Frank Schleck - new training plan?

jimmerslimmer
jimmerslimmer Posts: 63
edited June 2010 in Pro race
Has Frank got a new training plan? I've been intrigued by his new found abilities:
winning sprints
winning stages with last minute escapes
posting decent tt times

He appears almost a different person.

Anybody got any thoughts?


J

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  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    Maybe he subscribed to the new 8,000 euro plan.
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  • bicyclepirate
    bicyclepirate Posts: 229
    i don't know about Frank bbut Lance did well too didn't he. Awesome TDF this year me thinks.
    All hail the FSM and his noodly appendage!
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    jimmerslimmer wrote:
    Has Frank got a new training plan? I've been intrigued by his new found abilities:
    winning sprints
    winning stages with last minute escapes
    posting decent tt times

    He appears almost a different person.

    Anybody got any thoughts?


    J

    Frank's always had a kick out of a small bunch.
    Winning with a last minute escape is a bit like winning a classic no? Frank ain't too shabby there. Amstel Gold anyone?
    His TT was decent, but not monstrous. A bit like the rest of his career.


    Not that I've ever seen Frank as squeaky, but this performance doesn't really prove much either way.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    phil s wrote:
    Maybe he subscribed to the new 8,000 euro plan.

    What could you be implying? I'm sure Bjarne runs a clean shop at csc... :?
  • Abdoujaparov
    Abdoujaparov Posts: 642
    Good performance by frank today, but probably less an indication of improved tt ability than of his good overall condition. It did come at the end of nine days racing.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    Have gyno, will travel...
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    phil s wrote:
    Maybe he subscribed to the new 8,000 euro plan.

    I'm sure Bjarne runs a clean shop at csc... :?
    Would you put money on that ??? (Saxo, by the way)
    I think he is another Bruyneel and knows his way about and I doubt he has changed his spots.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Have been away the last few days so i dont know if people have already made this comparison in other threads but the tt stage was comparable to the Annecy tt in last year's tour with a climb in.

    http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/LIVE/fr/1 ... index.html

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-d ... -9/results

    Despite the climb the specialists filled the first few places. In the tour Frank lost 1:04 to Armstrong while here the difference was only 5 seconds.
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Have been away the last few days so i dont know if people have already made this comparison in other threads but the tt stage was comparable to the Annecy tt in last year's tour with a climb in.

    http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/LIVE/fr/1 ... index.html

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-d ... -9/results

    Despite the climb the specialists filled the first few places. In the tour Frank lost 1:04 to Armstrong while here the difference was only 5 seconds. Ok, so its still a month until the last tt in the tour, and thats flat but it suggests he is going to do better this year.

    http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/COURSE/fr ... etape.html
  • JSB24
    JSB24 Posts: 37
    Why do you even bother following pro cycling if you have so little faith in it....?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Him and Andy have apparently been doing a lot of TT training with Brad McGee, who is clearly a decent coach.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    edited June 2010
    double post...
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    wasn't that great a TT...short course really with a lump in it...

    he won because he rode a good TT for him and the other close guys on GC weren't all that either..

    still he has improved

    what cumulnimbus said really
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Abdoujaparov
    Abdoujaparov Posts: 642
    Great to see fat frank riding well. The prospect of him and andy double teaming contador in the mountains is brilliant.
    Would be good to see teams working together against contador, but reckon this will only happen if alberto doesn't build a big lead.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    This isn't that new. Schleck has been a classics contender and a decent stage racer for quite some time. Being 1.15 down over 27km is normal, that amounts to 3 minutes in a 50km Tour TT.

    He was linked to Fuentes in the past, he has some unanswered questions. But he's not doing anything new.
  • Gingerflash
    Gingerflash Posts: 239
    " a lot of TT training with Brad McGee"

    Both Schlecks have done a load of TT work with Bobby Julich. Looks like it's worked a lot better for Frank than for Andy.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    deejay wrote:
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    phil s wrote:
    Maybe he subscribed to the new 8,000 euro plan.

    I'm sure Bjarne runs a clean shop at csc... :?
    Would you put money on that ??? (Saxo, by the way)
    I think he is another Bruyneel and knows his way about and I doubt he has changed his spots.

    I'd trust Riis to run a clean cycling team about as much as I'd trust Gordon Brown to run my household finances....

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