October 8, 2009
A teammate and I were having a discussion today about bike racing (of course!). He posed a question for which neither one of us could really come up with a great answer. We both thought that you’d definitely be the man with the answer for this one though… How can teams like Columbia HTC control the sprint/flat stages so well in a grand tour, but seem to be helpless when it comes to the classics? Thanks for the insight on this one!
Scott Carmichael - Sparta, TennesseeScott, you and your buddy are indeed correct. I will be able to give you an answer to this one. Realize though, that I am friends with the team's directors, so I can tell them what you said if you don't send me some money.
You know, I walked up to Brian Holm at the Tour of California this year, and he told me he nearly didn't recognize me because I looked like "a eeepy" (hippy)
But to answer your question -- I believe there are several reasons why certain riders and teams murder it in the stage races and then seem to come up a bit short in the classics.
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