Mayo's spooky-good form

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While Armonstrong and Hamilton undoubtedly feel good about
pegging Mayo so close on the Dauphine prologue, they
shouldn't feel too pleased. Mayo beat both men, despite
having spent yesterday taking a close third in the leg-
sapping Classique des Alpes.

Another one of those people trying to foresee the future
through pasta sauce.

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While Armonstrong and Hamilton undoubtedly feel good
about pegging Mayo so close on the Dauphine prologue,
they shouldn't feel too pleased. Mayo beat both men,
despite having spent yesterday taking a close third in
the leg-sapping Classique des Alpes.

Another one of those people trying to foresee the future
through pasta sauce.

It's a prologue people. Usually it doesn't mean much at all.
If anything.

Tom

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While Armonstrong and Hamilton undoubtedly feel good
about pegging

Mayo so

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close on the Dauphine prologue, they shouldn't feel
too pleased. Mayo

beat

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both men, despite having spent yesterday taking a
close third in the leg-sapping Classique des Alpes.

Another one of those people trying to foresee the future
through pasta sauce.

It's a prologue people. Usually it doesn't mean much
at all. If

anything.

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Tom

OOOOOhhhhh NOOOOOOoooooo

It's all over for Lance. He lost 1.5 seconds to Mayo on a
5.4 km prologue. Hell must have frozen over! The sky is
falling! The end of the world is near!

I guess I'll call up and cancel my DishTV since I only
needed it to get OLN and watch Lance. The $%@!! dish only
works about half the time, anyway. (This is a tornado
warning bulletin for
SSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.) DishTV ...
when you really need it, it's gone.

Bob C.

Tom Arsenault said:

It's a prologue people. Usually it doesn't mean much at
all. If anything.

Agreed, it's far from definitive, but what I found
intriguing was that after a tough test on Saturday -- the
Classique des Alpes -- Mayo still had the legs to win a
difficult prologue. My Mayo compliment was partly that he
won, but mostly that his overnight recovery was impressive.

Now, what that means in the TdF, who knows. I'd like to
think it means he will harry Armstrong the whole way, but
Mayo has a habit of blowing up on at least one long mountain
stage. He did it last year, and I recall Phil or Paul
mentioning during the coverage that he had done it in prior
Spanish stage races as well.

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Agreed, it's far from definitive, but what I found
intriguing was that after a tough test on Saturday -- the
Classique des Alpes -- Mayo still had the legs to win a
difficult prologue. My Mayo compliment was partly that he
won, but mostly that his overnight recovery was
impressive.

Recovery? Yeah, he recovered enough to race a 5.4km time
trial. A truely impressive feat of endurance 😉

Tim Benzedrine said:

but what I found intriguing was that after a tough test
on Saturday -- the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo still had
the legs to win a difficult prologue.

Yes I was surprised at that too. The CdA is a tough race so
to win the DL prologue is pretty impressive.

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Agreed, it's far from definitive, but what I found
intriguing was that after a tough test on Saturday --
the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo still had the legs to
win a difficult prologue. My Mayo compliment was partly
that he won, but mostly that his overnight recovery was
impressive.

Recovery? Yeah, he recovered enough to race a 5.4km time
trial. A truely impressive feat of endurance 😉

It's not Mayo was able to get up in the morning, put his
butt on the saddle and ride the thing. It's that he still
had enough snap in his legs the day after a hard race to win
the time trial.

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Agreed, it's far from definitive, but what I found
intriguing was that after a tough test on Saturday --
the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo

still

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had the legs to win a difficult prologue. My Mayo
compliment was

partly

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that he won, but mostly that his overnight recovery
was impressive.

Recovery? Yeah, he recovered enough to race a 5.4km time
trial. A truely impressive feat of endurance 😉

It's not Mayo was able to get up in the morning, put his
butt on the

saddle

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and ride the thing. It's that he still had enough snap in
his legs the day after a hard race to win the time trial.

Impressive, yes - but not just Mayo. The four Phonaks in the
top ten also rode the CdA the day before, with Periero
winning and Gutierrez in third. In fact, seven of the top
fifteen riders in the DL prologue finished near the front in
the CdA. It's good to have form... ;-)

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>Agreed, it's far from definitive, but what I found
>intriguing was that after a tough test on Saturday --
>the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo

still

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>had the legs to win a difficult prologue. My Mayo
>compliment was

partly

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>that he won, but mostly that his overnight recovery was
>impressive.

Recovery? Yeah, he recovered enough to race a 5.4km time
trial. A truely impressive feat of endurance 😉

It's not Mayo was able to get up in the morning, put his
butt on the

saddle

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and ride the thing. It's that he still had enough snap in
his legs the day after a hard race to win the time trial.

Impressive, yes - but not just Mayo. The four Phonaks in
the top ten also rode the CdA the day before, with Periero
winning and Gutierrez in third. In fact, seven of the top
fifteen riders in the DL prologue finished near the front
in the CdA. It's good to have form... ;-)

Yeah, my surprise to see Oscar Sevilla in that group. I was
forming the impression that El Niño was washed up.

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Tim Benzedrine said:

but what I found intriguing was that after a tough test
on Saturday -- the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo still
had the legs to win a difficult prologue.

Yes I was surprised at that too. The CdA is a tough race
so to win the DL prologue is pretty impressive.

Fellow Anony's...

The Dauphine Prolougue was a mere 8 minutes. Get a grip OK?
It certaibnly had a tough hill to climb but it was only a
3.5 mile ITT.

After tomorrow (June 8) you can tell us if Mayo really is
Lance's superior in 2004. Good luck.

-Ken

K. J. Papai said:

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Tim Benzedrine said:

but what I found intriguing was that after a tough
test on Saturday -- the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo
still had the legs to win a difficult prologue.

Yes I was surprised at that too. The CdA is a tough race
so to win the DL prologue is pretty impressive.

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Fellow Anony's...

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The Dauphine Prolougue was a mere 8 minutes. Get a grip
OK? It certaibnly had a tough hill to climb but it was
only a 3.5 mile ITT.

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After tomorrow (June 8) you can tell us if Mayo really is
Lance's superior in 2004. Good luck.

Ken, can't we wait until October? Please?

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-Ken

Not to mention being 3 weeks away from Tour time...an early
peak is not good.

CH

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It's a prologue people. Usually it doesn't mean much at
all. If anything.

Tom

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Tim Benzedrine said:

but what I found intriguing was that after a tough test
on Saturday -- the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo still
had the legs to win a difficult prologue.

Yes I was surprised at that too. The CdA is a tough race
so to win the DL prologue is pretty impressive.

CdA is tough, but remember, Mayo won this prologue last year
after having also contested CdA. And last year he beat
Armstrong by 10 seconds. Armstrong came back on the time
trial last year to beat Mayo by 1:26. This prologue hasn't
told us much.

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Not to mention being 3 weeks away from Tour time...an
early peak is not good.

Mayo does have incredible form right now. His explosiveness
in the early season races reminds me of Armstrong in 2001.
Mayo has the ability to jump away and open a gap. Granted,
the competition hasn't been what it will be in July. Mayo
has been racing hard, and maybe he has peaked too early.
But, Mayo looks different to me this year. He looks
stronger. His face isn't showing the same level of suffering
on climbs that he has in the past, and his time trialing
seems improved.

I still think that Mayo is another year away from winning
the tour. But, he is definitely scary right now.

The tour is turning into a race of four main contenders;
Armstrong, Ullrich, Hamilton and Mayo, with maybe another
wildcard like Vino, Zubeldia or Heras looking for a podium
spot. There is more firepower in this TDF than any edition
that I can remember.

- Marc

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The tour is turning into a race of four main contenders;
Armstrong, Ullrich, Hamilton and Mayo, with maybe another
wildcard like Vino, Zubeldia or Heras looking for a podium
spot. There is more firepower in this TDF than any edition
that I can remember.

Agreed but would probably throw Simoni on to that list. Maybe I am being fooled (again) by him but I think he'll do better this year. Perhaps Basso as well but he looks like he needs to step up a gear in the next few weeks.

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K. J. Papai .com said:

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Tim Benzedrine wrote:

> but what I found intriguing was that after a tough
> test on Saturday -- the Classique des Alpes -- Mayo
> still had the legs to win a difficult prologue.

Yes I was surprised at that too. The CdA is a tough
race so to win the DL prologue is pretty impressive.

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Fellow Anony's...

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The Dauphine Prolougue was a mere 8 minutes. Get a grip
OK? It certaibnly had a tough hill to climb but it was
only a 3.5 mile ITT.

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After tomorrow (June 8) you can tell us if Mayo really
is Lance's superior in 2004. Good luck.

Ken, can't we wait until October? Please?

As a fellow expatriot Hoosier I have to ask -- October? Are
you thinking World Champs?

Mayo, Hamilton, Heras, Ullrich, maybe Simoni, maybe Levi L.,
and maybe Sevilla will give Lance a real contest next month.
No one else really has a chance.

The top five at the Tour's looking like it'll be the most
elite of the decade.

-KJP

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Tom Arsenault said:

It's a prologue people. Usually it doesn't mean much at
all. If

anything.

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Agreed, it's far from definitive, but what I found
intriguing was that after a tough test on Saturday -- the
Classique des Alpes -- Mayo still

had

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the legs to win a difficult prologue. My Mayo compliment
was partly that

he

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won, but mostly that his overnight recovery was
impressive.

Now, what that means in the TdF, who knows. I'd like to
think it means he will harry Armstrong the whole way, but
Mayo has a habit of blowing up on at least one long
mountain stage. He did it last year, and I recall Phil

or

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Paul mentioning during the coverage that he had done it in
prior Spanish stage races as well.

The top placings were mostly riders that also raced in the
Alps. Why assume it would hurt performance? This time of
year most of the GC guys can put in a string of hard days,
even before they are at their peak.

Our guy from Santa Rosa will surprise! I happened to ride
with no too long ago and he looks "Cut." I think he is in
the fitness of his life.

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Mayo, Hamilton, Heras, Ullrich, maybe Simoni, maybe Levi
L., and maybe Sevilla will give Lance a real contest next
month. No one else really has a chance.

The top five at the Tour's looking like it'll be the most
elite of the decade.

-KJP

You're being fooled...Simoni won't do [censored] because he's
already on the downslide. It would be nice to see Tyler win,
but he won't, Lance is better still. The fact is, if Lance
is close to anyone on form his head is better; no one racing
now has the psyche he has. As for Mayo, maybe he's got
better dope this year...He may win the Tour, though, just
not this year.

In case anyone is wondering, I'm not a Lance fan, just
realistic. Lance has the best chance of winning.

CH

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Mt said:

The tour is turning into a race of four main
contenders; Armstrong, Ullrich, Hamilton and Mayo,
with maybe another wildcard like Vino, Zubeldia or
Heras looking for a podium spot. There is more
firepower in this TDF than any edition that I can
remember.

Agreed but would probably throw Simoni on to that list.
Maybe I am being fooled (again) by him but I think he'll
do better this year. Perhaps Basso as well but he looks
like he needs to step up a gear in the next few weeks.

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