paolo wrote:

On Jun 8, 12:15 pm, " wrote:
I was noticing that Discovery has mixed it's TDF team for the Dauphine-
Liber and the Tour de Suisse. The Tour of Switzerland starts on the
day the D-L ends so there is a scheduling conflict. But I am surprised
that Discovery is not keeping it's TDF riders together..??

I suspect some riders need a little more recovery time then others.
Also, the real reason probably is contractual with the sponsor, i.e.
getting as much exposure in europe as possible - which is the reason
why rider counts per team have grown over the years. The days of top
riders hitting 200 races a year are long gone!

That and you can only store a very limited supply of your own blood over
the off-season. Now with a two year lay-off however ...

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Bill Asher