Johan Bruyneel
Johan Bruyneel
Johan Bruyneelis a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a former directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team RadioShack–Nissan. Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of U.S. Postal Service, a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team. Following the 2007 season, the team disbanded and Bruyneel became the director of the Astana team beginning in 2008, and achieved victories in each of cycling's Grand Tours with Contador with Astana. He participated in two Tour de France wins with Discovery...
decided minutes phone rest speak talk
But don't make me say that Lance has already decided what he will do with the rest of his career. That said, we speak for 15 minutes on the phone every day, and for 13 of those we talk about cycling.
helped ignored race seven surprised tour won
I'm a little surprised that Lance was ignored like this. He won this race seven times in a row, no one has done this before. The Tour helped him become what he is now.
challenge few head leader races ready step strong team time
I feel like with have a really strong team but without Lance, it's going to take some time and some races to get used to him not being here. It will be big challenge for me. I think in a few years we will have another strong leader at the head of this team and I think we have a few that are here now and are ready to step up into that role.
best experience finish grand hardest high last tour week weeks
He will try to do the best he can and try to finish as high as possible. The last week of a grand tour is always the hardest and that's the experience that he's really lacking. After two weeks of what we've seen, it's been very positive.
legs tour
He has another Tour in his legs yet
again banned began clear due france hungry prove strongest three tour training weeks
He began training again three weeks after the Tour de France ended. It is clear he is hungry for cycling. ... He could feel a need to prove to the world he is the strongest and that it isn't due to any banned substance.
absolutely camp compete december fit guys training wants
He absolutely wants to be part of the training camp in December and wants to get fit to compete with the guys there.
deal maximum past proved
He proved in the past that he can deal with that. He is at his maximum under pressure,
last satisfied time
I'm more satisfied than at this time last year. If I had to give him a mark, it would be B plus.
bored shows spoken three training weeks
I haven't spoken with him today, but it's nothing new. He started training three weeks ago and it shows he's getting a little bored with being retired.
cannot decided surprise
If he decided to come back, it wouldn't surprise me. I cannot say for sure, but (a comeback) would be something beautiful.
became conscious france owes seven titles tour won
I'm conscious Lance won seven Tour de France titles and owes a lot to the race. But at the same time, the Tour de France became more important with an American who won seven Tours.
ridden satisfied
He's still up there in the GC. After two weeks, he's done a lot better than we expected. We're very satisfied with how he's ridden so far.
expect form george next top total tour
George is a total professional and I expect him to be in top form for his next objective, the Tour de France.