Superdomestiques

Yep.. there were some GREAT performances out there by guys who aren't
usually TT guys. I'm not sure what GH has been doing over the winter,
but Christ... it's working.

Yeah, Rubiera's performance was excellent...finishing within 10 seconds
of Ullrich. Hincapie was a bit of a surprise.

Ruberia and Noval will be real assets for the Team Time Trial.

I'm a bit surprised by Rogers' poor result.

Aside from Zabriskie, Armstrong, and Hincapie, some other USA cyclists
had solid results.

Landis, finished 6th, 1 minute behind LA. Bobby Julich finish ahead of
Ullrich. And Levi Leipheimer finished in the Top 15.

Zabriskie and Armstrong's gap of nearly 1 minute to 3rd Place
Vinokourov is quite startling, given that the Time Trial was so short.

Amongst Discovery riders, Popovych (17th) and Noval Gonzalez did quite
well, but Padrnos (31st), Savoldelli (32nd), and Azevedo (34th)
exceeded expectations. Manual Beltran finished lowest amongst the
Discovery riders, in 70th, at 2:14. The median time gap was 2:31.

Team CSC's riders all did fairly, and they could provide a real test
for Discovery, in the Team Time Trial.

Zabriskie,Jens Voigt, Julich, and Basso all finished in the Top 20;
Luke Roberts, Arvesen, and Sastre all finished in the Top 30

DepartFictif said:

Yep.. there were some GREAT performances out there by guys who aren't
usually TT guys. I'm not sure what GH has been doing over the winter,
but Christ... it's working.

Since your new here, unless you've hit the archives, you don't know
how much I love Udo Bolts and the respect I have for him, both as a
person and racer. I got to meet him a few times and saw his dad
regualrly, and IMO he's what a racer who's not a superstar should be.
That said, I think Hincappie is approaching that level and may very
well be the most important man in the peloton other than Lance, if
Lance wins again.
The real people here understand what top level domestiques contribute
and how much they mean to winning races, the ignorant dumbasses don't
recognize anything other than 1st as a good result.
IMO George is a huge figure in Tour history along with Eki, because
without them I don't think Lance wins what he has.
Bill C

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Quoted message said:

Maybe someone should start sending Discovery's domestiques to the TT
WC:

4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.57
16 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
1.16 22 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
1.28

But....

25 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31
39 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
1.49 45 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step
1.53

YES!!!! LANCE'S DOMESTIQUES ARE THE BEST!!! BETTER THAN WORLD
CHAMPIONS!!! GO LANCE!!!!

CSC's domestiques did better, dumbass

1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20.51
(54.67 km/h)
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.07

This Bill C guys is actually starting to sound like he knows what he's
talking about, and might know something about cycling. A bike race
isn't all about who's first,

DepartFictif said:

This Bill C guys is actually starting to sound like he knows what he's
talking about, and might know something about cycling. A bike race
isn't all about who's first,

Is there no end to this madness?