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| alex153 |
Posted on 17-03-2008 18:53
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Everyone can have a lucky day, Bäckstedt came 2nd in a tour de france stage after McEwen a few years ago, and he isn't exactly the fastest |
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| niconico |
Posted on 17-03-2008 19:20
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issoisso wrote:
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Me neither, I was just highlighting that he is a great finisher. I think he got a 3rd in a mass sprint finish in last year's Giro d'Italia.
I think "great" is really stretching it. I remember him coming third, but I also remember there were no good sprinters left by then except Petacchi and Richeze
And even then he only came immediately behind them in one of the sprints
I disagree and I'm stickin' with 'great'. I don't know if you caught Post Danmark Rundt last year, you probably didn't since it's not exactly a prestigious race , but Matti outsprinted Enrico Gasparotto on the first stage for the win and one of the later stages he finished 3rd in a bunch sprint behind Mark Cavendish and Francesco Chicchi if I remember correctly. Also in Tour of Ireland he outsprinted Edvald Boasson Hagen for a stage win and I surely rate Hagen as a great finisher.
It could be my bias talking, but Matti is incredibly fast.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 17-03-2008 19:24
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"Great" is overrating Matti. Admit it  |
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Posted on 17-03-2008 19:31
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It's overrating him if you put it before 'sprinter', but not if you put it before 'finisher'. I'm stubborn, so I probably won't budge.
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Posted on 17-03-2008 19:34
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A_Schleck wrote:
I disagree and I'm stickin' with 'great'. I don't know if you caught Post Danmark Rundt last year, you probably didn't since it's not exactly a prestigious race
I have a general idea of the results. Off the top of my head I can name 3 stage winners plus the overall.
A_Schleck wrote:
, but Matti outsprinted Enrico Gasparotto on the first stage for the win and one of the later stages he finished 3rd in a bunch sprint behind Mark Cavendish and Francesco Chicchi if I remember correctly. Also in Tour of Ireland he outsprinted Edvald Boasson Hagen for a stage win and I surely rate Hagen as a great finisher.
It could be my bias talking, but Matti is incredibly fast.
It is your bias 
Seriously, Gasparotto is also extremely far from being even a "good" sprinter. he's decent. Same with Hagen. And finishing behind Chicchi and Cavendish isn't hard. Anyone can do that It's about who he beats regularly
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"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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Posted on 17-03-2008 19:35
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I must agree with A_Schelck on this. Tough i might biased |
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Posted on 17-03-2008 20:29
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and you're hoping this guy can compete to win a springclassic? |
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| fefj |
Posted on 17-03-2008 20:35
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MortChill wrote:
and you're hoping this guy can compete to win a springclassic?
Not this year...but someday i think me might win one |
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Posted on 17-03-2008 20:35
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MortChill wrote:
and you're hoping this guy can compete to win a springclassic?
Not this year...but someday i think me might win one |
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Posted on 17-03-2008 20:38
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i'd light a few candles if i were you |
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Posted on 17-03-2008 20:42
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MortChill wrote:
i'd light a few candles if i were you
If he fulfills his potential he can win the biggest cobble classics one day. Of course, that's a pretty big if. It's not as likely as, for instance, Van Avermaet
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Posted on 17-03-2008 20:54
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Posted on 18-03-2008 14:35
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Posted on 18-03-2008 15:22
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The peloton has been split into two large groups, and Freire is in the "wrong" group. This should be an easy one for Petacchi then. |
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Posted on 18-03-2008 15:33
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Chicchi won, before Napolitano and Cavendish, McEwen 4th and Hondo 5th |
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Posted on 18-03-2008 15:35
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What happened to Petacchi? The picure froze just before the finish  |
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Posted on 18-03-2008 15:39
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CrueTrue wrote:
The peloton has been split into two large groups, and Freire is in the "wrong" group. This should be an easy one for Petacchi then.
Freire said he wouldnt join the sprint anyway, because he wants to take no risk for Milaan Sanremo |
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Posted on 18-03-2008 15:41
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MortChill wrote:
i'd light a few candles if i were you
Just quoting this for future reference to taunt you when he wins a spring classic. B)
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Posted on 29-03-2008 18:56
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issoisso wrote:
A_Schleck wrote:
I disagree and I'm stickin' with 'great'. I don't know if you caught Post Danmark Rundt last year, you probably didn't since it's not exactly a prestigious race
I have a general idea of the results. Off the top of my head I can name 3 stage winners plus the overall.
A_Schleck wrote:
, but Matti outsprinted Enrico Gasparotto on the first stage for the win and one of the later stages he finished 3rd in a bunch sprint behind Mark Cavendish and Francesco Chicchi if I remember correctly. Also in Tour of Ireland he outsprinted Edvald Boasson Hagen for a stage win and I surely rate Hagen as a great finisher.
It could be my bias talking, but Matti is incredibly fast.
It is your bias
Seriously, Gasparotto is also extremely far from being even a "good" sprinter. he's decent. Same with Hagen. And finishing behind Chicchi and Cavendish isn't hard. Anyone can do that It's about who he beats regularly
Today he beat Tom Boonen for 7th in E3 Prijs in a sprint. B)
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| alex153 |
Posted on 29-03-2008 19:05
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Wouldn't really call it a sprint, and I don't think Boonen did his best either....and Boonen is hardly one of the best sprinter in the world
Not saying he isn't good, just saying it's not a proof of him being a great sprinter |
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