Team Saxobank Thread (Page 3)

ell-in-or - 2010-07-11 8:13 PM Good job everyone!

I got my ride/run in today. Watched the tour - I'm bummed that Lance is totally out of GC contention. Looks like all those years of no crashes and no equipment failures have caught up to him. Yay Andy for that last sprint up the hill. My quads burned just watching him!

tri808 - 2010-07-12 5:34 PM

Good job on your ride/run!

FYI...lets agree to keep any TdF updates off this thread until 24 hours has passed.  In this case...it's all good...because I already watched the stage...but just a heads up for future reference.  The TdF is on between 2am-6am locally for me...so I usually don't get to watch it on my DVR until after I get home from work which is about 6 hours before the next stage starts.

As for Lance...yeah...that was a bummer.  But part of me thought that he wouldn't podium anyway...even if he didn't have problems yesterday or on the cobbles.  I think this might be a great opportunity for Lance to send himself off as a team player though.  If he rides hard and gets Levi onto the podium...it would speak volumes to his ability to not only be a great champion...but also a great teammate.  The whole situation with him and Contador last year on the Astana team kind of made Lance look like he was simply out for himself...when really he was a good teammate...until the situation presented itself that no other challengers would arise.

tri808 - 2010-07-14 1:13 PM I'm falling behind on my stages/mileage.

But not because of lack of effort.  I just recently have been able to start swimming again (shoulder injury), so I'm substituting some time on the saddle for some time in the water.

I also am putting a tri I signed up for (signed up and paid for before the shoulder injury) back on the schedule (July 26th)...so I'll miss a couple of long rides I had planned that weekend.

I should still get in 14 stages and 500+ miles though.

tri808 - 2010-07-14 8:13 PM I'm falling behind on my stages/mileage.

But not because of lack of effort.  I just recently have been able to start swimming again (shoulder injury), so I'm substituting some time on the saddle for some time in the water.

I also am putting a tri I signed up for (signed up and paid for before the shoulder injury) back on the schedule (July 26th)...so I'll miss a couple of long rides I had planned that weekend.

I should still get in 14 stages and 500+ miles though.

Breezy - 2010-07-20 11:13 AM As of 2pm EST July 20th the team standings are Liquigas is at 80.07% Garmin is at 79.81% Radioshack is at 67.41% Sky is at 65.53% Saxo Bank is at 64.15% HTC is at 60.46% FDJ is at 53.32%

ell-in-or - 2010-07-20 11:04 PM

Hmmm. Looks like we could use a good leadout guy to pick up our pace.   I hear Mark Renshaw is free... Heh!

I still have time to make my goal. I am now very glad I was realistic and left room for randomness. I just spent yesterday and today "enjoying" some food poisoning and the after-effects. Blah! I'll be able to ride again by Thursday I think, and I'll make my 100% by Sunday.  Not sure if my race on the 31st is screwed though.