Originally Posted by
erader
Levi is a contender. i said i didn't like menchov and that he has a lot to prove. i said yesterday that he's the guy to beat. i don't think i ever said anything negative about sastre but you go ahead and look it up... since you want to be right and argue.... hell you just might be right
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yeah i like levi, so what? who are you pulling for this race besides anyone but levi or are you still hedging
? are you saying the bolshevik has it in the bag?
ed rader
I'm pulling for Basso..he's in with a shout for the last step but that's about as far as he could get.
Look Ed you flatly stated that winning the Vuelta was meaningless. You dismissed the Vuelta and those who have won it (Sastre/Menchov) because guys like Lance didn't race it. You stated that Menchov isn't a contender that he would find a way to lose. Yet you still say that Levi is a contender even though Menchov is eating his lunch...Levi has never won a three week stage race. His biggest stage race win is the ToC. A race that 95% of the peloton treats as a training race and Levi treats as his TdF. As I've said in previous responses you can't rate Levi on one hand and dismiss guys who have won Grand Tours with other. I said from the beginning that Levi wouldn't make the podium and I'm sticking by that statement. Unless he produces a 'supernatural' performance on Wed he's done. And yes Ed I'm arguing because I am right..