From VN's interview with Peter Stetina re: Descending

Years ago, after riding in Jim Ochowicz's car at the Giro, I realized (and wrote) that even if I could climb like Andy Hampsten and sprint like Tyler Farrar and roll like Ron Kiefel, I would not be able to hang with a pack of top Euro pros - because no way can I descend the way they do.

Peter Stetina, surely a future star and the son and nephew of stars, had the same experience:

VN: Everything is ahead of you now – what’s been the biggest surprise so far?

PS: The descents. The other day in training, I was just surfing this descent, leaning into the curves, just cruising along. Christian (Vande Velde) just comes blowing by me like a cannonball. I hopped on his wheel and I was half-chattering my wheel around some corners and was gritting my teeth to get down it.

At the bottom, I said, “dude, you flew down that thing!”

He said, “no man, I am not a good descender. I am one of the bad ones in the Tour.”

I said, whoa, I am screwed! It’s the downhills. I just have to get so good in the climbing that I don’t have to worry about the downhills (laughs). I thought I was pretty good on the descents. I hear stories, that Cancellara is unbelievable. Hopefully, I will get to witness that. You have to put that fear out of your mind, get on their wheel and maybe you will learn something.

Here's the link VN provides to the entire piece: http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/news/rookie-year-a-conversation-with-peter-stetina_110022#ixzz0jlCmDkZF