Armstrong vs. Evans

Haven't posted much about George Hincapie because as a domestique, he doesn't make it in the news much. And even when he does, as the article below points out, he's talking about two of the team leaders he's been with, Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans.

"Calm" Evans is the perfect teammate, says Hincapie

(http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/calm-evans-is-the-perfect-teammate-says-hincapie)

Having been part of a winning team nine times, George Hincapie is ideally placed to identify what is required from a Tour de France winner. Hincapie was side by side with his compatriot Lance Armstrong for all seven of his victories in the race and he also assisted Alberto Contador in 2007 and Cadel Evans last year in the colours of BMC.

Hincapie knows Armstrong and Evans extremely well, and stated that the two men are very different on and off the bike. Hincapie will be looking to be part of a winning team for a record tenth time this summer, when Evans will look to successfully defend the title he won in 2011. If he gets to the start line in one piece it will be the 38-year-old Hincapie's 17th Tour - a statistic that offers proof of his longevity and his durability.

"Cadel is certainly more relaxed than Lance and doesn't interfere so much in team tactics - at least not in the other riders' presence," Hincapie told Danish website feltet.dk. "He does with [sporting director] John Lelangue, but he relies a lot on my input, and what John believes, especially when we are out on the road.

"In my eyes he seems more pleased with the people that surround him both on and around the team. He is calm when Lance was usually quite tense, and out on the route is always ready to attack the race. And when you think to yourself that he might be in trouble, you discover that he actually is calm and quite okay."