The Teams to watch in the mountains

connackers

I was interested to see the teams that looked in good shape yesterday.

Astana - looked good but will Navarro be able to do that again?
Saxobank - doesn't look to be a lot there but Cancellara and Voight could destroy themselves for one or two mountain stages like last year

The ones that seem to be floating along nicely out of the limelight are Rabobank with Gesink and Menchov and Liquigas with Basso and Kreuziger.

Come the next big decisive climbs how much of an advantage is it to have a team mate up there?

paulcuthbert

connackers wrote:

The ones that seem to be floating along nicely out of the limelight are Rabobank with Gesink and Menchov and Liquigas with Basso and Kreuziger

Did Kreuziger not attack yesterday??

I think Saxo Bank are always likely to be strong, despite losing Frank Schleck. Cancellara and Voigt are good at completely 'burying themselves' for the team, so I think Andy Schleck has a good chance. Astana (read as 'Navarro') did well yesterday, but I think with Vinokourov going off the front in the way he did could cause tension within the team and make riders unsure of each other. All the while Saxo Bank have unity.

Really hope Andy Schleck is in yellow in Paris!