davestoller]

same problem here, i rely on the forum now for all my news and dont bother with the main site..

yeah, why does cyclingnews format bite the big one.
Even his Lanceness weighed in and said as much.

 

[dblueroom]

is it true that he is going to Liquigas?

I don't think Liquigas is strong enough to satisfy his TDF ambition. plus, to purchase Andy, one has to bring Frank on board as well. A. Schleck is in a good position - no one really in a position to challenge his leadership within the team (Fuglsang has to earn it, as he f'ed up Vuelta, probably due to that running into truck), so he gets full support. Plus, he could still learn a lot from Fabian Cancellara, or if there would be another TTT, he would mimimize time loss...

I think the riders that stand a legitimate chance to win TDF are Contador, Schleck and Valverde.

 

[auscyclefan94]

If you read Cyclingnews, you would know the reason he gave: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/andy-schleck-abandons-vuelta-with-stomach-cramps


Susan

Thought so. A guy like him wouldn't just give up before the first mtn stage of a gt for no reason. Now he can recover and prepare for the worlds where he will be hard to beat.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I don't think Liquigas is strong enough to satisfy his TDF ambition. plus, to purchase Andy, one has to bring Frank on board as well. A. Schleck is in a good position - no one really in a position to challenge his leadership within the team (Fuglsang has to earn it, as he f'ed up Vuelta, probably due to that running into truck), so he gets full support. Plus, he could still learn a lot from Fabian Cancellara, or if there would be another TTT, he would mimimize time loss...

I think the riders that stand a legitimate chance to win TDF are Contador, Schleck and Valverde.

VALVERDE! i would rate quite a few riders before him!

 

[James Jordan]

I don't think Liquigas is strong enough to satisfy his TDF ambition. plus, to purchase Andy, one has to bring Frank on board as well. A. Schleck is in a good position - no one really in a position to challenge his leadership within the team (Fuglsang has to earn it, as he f'ed up Vuelta, probably due to that running into truck), so he gets full support. Plus, he could still learn a lot from Fabian Cancellara, or if there would be another TTT, he would mimimize time loss...

I think the riders that stand a legitimate chance to win TDF are Contador, Schleck and Valverde.

If I was a director of a team the last thing I would want is Frank on my team if I had Andy. You know that he is going to throw away a his chances to help his brother up the ladder. You only have to see the stupidity he pull last year on Ventoux and the year before on Alp de Huez

 

[redsprocket]

Isn't the leaders main responsibility getting his teammates on the podium? Sounds like Andy is a great teammate to me. Even though it didn't work.

 

[dblueroom]

If I was a director of a team the last thing I would want is Frank on my team if I had Andy. You know that he is going to throw away a his chances to help his brother up the ladder. You only have to see the stupidity he pull last year on Ventoux and the year before on Alp de Huez

I think Frank was instrumental to Andy's 2nd this year at TDF (17th stage). The reason Andy was there to help Frank on Ventoux was because the chance of contesting for 1st place was gone - he couldn't dethrown Contador (he couldn't dislodge AC despite many attempts, and the time gap was too much to make up). Then naturally his responsibility was to help his teammate, regardless it was Frank or someone else. Though Frank will never win a race, face it, it's almost impossible to separate the bros.

The year before was different - Andy was a domestique for either sastre or frank. He never had a chance to seriously contest the podium. He made a mistake of hunger knock in the pyreness (got dropped) before made a lot of contribution to the team in Alpe D'huez...

 

[Escarabajo]

If I was a director of a team the last thing I would want is Frank on my team if I had Andy. You know that he is going to throw away a his chances to help his brother up the ladder. You only have to see the stupidity he pull last year on Ventoux and the year before on Alp de Huez

What was he supposed to do? Drop the leader of the race (Frank) or chase Carlos Sastre down (team mate)? What kind of tactics is that?

 

[issoisso]

And now the other Schleck has had enough of the knee injury and pulled out so he can have surgery. He won't ride again this year.

 

[James Jordan]

I still think Andy had the chance and the opportunity to get time on Alberto on Ventoux this year. Why he sacrificed this to get a domestic, even if he is his brother, on the podium is still a mystery to me.

 

[Angliru]

VALVERDE! i would rate quite a few riders before him!

...and we all can guess who one of those would be.

 

[Angliru]

I still think Andy had the chance and the opportunity to get time on Alberto on Ventoux this year. Why he sacrificed this to get a domestic, even if he is his brother, on the podium is still a mystery to me.

Where and when? While Contador appeared to be wincing a bit I don't recall any point where he appeared to be in any real trouble that would've made the ultimate Ventoux result any different than the other mountain stages.

 

[Cerberus]

Where and when? While Contador appeared to be wincing a bit I don't recall any point where he appeared to be any real trouble that would've ultimate Ventoux result any different than the other mountain stages.

Also of cause it's not like Schleck needed 30 seconds on Contador, everything short of 4 minutes 11 seconds is cosmetic and that's an awful lot of time. trying for the much more realistic objective of loosing Armstrong makes perfect sense to me.