Cyclist Popovych joins Astana team
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Cyclist Popovych joins Astana team
Postby wilko72 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:42 am
Popovych was a support rider who helped Armstrong win his record seventh straight Tour de France in 2005. He will work again with Johan Bruyneel, the Astana team director who guided Armstrong during his Tour victories.
"When I heard that Yaroslav was free, I was immediately interested," Bruyneel said in a statement. "We will most likely count on him to support our leaders in the Giro and the Tour."
Armstrong, making a comeback after three years in retirement, hasn't decided whether he will try for an eighth Tour de France title in 2009. He has committed to racing in the Giro.
The 28-year-old Popovych won a Tour de France stage in 2006 and finished eighth overall in last year's race.
"It may have surprised people that I would go to a team that has a number of leaders," Popovych said. "However, Johan's organization is the perfect fit for me."
The Astana team also features Alberto Contador, the Giro and Spanish Vuelta winner this year, along with American veteran Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Kloeden of Germany.
Popovych's move follows a disappointing year with Silence-Lotto, where he was supposed to help Cadel Evans win the Tour's yellow jersey. The Australian finished second.
Popovych won the white jersey as the most promising rider in the Tour in 2005 and added two top-five finishes in the Giro. Despite such talent, the Ukrainian never made it as a leader on a team.
Contador won't race in the Giro and may miss the Spanish Vuelta to focus on winning his second Tour de France.
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Postby sogood » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:02 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Postby JustinS007 » Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:08 pm
That's an understatement. He was just crap and left Cadel hanging stage after stage on the climbs. And he was protected earlier in the tour so that he could offer the maximum benefit to Cadel when it counted. He failed. If he turns around and does wonders suddenly for Astana then I'll be very skeptical of their "program" as chuck puts it. Actually, I'll be skeptical of Astana anyway.sogood wrote:And as it turned out, he never lived up to expectation.
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Postby chris641 » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:49 pm
You would think so. I was watching some of my past TDF dvd's and he was quite incredible in the mountains in some past years.Dial wrote:chris641 wrote:Whats the bet that Popovych suddenly becomes amazing at next year's TDF..
I think he must have had issues at SIL to ride so badly.
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Postby sogood » Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:13 pm
Better anti-dope culture in Silence-Lotto?chris641 wrote:You would think so. I was watching some of my past TDF dvd's and he was quite incredible in the mountains in some past years.
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Postby chris641 » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:53 pm
Haha possibly..sogood wrote:Better anti-dope culture in Silence-Lotto?chris641 wrote:You would think so. I was watching some of my past TDF dvd's and he was quite incredible in the mountains in some past years.
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Postby MichaelB » Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:07 pm
Didn't he just have a 1 year deal ?toolonglegs wrote:Suprised he changed thou...he was on a really good salary at Loto...wouldn't have been hard to buy that contract out!.
At the end of the day, if you don't fit in a team, you don't fit. At the end of the day, he wasn't worth holding on to from Silence's point of view.
Be interesting to see how he goes at Astana tho'
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Postby Chuck » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:11 pm
Vino ?chris641 wrote:Just look at their TT potential - Armstrong, Leipheimer, Contador, Kloden.
Yep it's gonna be quick. But they're going to bring plenty of suspicion with them too. Astana seem to be out of step with some of the other teams who, on the surface anyway, are determined to clean the sport up.
Astana head to head with Stuey, Jens and their mates (Saxo Bank ?) will be interesting.
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:37 pm
After all ASO seem to be able to do what they like.
Garmin will have an amazing TTT as well.
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Postby chris641 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:30 pm
Don't forget FabesChuck wrote:Astana head to head with Stuey, Jens and their mates (Saxo Bank ?) will be interesting.chris641 wrote:Just look at their TT potential - Armstrong, Leipheimer, Contador, Kloden.
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