Seems Contador has a major chip on his shoulder. Much more interested in putting time between himself and his Astana teammates than anything else. Didn't really see the need to drop Kloden and continue to pat the Schleck brothers on the ass all the way to the finish.
2.the iDiot wrote on Jul 23 2009 6:27AM
>> Much more interested in putting time between himself and his Astana teammates than anything else. <<
Who do you think he thinks his main challengers were/are? Is he wrong to think that?
While I don't think Contador is a master tactician, I don't believe he is a sack of bricks, either. Putting time into Wiggo and Lance and yes, Kloden, increased his personal odds of winning. There are no guarantees and anything can happen, so Contador needed to exploit the opportunities presented before him to maximize the likelihood of winning. If this happens to irk his "teammates" and director (who publicly question his leadership role and who will be leaving the team in a few months), that appears to be a reasonable risk for Contador to assume.
Only when the race is out of reach will the personal G.C. ambitions of his teammates - both Armstrong and Kloden - fade away. This is obviously contrary to Armstrong's public pronouncements but Lance is cagey that way.
If Lance and Kloden were 90 seconds off of Contador BEFORE the TT, their aspirations would be completely different than when trailing be 3 to 4 minutes.
3.the iDiot wrote on Jul 23 2009 7:42AM
This is from the velonews live site just a few minutes ago:
CPelkey:
It's been rather apparent through this Tour that the team structure at Astana is tenuous at best. As 1988 Tour winner Pedro Delgado said, the team has the inherent problem of having "two stallions in the same barn," meaning that there never was a clear leader on the team.
Armstrong and Bruyneel made it clear early on that it was up to Contador to prove that he was the strongest rider on the team. He's certainly shown that. Despite public pronouncements to the contrary, it seems that his attack yesterday was motivated - at least in part - by an awareness that his own teammates were close on GC and he wasn't all that assured of their commitment to his own win. Not that any of us would find ourselves in the same position, but were we in a parallel universe in which we were Tour contenders, we might understand his reasoning. I certainly can't fault the guy. "
Looks like somebody's been surfing at VN has been surfing the iNternet.
Actually nobody can kill Jens. He already reported that he's "fine."
Sager sent this to me about 30 minutes before Jens crashed yesterday. Jens makes Chuck Norris look like a girly man's girly man...
Jens Voigt doesn’t read books. He simply attacks until the books
relent and tell him everything he wants to know.
Waldo can’t be found because Jens dropped him on a hill training
ride… on K2.
Jens doesn’t spin or mash the pedals… he kicks them into submission.
Jens Voigt puts the “laughter” in “Manslaughter.”
Jens Voigt climbs so well for a big guy because he doesn’t
actually climb hills; the hills slink into the earth in fear as they
see him approach.
If you are a UCI ProTour rider and you Google “Jens Voigt,” the
only result you get is “it’s not to late to take up kickball, Fred.”
Jens was a math prodigy in elementary school, putting “Attack!” in
every blank space on all his tests. It would be the wrong answer for
everybody else, but Jens is able to solve any problem by attacking.
Jens’ testicles are bald because hair does not grow on a mixture
of titanium, brass, steel, and cold, hard granite.
Eddy Merckx was actually a neo-pro at the same time as Jens, but
Jens dropped him so hard that he shot backwards in time to the 1960’s,
where he became a great champion.
Jens once had a heart attack on the Tourmalet. Jens
counterattacked repeatedly until he kicked its ass.
Jack was nimble, Jack was quick… and Jens still drove him to quit
racing bikes and become an ice dancing commentator on Lifetime.
If Jens Voigt was a country, his principle exports would be Pain,
Suffering, and Agony.
If Jens Voigt was a planet, he’d be the World of Hurt.
Jens Voigt doesn’t know where you live, but he knows exactly where
you will die.
Jens Voigt doesn’t have a shadow because he dropped it repeatedly
until it retired, climbing into the CSC team car and claiming a
stomach ailment.
Jens Voigt once challenged Lance Armstrong to a “who has more
testicles” contest. Jens won… by five.
When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jens Voigt jumps out and attacks.
You are what you eat. Jens Voigt eats spring steel for breakfast,
fire for lunch, and a mixture of titanium and carbon fiber for dinner.
For between-meal snacks he eats men’s souls, and downs it with a tall
cool glass of The Milk of Human Suffering.
Jens Voigt believes it’s not butter.
Jens Voigt can eat just one.
The first time man split the atom was when the atom tried to hold
Jens Voigt’s wheel, but cracked.
Jens Voigt doesn’t complain about what suffering does to him… but
suffering constantly complains about getting picked on by Jens Voigt.
Jens Voigt can start a fire by rubbing two mud puddles together.
Guns kill a couple dozen people every day. Jens Voigt kills 150.
Jens’s tears are so tough they could be the world heavyweight
mixed-martial arts champion. Too bad Jens never cries.
Jens Voigt rides so fast during attacks, that he could circle the
globe, hold his own wheel, and ride in his own draft. At least as long
as he didn’t try to drop himself.
Jens Voigt nullified the periodic table because he doesn’t believe
in any element, other than the element of surprise.
The grass is always greener on the other side. Unless Jens Voigt
has been riding on the other side in which case it’s white with the
salty, dried tears of all the riders whose souls he has crushed.
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she has a great personality
Posted by the iDiot on Jul 20 2009 7:17PM
nothing like more work hours & no more pay. lovely. someone got word you have a bit o' free time, maybe too much SAExNews publicity, eh?
2.the jesus wrote on Jul 21 2009 7:49AM
I got asked to join the Employee Satisfaction Council last week, my management thought it would fit my personality. There was shock and dismay when I said no....
3.Jordan wrote on Jul 21 2009 3:31PM
At least they didn't call you fat.
4.Malcolm Elliot wrote on Jul 22 2009 8:46AM
This does not fit with Obamaism at all. More work?!?!
5.rofm wrote on Jul 23 2009 2:07PM
At least he didn't say it leaving a bar at closing time
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Let's ruin the moon while we're at it...
Posted by the jesus on Jul 20 2009 10:16AM
Finally someone gets it. I couldn't have said it better myself...and that because you use bigger words than I do.
Whatever happened yesterday...who gives a shit? the same outcome would've happened today. Personally I was more impressed with Kenny VanHummel's ride today than I was for George yesterday.
2.Turk wrote on Jul 19 2009 8:35PM
All I know is George could not hang up his cell phone when he was being photographed with me:-(
3.the jesus wrote on Jul 20 2009 10:23AM
I heard Contador and Armstrong aren't getting along... can anyone shed some light on this? I thought they were teammeats...
4.rofm wrote on Jul 20 2009 6:40PM
Hincapie should have put an anonymous post on TXBRA whining about Astana riding and why there are so many crashes in the MP crit 4/5 race
5.Malcolm Elliot wrote on Jul 21 2009 3:07AM
There was certainly some cussin and threats of fisticuffs over Columbia's blocking in the last 2k.
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For Posterity
Posted by the iDiot on Jul 16 2009 8:30AM
