Originally Posted by
reef58
Why does everyone think AC needs such a strong team to win. He doesn't. He needs an adequate team. Any of the pro tour teams will do. Grand Tours are won from the top down not bottom up. Look at Lance's team from 2005, and what they did in the Tour in 2006. All the talk on the boards was how strong his team was in 2005, and how it wasn't fair yada yada yada. They stunk up the joint in 2006.
It still comes down to having to drop Contador on the climbs. Saxo tried very hard, AC didn't really have a lot of team support, and it didn't work. Strong teams are overated.
What about Sastre last year?
I think that pretty obviously was a
team-win.
And regarding Contador - maybe he stays with Astana, who knows...
Apparently Alonso is starting with his team in 2011 (and is rumored to be sponsored by Red Bull, which would mean big bucks), that would fit perfectly with the end of his contract in Kazakstan.