DiabloScott said:I think Bruyneel might think, the rest of the peloton thinks, George can't possibly be the GC guy. I think having four "maybes" as GC might be better than having a clear leader in this race given the field as we now have it.
BTW, Danielson is 2nd on GC in Austria... course the field isn't nearly as strong there.
Bruyneel agrees with you, Chris Carmichael sez;
Bruyneel, who could be sitting pretty with up to four riders in the top 20 tomorrow afternoon, is confident his Discovery Channel team will be in a good position to apply pressure to the yellow jersey, or defend it if necessary.
When the race finally does make it to the mountains, Bruyneel believes it will be crucial to have as many riders as possible with a team leader late in the stage. There are a few stages where the distance between major climbs, and/or the distance from the summit of the final climb to the finish, is quite long. It’s in these areas where having four to five strong teammates can be the key to either defending the yellow jersey or wearing down the rider who’s wearing it. The Discovery Channel’s potential strength may come in the form of being able to send Hincapie, Paolo Savoldelli, Yaroslav Popovych, Jose Azevedo, or Jose Luis Rubiera up the road in repeated moves. Each one could be close enough to the yellow jersey that he has to be chased down, and there’s only so many times the man in the yellow jersey will be up to the task.
