When you have the best riders, there's no need of team work. Belgium showed it in the '70s with Merckx and Maertens who raced against each other but won nonetheless.
Did you miss the most recent Bicisport where they talk about how Felice Gimondi beat the both of them in 1972? Or... the world championships since Bugno won it, when the Italian team has consistently not raced well despite having much better riders?
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Bettini and Bartoli are by far the best present riders for one day races. Both of them should race anyway, even if they are not friends.
I think the only way for that to work would be to put Bartoli in an *early* break.
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The one year Bartoli is left off the team, Italy wins it, because of teamwork.
Italy will have no teamwork if Bartoli is selected, unless you count
chasing
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down teamates.
When you have the best riders, there's no need of team work. Belgium showed it in the '70s with Merckx and Maertens who raced against each other but won nonetheless.
Bettini and Bartoli are by far the best present riders for one day races. Both of them should race anyway, even if they are not friends.
Dumbass -
Every time Bartoli and Bettini have been on the azzuri together, Italy has failed. From one of Bart's posts, this is what Tchmil had to say.
From: Bart Van Hoorebeeck ([email hidden]) Subject: Re: Bartoli- Champ or Chump? View: Complete Thread (16 articles) Original Format Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing Date: 2000-10-22 02:49:30 PST
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I ride with a great guy, a native Italian, who reads La Gazzetta dello
Sport
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every day. On our rides, he brings me up to speed on all the news. The "Bettini or me" quote was in yesterday's pink.
Andrei "Diplomacy" Tchmil had some nice comments on the World's in the Belgian press: "Bartoli must have felt very early he didn't have a superday, and that his winning chances were slim. So he acted in order to avoid the worst scenario for him: another Italian taking the title. He kept on to his leader status, making sure the others wasted enough energy working for him. He didn't have the guts to do an all-out effort and waited for the sprint. It was he who ordered Rebellin to go behind me at the end, thereby depriving Rebellin of personal chances."
