Johan? I am not convinced that he is a good DS at all. Armstrong was the heart and soul of his team for ages and Armstrong called the shots. He got lucky with Contador. This year he says we have four potential leaders and we will let the road decide? When has that strategy ever worked? Think Deutche Telecom and T-Mobile. If you have a rider like Armstrong or Indurain, you do well in the mountains and kill the TT. The team pulls hard on the flat stages to prevent any significant breakaways and punish others with speed. Wear them down before the hills. If your man can't tt then you need to go for broke like AS did this year.
I'd give Johan a little more credit. He was able to keep the teams together and create (or maintain) the right environment for the victories. Lance was certainly involved, and over time he could call more shots, but he wasn't running the team the whole time.
But I agree that this was Schleck's best chance yet, and he blew it. It seems they were focused more on not losing to Contador than winning the race.
Being among the best climbers is not enough to win the Tour. Andy is already a good climber. He needs to do what others have done, and sacrifice some climbing form to become more of a threat in the TT.
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