Levi Leipheimer
I have noticed that Discovery is not saying much about Levi. The press
is not saying much either. The only thing we hear is that Levi is the team leader and others will be riding for him. So this leads me to believe that the possiblilty of these scenarios. Discovery is trying to downplay Levi's chances to lessen the chances of fales hopes for the press. The other possibility is that Discovery wants to give Levi a chance to ride into form. It's still hard to tell at this point because short prologues are hard to predict unless you have a very dominant rider like Hinault or Indurain. There was one year the TDF had a very windy prologue and Indurain ripped the field to shreds. If Levi is hoping to ride into form, then this will probably prove to be a difficult task. The flat stages have become much faster in the past 10 years so it's harder for a rider to race into form. The other factor is that there is more sprinter specialists so this makes the flat stages harder. Since is no patron then we are going to see a lot of attacks..I looking forward to see how Popyvich performs this year. |
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