ALL ABOARD...

pedro118118
pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
edited February 2010 in Pro race
...the train?

Looks like this year may well turn out to be a battle of the lead-out trains, with HTC-Columbia's dominance under challenge from beefed-up offerings from Lampre, Garmin and Sky.

Will Cav have it all his own way this year???

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  • dulldave
    dulldave Posts: 949
    I don't care much for bunch sprints so I'm not that bothered.
    Scottish and British...and a bit French
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    Take your point.

    I like to see properly contested sprints. Last year was a procession for Columbia HTC, with Cav/Greipel running away with it by bike lengths. If the sprints have the likes of Farrar, Hushovd, McEwan, Pettachi, EBH, Bozic, Bennatti, Boonen etc going full bore, it might get interesting again.
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Agree, I'd like to see more open sprinting this year.
  • William H
    William H Posts: 61
    Don't forget the mighty Saur Sojasun train for Casper!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Hardly HTC's fault that the sprints were a bore though is it? In virtually every sprint Cav had one of the supposed top sprinters on his wheel when going for the line but they couldn't get past him. I'd like to see the HTC train get disrupted but I suspect the outcome would be the same. Sky may have a good train but I don't think they have a sprinter that will be able to make the most of it in the big races.
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    Perhaps the result would be the same - a Cav win. But at least, it would be a bit closer/more entertaining?!

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