Comments on: Tour de France stage 1: Brest>Plumelec

By: Neil p.

Neil p. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:47:22 +0000

Everyone in victoria and canada will be cheering Ryder on .We all know u can win us a stage.Go for it.Good luck to all the team .

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:16:10 +0000

I can say as a fan of cycling I have been waiting for 3 years to see if Tom D can put up some good numbers in the greatest cycling race in the world. When Tom D and Dave Z signed on, Slipstream was a relatively unknown team who would be lucky to have two guys of that calibar to lead them into the TDF. Now in the last hour you tell a guy with that much Grand Tour experience that his services aren’t needed. And, someone please tell me what he was doing at the Route du Sud anyway he should have been working on his form in the FRENCH ALPS. This is very dissapointing. Leaving a world class climber behind can never be a good thing. The Team needed another guy like that to help pull through the mountains. I guess they must be just going for breakaway Stage wins and or Time trials.
Well Good Luck anyway!
I think maybe next year Tom should look into taking his experience to a Team who will garauntee him a spot on their TDF roster and let him help pull their Team through the mountains. Maybe a team like Astana, Columbia or CSC could use his services. See you at the top. I could be wrong but if I’m not don’t let me be the first to tell you “I told you so!”
VIVE LE TOUR!

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:21:43 +0000

Having known Tom personally for the past 7 years, since his racing days at Fort Lewis College on his old broken down mountain bike, I just want everyone to know that I am sure that he would really appreciate reading this forum and to see everyone rooting for him! Tom is a very mental rider and when he is on, boy is he ON, but toss in some crazy virus, and he gets the crap beatin’ out of him. There are only so many years you can take that!! It has been a long uphill (no pun intended) battle for him and everyone send him good thoughts and wishes so that he can ride hard and HEALTHY through the next year and FINALLY land a spot on the team for the Tour. Sucks that it wasn’t this year, but hey, maybe 6th pro yr will be the charm?

By: Jason in Atlanta

Jason in Atlanta — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:04:16 +0000

And it’s Fresh Korn by a wheel-length! Congrats to Will and the rest of the crew for making the Tour team. My wife asked me who she should cheer for at this year’s event and I said, “Duh, Slipstream! Oh, I mean GARMIN!”

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:36:51 +0000

Well, Velo News released the squad before the site, no Tommy D! Sure hope he can find some form for the rest of the year. As for the rest of the squad, go kick some French Butt!!!!

By: RC

RC — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:30:38 +0000

My Picks:

Millar
VV
Pate
Hesjedal
Lowe
Backstedt
Maaskant
Dean
Farrar

Would love to see Tommy D on there, but he just hasn’t performed. When are they going to announce their decision?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:33:56 +0000

Millar
DZ
Lowe
Dean
Magnus
VV
Tyler
Pate
Maaskant
Cozza

Lowe for White Jersey, Dean or Magnus will hopefully win a Stage. Millar or DZ will be in Yellow. Slipstream for Team win!!! Go the Argyle

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:10:42 +0000

Who thinks the brass at Garmin Chipotle throw some schwag to whomever guesses the tour squad???? Yea Yea!!

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:52:33 +0000

c’mon, you’re killing me! What time of day is the final list going to be released? I’m sure I’ve got system admins checking the network logs seeing me suck up bandwidth hitting slipstreamsports.com every 15 seconds.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:11:57 +0000

Put Tommy D in! There has to be a reason for his lack of performance. I’m trying to understand how those training videos didn’t transfer to results. Granted we’re only seeing tid bits, but time is running out. Garmin isn’t going to the Vuelta, so this is it for the year grand tour wise. All those years with USPS/Disco and no TDF, lets end the jinx!