Iban Mayo is LA's only challenger

"Steven L. Sheffield" wrote in message

Don't forget Gino Bartali (winner '37-'38, '48).

Bartali only won two Tours ... 1938 and 1948. He abandoned the 1937 Tour
a
day after crashing in the mountains.


Thanks for the correction.

David Ryan wrote:

g wrote:

Matt Archer wrote:

(Norm T) wrote in message
om... It is clear
now. Iban Mayo is the only threat to LA. After what happened at L'Alpe
d'Huez and the stage yesterday, the contenders and pretenders have been
revealed. Ullrich doesn't look to be able to keep up with the big boys
in the steep climbs and I never considered Beloki to be a serious threat
to LA.

Ullrich hasn't even begun his tour yet, he will pick up a lot of time
in the itt (can you say olympic champion?) and is still LA's biggest
threat.


Furthermore Ullrich has been sick from stage 4, riding with a fever, he
says he's feeling better now.

GK

I think he came up with that after it came out that Lance started the
Tour sick.

IOW, head games.

g wrote:

Matt Archer wrote:

(Norm T) wrote in message
om... It is clear
now. Iban Mayo is the only threat to LA. After what happened at L'Alpe
d'Huez and the stage yesterday, the contenders and pretenders have been
revealed. Ullrich doesn't look to be able to keep up with the big boys
in the steep climbs and I never considered Beloki to be a serious threat
to LA.

Ullrich hasn't even begun his tour yet, he will pick up a lot of time
in the itt (can you say olympic champion?) and is still LA's biggest
threat.


Furthermore Ullrich has been sick from stage 4, riding with a fever, he
says he's feeling better now.

GK

I think he came up with that after it came out that Lance started the
Tour sick.

David Ryan wrote:

David Ryan wrote:

g wrote:



Furthermore Ullrich has been sick from stage 4, riding with a fever, he
says he's feeling better now.

GK

I think he came up with that after it came out that Lance started the
Tour sick.

IOW, head games.

So, Lance didn't have an excuse for the prologue, he was plain slow?

Dashi Toshii wrote:

"g" wrote in message
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David Ryan wrote:

David Ryan wrote:

g wrote:



Furthermore Ullrich has been sick from stage 4, riding with a fever,
he
says he's feeling better now.

GK

I think he came up with that after it came out that Lance started the
Tour sick.

IOW, head games.

So, Lance didn't have an excuse for the prologue, he was plain slow?

If only we could all be so "slow"!

Dashii

He won the prologue last year.
But i get your point, race a 200km stage finishing only 1 minute behind
on L'Alpe D'Huez all with a fever (Ullrich).

'If only we could all be so "slow"!'

"g" wrote in message
...
Dashi Toshii wrote:

"g" wrote in message
...
David Ryan wrote:

David Ryan wrote:

g wrote:



Furthermore Ullrich has been sick from stage 4, riding with a
fever,
he
says he's feeling better now.

GK

I think he came up with that after it came out that Lance started
the
Tour sick.

IOW, head games.

So, Lance didn't have an excuse for the prologue, he was plain slow?

If only we could all be so "slow"!

Dashii

He won the prologue last year.
But i get your point, race a 200km stage finishing only 1 minute behind
on L'Alpe D'Huez all with a fever (Ullrich).

'If only we could all be so "slow"!'

Yeah, Ullrich is a good guy, hope he places well.

Dashii