From: Jonathan E. Snow ([email hidden])
Subject: Armstrong, the team leader for Motorola
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Date: 1995/07/26
(-ampe j.e.) said:In article <[email hidden]>,
However, Motorola cannot be considered to
be a top team until the get (and support) a GC rider.
How so? You have to be a top team to get *into* the Tour de France. I
see nothing wrong with allowing Armstrong to develop physically and
emotionally at his own pace. To see what bad things can happen by
overchallenging a young rider, look at Berzin.
Lance (and Motorola's) current strategy has resulted in a very
satisfying record for Motorola indeed. Buying a "big name" at this
time probably doesn't fit in with their long term goals. Doing a good
job in the pack, grabbing the occasional stage win and having an
American leader is, I suspect, more important to them.
Lance is getting more and more respect in the European press, probably
because he's watching his mouth a little better. Last year in an
interview he equated winning the Tour with eating [censored] -- something
he's not into doing just now. No such gaffes this year, though Samuel
Abt has had to really stretch to make Lance's utterances palatable to
the anglophone world.
Four years from now, Lance will be in his prime as a racer. Barring
burnout or Indurain retiring with the yellow, it's a fair bet that
Lance will eventually beat him.
jon.
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