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07-01-2012, 05:39 PM #76
Ahhhh. ... the early 90's. When the gc men were big and the epo flowed like water.
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07-01-2012, 05:49 PM #77
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07-01-2012, 05:53 PM #78
I agree - he can't be the GC guy for a three week grand tour...but maybe for smaller 1 week tours? he's shown he can roll in varied terrain
Tony Martin already has his number in the ITT (he's gotta be pissed about a flat!) so Fabian's going to have to find the next chapter
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07-01-2012, 06:16 PM #79
I dunno. The only multi-day event he's done well at is the Tour of Oman two years ago. He's never been a contender in the Tour of Cali, Tour de Suisse or the Dauphine. Part of that is because his teams always seem to have a top-end GC guy that they try to put on the podium, but I usually see him struggling in the mountains too. Despite Big Mig's success, climbers nowadays have to be so small/thin they need to run around in the shower to get wet.
Taking nothing away from him however. He is a hella strong racer and as far as I know, never been implicated as a doper. Nothing wrong with being one of the best one-day racers out there. Two wins in Paris-Roubaix is a monster accomplishment, let alone all of his ITT performances and the other classics.
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07-01-2012, 08:52 PM #80
Didn't he win the Tour de Suisse a few years ago? I'm pretty sure they kinda rigged the course to assist him in winning.
He's also the one that caused them to start x-raying bikes because of 'phantom' motors. Not giving it any credibility, but it is out there.
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07-01-2012, 09:51 PM #81Registered User
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Just came back to the first couple day's results. My team, ambitious but rubbish, is doing well after 2
Preserving farness, nearness presences nearness in nearing that farness
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07-01-2012, 10:06 PM #82
So Phil and Paul (and Bobke) give their picks for faves to win and how can Ryder not even get a mention? Stage 1 they finally mention his name just listing him in 9th for the day, no mention of the Giro win. How does a guy who wins the Giro not get mention for at least a podium spot? Every 40 year old got mentioned. I'm surprised they didn't muse that this could be George's year.
It's not so much the model year, it's the high mileage or meterage to keep the youth of Canada happy
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07-01-2012, 10:10 PM #83
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07-01-2012, 10:18 PM #84
Seven cyclists have won the Tour and the Giro in the same year:
Fausto Coppi (ITA): 1949, 1952
Jacques Anquetil (FRA): 1964
Eddy Merckx (BEL): 1970, 1972, 1974
Bernard Hinault (FRA): 1982, 1985
Stephen Roche (IRL): 1987
Miguel Indurain (ESP): 1992, 1993
Marco Pantani (ITA): 1998
In their class, Ryder is not.
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07-01-2012, 10:19 PM #85
The one that I can't understand gets overlooked all the time is Tejay. What's that boy gotta do to get some love. His palmares are pretty damn impressive;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejay_van_Garderen
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07-02-2012, 08:16 AM #86It's not so much the model year, it's the high mileage or meterage to keep the youth of Canada happy
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07-02-2012, 08:31 AM #87
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07-02-2012, 09:28 AM #88
I don't get the fascination with Van Garderen. He's an OK ITT rider and climber, done well in the US and had some success in 2nd rate Euro races, but he is no threat in big races with world class competition. Maybe in a few years, but not now
He is at the TDF to tow Evans over the mountains, so you aren't gonna see much more individual glory for him. He won a tour stage last year with HTC-Highroad because they were at the tour for Cavendish and let him go for it in the mountains.
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07-02-2012, 03:32 PM #89
Has velogames updated yet?
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07-02-2012, 04:10 PM #90
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07-02-2012, 05:52 PM #91
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07-02-2012, 06:47 PM #92
I think the next two days are going to be ugly. Crosswinds and wet.
Tuesday
Overcast with a chance of rain. High of 66F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Wednesday
Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain in the afternoon. High of 70F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
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07-02-2012, 07:52 PM #93
Given the stage profile and conditions, it wouldn't surprise me to see a long-shot GC contender (Voelkler, Casar, Niboli and Valverde come to mind) taking a flier at the first KOM climb. I doubt that Skye nor BMC will chase this early
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07-03-2012, 09:25 AM #94
Peter Sagan is a stud!
crab in my shoe mouth
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07-03-2012, 09:36 AM #95
Did Wiggins crash at the end of the stage?
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07-03-2012, 10:07 AM #96
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07-03-2012, 01:31 PM #97
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07-03-2012, 02:45 PM #98
thanks for NBC Sports just showing one replay today. Thank goodness I was able to watch the eurosport feed this morning.
Quite a few guys got caught up in the wrecks. It sounded like there were quite a few people pissed with Movistar for upping the pace to take advantage (karma catch up to them when their sprinter Rojas broke a collarbone?)
Cobo lost 10 minutes, Kiryienka and Gilbert around 8, Voeckler/Westra 7, Vande Velde 2, and then it got kind of arbitrary depending on if you are a GC contender (Menchov was initially docked a minute before it was changed)
Sprinter stage tomorrow, but lots of time along the coast. Crosswinds aren't looking too bad, but it looks to be pretty wet.
Wednesday
Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain in the morning, then partly cloudy with thunderstorms. High of 72F. Winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
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07-03-2012, 05:59 PM #99
OK, now for the important debate.
Which Podium Babe is the hottest.
My Vote is the Stage Winner Babe that stands on lookers left
Followed closely by Polka Dot Jersey Babe on lookers left (despite the stupid hairpiece)
See them all at http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6...tooqo1_500.jpg
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07-03-2012, 08:56 PM #100
Didn't see Danielson got hurt. Separated his shoulder in a crash. Not good.
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