CSC dilemma
Dumbasses -
Their goal was to have Basso challenge LANCE for the jersey. Good plan considering his ride last year and what he displayed in the Giro this year. Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? If they use up the team defending it, it makes it harder for them to protect Basso later on. Zabriskie's got a fat lead over everyone but LANCE. It's a good problem to have, I suppose. thanks, K. Gringioni. |
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What do you think?!! Mr. 60 has proven himself a fine tactician in the past; why should that change now? |
While I'm thinking we won't see Basso bringing water bottles back up to
Zabriskie, I'm thinking they'll defend hard. :) I think their director may be smart enough to know that they should take all the publicity they can now. It doesn't look good for the contenders... "Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message oups.com... Dumbasses - Their goal was to have Basso challenge LANCE for the jersey. Good plan considering his ride last year and what he displayed in the Giro this year. Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? If they use up the team defending it, it makes it harder for them to protect Basso later on. Zabriskie's got a fat lead over everyone but LANCE. It's a good problem to have, I suppose. thanks, K. Gringioni. |
Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? If they use up the team defending it, it makes it harder for them to protect Basso later on. Which is why they'll put in exactly 0 effort to preserve Zaby's jersey. Zabriskie's got a fat lead over everyone but LANCE. With maximum team effort, how long do you suppose CSC could keep that jersey? It'll be gone after the TTT no matter what they do. |
On 2 Jul 2005 11:15:02 -0700, Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
Their goal was to have Basso challenge LANCE for the jersey. Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? Another big, big goal was to have the yellow in the first week. Good start. They will defend. -- Firefox Browser - Rediscover the web - http://getffox.com/ Thunderbird E-mail and Newsgroups - http://gettbird.com/ |
Tim Lines wrote:
Kurgan Gringioni wrote: With maximum team effort, how long do you suppose CSC could keep that jersey? It'll be gone after the TTT no matter what they do. With Zabriskie, Voigt, Julich and Basso, and Disco missing Ekimov, that is not assured. A while back, an expert panel of RBR analysts concluded that cumulative prologue times are a pretty good predictor of TTT rank. CSC won the teams classification today, but by only a hair over Disco. CSC's willingness to defend the jersey probably depends on how much the sprinters' teams help them reel in the breaks. CSC would have to keep breaks close enough that teams like QS and Davitolottomon feel it's worthwhile to pull for the last N kms of a stage. Too bad T-Mob left Zabel at home! |
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 12:24:12 -0600, "BigLoco"
wrote: While I'm thinking we won't see Basso bringing water bottles back up to Zabriskie, I'm thinking they'll defend hard. :) I think their director may be smart enough to know that they should take all the publicity they can now. It doesn't look good for the contenders... It's a bit early to think that all of Lance's main rivals have started to think about second place, but if anyone doubted that Lance is in good form, that has been laid to rest. I doubt that today could have gone any better for Lance. He put serious time on all his competitors and CSC has yellow but the man in yellow is not Basso. If CSC expends energy defending the yellow, it will hurt Bassos's chances in the GC. If they let it go, they could end up with nothing. Considering that Basso is already 1'24" behind they have to think that Basso is a long shot. My guess is that CSC will try to defend as long as they can. Jan has to be demoralized after seeing Lance pass him on the road. Talk about starting the Tour on a down note. I doubt that Jan will sleep well tonight. Too bad that no one actually saw Zabriskie ride. A ride like that deserves to be seen. The BBC reported that conditions worsened as the day went on, but determining who was helped (or hurt) by the wind (or lack of it) is a fools errand. |
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Tim Lines wrote:
With maximum team effort, how long do you suppose CSC could keep that jersey? It'll be gone after the TTT no matter what they do. Not if they've learned from their experiences in the past and select decent tires and pressure for the TTT. How many flats did they get in 2003? Jim |
Dans le message de
oups.com, Kurgan Gringioni a réfléchi, et puis a déclaré : Dumbasses - Their goal was to have Basso challenge LANCE for the jersey. Good plan considering his ride last year and what he displayed in the Giro this year. Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? If they use up the team defending it, it makes it harder for them to protect Basso later on. Zabriskie's got a fat lead over everyone but LANCE. It's a good problem to have, I suppose. thanks, K. Gringioni. Unless a strong contender gets in the breaks over the next few, flat days, there is no motivation for CSC to actively defend anything. Bunch finishes, all the way to Germany. No time lost, no jersey strongly defended, no imagination. But that's the modern tour, yes ? -- Bonne route ! Sandy Vreneuil-sur-Seine FR |
Too bad that no one actually saw Zabriskie ride. A ride like that
deserves to be seen. The BBC reported that conditions worsened as the day went on, but determining who was helped (or hurt) by the wind (or lack of it) is a fools errand. Not always. I was in Nantes in 2003, when David Millar won the final ITT. He went very early, and had an incredibly-strong tailwind from a storm that was blowing through. An hour later it was wet but without wind. Given the course & wind direction, there is no doubt in my mind that he wouldn't have even been in the running for a podium position had he gone later on. Keep in mind that he even crashed during the race and still won. Yet nobody brought this up at the time. Is it considered unsportsmanlike to do so (among sports writers)? Curious that in track & field there are difinitive standards for "wind aided" times, and that's primarily because of the effect it might have on records. In a bicycle time trial, the riders are spread out over a much greater amount of time, such that conditions can potentially change dramatically. However, I don't see any practical way to deal with the issue, as it's not something that's predictable in a way that could create a manipulated outcome. It's the luck of the draw, as starting order is determined by the prior-day's events. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "Jack Hollis" wrote in message ... On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 12:24:12 -0600, "BigLoco" wrote: While I'm thinking we won't see Basso bringing water bottles back up to Zabriskie, I'm thinking they'll defend hard. :) I think their director may be smart enough to know that they should take all the publicity they can now. It doesn't look good for the contenders... It's a bit early to think that all of Lance's main rivals have started to think about second place, but if anyone doubted that Lance is in good form, that has been laid to rest. I doubt that today could have gone any better for Lance. He put serious time on all his competitors and CSC has yellow but the man in yellow is not Basso. If CSC expends energy defending the yellow, it will hurt Bassos's chances in the GC. If they let it go, they could end up with nothing. Considering that Basso is already 1'24" behind they have to think that Basso is a long shot. My guess is that CSC will try to defend as long as they can. Jan has to be demoralized after seeing Lance pass him on the road. Talk about starting the Tour on a down note. I doubt that Jan will sleep well tonight. Too bad that no one actually saw Zabriskie ride. A ride like that deserves to be seen. The BBC reported that conditions worsened as the day went on, but determining who was helped (or hurt) by the wind (or lack of it) is a fools errand. |
"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in
oups.com: Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? They don't have to. It's flat up to the TTT. The sprinter's teams will keep it all together until then. |
Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
conditions can potentially change dramatically. [...] I don't see any practical way to deal with the issue Easy. Speed skating dealt with the issue by building indoor ice rinks. Ride all TTs on velodromes. |
Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
conditions can potentially change dramatically. [...] I don't see any practical way to deal with the issue Easy. Speed skating dealt with the issue by building indoor ice rinks. Ride all TTs on velodromes. Do they require patrons to smoke, as they do for indooor velodromes? - --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "Ewoud Dronkert" wrote in message ... Mike Jacoubowsky wrote: conditions can potentially change dramatically. [...] I don't see any practical way to deal with the issue Easy. Speed skating dealt with the issue by building indoor ice rinks. Ride all TTs on velodromes. |
Sandy wrote:
Unless a strong contender gets in the breaks over the next few, flat days, there is no motivation for CSC to actively defend anything. Bunch finishes, all the way to Germany. No time lost, no jersey strongly defended, no imagination. But that's the modern tour, yes ? They have to ride on the front because (a) the team of the leader is expected to and (b) they need to chase down or deter any breaks with threats in them. Once a break of their liking is established, they can slack off a little, but they still have to keep the gap small enough that the sprinters' teams will finish it off in the last half or third of the race. So they might not be working as much during the part of the race that most people see on TV, but that doesn't mean they get to coast. Yes, things were so much better in the wool jersey days, when we were young and beautiful (as Jobst says) but global warming means we can't go back to wool jerseys in July ... |
"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message
oups.com... Dumbasses - Their goal was to have Basso challenge LANCE for the jersey. Good plan considering his ride last year and what he displayed in the Giro this year. Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? If they use up the team defending it, it makes it harder for them to protect Basso later on. Zabriskie's got a fat lead over everyone but LANCE. It's a good problem to have, I suppose. Consider - if they don't defend the Jersey creditably there's going to be some REALLY hot headlines on the press in Scandanavia. |
Ewoud Dronkert wrote in
: On 2 Jul 2005 11:15:02 -0700, Kurgan Gringioni wrote: Their goal was to have Basso challenge LANCE for the jersey. Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? Another big, big goal was to have the yellow in the first week. Good start. They will defend. No worries -- if the team gets burned out defending the yellow jersey, Basso's days with Fassa Bortolo prepared him to ride the rest of the tour with no help at all. NS |
Tim Mullin wrote:
"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in oups.com: Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? They don't have to. It's flat up to the TTT. The sprinter's teams will keep it all together until then. What sprinters' teams? Fassa Bortolo and T-Mobile are the strong sprinters' teams, and they left their sprinters at home. Cancellara says he wants to get the jersey.. but he won't get it from bonus seconds in sprints. Even Petacchi couldn't manage that from his current position. Lotto, CA and FDJ are not remarkably great at controlling the peloton. |
They will fight to hold onto the yellow jersey, and continue their
strong showing in the team competition. Riis (like everyone else) has looked at the DSC lineup and Lance's form and concluded that Lance will probably win barring a major problem. So CSC will lead the fight for scraps, and probably beat everyone out for the lion's share of other prizes. -- -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed" |
Tim Lines wrote:
This makes sense to me. I'd hate to see them put in a lot of unaided team effort for Zabriskie. It occurs to me that few breaks could stay (far) away from D. Zabriskie, especially if he has any help. -- -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed" |
Raptor wrote:
Tim Lines wrote: This makes sense to me. I'd hate to see them put in a lot of unaided team effort for Zabriskie. It occurs to me that few breaks could stay (far) away from D. Zabriskie, especially if he has any help. Are you saying that you believe that Zabriskie could chase down a well functioning break single handed? Today's result notwithstanding, that's an awfully bold claim. |
Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
Dumbasses - Their goal was to have Basso challenge LANCE for the jersey. Good plan considering his ride last year and what he displayed in the Giro this year. Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? If they use up the team defending it, it makes it harder for them to protect Basso later on. Zabriskie's got a fat lead over everyone but LANCE. It's a good problem to have, I suppose. It's going to be a kick having Z in yellow. I bet he spends the entire stage tomorrow on the front. |
"Jack Hollis" wrote in message ... is a fools errand. You've come to the right place. |
sonarrat wrote in
: Lotto, CA and FDJ are not remarkably great at controlling the peloton. Thow Quick Step in with the teams working for the sprint. Your basic assesment is correct, but I gotta think that these teams will work together enoungh to keep a lid on things. |
"sonarrat" a écrit dans le message de news: ... | Tim Mullin wrote: | "Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in | oups.com: | | | Problem is, now how hard do they defend Zabriskie's jersey? | | | They don't have to. It's flat up to the TTT. The sprinter's teams will keep | it all together until then. | | What sprinters' teams? Fassa Bortolo and T-Mobile are the strong | sprinters' teams, and they left their sprinters at home. Cancellara | says he wants to get the jersey.. but he won't get it from bonus seconds | in sprints. Even Petacchi couldn't manage that from his current position. | | Lotto, CA and FDJ are not remarkably great at controlling the peloton. How would you know? They never have to thanks to Fassa; but I'm sure they're up to the task. QSD and LOT may not be able to set up a train like Fassa, but they will have no problem reeling in a break to give Boonen and McEwen their shot. Plus, they'll have CSC doing the early work to keep any break from getting too far out to reel back in. |
Tim Lines wrote:
Raptor wrote: Tim Lines wrote: This makes sense to me. I'd hate to see them put in a lot of unaided team effort for Zabriskie. It occurs to me that few breaks could stay (far) away from D. Zabriskie, especially if he has any help. Are you saying that you believe that Zabriskie could chase down a well functioning break single handed? Today's result notwithstanding, that's an awfully bold claim. Bold but not impossible. He single-handedly held off the chasing field in the Vuelta last year, albeit given a huge gap. Alone on an aero bike, he averages well over 30 mph. Yes, a determined, strong chase or breakaway can go faster, but it's remarkable what a strong TT rider can do to a gap. -- -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall Conservative dictionary: Judicial Activist: n. A judge who tends to rule against your wishes. |
Tim Mullin wrote:
sonarrat wrote in : Lotto, CA and FDJ are not remarkably great at controlling the peloton. Thow Quick Step in with the teams working for the sprint. Your basic assesment is correct, but I gotta think that these teams will work together enoungh to keep a lid on things. OK, Quick Step is better, even if they have already badly alienated Sinkewitz and Rogers. OT but Lefevre is absolutely, absolutely stupid to cast his riders off like refuse the moment they show that they're human. What a dick! |
sonarrat wrote:
Lotto, CA and FDJ are not remarkably great at controlling the peloton. Tim Mullin wrote: Thow Quick Step in with the teams working for the sprint. Particularly with Boonen wanting the green jersey in Paris. I womder how he's going to perform in the mountains though. |
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