but Johan is a big asset

Bruyneel, that is. Of course, he's of the current peloton, supposed to know everyone and everything. And he's Flemish. His contributions in prime time are excellent (which is not to say that the others are worthless, they're just not as vigilant as I'd like them to be--a bit lazy, as I put it the other day). Bruyneel has been around for a long time, and having read David Walsh's book, I can't keep from thinking that a good title for his own book (now: We Might As Well Win) would have been: We'll Do What it Takes. Speaking of Bruyneel's book, I have it on loan from the same friend who so generously gave me a bike to ride for my final days in the U.S., and will take a look now, before heading over to Amsterdam on Wednesday.