World Masters Games 2010 - commentary, spoilers, opinions etc
#551
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#552
Has coddling tendencies.
Late evening (it's still Sunday night for me) thoughts about stage 8: Chavanel burning out so soon was a surprise? Not really. Shleck and Evans have a good plan - stay on the wheel of Contador as he and his team thrash themselves in an attempt to catch them. Contador showed weakness. I'm doubtful Astana can bury themselves day after day like they did today.
Will LA bury himself to try and help Leipheimer drop those ahead of him?
LA can still win if he pulls a Landis '06 stage 17 solo flier.
Will LA bury himself to try and help Leipheimer drop those ahead of him?
LA can still win if he pulls a Landis '06 stage 17 solo flier.
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Asked whether the team would now ride for Leipheimer, who is up to eighth overall, 2:14 down on Evans, Horner said, “Who?"
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1) Armstrong is 4 minutes further back,
2) Landis had at least as good of form as his rivals, Armstrong doesn't,
3) Everyone has seen that play now. Even down 12 minutes, Astana et al, would mark Armstrong a bit closer than they did Landis.
Armstrong's better play is lose more time, get a longer leash, then attack for a stage win, or to be up the road to help Leipheimer.
2) Landis had at least as good of form as his rivals, Armstrong doesn't,
3) Everyone has seen that play now. Even down 12 minutes, Astana et al, would mark Armstrong a bit closer than they did Landis.
Armstrong's better play is lose more time, get a longer leash, then attack for a stage win, or to be up the road to help Leipheimer.
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for some reason i'm a samu sanchez fan, he looked pretty good yesterday. lots of uphills left in this TdF though, i think all we can really glean from yesterday is that a schleck has some good form, the contenders are pretty much who everyone thought they would be, and that father time doesnt show favorites, he smiles on us all.
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Seemed like a rookie mistake. Sad, like seeing Willie Mays fall down in center field or, like Ex said, Holmes slapping Ali around.
Kidd, Chavenal was never going to be a GC contender, he got his glory and may get more and I'm sure he can party like a rock star after the race is over.
Kidd, Chavenal was never going to be a GC contender, he got his glory and may get more and I'm sure he can party like a rock star after the race is over.
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..."Euskaltel really needs to learn how to ride bikes. It's just shocking. I don't know whether that's controversial or not, but I don't care. They've probably caused every crash in this race... It's really unfortunate for Lance because he wanted to finish this Tour de France in style, and now..."[/I]
Lloyd might be right about the Basques not riding a straight line, but linking that to Armstrong is an impressive bit of mental gymnastics.
You left one off.
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Levi has the entire team behind him....literally..I lover Horner's reaction when asked if they'd ride for Levi...8th naw we won't ride for 8th.
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He did say they would protect Levi.
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I don't really get it. I read the quote a few times, and still don't get it. Explain please? To me it sounds like he's dissing Levi, but that can't be true.
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At the bottom:
Asked whether the team would now ride for Leipheimer, who is up to eighth overall, 2:14 down on Evans, Horner said, “I don’t think we ride for seventh or eighth. Do we look after him? Sure, absolutely, we always have. But do we put guys in the front for eighth place on GC? I don’t think so. We’ll just have to make a plan B or a plan Z.”
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Originally Posted by Quel
Just sounds like he said they wont work to control the peleton while Levi is in 8th place.
In other news, Cadel hasn't smacked any journalists in his stint in yellow yet:
(I like Cadel, but it's a great excuse to show this video again)
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i interpret that to say, levi, you're on your own. remember 2007 when you worked for AC by following him around France, do that again. the rest of us are going stage hunting with bbox