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...
cannot certain france given judge people race recognize sad today tour
Everyone has to judge for themselves, ... Lance realizes where he is now is because of the Tour de France and what the race has given him. I think he's also given a lot back and that the Tour wouldn't be where it is today without a big U.S. champion. It's sad that certain people cannot recognize that.
accept cycling easy floyd follow science stronger strongest tried work
It is always easy to look back and say I could have done this or that. It does not work that way. Cycling is not a science you try to be the strongest on the road. We tried to follow the plan, and Floyd was stronger than we expected, and we have to accept that. We have no regrets.
five name
I think if you have to name five names, as of today, he is one of them.
deal mentally physically side woke
I think he's been very offended. If you know him, he doesn't need a lot to find some motivation. I think it woke up the competitive side of him. Physically and mentally he can deal with a lot.
side sports woke
I think he's been very offended, ... If you know him, he doesn't need a lot to find some motivation. I think it woke up the competitive side of him.
confident form strong team
Lance is confident he has a strong team and now it's up to him to be ready. His form is coming.
riders signed
We haven't signed anybody. We're full. We have 27 riders and we're going to keep it that way.
classics spain tour
We were up there in the Classics and the Tour of Spain as well.
definitely hard sit stages tomorrow
We're definitely not going to sit back and watch. Tomorrow and the day after are two hard stages and I think we can still try to do something. We're going to be aggressive.
convinced crashed jersey kept rider yellow
We're convinced that he would have kept his leader's jersey had he not crashed. You don't take the yellow jersey away from a rider who crashed out.
good leader replace somebody strong team
We didn't really look for somebody to replace him. For one there is nobody, not a strong leader like he was. Without him we have a very good team . . . but not the favorites.
good leader nobody replace somebody strong
We didn't really look for somebody to replace him. For one, there is nobody - not a strong leader like he was. Without him, we have a very good team, but not the favourites.
good leader nobody replace somebody strong
We didn't really look for somebody to replace him, ... For one, there is nobody - not a strong leader like he was. Without him, we have a very good team, but not the favourites.
good motivation
It's good for the motivation of the team. It was good to have him around.