posted Nov 16, 2008

well, Euskaltel had the gold jersey for two or three days in the Vuelta... and had Igor Anton not had to abandon they could have challenged more.

I like Caisse, but the problem appears to be that Valverde is both their top sprinter and GC guy, so they just sit in the pack working for him until they get the kind of finish they like for him; and of course pinning all your faith on Don Alejandro is setting yourself up to fail because he'll always make that one mistake that costs him in a grand tour.

I'd like to see him win a grand tour, that's about it.

Cofidis are also an infuriating team to watch because everyone of note keeps leaving them; oh, and while Moncoutie was killer in the Vuelta, there is just something appealing about rooting for Chavanel's doomed breakaways every time.

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posted Nov 16, 2008

Any French team.......

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posted Nov 17, 2008

I always loved Kelme/Communidad Valenciana. Always performed way above their billing. In the PC Game "Pro Cycling Manager", I even took them to the top of the UCI rankings with Alberto Contador and Ruben Plaza in 2006!

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posted Nov 18, 2008

T-Mobile gave me a few hair-tearing-out moments. Letting Pereiro get 34 minutes away being the worst, Klodi could have won that tour! Also, Vinokorouv going renegade about 20 times forcing Ulle up the mountains with him.
Michael Rogers falling off and breaking his collarbone (I think) was pretty darn bad too, heartbreaking as he rode on for 30 minutes, eventually with one arm lying limp as he couldn't accept a bottle of water from the car.
Also...Ulle getting kicked off the tour the night before it the year he was "destined" to win!

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posted Nov 18, 2008

I oved T-Mobile too. Which is one of the reasons that I ride a 2006 team strip Giant TCR-Composite!

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posted Nov 19, 2008

If we're talking teams gone-by and not current, then for me its probably Fagor circa 88/89. The cream of british (and one irish) cyclists riding in the pro-peleton in those days in the same team: Stephen Roche, Rober Millar, Sean Yates and Malcolm Elliott. And what did they do, apart from Yatesy winning a time trial in the Tour at Wasquhal(sp?) and Millar going the wrong way at the top of Guzet Niege when a dead cert for the win??????

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