tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post49073503073969880..comments2024-02-24T09:21:42.996+01:00Comments on Basque Cycling News: Sánchez gets through Dauphiné stage twoMagnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190510412001563563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-73700188476031208002012-06-06T00:53:12.150+02:002012-06-06T00:53:12.150+02:00You don't seem overly optimistic about the Tou...You don't seem overly optimistic about the Tour, am I right?;) I wouldn't worry about R Pérez and Izagirre - they know what they're doing. Same goes for Martínez and Verdugo and Urtasun. I agree though on A Pérez, Astarloza, Azanza and Sicard. They have to get results - especially Pérez and Azanza. As for Sicard, I'd take him no matter the shape; it'll be good for him, give him a feel for the level, and it'll certainly do his motor the world of good. Plus, he might return to former highs if he gets that amount of competition in his legs.Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190510412001563563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-48791010494415329852012-06-05T19:26:18.958+02:002012-06-05T19:26:18.958+02:00Yesterday Garcia and Bilbao had to stay with Samu,...Yesterday Garcia and Bilbao had to stay with Samu, while Perez and Azanza couldn't hold the pace on a third category climb... Please guys, shake the Tour nine because some of the guys haven't any level at the moment, while youngsters surely deserve a chance. Alan Perez is no option anymore. Same goes for the Suisse team, if Sicard, Astarloza and Urtasun doesn't show decent shape, take a youngster and get Txurruka out of his summer sleep. To me, besides Samu only Verdugo, Ruben Perez and Izagirre are certitudes. And even then, credits go to Izagirre and Perez for last year's TDF, not for recent prestations.Kristofnoreply@blogger.com