I saw an interview with Leipheimer yesterday where he said he will be making his big move in the Pyrenees.
apoch: afx, I'm a little surprised you didn't take Rasmussen for the King of the Mountains. The man has dominated that competition the last two years. I wouldn't start gloating yet, there are still a lot of stages to be raced. Rasmussen... hmm. In hindsight, I guess it was an obvious pick, but I'm not a particularly big fan of his so I left him out. I'm surprised he's going this well so soon, though. In the previous two years he lost stacks of time in the opening mountain stages and then made his move for the KOM when he knew the GC guys wouldn't chase him. I'm happy that one of my climbers Mayo is back on form, and although Igor Anton hasn't done anything yet, I hope he'll find his legs when he gets to the Pyrenees (his home territory). I don't think Rasmussen can win the Tour either. 110 kilometres of time trial still to come, and who remembers his effort in 2005? qbert72: The Guardian sold me John Gadret as a formidable climber. He's finished all mountain stages in the pack so far. What gives, Guardian? Typical French rider. Has one good race (Giro '06) and is subsequently trumpeted to hell as the salvation of French cycling. In truth, he's not even a road racer, he's a cyclocross rider. Fat Buddha: I saw an interview with Leipheimer yesterday where he said he will be making his big move in the Pyrenees. Haha, and I'm a monkey's uncle. When has Leipheimer EVER made a move anywhere? He's a follower, not an attacker, and right now not even the best rider in his team (see Alberto Contador on the Galibier today?).
Leipheimer isn't even second. I'd take Yuraslav Popavych (sp?) over him any day. As for Contador, did you see his sick recovery on Sunday? Mechanical trouble and then caught up and blew past everyone except Rasmussen. I wish there weren't so many crashes and so much mechanical trouble on Sunday. How differently would that stage have turned out?
