Message #15712

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LP
Jim and I noted the same lack of "team support" you did.
For Contador to not have the support of a team built for him,
he really has to have done things to foment that kind of or lack of ) sentiment.

Hats off to Evans, Cavendish and " The Schlecks". These guys all work hard
and seem to endear the kind of sentiment that leads to the best support of those around them

Makes one appreciate the team that Lance built around him even more.
I remember my spanish brother in law saying that Roberto Herreras was obviously as good as LA. ( This was when RH was a domestique on LA's team, I can't remember if USPS or Radio Shack)
Herreras had helped Lance make it up thru the Alps and position himself for the climbing wins.

Tthe following year, when RH DID HAVE a team built around him, he..... broke his leg. Badly. Never really made it back.
I seem to remember him then being implicated in the drug scandals in spain.

I spent the past 2 wks of the TDF working almost non-stop. My thanks to Jim for the daily updates via text.

Vive la Text!

Sweltering in NYC.

Lynn (TDF fan and winter ski enthusiast)