Tour de Suisse and Astana...

hizark21 said:

I was a bit disappointed that Astana had decided to field such a weak
team for the Tour de Suisse. With the exception of Kloden there is
not any notable riders for this race. I personally think that either
Levi or Contador should have entered this race.

Dumbass:

It's one thing to be a fan. It's anohter to be a clueless fan. There
are several reasons why Leipheimer couldn't have done the TdS but
perhaps the best is that at the time the TdS began --> he was still
riding in the Dauphine <--.

Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode
the Giro and his legs have to be mush. The same goes for beach boy
Contador.

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hizark21 said:

I was a bit disappointed that Astana had decided to field such a weak
team for the Tour de Suisse. With the exception of Kloden there is
not any notable riders for this race. I personally think that either
Levi or Contador should have entered this race.

Dumbass:

It's one thing to be a fan. It's anohter to be a clueless fan. There
are several reasons why Leipheimer couldn't have done the TdS but
perhaps the best is that at the time the TdS began --> he was still
riding in the Dauphine <--.

Carmella the Roach Killer said:

Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode
the Giro and his legs have to be mush.

OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if
he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had.

hizark21 said:

I was a bit disappointed that Astana had decided to field such a weak
team for the Tour de Suisse. With the exception of Kloden there is
not any notable riders for this race. I personally think that either
Levi or Contador should have entered this race.

Yeah, how can they be taken seriously for a spot in the Tour of France
(TIOOYK) if they don't put a good squad into the Tour of Switzerland?

Donald Munro said:

Carmella the Roach Killer said:

Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode
the Giro and his legs have to be mush.

OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if
he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had.

Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the
rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days...

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Keith said:

Donald Munro said:

Carmella the Roach Killer said:

Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode
the Giro and his legs have to be mush.

OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if
he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had.

Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the
rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days...

You mean clean?

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Keith said:

Donald Munro said:

Carmella the Roach Killer wrote:
> Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just
> rode
> the Giro and his legs have to be mush.

OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if
he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had.

Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the
rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days...

You mean clean?

Rider he used to be: Second fiddle.

As the team leader, everything is riding on his shoulders so he has to
calculate his efforts better.

That's the only possible explanation, no?

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>Carmella the Roach Killer wrote:
>> Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just
>> rode
>> the Giro and his legs have to be mush.
>
>OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if
>he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had.

Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the
rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days...

You mean clean?

Rider he used to be: Second fiddle.

Yes as we saw in the 2006 TDF, it seems that he doesn't quite have
what it takes to be a leader in spite of his obvious talent, a bit
like Jean-François Bernard although he tried his hand at being a
leader at a young age (87 and 88) before resurfacing in 91/92 (not
sure what his status was in 89 and 90) to become Indurain's henchman,
pretty succesfully too !

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As the team leader, everything is riding on his shoulders so he has to
calculate his efforts better.

That's the only possible explanation, no?

Possibly, but it's hard to understand why he couldn't push himself
more and keep up yesterday when the TDS is going to be pretty easy
until the moutain ITT on Saturday.