++ [ originally posted by IncuboRossonero
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Paul: After your post yesterday I'm sure you noticed what Lance said after his successful mount today "thanks to my incredible team"

He knows there are more than lucky stars to Thank
I wasnt refering to lance... He knows what side his breads buttered... Its people that are non - cycling fans.. those that watch a bit of the tour every year and think they know something about the sport that disregard his team and say its all about lance... it aint
If you have a team like that and everyone else is stupid enough to let you ride exactly as you like there is only ever one result.
Its unbeleivable how time after time all the other teams let discovery do as they please... Telekom showed everyone what to do on saturday, yet they all still left lance to do as he pleased...
Time after time... if telekom arent in a position to do anything as they werent yesterday (jan was clearly having problems breathing from the very first kilometre) then no one else does... its laughable to say the least
People with the big talk but they are all there to play for second rather than risk it all... Sad fact is there are only 2 riders out there that are truely there to win... lance and jan.
oh yeah, Basso keeps saying I will 'attack' Lance in the mountains...well he ever let LANCE know about this supposed attack??
Basso... oh dear... ivan and csc have been kissing lances arse for the last 2 years... yet they still dont realise whats going on....
Ivan is a guy that is capable of competing if hes willing to lay it on the line... but hes scared and its as clear as day that bjarne isnt convinced by him.
What more do they need to show them its a one way street... time after time they help lance and get nothing back, yet they sttill do it...
Last year they saved lance and recieved empty promises of being helped to secure second... Of course lance took csc's help and then watched with a little smile as ivan slipped to 3rd...
Hopefully yesterday ivan may have realised that however many times he sucks on lances cock, he will get nothing back... Why because lance is a winner... he does what is required to get his victory...
After the help on saturday on sunday when discovery faultered... what did csc get in return... Oh yes ivan got a big slap on the road to courchevel...
I laughed yesterday as ivan was slapped by lance in front of everyone... It was exactly what he and csc deserved...
When lance drifted through that last group ... asking people to help... Fist the chicken... who went to the front... then illes... valverde went to the front... then he asked basso... "sorry im cooked" came the reply... "well then your no use" bye bye and blew him out the back...
What will it take for Basso and csc to realise and play to there own strengths....
Vino was another one yesterday... with all his words and his comments that he should be telekom team leader... oh please get a grip vino...
The only people that walked away with any dignity yesterday were lance, valverde, chicken, manny, jan and klodi... the rest were a joke...
Anyway... theres still along way to go and we will see... but a lot of people lost the tour yesterday