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| niconico |
Posted on 01-05-2008 16:29
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Breschel in 3rd  He came very fast. 50 more metres and he woulda won
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Posted on 01-05-2008 16:35
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yeah wd Breschel  |
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 01-05-2008 16:36
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He definately looked the quickest of the top three. Its a shame he was boxed in a bit when sprint began |
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Posted on 01-05-2008 17:11
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A_Schleck wrote:
Breschel in 3rd He came very fast. 50 more metres and he woulda won
No
Because when it wuld be 50 more metres, McEwen would start his sprint 50 meters later, and Breschel would again be too late  |
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Posted on 01-05-2008 17:40
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Correct.. |
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Posted on 01-05-2008 17:59
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Ruben wrote:
A_Schleck wrote:
Breschel in 3rd He came very fast. 50 more metres and he woulda won
No
Because when it wuld be 50 more metres, McEwen would start his sprint 50 meters later, and Breschel would again be too late
Not if he wouldn't have started his sprint 50 metres later, which was my point
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Posted on 01-05-2008 18:07
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You cant take cycling sprint as matematic or logic...
Why is solo sprinters like McEwen, Freire etc. so good? Talents and experienced riders who knows when to go..and wich hole.
Petacchi and Boonen is more "train" users..but I admire most "flash" guys
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Posted on 01-05-2008 18:11
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It doesn't matter what could have happened. There are so many ifs to a cycling race, lots of things could have happened, all that counts is what does
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Posted on 01-05-2008 19:47
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Besides, it's easier to come round from the back once the sprint started, then to keep a high speed with your head in the wind... so the whole Breschel theorie is worthless anyway |
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Posted on 01-05-2008 19:49
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Still a very unexpected strong finish by Breschel. He must be in topform. |
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Posted on 01-05-2008 19:51
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Breschel has a decent sprint for a non sprinter, so it's not like he has to be in top form.
however, look who he beat
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre
9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
10 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
not exactly a star-studded field of sprinters, eh?
Again, it's not like he's a good sprinter.
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| brun sweater |
Posted on 01-05-2008 20:12
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In my view he's not a sprinter at all. That's why it was unexpected. What happened to Cavendish? |
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Posted on 01-05-2008 20:24
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brun sweater wrote:
In my view he's not a sprinter at all. That's why it was unexpected. What happened to Cavendish?
he seems to have lost the wheel of mcewen and got locked in i think, at like 800m+- he was still in mcewens wheel but then didnt see him anymore |
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Posted on 01-05-2008 21:04
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MortChill wrote:
brun sweater wrote:
In my view he's not a sprinter at all. That's why it was unexpected. What happened to Cavendish?
he seems to have lost the wheel of mcewen and got locked in i think, at like 800m+- he was still in mcewens wheel but then didnt see him anymore
Thats not possible ... he finished 10 minutes behind 
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| issoisso |
Posted on 01-05-2008 21:06
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SportingNonsense wrote:
MortChill wrote:
brun sweater wrote:
In my view he's not a sprinter at all. That's why it was unexpected. What happened to Cavendish?
he seems to have lost the wheel of mcewen and got locked in i think, at like 800m+- he was still in mcewens wheel but then didnt see him anymore
Thats not possible ... he finished 10 minutes behind
uhm...maybe when he lost the wheel he was distracted by a hot dog stand?
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Posted on 01-05-2008 21:31
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man says it all..he lost a McEwen feel..completly..he was looking it 10min. |
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Posted on 02-05-2008 11:06
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damn you're right, then it must have been a teammate wtf |
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Posted on 02-05-2008 11:17
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Normal mistake MortChill. High Road has like 23 sprinters in their team, so if Cavendish isn't there, one of the other 23 is there to take over the sprint. |
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Posted on 02-05-2008 11:23
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issoisso wrote:
Breschel has a decent sprint for a non sprinter, so it's not like he has to be in top form.
however, look who he beat
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre
9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
10 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
not exactly a star-studded field of sprinters, eh?
Again, it's not like he's a good sprinter.
Notice how diplomatic I have been not praising Breschel in any way and eventhough you encourage me to do so, I just don't want to down that road once again, because bottom line is, we will never agree 
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Posted on 02-05-2008 17:55
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Klöden wins the time trial with small difference against Dekker and Clement.
Tomorrow is the Queens stage to Zinal, not a really hard mountain stage, because most climbs are only 5/6%. It will be a sprint of a small group I think. If Dekker wins and Klöden doesn't finish second he already loses the lead on bonification seconds. So it will be an interesting stage.
I think Klöden will hold however, he has focussed on this race and didn't ride three classics last week like Dekker, thus Klöden has a better condition at the moment. |
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