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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 08-11-2009 13:58
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Maybe he doesn't aspire to be anything else? Not everyone wants to be the leader, some are happy to work for others, yet no one slates them. Wegelius is a prime example.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-11-2009 14:01
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rjc_43 wrote:
Maybe he doesn't aspire to be anything else? Not everyone wants to be the leader, some are happy to work for others, yet no one slates them. Wegelius is a prime example.
I guess its just because the 2006 Vuelta gave a hint of potential for him to go well in GTs, so it would have been nice to see if that could have developed
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| Halvor |
Posted on 08-11-2009 14:06
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Anyone got a stream to the World Cup CX which is going right now? |
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| Inferio |
Posted on 08-11-2009 14:10
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Halvor wrote:
Anyone got a stream to the World Cup CX which is going right now?
Unfortunately, Sporza, Cycling.tv and some French TV, all have their stream geo-restricted  |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 08-11-2009 14:16
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SportingNonsense wrote:
rjc_43 wrote:
Maybe he doesn't aspire to be anything else? Not everyone wants to be the leader, some are happy to work for others, yet no one slates them. Wegelius is a prime example.
I guess its just because the 2006 Vuelta gave a hint of potential for him to go well in GTs, so it would have been nice to see if that could have developed
And if we look at some of the grand tour riders, they take many many years to wait until they begin bothering to ride for themselves. It wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't ride for himself until he's over 30. |
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| ember |
Posted on 08-11-2009 16:14
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issoisso wrote:
ember wrote:
I feel sad for Brajkovic, I would like to see him as leader in a Grand Tour.
I don't. He chose to go there and be a domestique. If he wanted to be a leader, he would've gone to a different team. He made his decision.
That's true, he is a fool that continues to ride under Armstrong....but I would like to see him as a GT-leader, and I think it's sad that I won't see him as a leader next year neither.
I misformulated myself a bit... I meant that I really want to see him as a leader, and I feel "sad" because I won't next year neither. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-11-2009 17:01
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Well, he's spent his entire pro career with Bruyneel. He doesn't know anything else, so it's only natural if he's afraid to change to somethinghe doesn't know.
However, it's also true that Bruyneel's teams tend to be awful at developing young talent. I wouldn't be surprised if Brajkovic is just making the classic mistake of assuming that he'll learn well because he's surrounded by good riders....when in truth the quality of your teammates has very little to do with how well you learn and improve.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 09-11-2009 18:40
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Bellis has been transfered to the UK. He's now in a London hospital
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| kumazan |
Posted on 09-11-2009 19:13
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News on the Valverde's case. While the CAS admits the postponement, they also reveal that there is a case ongoing against the RFEC (Spanish Cycling Federation) because they didn't start disciplinary proceedings against Piti before. Let's hope that they stop the Spanish doping paradise.
Also, AgustÃn Sagasti has been found dead. He was the first to win a stage for the current Euskaltel-Euskadi. RIP.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-11-2009 19:20
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Now that De Fauw is dead, belgian authorities can finally reveal what he didn't want to be known so soon:
He's yet another rider to have described to the police in detail the widespread organized doping practices at QuickStep.
It's only a matter of time Lefévère...
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 09-11-2009 19:41
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kumazan wrote:
Also, AgustÃn Sagasti has been found dead. He was the first to win a stage for the current Euskaltel-Euskadi. RIP.
What the hell is going on? Lots of cyclists are just dying now.
But this is still very sad, RIP Agustin. Any word on the cause of death, or is it too soon?
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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-11-2009 19:47
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Quickly done translation from a spanish text:
Former professional cyclist AgustÃn Sagasti has been found dead in his home in Mungia today at 39 years of age.
Sagasti was a pro with the Euskadi team in 1994 and 1995 and made history by taking the basque squad's first win in 94, winning in his hometown of Mungia stage 5a of the Tour of the Basque Country after an 80km breakaway.
He had received a small homage during the presentation of the Euskaltel-Euskadi squad in 2007.
A severe accident in 1995 while racing forced him to retire from professional cycling at the age of 23, after being hit by a car that got on the road in the opposite direction to that of the race during the Vuelta a Asturias.
The basque was in a coma and suffered serious injuries to his femur, and above all in his left arm. He spent one year in several hospitals and underwent several surgeries.
Nobody took responsability and the cyclist's family took the case to the courts, that did not emit a verdict until May 1998, almost four years after the event.
The court of Mieres convicted Unipublic, the organizers of the event, to pay the rider 70 million pesetas severance for not making sure someone was in charge of not allowing traffic to enter the route at the place where the Ford Fiesta entered it.
After recovering, he worked for a while for the Basque Cycling Federation.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-11-2009 19:49
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And since we're into this kind of news today, Stuart O'Grady had an epileptic seizure in the middle of a media event at a racetrack in spain and was taken to the hospital.
No word on his condition.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 09-11-2009 19:54
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issoisso wrote:
And since we're into this kind of news today, Stuart O'Grady had an epileptic seizure in the middle of a media event at a racetrack in spain and was taken to the hospital.
No word on his condition.
Yeah he was being talked to by Casey Stoner at the MotoGP in Valencia i hear.
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| markene2 |
Posted on 11-11-2009 14:53
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 11-11-2009 17:30
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Ironic
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| ABridgeTooFar |
Posted on 11-11-2009 18:35
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doddy13 wrote:
Still this may be a rubbish attempt at Armstrong trying to take away Giro attention to Cali.
Lance i'll say this very slowly: People care about the GIRO, the tour of cali they can't care less about, especially in it's new calendar spot.
Some of us care about California. Plus it is possible to care about two races happening at the same time.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 11-11-2009 20:11
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You're american. Your opinion about an american race is void!
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 11-11-2009 22:09
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Prudhomme says that the number of TdF teams is likely to increase to 22 teams in 2010. |
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 11-11-2009 23:08
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Makes perfect sense.
too many GT-riders spread over to many teams
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
RIP WW. Gone but not forgotten
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