What a fruckin team!

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  1. Pain Freak

    Pain Freak Dead or Alive

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    Looks like Contador will not make it this year. I picked Andy last year to win the tour and he's my pick again this year.

    This is from RoadBikeRider.com

    Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck's new team will be called Team Leopard-Trek. The name was announced at a team launch event in Luxembourg. Leopard is team manager Brian Nygaard's holding company. Leopard-Trek's squad was automatically ranked No. 1 by the UCI, helped by Schleck's finish in last season's Tour and time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara's dominance in one-day classics. Both riders, plus teammates Frank Schleck, Jens Voigt and Stuart O'Grady, left the Danish Saxo Bank squad to join the Luxembourg project
     
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  2. ghixon

    ghixon Look Ma - No hands!

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    It's the Miami Heat of the cycling world...
     
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    That is a bad A$$ team
     
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  4. KonaDawgDeluxe

    KonaDawgDeluxe REKE/DMC

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    ... now known as the HEATLES
     
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    On paper Liquigas are a stronger Grand tour team if they bring their big guns to the show, a Basso, Nibali, Krueziger trifecta would be tough for Leopard to counter. Ultimatley it all depends on how well the GC guys are riding.
     
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  6. vlad

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    Krueziger with with Astana this year (or was it Katusha) . In any case not with Liquigas. Liquigas does, however have Peter Sagan who will end up being a big name! In any case, I do agree that Liguigas and Leopard-Trek will be the two teams to beat.
     
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    Yep, brain fade on my part, Astana. Replace Krueziger wih an in form Sylvester Szmyd still formidible
     
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    I became a Sagan fan after watching the stage up to Big Bear last year at the TOC. He just did not quit!
     
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  9. Pain Freak

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    But as a team in the Tour I don't see any other team beating them to win the team classification.
     
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  10. singleSSpeedster

    singleSSpeedster Rolling on 29" dubs!

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    oh hellz yea...cancellara i like and jens voight is just a bad @ss.....i'll be watching this year!
     
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