Frank Schleck!!! What a prize chump

[rich p]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schleck-doesnt-want-captains-role-at-tour-de-france

He can't keep his good form for 2 more weeks. Bloody nora - he's hardly been flying this year.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Clearly he thinks without Andy to pull him along for the TdF, he hasn't got much of a chance.

 

[Crackle]

Well the TdF does have downhills in it as well and there might be rain and cold, so, all told, he'd better be careful.

 

[avsd]

MTFU springs to mind. I must say my perception of the brothers Schleck has declined greatly over the last 12 months.

 

[Paul_L]

unreal.

 

[raindog]

As we've been saying for some time, there's more happening at Shack than we'll probably ever know. The team might not even be at the Tour according to some rumours. Strange business all round really.

 

[rich p]

Horner is now in the team but Fuglsang, who was to be their man in the Giro but for injury, has not been selected. So who is their leader?
If, as raindog says, they even make the start line.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Bruyneel being charged by USADA may mean they don't start.

 

[rich p]

Bruyneel being charged by USADA may mean they don't start.

...and if they do will he be in the team car?

 

[yello]

As we've been saying for some time, there's more happening at Shack than we'll probably ever know. The team might not even be at the Tour according to some rumours. Strange business all round really.

Agreed. I think Schleck Snr's words speak more of the state of Radioshack.

I don't think we'll see them in the tour tbh. They're acting too slowly to distance themselves from Bruyneel imo (in fact, quite the opposite) and I reckon ASO will pull the plug.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

...and if they do will he be in the team car?

He'll just have to run alongside and jump up and down like The Devil...

 

[lukesdad]

Hmm I remember when this years route was announced and both the Schlecks saying they wouldn't be at the tour as the course didn't suit.

 

[raindog]

Hmm I remember when this years route was announced and both the Schlecks saying they wouldn't be at the tour as the course didn't suit.

That's right, I'd forgotten that, then JB said it was nonsense, that the Tour was the prime objective and the Schlecks would simply have to pull off something extraordinary in the mountains to win it, but there was obvious reluctance on their part. And has anyone else noticed that Fab seems to be a shadow of his former self? And that Voigt has been more or less invisible this season? And now Andy's "injured" and Franck's gone all wobbly.

Summat not right in that team, and we'll probably find out what, if and when it breaks up.

 

[Dave Davenport]

The sponsors must be getting jumpy.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Summat not right in that team, and we'll probably find out what, if and when it breaks up.

Bruyneel certainly seems to be missing his magic formula of late...