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To: jyoders19
Armstrong was supposed to be riding this year in support of Contador, but really never was a good teammate until he realized he couldn't win. Armstrong is still a very good to great climber, but has fallen off considerably in idividual time trials.

Contador could very well eclipse Armstrong's record for wins; he's that good.

34 posted on 07/27/2009 3:09:01 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

The rivalry will be between Contador and Andy Schleck.


35 posted on 07/27/2009 3:09:41 PM PDT by jyoders19
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Contador could very well eclipse Armstrong's record for wins; he's that good.

Unlikely. If winning more than 5 was anything other than extremely difficult, it would have been done more than once. Remember Indurain? He was as dominant as you can be, but 5 years is a long time to be the best. When his time was up, it was up, just like many before him. A cyclist's prime seems to be about 5 years, no matter how old they are when the reach it. That's what makes Armstrong's record so amazing. That he seem to still be a near dominant climber after three years of is incredible.

I think Lance's chances of beating Cantador again are very slim, based simply on age, but the chance of somebody else doing it in the next 5 years is very great.

Remember too that the over all result would have been much closer if the two hadn't been team mates. Twice Lance dropped back a bit in mountain top finishes, and of course he never attacked Contador. Both times he finished behind him, he probably wouldn't have if he were on a rival team of Contador. But unless he can somehow rebuild his time trial prowess, he'll never catch him. And time is against him.

94 posted on 07/27/2009 5:00:03 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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