This year could his LA's "Waterloo", who would kick his butt I wonder. It could also be a tight match in favor of the adversary whowever that is: Basso maybe?
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Originally Posted by doctorSpoc
uhmm... seems to me last year (and previous season) he started his racing season even earlier and was, at least able to finish those races respectively, and show some pretty good fitness... 3dr in Criterium International
- Tour of the Algarve February 18-22... he held the leaders jersery after a ITT 'til Landis took it on the final stage... LA was only about 1min down on GC though
- Vuelta a Murcian (March 3-7) twenty something on GC
- Criterium International (March 27-28 ) - 3rd on GC
...get the feeling that this is a result of that... 'the TdF is the only race of the season syndrome'. people just don't know better... probably due to lack of TV coverage in North America. to anyone who actually follows pro racing, LA is very obviously far behind in his prep for this years TdF... for him, don't look at other riders. look at where LA has been in his fitness in previous years and look at where he is now... he's pretty behind, that's pretty obvious, if he said any differently in that interview he would have looked pretty stupid for not admitting it, that's why he did so...