Sassi's comments on Basso & Evans

greeny12
greeny12 Posts: 759
edited May 2010 in Pro race
On CN now. Interesting reading...

I was particularly struck by: "I can't choose between them. Cadel is the strongest athlete I've ever coached. Ivan is the one with more determination,"

Looking at yesterday's stage, you'd almost have said the opposite!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Yeah, it's good stuff.

    Here's a link - I was going to post it one that thread where people where discussing the merits of climbed in or out of the saddle, but you beat me to it.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sassi-talks-about-basso-evans-and-the-zoncolan

    He had a good day yesterday. Even Wegelius did an impressive ride, too.

    I hope he gets back to full health, he seems to be one of the good guys.
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    greeny12 wrote:
    On CN now. Interesting reading...

    I was particularly struck by: "I can't choose between them. Cadel is the strongest athlete I've ever coached. Ivan is the one with more determination,"

    Looking at yesterday's stage, you'd almost have said the opposite!

    Thanks for the link, interesting reading there :)

    Only a brief snapshot but Basso looks fairly determined in this photo

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... lan/122824
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    Great ride by Basso, better one by Evans I reckon. Just to hang on in there.
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    greeny12 wrote:
    On CN now. Interesting reading...

    I was particularly struck by: "I can't choose between them. Cadel is the strongest athlete I've ever coached. Ivan is the one with more determination,"

    Looking at yesterday's stage, you'd almost have said the opposite!

    Thanks for the link, interesting reading there :)

    Only a brief snapshot but Basso looks fairly determined in this photo

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... lan/122824

    I llove it when they take the sunglasses off. Basso looks like he's trying a lot harder than the blank face he seemed to put on in 2006
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Campervan27
    Campervan27 Posts: 137
    my money is still on Evans... its going to be a re-run iof the Tour race between Lemond and Fignon (1984??) and will be decided by a couple of seconds in the last days time trial.

    Exiting stuff.

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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    89. Don't want Basso losing it cos of a saddle sore though!

    I didn't want Fignon beat then and every time I watch a replay I still want him to win the damn thing.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • ColinJ
    ColinJ Posts: 2,218
    Timoid. wrote:
    89. Don't want Basso losing it cos of a saddle sore though!

    I didn't want Fignon beat then and every time I watch a replay I still want him to win the damn thing.
    Somebody sent me the DVD of the '89 tour this morning! That was the one that got me back into cycling so I always remember it. I'm looking forward to watching it after the Giro finishes.

    One thing I'm interested in confirming - 1989 was before widespread use of EPO and I think that most riders looked like death at the top of hard climbs unlike some of the nonchalant power-climbing we saw from 1995-2005.

    BTW - I seem to remember people saying that just the ponytail and lack of aero-helmet would have cost Fignon that tour.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    ColinJ wrote:
    One thing I'm interested in confirming - 1989 was before widespread use of EPO and I think that most riders looked like death at the top of hard climbs unlike some of the nonchalant power-climbing we saw from 1995-2005.
    .

    I was watching The HIgh Life a few weeks ago and it was interesting to see the Average Speed displayed over the top of a climb in the 85 Tour as 18.5kph, that got me thinking too. The doping is obviously one aspect, but far superior bikes and 39 chainrings probably have a say too, most of those guy were on 42s, no?
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    ColinJ wrote:
    One thing I'm interested in confirming - 1989 was before widespread use of EPO and I think that most riders looked like death at the top of hard climbs unlike some of the nonchalant power-climbing we saw from 1995-2005.
    .

    I was watching The HIgh Life a few weeks ago and it was interesting to see the Average Speed displayed over the top of a climb in the 85 Tour as 18.5kph, that got me thinking too. The doping is obviously one aspect, but far superior bikes and 39 chainrings probably have a say too, most of those guy were on 42s, no?

    when they climb the Mortirolo tomorrow, who is betting the GC guys will be 2 or 3 minutes slower than Indurain, Pantani and Berzen in 1994 on heavier bikes. Pantani climbed it in 42 minutes
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player

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