Johan Bruyneel
Johan Bruyneel
Johan Bruyneelis a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a former directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team RadioShack–Nissan. Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of U.S. Postal Service, a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team. Following the 2007 season, the team disbanded and Bruyneel became the director of the Astana team beginning in 2008, and achieved victories in each of cycling's Grand Tours with Contador with Astana. He participated in two Tour de France wins with Discovery...
build future help riders
These are the young riders that we can help build the future of the team. There's not going to be another Lance, we know that much already.
bike goals good guys remain team terms transition
This is a transition year, not in terms of being competitive but in going from being Lance's team to being a team without Lance. The goals will remain unchanged. Even without Lance, when I look at the guys here, we have a lot of good bike riders.
definitely open
definitely an open possibility, I know he is on the bike.
last satisfied time
I'm more satisfied than at this time last year. If I had to give him a mark, it would be B plus.
became conscious france owes seven titles tour won
I'm conscious Lance won seven Tour de France titles and owes a lot to the race. But at the same time, the Tour de France became more important with an American who won seven Tours.
bored shows spoken three training weeks
I haven't spoken with him today, but it's nothing new. He started training three weeks ago and it shows he's getting a little bored with being retired.
ridden satisfied
He's still up there in the GC. After two weeks, he's done a lot better than we expected. We're very satisfied with how he's ridden so far.
expect form george next top total tour
George is a total professional and I expect him to be in top form for his next objective, the Tour de France.
control legs sure tour win won
I'm sure he could win (another Tour). The way he won this year... everything pretty much under control and he never showed any weakness. He has another Tour in his legs yet.
control legs sure tour win won
I'm sure he could win (another Tour), ... The way he won this year... everything pretty much under control and he never showed any weakness. He has another Tour in his legs yet.
absolutely camp compete december fit guys training wants
He absolutely wants to be part of the training camp in December and wants to get fit to compete with the guys there.
deal maximum past proved
He proved in the past that he can deal with that. He is at his maximum under pressure,
definitely open
It's definitely an open possibility, I know he is on the bike.
calculated confidence easy form guys plan
It's not easy to plan but I think we calculated it well and the guys have confidence that their form is coming.