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...
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.
amazing basically change objectives plans race races season sign strong team tour
Without Lance our objectives will change, who will race in what races will change and the plans for the season will change. But we still have a very strong team without him. If you look at our 2005 season and take out what Lance accomplished, basically his Tour victory, this team had an amazing season. It was a season that any team would sign up for before it started.
accept attacked beaten floyd solid strong time
We attacked all the time and I think we have to accept we were beaten by a very solid Landis. Floyd was just strong than we expected.
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.
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.
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.
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.
camp decide decisive training
We could decide during our (US) training camp in December, which will be decisive (for the Tour),
camp decide decisive training
We could decide during our (U.S.) training camp in December, which will be decisive (for the Tour),
camp decide decisive training
We could decide during our training camp in December, which will be decisive (for the Tour),
control legs tour won
The way he won this year... everything pretty much under control and he never showed any weakness. He has another Tour in his legs yet.
build future help riders
These are the young riders that we can help build the future of the team. There's not going to be another Lance, we know that much already.