Discovery TdF Team Selection down to 11

noel · Post by **noel** » May 4, 2005, 2:00 pm

TdF Finalists Announced

5/4/2005 - The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team's Sports Manager, Johan Bruyneel, has announced the names of the 11 men he will use to select the final 9-man squad for the 2005 Tour de France July 2-24.

Who are the rders potentially joining 6-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong? Jose Azevedo, Manuel Beltran, George Hincapie, Leif Hoste, Benoit Joachim, Benjamin Noval, Pavel Padrnos, Yaroslav Popovych, Chechu Rubiera, and Paolo Savoldelli. Final selection still to be determined...

Personally, I think losing Eki to that shitty crash is going to really hurt the team this year. I'm not sure Salvodelli or Popovych will be able to compensate for someone who is so experienced his skills, his reactions, and his knowledge of Lance/Team expectations are practically automatic.

Not sure how many of you know this, but Eki has completed the tour 14 times.

miir · Post by **miir** » May 4, 2005, 2:35 pm

This is what I see when I read that post:

I think personal that the eki verliezer with this shitty the notion damaging I of the team goes truly this year. I am not sure of Salvodelli, or Popovych can compensate for somebody, which so much its addresses, are the reactions is to test, and are the knowledge of the practically automatic hopes of Lances/Équipe is.

Quant von Ihnen does not know sure this, but Eki it has the revolution the 14 times completes

noel · Post by **noel** » May 4, 2005, 2:37 pm

miir wrote:This is what I see when I read that post:

I think personal that the eki verliezer with this shitty the notion damaging I of the team goes truly this year. I am not sure of Salvodelli, or Popovych can compensate for somebody, which so much its addresses, are the reactions is to test, and are the knowledge of the practically automatic hopes of Lances/Équipe is.

Quant von Ihnen does not know sure this, but Eki it has the revolution the 14 times completes

Stick with sports you have some understanding of.

How's hockey anyway?

miir · Post by **miir** » May 4, 2005, 2:38 pm

Ummm, how difficult is it to understand cycling?

noel · Post by **noel** » May 4, 2005, 2:54 pm

How difficult is it to understand hockey? It's probably about the same. I'm sure you understand that the person who crosses the finish line first is the winner, just like whichever team scores more goals in hockey is the winner. But is that all you need to know about hockey? Is it just about who scores more goals, or is it about how you arrive at that point? Plays, strategies, tactics.

Cycling is the same. The tactics of arriving in a winning position are what (and I might not be giving you enough credit here), I kind of doubt you have a grasp of.

miir · Post by **miir** » May 4, 2005, 4:09 pm

Oh lighten up noel... no need to get so defensive about your beloved cycling. I was just poking a little fun.

noel · Post by **noel** » May 4, 2005, 4:43 pm

miir wrote:Oh lighten up noel... no need to get so defensive about your beloved cycling. I was just poking a little fun.

Don't I have to be upset before I can lighten up?