Why were the Postal and Discovery Professional Cycling Teams so dominant?
Spencer: The teams were never trapped by their traditions or histories and had the best leadership minds and spirits in Johan and Lance. Every year, we adapted our preparation and race strategy to accommodate the current team dynamic and circumstances. We never tried to duplicate what was done the previous year, knowing that those approaches may be obsolete in the current year. We knew how to control fear, embrace risk, think big, trust in our preparation, and believe in ourselves as winners to successfully engage and surmount all obstacles put in our path at the Tour. There was a great fellowship and mutual commitment among everyone to give the best of ourselves without hesitation every second of each twenty-two day Tour. That agreement produced a team dynamic that superceded the sum of the team’s parts by an exponential margin. Another part of the team’s success was team personnel selection. People were chosen for their compatibility as team members as much as for their talent. There
