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Well that's it. She show's over. Tony Martin's gonna win it for sure now.


On a more serious note - I wonder if Andy is crying into Bruynel's shoulder right now
 
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I don't think Andy Schleck is physically incapable of being at least a decent TTer, I think it's a matter of focus and work ethics. If Bruynel strapped him to a training bike in a wind channel all winter long I don't think it's unthinkable that he could do a top10-ish TT during the Tour.
If he was left to do his own thing, he might as well skip the Tour and try his luck in the Giro or Vuelta...
 
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spalco said:
I don't think Andy Schleck is physically incapable of being at least a decent TTer, I think it's a matter of focus and work ethics. If Bruynel strapped him to a training bike in a wind channel all winter long I don't think it's unthinkable that he could do a top10-ish TT during the Tour.
If he was left to do his own thing, he might as well skip the Tour and try his luck in the Giro or Vuelta...
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Have you ever seen him on a TT bike? It hurts your eyes. I don't know if it's a lack of training that gives him that awful position, or if his body's just not made for it, I just know it's not nice at all to look at.
 
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The little boss will top 10 in the two long itts.

it s not a bad news for him.
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Even if somehow he did top10 in those two TT's he would still probably lose time to wiggins, mechov and evans, so it is bad news.
 
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LaFlorecita said:
Have you ever seen him on a TT bike? It hurts your eyes. I don't know if it's a lack of training that gives him that awful position, or if his body's just not made for it, I just know it's not nice at all to look at.
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I guess he doesn't find stretching a desirable form of training (who does?), but it's essential to achieve a good TT position. His position looks awful indeed.
 
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Froome19 said:
Even if somehow he did top10 in those two TT's he would still probably lose time to wiggins, mechov and evans, so it is bad news.
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Exactly, and its not like Andy is a bad TT anyways, he is a pure climber and everybody thinks he has to be amazing at TT because he is a GC contender. How come guys like J-Rod, Basso, and Scarponi don't get thrown under the bus by you guys because they can't TT like other top GC contenders. Andy rode a good final TT in the TDF last year, as well as in 2010, Evans just rode amazing in that TT.
 
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Exactly, and its not like Andy is a bad TT anyways, he is a pure climber and everybody thinks he has to be amazing at TT because he is a GC contender. How come guys like J-Rod, Basso, and Scarponi don't get thrown under the bus by you guys because they can't TT like other top GC contenders. Andy rode a good final TT in the TDF last year, as well as in 2010, Evans just rode amazing in that TT.
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Maybe because Andy insists on only riding the TDF, where it's practically impossible to win without a good TT.
 
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