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do you see any tension here?
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"gym gravity" wrote in message
... http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...p?id=stage11/6 No, why, do you? |
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gym gravity wrote in news:2qp4h3F12fhhqU1@uni-
berlin.de: http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...p?id=stage11/6 No, no pressure. This photo is during Stage 11. Landis has Valverde, Mancebo, Nozal and Heras nipping at his heels in the GC. Stage 12 is a monster mountain stage. With any one of those four outstanding climbers capable of blowing the race open on Stage 12, no, I wouldn't expect any tension or worry to be visible at all on Bruyneel's face. Nope. No pressure at all. |
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Maybe Johan is constipated. He does have to sit in that car all day.
CH gym gravity wrote in message ... http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...p?id=stage11/6 |
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Tom Kunich wrote:
"gym gravity" wrote in message ... http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...p?id=stage11/6 No, why, do you? I was thinking things like, "Floyd, my man, you're hanging onto that jersey by a thread. I know you're tired from the Tour, do you really have it in you to win? Or even win a stage? Seeing as how you're leaving us next year, I think we'll stick with the plan to go for stage wins. You're on your own on stage 12, you've been dropped the past few days and I can't afford to do the Blue Train if I don't think you'll be able to work it." Or, "Johan, what the **** are you doing, we'll need Zabriskie for hard tempo on stage 12? At this rate, he's going to need help climbing the podium today, let alone tear the legs off all the competition two days from now." |
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chris wrote:
Maybe Johan is constipated. He does have to sit in that car all day. I was thinking more like "Hey Johan, have you been sneaking my super-concentrated lemon sports drink again?" JLS -- James "What's Flemish for 'sourpuss?'" Scott www.jls.cx |
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gym gravity wrote :
I was thinking things like, "Floyd, my man, you're hanging onto that jersey by a thread. I know you're tired from the Tour, do you really have it in you to win? Or even win a stage? Seeing as how you're leaving us next year, I think we'll stick with the plan to go for stage wins. You're on your own on stage 12, you've been dropped the past few days and I can't afford to do the Blue Train if I don't think you'll be able to work it." Or, "Johan, what the **** are you doing, we'll need Zabriskie for hard tempo on stage 12? At this rate, he's going to need help climbing the podium today, let alone tear the legs off all the competition two days from now." The rest of the team didn't have to put their noses in the wind to make tempo for even a second, even though they have the jersey. Other teams had to ride on the front. And Zabriskie got an extra day to recover since it is a rest day. He'll probably still be worked, but they'll manage. Also, turning down chances at stage wins is rarely a good idea. |
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:10:32 -0400, James Scott wrote:
James "What's Flemish for 'sourpuss?'" Scott Flemish Is Not A Language. Johan speaks Dutch. And 'zuurpruim'. |
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
Flemish Is Not A Language. Johan speaks Dutch. My mistake. And 'zuurpruim'. Dank je. JLS -- James "Now how about 'updog?'" Scott www.jls.cx |
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Benjamin Weiner wrote:
The rest of the team didn't have to put their noses in the wind to make tempo for even a second, even though they have the jersey. Other teams had to ride on the front. And Zabriskie got an extra day to recover since it is a rest day. He'll probably still be worked, but they'll manage. Also, turning down chances at stage wins is rarely a good idea. I know, I know, I know. But did you see this (CN): Vuelta friction: Hamilton and USPS at odds By Tim Maloney, European Editor There were reportedly some weird vibes going on between Phonak's Tyler Hamilton and his former teammates of USPS-Berry Floor on Monday's Stage 10 to Xorret de Catí. While Roberto Heras and Alejandro Valverde gained some time on Vuelta a España front runner Floyd Landis on the Cat. 1 Alto Xorret de Catí, the determined American maintained his golden tunic of leadership by just nine seconds over Valverde. But on that steep, final ascent, Hamilton began yelling at USPS rider Triki Beltran to ride harder, which astonished the Spanish rider, who trying to maintain his tempo on the difficult climb. When Hamilton descended Alto Xorret de Catí post-stage, he stopped to chat to USPS director Dirk Demol, who was surprised to hear the Phonak leader saying that he thought that the Postal squad should have ridden harder to support Floyd on Stage 10. Reached on rest day number one in Agua Dulce, team director Johan Bruyneel told Cyclingnews, "Dirk told me after the stage what Tyler said to him and I was very surprised. I'm really not happy with these comments from Tyler because we all know that our team has been supporting Floyd one hundred percent at the Vuelta a España. Everybody, without exception. Tyler is out of line...sure he can have his opinion on anything, but he should keep it to himself." Bruyneel explained further that, "Floyd has told me and Dirk and the team how he's been really satisfied about the support we've given him at the Vuelta; from the Team Time Trial and every other stage, especially after Stage 10 on Monday. We've been defending the race win with everything we have. We want to win the Vuelta and it's disappointing to me that a rider of Tyler's stature expresses himself this way... perhaps he should make sure his team is OK first." |
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