Could it be that he seems to be a genuinely nice guy as opposed to Armstrong who takes pride in being a jerk?Pablo said:I'm sorry, but I need to address an underlying assumption. I just don't understand the appeal of Jan...Please help me out.
Pablo said:I'm sorry, but I need to address an underlying assumption. I just don't understand the appeal of Jan. Under Lance's regime, sure, he was a nice feasible alternative, but I just don't get it. Please help me out.
mquetel said:How will Jan look at the start in Geneva tomorrow?
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Personally I would like to see him tan, fit and do a reasonably good TT... but I am not going to put my money down on it.[/QUOTE
I loved that phrase from coyle's book. As for ulrich, I couldn't understand how all the magazines were saying how fit he looked at those camps in january. To me, the first indicator of any cycling fitness is to look at the face. If the cheeks are round, not good. If they are drawn in, the rider has been working. Jan has had a fat face all winter, I think he just tried to hold his gut in during pictures.
Well, I don't know him personally but he seems like a nice enough guy. Plus people love to pull for the underdog. Rooting for Jan has become a sport in its self. Wondering if he'll be in shape, will he have a gotee, will he ever finish higher than 2nd and win another Tour? This is part of the fun with Jan!Pablo said:I'm sorry, but I need to address an underlying assumption. I just don't understand the appeal of Jan. Under Lance's regime, sure, he was a nice feasible alternative, but I just don't get it. Please help me out.
jch2112 said:I'm too lazy to post a pic, but Velonews has a picture of Jan in the prologue of the Tour of Romandie. Sad to say, but he looks more like the picture on the right above. Definitely not in form now....hopefully he'll ride it away in the Giro.
No, fat makes you look fatfrancois said:Nice to see Jan back. What a miserable prologue though.
Knee problems is the issue of the month. He says he's been healthy as of two weeks ago. For four weeks prior to that, he had to soft-pedal in training because of the knee.
Interview is here:
http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-romandie/2006/sport_sto873522.shtml
does pink make him look fat?
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