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Giro d'Italia 2012 - Week 1
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 04-05-2012 06:04
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Wait darling! You forgot to take your breakfast. What mommy told ya, breakfest is the most important meal of the day! 
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 04-05-2012 06:04
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 04-05-2012 08:12
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dienblad wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
So many great captions could be created to this picture ^^
Andy Schleck reveals his secret weapon to become a world class timetrialist!
Btw: Alakagom, who's your avatar? Like it!
Lolz ^^
Pro rider: "Mama mia the side wind is horrible."
Grandma: "What do you mean I've covered you for the last miles!!!"
Pro rider: "The other wind."
Grandma: "Eggs and beans you mean?"
P.S. It's country singer, Taylor Swift  She's great ^^
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 04-05-2012 10:46
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With all the coverage the Giro is getting in Denmark, one would almost think it's the Tour ... which is fine by me.
Except for the fact that while until recently it didn't really bother me much that I had decided not to go, I really, really want to go now. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-05-2012 12:41
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Get yourself to the race CT, you will only live to regret it if you don't  |
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| bendzsi98 |
Posted on 04-05-2012 16:45
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Giro team presentation: https://www.stopst...04574.html |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 04-05-2012 16:57
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Thanks to the great placement of the pricetag on my copy of the newest "ProCycling" one of the headlines is now "... complete stage analy".
As if the Giro wasn't hard enough...
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Smowz |
Posted on 04-05-2012 19:21
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The Giro looks like it should be a really nice race this year - I am enjoying the parcours should build brilliantly to the end. Hope the weather is okay for the Stelvio finish.
No Contador opens things up. Scarponi and Basso have the pedigree but haven't looked super super yet. Not convinced about Rujano either, Pozzovivo was amazing in Trentino but... we know what has happened to him in the Giro. Then you have Schleck as well a guy who was 3rd in last years Tour, can he pull the off the beach win as Contador did those years ago?
My prediction though is with Kreuziger, he looks in the mood this year to break out for me.
1. Kreuziger
2. Scarponi
3. Schleck
4. Gadret
5. Rodriguez
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| siwi |
Posted on 04-05-2012 19:37
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CrueTrue wrote:
With all the coverage the Giro is getting in Denmark, one would almost think it's the Tour ... which is fine by me.
Except for the fact that while until recently it didn't really bother me much that I had decided not to go, I really, really want to go now.
Thats so stupid your not going 
Damn its nice here - its just Giro Giro Giro everywhere!! And SO many people today at the presentation and they just went crazy when Team Saxo Bank came as the last team 
EDIT: And specially when Riis talked to all the people that was at the presentation
Edited by siwi on 04-05-2012 19:38
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 04-05-2012 19:59
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Uran still looks bit battered after FW fall. Henao will definitely be the man in the mountains for Sky, has a good chance of Top 10. Should bet some money on that too.
Edited by Alakagom on 04-05-2012 19:59
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-05-2012 20:06
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG GIRO OMG
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 04-05-2012 20:06
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siwi wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
With all the coverage the Giro is getting in Denmark, one would almost think it's the Tour ... which is fine by me.
Except for the fact that while until recently it didn't really bother me much that I had decided not to go, I really, really want to go now.
Thats so stupid your not going
Damn its nice here - its just Giro Giro Giro everywhere!! And SO many people today at the presentation and they just went crazy when Team Saxo Bank came as the last team
EDIT: And specially when Riis talked to all the people that was at the presentation
Well, there's still time to change my decision |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 04-05-2012 20:13
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CrueTrue wrote:
siwi wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
With all the coverage the Giro is getting in Denmark, one would almost think it's the Tour ... which is fine by me.
Except for the fact that while until recently it didn't really bother me much that I had decided not to go, I really, really want to go now.
Thats so stupid your not going
Damn its nice here - its just Giro Giro Giro everywhere!! And SO many people today at the presentation and they just went crazy when Team Saxo Bank came as the last team
EDIT: And specially when Riis talked to all the people that was at the presentation
Well, there's still time to change my decision
Change it. I missed the London Tour prologue and bitterly regret it to this day
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| Il Grillo |
Posted on 04-05-2012 20:31
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Best tour of the year is almost there
I hope for some action packed first stages, wind prediction is not so good though  |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 04-05-2012 22:59
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CrueTrue wrote:
Except for the fact that while until recently it didn't really bother me much that I had decided not to go, I really, really want to go now.
TDF 2008 presentation was held literally 500 m away from where I lived back then, and the first stage headed from that city to another one where I studied, using a lot of my (former) training roads (my parents live somewhere between those two places).
The 2004 stage to Quimper was more or less the same, except that it wasn't the very first stage, so no presentation was held near my place.
I didn't go. You want informations ? Use internet. You want to see the riders on your very home turf ? T.V. coverage is 100x better.
I wouldn't want to sound excessively misanthropic, but you're only going to find yourself among a bunch of idiots who won't know what they're talking about. A crowd is rarely cycling-educated. You'll wait during one, maybe two hours, getting various useless stuff (biscuits, pencils, flyers, etc.) thrown at you by advertising cars (the famous "caravan" ), for a riding peloton to pass by you at full speed, that'll be a wind blow and a particular noise, you'll notice 3 or 4 riders at best in the whole peloton, and that's it.
Now, Giro might be different than Tour de France, and Danemark is not France. Make up your mind. If your position gives you a close access to riders, team, organisation, that might be an interesting experience. Otherwise, well...
Edited by Aquarius on 04-05-2012 23:00
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 05-05-2012 14:44
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It's started
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
Please assume I am joking unless otherwise stated |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 05-05-2012 14:45
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So...it begins !
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 05-05-2012 14:46
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Alakagom wrote:
So...it begins !
Far too slow
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
Please assume I am joking unless otherwise stated |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 05-05-2012 14:48
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Stupid Contador interview. I want to see the Giro.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 05-05-2012 14:54
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Why are Eurosport interviewing Contador? What a joke.
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| ember |
Posted on 05-05-2012 14:56
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Stupid Contador interview. I want to see the Giro.
This.
Meaning we're not able to see pre-stage favourite Rasch out on the course today
But seriously, this is just annoying. |
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