Why does USA even send a Men's OLY road race team?

The race went as predicted - The sprinters won.

And who did the USA not send - the only American to have a major tour sprint
this year.

And who DNF? The two Americas sent intstead of Fred. If Levi could't or
would't finish he should have stayed home. At least Tyler and Bobby can argue
they were saving themselves for the time trial.

Maybe in four years the OLY road race will be a three-week stage race and the
USA team will do better.

Bryan

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:25:25 +0000, OnThaBeach wrote:

The race went as predicted - The sprinters won.

Err, no, the breakaway won.
Lack of team tactics allowed the break to stay ahead when they only had 30
seconds lead with 13km to go.
Alan

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"OnThaBeach" wrote in message
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The race went as predicted - The sprinters won.

Nope. Clue back in.

And who did the USA not send - the only American to have a major tour
sprint
this year.

And who DNF? The two Americas sent intstead of Fred. If Levi could't or
would't finish he should have stayed home. At least Tyler and Bobby can
argue
they were saving themselves for the time trial.

Lots of top guys DNF in the 100+ (F) heat.
Maybe you're thinking of the race 8 or 12 years ago?

-Ken

Maybe in four years the OLY road race will be a three-week stage race and
the
USA team will do better.

Bryan

"OnThaBeach" wrote in message
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The race went as predicted - The sprinters won.



Dumbass,

Bettini won in a break.

Thanks,
Hold my

A.Lee wrote:

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:25:25 +0000, OnThaBeach wrote:


The race went as predicted - The sprinters won.


Err, no, the breakaway won.
Lack of team tactics allowed the break to stay ahead when they only had 30
seconds lead with 13km to go.
Alan

just loved the USA straegy. No, we'll freelance, we don't have a team
leader.........

Faster Bordello wrote in news:cfm7rn$642$2
@news.xmission.com:

just loved the USA straegy. No, we'll freelance, we don't have a team
leader.........

How would you have done it?

"I'll ride for you because you'll pay me back later when ....errr, oh wait,
no you won't."

"You should ride for me because I'll pay you back later when...errr, oh wait,
no I won't."

"hold my beer and watch this..." wrote in
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"OnThaBeach" wrote in message
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The race went as predicted - The sprinters won.


Dumbass,

Bettini won in a break.

Dumbass,

You might want to read OnThaBeach's post again. He's saying, as expected, a
sprinter-type cyclist won the gold. The fact that Bettini won in a weird
two-man break instead of a field sprint or leadout is irrelevant. And he's
saying, since we knew a sprint-capable cyclist was going to win the gold,
why the heck didn't Team USA have someone like Fred Rodriguez on the team?
I gotta agree with the O.P. here. The coaches that made the discretionary
team picks oughta be taken out to the woodshed.

Al

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:50:36 GMT, Al James wrote:

"hold my beer and watch this..." wrote in
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"OnThaBeach" wrote in message
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The race went as predicted - The sprinters won.


Dumbass,

Bettini won in a break.

Dumbass,

You might want to read OnThaBeach's post again. He's saying, as expected, a
sprinter-type cyclist won the gold. T

Dumbass, Bettini is much too complete a cyclist to be called a
"sprinter-type".

JT

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From: Howard Kveck

There were no discretionary picks. The team was chosen based on meeting
criteria that favored guys who'd done well in stage races. And, after LANCE
chose not to go, the next choice (based on the selection criteria) was Levi
Leipheimer. They really needed to make it so the criteria would give more
riders to choose from, then pick the team based on the course and who's
going good.

Unfortunately when they had some leeway to do that it seems like it was
nothing but politics and bull****. It'd be really nice if the people involved
in making selections made them based on who was going to give the best chance
for a win. Seems like the Italians are finally at this point after their
fiascos, but that's because the general public in Italy actually give a ****
and really put the heat on them.
The way we are doing things now might give us **** for results, but the people
at USAC don't have to listen to all the accusations they used to.
Just my **** poor opinion.
Bill C

"Faster Bordello" wrote in message

No, we'll freelance, we don't have a team leader...
^^^^^^

Was that supposed to be a pun?