I wouldn’t be surprised to see more than just Lance be done after this year. None of the big names on Radio Shack are exactly spring chickens.
Lance - 38
Chris Horner - 38
Andreas Kloden - 35
Levi - 36
I would also venture to guess these are the biggest contracts on the team as well.
In fact only one rider on the TDF team for them is under 30. The team as a whole could use an infusion of young legs.
Good point! They are a bunch of old geezers! haha!
Lance has said that this is definitely the last TdF. He is riding the Leadville 100 here next month but I suspect we’ll see him in support of his foundation in the near term and as a team director in the not too distant future.
That’s a good point. The most promising youngster is Jani Brajkovic and from what I’ve seen of him, I think he may be more suited to the classics. He rode very well in the Dauphine but it takes a special rider to win a race that lasts 3 weeks.