Wed, 12 Sep 2007
Stage 1 to Ivan
I have to admit, it's pretty exciting to
see these guys racing on the roads of my home state. And the St. Louis
Post actually has a
decent and informative article.
There are two natives of Missouri in the race. Now that in itself is quite interesting. Brad Huff from Springfield is on Jonathan Vaughters Slipstream Sports team. This is a very innovative team that very likely will be in the Tour de France next year. Huff has had success over in Europe in the past two years. Then there is also our home town guy, Dan Schmatz who races on the BMC team which is active on the US pro tour here in the states. Dan and Brad are both sprinters who I expect to be competing with Ivan Dominguez who won yesterday's race. Dan is providing some good insights on his blog. Reading his entry from yesterday gives you a bird's eye view of what transpired on those closing laps. You can get a feel for how bike racing (at least for the sprinters) almost equal parts luck, skill, and intuition. Those sprinters have to make decisions within just a few seconds in order to be in the right position. Let's hope Dan gets it right on one of these stages. For sure there will be a lot of people shouting for him on the final stage here in St. Louis.
So who do I think will win the overall? It's all going to come down to tomorrow's time trial stage in Branson. I don't know exactly how steep it is. That will be very telling. If it's more like a climb then Contador (the Tour de France champion) might have a shot. But if it's less steep, then look for the pure TT guys to dominate. Maybe Health Net's Nathon O'Neil or Levi Leipheimer of Discovery.
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