Floyd Landis' new coach

I'm shocked. No comments on our own world-class climber's surprising
new "crit coach".

LCO

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I'm shocked. No comments on our own world-class climber's surprising
new "crit coach".

Kenny Labbe wasn't available.

I wonder if this isn't a favor to provide exposure to Robbie's
new coaching business. Much like LANCE's relationship with his
'coach'.

Bob Schwartz

if he's on phonak, all he may be riding is crits.

"amit" wrote in message
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if he's on phonak, all he may be riding is crits.

The odds are that he'll be moving on to another team like Gomez just did.

"B. Lafferty" wrote:

"amit" wrote in message
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if he's on phonak, all he may be riding is crits.

The odds are that he'll be moving on to another team like Gomez just did.

Floyd's main focus are the GT's. As of yet, the big 3 are not included in
the Pro Tour. And in case you haven't noticed, Phonak has appealed their
exclusion in the Pro Tour to the International Court of Arbitration for
Sport.

They will likely win that appeal and Landis will still be their GC man in
the Tour. Landis will not move to another team because he won't get the
kind of money Phonak is already paying him. It's all about the money. End
of story.

As for the Robbie Ventura coach thing, it's somewhat funny how a made man
like Landis would all of a sudden need a coach, albeit a crit specialist
from half way around the world where it's winter 10 months out of the year.
I would say that if you can climb with Lance like Landis did in last year's
Tour, you shouldn't be fixing something that ain't broke.

I wouldn't look at it as anything more than an endorsement. I seriously
doubt Ventura is telling Landis how many miles to ride every day. I also
believe coaching should be banned because it is a performance-enhancing
method.


Phil

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe R. Ventura was primarily a crit
specialist because that's what he was best suited for, and that perhaps
he may be a very well qualified coach/trainer with a wealth of
knowledge on fine-tuning a rider's strong points and fixing a rider's
weaker points?

Scott wrote:
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe R. Ventura was primarily a
crit
specialist because that's what he was best suited for, and that
perhaps
he may be a very well qualified coach/trainer with a wealth of
knowledge on fine-tuning a rider's strong points and fixing a rider's
weaker points?


Next three paragraphs from www.cyclingnews.com around December 16.

Ventura to coach Landis
Phonak rider Floyd Landis will be coached by his former US Postal
team-mate Robbie Ventura in 2005. Ventura, who recently retired from
racing to concentrate on his coaching business, will be assisted in
fine-tuning the Landis engine by Dr. Allen C. Lim, a sports
physiologist who specializes in evaluating power output in competitive
cyclists, and Dr. Arnie Baker, a long-time advisor to Landis and
well-known cycling coach and author.

Acknowledging Landis' impressive 2004 season, Ventura said, "I will not
have to change much from what he has done this year to prepare Floyd
for next season. I plan to drill down on some specific energy systems
for Floyd that need attention and fine-tune his interval wattages and
training volume. I believe Floyd is one of the most gifted riders in
the peloton and my main goal is to keep him healthy in '05 as well as
fine-tune his peaks."

Landis says he's "excited" to be working with Ventura. "We both have a
similar mindset when it comes to training," he said. "Robbie is very
good with the power side of training and he really gets the mental side
of it as well. Robbie always seems to get me motivated when we talk
about training and racing and I will look to him to get me through the
hard times that come along every year."



According to the release, the coaching will also be aided by Lim and
Baker. That's a pretty impressive team to be aiding, analyzing, and
assisting Floyd.

I expected a thread like this to appear in this place. It would be a
surprise if actual wise discussions ever took place here.

Among Robbie's many qualities are his endless energy, eternal
optimism, and extreme case of positive energy that is contagious,
motivating, and inspiring. And I doubt a dead end outlook like the one
that many here have would ever bring him down.
I'll probably be getting a phone call for this slip.

Kenny

People post out their ass here all the time --
especially the ones who think because they made it to Cat. 2 or 3 then
they are experts and can criticize negatively. They are FOOLS.

IGNORE THEM.
Those sorts of people could not hang even one lap at USPRO.

_Ken

k.papai wrote:
People post out their ass here all the time --
especially the ones who think because they made it to Cat. 2 or 3
then
they are experts and can criticize negatively. They are FOOLS.

IGNORE THEM.
Those sorts of people could not hang even one lap at USPRO.

_Ken


It was more like five, btw.

"Kenny Labbé" wrote in message
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k.papai wrote:
People post out their ass here all the time --
especially the ones who think because they made it to Cat. 2 or 3
then
they are experts and can criticize negatively. They are FOOLS.

IGNORE THEM.
Those sorts of people could not hang even one lap at USPRO.

It was more like five, btw.

In any case those who can't always seem to post here as the real experts.
Sort of like the 5'6" 275 lb guy telling Mohammed Ali how to box.