On 12 Jan 2005 09:36:31 -0800, "Tom" wrote:

He's not riding Georgia this year, he's already said that. He'll be
in Europe riding Spring classics at that time of the year.

Oh, right, I read he's not doing Georgia. Then one-day races in Europe?

He's not going to build a velodrome just to attempt the hour record,
that would be incredibly stupid when there are already fast tracks out
there.

He has already talked about that. He want somewhere at altitude and says
there's no tracks where he's looked and doesn't want to be outside and at
the mercy of the wind and weather. He's specifically said he might build
the Velodrome and then take it down when he's done. Cycling news maybe?

Ah, yes.

"I think the trick with the Hour Record is where you do it. Obviously we
can do it in Manchester where it's been done several times. Ideally we
would look for a high-altitude location and as we all know, there are not
that many covered velodromes at altitude, so then you're at the mercy of
the winds and the elements outside, or the temperature if it's not exactly
in the summertime. We want to do it at altitude and it's just a question of
where we go, what we find and if we build a velodrome to do it, and then
take the velodrome down. And I think that's probably the most likely
scenario as of today: Do we want to cover Colorado Springs and resurface
it, or do go to Salt Lake City or somewhere like that and build a new
velodrome?"

The so-called "new" team is not that much different from the old team,
so I'm not sure what you're talking about saying if they show their
ability. For most of the team, their abilities on the bike have
already been seen in the past whether they were riding for what was
Postal, or other teams in Division I. It's not like they went out and
got a bunch of guys who had never raced before, or were neo pros. I'd
say the depth on Discovery this year is incredible. Lots of guys who
have good results with lots of experience.

I agree, but we're talking working together, getting the new guys on board,
and replacing Floyd's role. But yes, deep abilities.

Tom

jj