Lance is confident he has a strong team and now it's up to him to be ready. His form is coming. |
The mental damage is going to be worse than the physical damage. |
The way he won this year... everything pretty much under control and he never showed any weakness. He has another Tour in his legs yet. |
There's still some work ahead of us but the timing is right, ... his sensations. |
These are the young riders that we can help build the future of the team. There's not going to be another Lance, we know that much already. |
This is a transition year, not in terms of being competitive but in going from being Lance's team to being a team without Lance. The goals will remain unchanged. Even without Lance, when I look at the guys here, we have a lot of good bike riders. |
This time trial was really the stage that mattered, the real test for us. And from what I saw, we have every reason to be satisfied. |
This year, things were planned a little different. The Tour route is different, with the mountains coming so late, so we are trying to have everyone reach top shape right at the start of the Tour, maybe even a bit later, |
We attacked all the time and I think we have to accept we were beaten by a very solid Landis. Floyd was just strong than we expected. |
We could decide during our (U.S.) training camp in December, which will be decisive (for the Tour), |
We could decide during our (US) training camp in December, which will be decisive (for the Tour), |
We could decide during our training camp in December, which will be decisive (for the Tour), |
We didn't really look for somebody to replace him, ... For one, there is nobody - not a strong leader like he was. Without him, we have a very good team, but not the favourites. |
We didn't really look for somebody to replace him. For one there is nobody, not a strong leader like he was. Without him we have a very good team . . . but not the favorites. |
We didn't really look for somebody to replace him. For one, there is nobody - not a strong leader like he was. Without him, we have a very good team, but not the favourites. |