Who is the Rabobank team leader?

skut
skut Posts: 371
edited July 2007 in Pro race
Will everyone now be working for Rasmussen?
Or will Rabobank ride for Menchov and just let Rasmussen do his own thing?

It seems to me that the only place Rasmussen is going to lose significant time is in the TTs, so might not really need much help anyhow.

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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Menchov. He's a bit of a diesel and so others get out of the blocks faster, but he'll be there at the end and stay strong when others weaken. He also is more suited to the Pyrenees which are less steep than the Alps, so will be stronger there.

    Once the chicken has an unassailable lead in the KOM and has been fried in the time trials expect him to be at the service of Menchov.


    You'd never have guessed that I picked Menchov for PTP...
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  • jocksyboy
    jocksyboy Posts: 135
    wasn't there a graphic on eurosport overage yesterday saying the average gradient gets steeper with each mountain stage concluding with the steepest in the pyrennes next week?
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Timoid. wrote:
    He also is more suited to the Pyrenees which are less steep than the Alps

    Eh? I've always thought the Pyrenean climbs were generally much steeper but shorter than the Alpine ones? Is that not the case in this years Tour route?
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  • carlstone
    carlstone Posts: 602
    Your right jocksyboy. Every mountain stage increases in average gradient over the previous one, concluding in the last mountain stage being about 7.1% from memory.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Bronzie wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    He also is more suited to the Pyrenees which are less steep than the Alps

    Eh? I've always thought the Pyrenean climbs were generally much steeper but shorter than the Alpine ones? Is that not the case in this years Tour route?

    Dunno. Ullrich used to say he preferred the Pyrenean climbs as they were suited to his style more than the steeper Alpine passes.

    Hmmm looking at the stage profiles, I'm completely wrong. Bugger! There isn't a Telegraphe, Gallibier or Alpe d'Huez in sight on this years course.
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  • skut
    skut Posts: 371
    Um - they're doing the Telegraphe and Galibier tomorrow.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    I think Rabobank will back the rider with the best chance of overall success. At the moment that would appear to be Rasmussen but Menchov has a bit more pedigree as an overall contender.

    We'll see. But as a general point, Dutch teams tend to be able to cope with dual leaders and changes in strategy better than most.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    skut wrote:
    Um - they're doing the Telegraphe and Galibier tomorrow.

    Oops :oops:

    Well they're pretty damn steep. What do I know, I consider the Wicklow Gap hard.
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  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    try the slope round the back of regent's park. regularly stretches the elastic on the commuter peloton.
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