Originally Posted by
julian
Think what you may, but what if AC gets sick or crashes or LA shows better form? Right now Astana is in the drivers seat. I think Astana vis a vis the other teams is much stronger than any team that JB or LA has had. If LA wins it would be a lot bigger than if AC wins.
Even Eddy Merckx had his haters because he was so dominate. Right now everyone has the warm fuzzies for Merckx but that wasn't always the case. Just ask the fan who punched him during the race.
a 37-year-old has never won the tour, nor even worn the yellow jersey. ever. riis was 35 when he won and he was OLD and did not repeat.
it's AC's team, and he can win the tour. he showed that on stage 7 and on the first TT. so if AC does falter there are three guys that can step up, and armstrong is one of them.
astana is AC's team, or it should be, and he should have the team's undivided support.
what lance is saying is there are four guys that can win so team leadership is up in the air. pretty generous for a guy who was a complete tyrant when he had his own team.
if it were anyone but contador i'd say that lance would have a case but like i said before contador has already won all three grand tours.
ed rader