TDG and Mike Creed

Tritonrider said:

I've been out of the loop for a bit. Looks like Lance and George are
doing as expected. What's Mike doing, and how's his race going. I've
seen the results but those don't mean [censored] for a domestique. Has he been
a real asset to the team? Bill C

Talk to him this morning and he is doing just fine. He was told to take
it "easy" in the TT yesterday and be ready for the next 2 days. It looks
like from his results in the TT he may have gone over board on the take
it easy part.............. I know he hated to hold back, becausehe loves
to TT but you do what the team requires. He is riding well and Lance is
please with Michaels domestique role. The next 2 days will really text
him and he knows it. Michael has been enjoying the Postal experience so
far, the team bus and all the fans have been unbeliveable. He also said
the crowds have been huge !!!!! I don't think anyone expected the TDG to
be such a huge attraction, but it is great for US cycling.

"OMC"

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omc said:

Michael has been enjoying the Postal experience so
far, the team bus and all the fans have been unbeliveable.

Oh, we know all about the team bus.

http://hincapie.blogspot.com/Resize%20Wizard-1.jpg
http://hincapie.blogspot.com/tourbus1-800px.jpg

Bob Schwartz
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"OMC"

Glad to hear he's having fun and riding well.
It's great that he got the chance to be with a major international team and
learn from the guys there.
Good luck to him.
Bill C

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to TT but you do what the team requires.

That's an understatement. I hope he's not too much in fear of the bosses.

That's an understatement. I hope he's not too much in fear of the
bosses.

It's all a learning expereince for him, I'm sure it takes a while to get
adjusted. Right now he just wants to do exactly what they ask. Finding
that happy medium will take a bit.......... I think his next TT won't be
so extreme.

"OMC"

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omc said:

That's an understatement. I hope he's not too much in fear of the
bosses.

It's all a learning expereince for him, I'm sure it takes a while to get
adjusted. Right now he just wants to do exactly what they ask. Finding
that happy medium will take a bit.......... I think his next TT won't be
so extreme.

"OMC"

From the looks of things he earned his pay today. I see a bunch of the
young guns dragging themselves in around Cipo's time. I expect that
means they were spent after covering so many attacks.

Lieswyn's diary on Cyclingnews.com has this to say about Creed and his
teammate Cruz:

"Postal set a good tempo until the time gap went over four minutes, and
then they switched to what Moninger appropriately called 'stun mode'.
They took it up from about 44 km/h to 48 km/h on rolling terrain. The
peloton strung out single file, and Sayers reported that gaps were
opening all over the place. Driven primarily by Tony Cruz and Mike Creed
at this point, we must have held this pace for an hour. Two guys chasing
ten. Pretty impressive! Cruz has some serious form right now."

(see http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2004/diaries/john/?id=john0414)

If Creed and Cruz were sharing the load and Cruz has serious form, then
presumably Creed does too.

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Dave

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Lieswyn's diary on Cyclingnews.com has this to say about Creed and his
teammate Cruz:

"Postal set a good tempo until the time gap went over four minutes, and
then they switched to what Moninger appropriately called 'stun mode'.
They took it up from about 44 km/h to 48 km/h on rolling terrain. The
peloton strung out single file, and Sayers reported that gaps were
opening all over the place. Driven primarily by Tony Cruz and Mike Creed
at this point, we must have held this pace for an hour. Two guys chasing
ten. Pretty impressive! Cruz has some serious form right now."

(see http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2004/diaries/john/?id=john0414)

If Creed and Cruz were sharing the load and Cruz has serious form, then
presumably Creed does too.

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Dave

I think that from the photos I've seen that there was plenty of suffering yesterday:

http://velogal.smugmug.com/gallery/104693/2/3699952
http://velogal.smugmug.com/gallery/104693/3/3699978

"OMC"