It’s a good result, but the competition isn’t Pro Tour levels. Still, it’s nice to see the engine running smoothly.

…point is how close he was to DZ and VDV – who are both in the top ten (arguably) TTer’s out there.

…I can see that you’re optimistic about the boy, but have you been following him for the past few years? Losing one minute to a mediocre DZ and a CVV whose form has to be falling off the table… I’m sorry but I don’t see the light.

Tom seems to have the type of talent you see in one new international rider per year, but he simply can’t get out of his own way. I can’t even stomach those articles he writes for Procycling any more. His newest epiphany regarding why he can ride everyone off his wheel in training but can’t get to the base of the climb without destroying himself???

He chaffs me so badly because he’s wasting talent that so many Cat. 2 hacks out there could have turned into something besides a single win in the Vuelta and the jersey at the Tour of Lankawi.

Is Bobby Julich more talented than Tom? And Bobby, for all his failures, gets to post up in Galena (a quasi-suburb of Reno, NV) for the rest of his life as a former Paris-Nice champ. That’s a dang race! It ain’t Pris-Roubaix, but it’s a dang race. You look down the list of winners, and you see writ the history of cycling. Eddy, King Kelly, Jaja, Rebellin, Zoetemelk, Maertens, Roche, Anquetil for cripes!

Good luck to Tom, but I want to be a fan of guys who go out there and race. Guys who can’t wait to get there heads bashed in at a kermesse, guys who role out of bed and smile when they see rain, guys who understand that cycling is psychological warfare and wouldn’t have it any other way.

I’m sorry to harsh your mellow, but that guy’s been harshin’ mine for too long.

…let alone the media hype and I too get tired of his excuses , I mean even a novice knows how to follow wheels efficiently. BUT he is on a list of best US GT GC performances finishing in the top ten twice. yeah yeah its only the Vuelta i know.

Greg, Lance, Levi, Tyler, Andy, Floyd, Bobby oh and Tommy D…

I was only pointing out a performance that stood out for him this season, not comparing him to the top of the pro tour. Sorry to hear he has let you down.

But looked a little on the overfed side as cyclists go. Not particularly out of shape, but not as low body mass as the rest of them. Look at my shots of stage 3 pre start and compare TD with say Frishkorn. I’m thinking the great stage racer hope (hype) is fading and he will end up as a fairy solid gregario

…would have been much better off if he’d made the decision to be a gregario a long time ago. The problem with that is, the gregario is supposed to wake the champion in the morning and take his bags down to the lobby. Who is supposed to wake up Tom?

Ok, that was a cheap shot, but this site makes me feel froggy.

And to Fred: Could you shoot a link for the pic’s? I think Frishkorn is my new hero. Does anyone think he can develop the power to challenge at Paris-Roubaix? Wait a minute, this post is about Tom. Right. As you were folks.

and don’t give me the crap about vdv was a domestique – Tommy D had free reign in only a handful on TDG’s and one Vuelta and even then it got taken away after Johan made him support Jani (or is that Yanni) after he rode into d’oro. For the most part he has been a support rider behind better talent.

TD was more hyped just due to bad timing with people looking for the next lance but VDV was hyped as the next best thing before lance’s comeback. We all thought that he was washed up ESPECIALLY since he joined Slipstream to mentor younger riders – kiss of death. Bahhh I’m froggy now too, damn it.