The deal looked like it would just fade away because of all of the doping clouds surrounding Ivan Basso. But, Discovery Channel needs a top contender and have always lusted after Basso. So today the announcement is official. Ivan Basso is now the top contender for the Tour de France in 2007. Look for another… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Discovery Channel
Basso Out of CSC
(pic from http://www.team-csc.com/) Ivan Basso and Bjarne Riis are no longer working together. The fallout from the Operation Puerto scandal has tarnished the relationship between Riis and rising star Basso. The close working relationship took a severe blow when allegations arose over Ivan Basso’s involvement with Dr. Fuentes who is at the picenter of the… Read more »
Ullrich Gets an Offer From Discovery
Tuttobiciweb reports that Discovery Channel has given a contract offer to Jan Ullrich. The contract is to make Jan Ullrich team leader for the next two years. This contract offer so far seems to have no regard for the various legal issues surrounding Der Kaiser. Ullrich may be cleared of his Operation Puerto involvement since… Read more »
Vuelta: Danielson’s Chances
(Pic from Velonews) With a few Grand Tours under his belt and a win in the Tour of Austria this year Tom Danielson is quietly building a good resume as a GC contender. While Discovery Channel were flailing away at the Tour de France wishing that Lance Armstrong never retired, Danielson was winning the Tour… Read more »
No Luck Hincapie
A dramatic finish in the ENECO Tour (Tour of Benelux) saw Hincapie hit the deck in a controversial finish. George Hincapie looked set to bring home the win after several attacks by Vincenzo Nibali were neutralized. Nibali was seen as the biggest threat even though he was 11 seconds down. In the final sprint Philippe… Read more »
Popo Revives Disco’s Hopes
(Pic from Yahoo! Sports) Yaroslav Popovych was finally unleashed today with a fine stage win. After the four pronged GC experiment finally failed with poor performances by everyone on the Discovery Channel, the team was allowed to “just go for stage wins”. That change in strategy worked better than expected as Popovych vaulted up the… Read more »
Disco in Limbo without Lance
(pic from Yahoo sports) It took a Time Trial to show that the Discovery Channel team has a very weak belly without their former leader Lance Armstrong. It is natural when you put in such a successful system where everyone is a role player. They made it very successful for seven straight years, but unfortunatley… Read more »
Danielson: Discovery’s Real Giro Leader?
Paolo Savoldelli kept his Maglia Rosa in an Armstrong like stage 1 performance. Il Falco scorched the field by 11 seconds over a 6.5 km circuit which is a large margin. Paolo Looks to be defending his Giro win from last year, but the course, especially the last week of the Giro does not suit… Read more »
Roubaix Preview: Boonen Doubles?
It’s hard to bet against Tom Boonen doing a double-double (Win Paris Roubaix and Tour of Flanders back to back for two years) but it just seems so inevitable. It is a bit like Lance Armstrong winning the Tour de France between 2000 and 2005, you really could not bet against him to win, and… Read more »
Floyd’s Position Does Work
Floyd Landis is fresh off wind tunnel testing that helped him improve his Time Trial position. This is the first time that Floyd tested the tweeked position that is similar to last year’s extreme forward motion position. Looks like the hard work paid off as Floyd Landis claimed the important Stage 3 TT win ahead… Read more »