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| ruben |
Posted on 16-02-2009 22:22
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I don't think Rogers can beat Leipheimer in the TT. Leipheimer is probably one of the only riders peaking here, or having arleady a very good condition. Apart from some Americans I think no-one is making this their goal, unlike Levi.
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 16-02-2009 22:28
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so who won? i'm confused! |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 16-02-2009 22:35
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Peterson won ahead of Leipheimer who has taken the yellow jersey. |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 16-02-2009 22:36
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Thomas Peterson won it, he was in the break all day. On the final climb Levi closed a 4 minute gap, however no one really knows the official gaps the providers are shit. Levi put max effort in to what was at one point 3 mins, but then it ended up being 17 seconds. Then 20... Its a load of bull. I know the weather was shit, but even when the sky was clear the picture was choppy. There isnt enough Moto Cameras so you are stuck with 20 mins of the same picture. Come on. Also Levi, i told you so. All credit to Peterson though, he got it exactly right. Nothing wrong with sitting on Levi when he needed to gain time and Peterson had been out nearly the entire stage. |
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 16-02-2009 22:36
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Peterson of Garmin won the stage. Levi just behind in second. A group of riders including Rogers, Armstrong and Horner came in at 17 seconds behind them. Mancebo was more than a minute back, so Levi took yellow. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 16-02-2009 22:58
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1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad +17s?
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana
5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
6 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quickstep (not sure though)
7 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
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| t-baum |
Posted on 16-02-2009 23:05
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doddy13 wrote:
t-baum wrote:
God i love having eurosport
Peterson you sandbagging SOB 
fixed. Eurosport > Versus
No, Versus>Euroshit
Macquet wrote:
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race." |
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| p3druh |
Posted on 16-02-2009 23:17
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t-baum wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
t-baum wrote:
God i love having eurosport
Peterson you sandbagging SOB
fixed. Eurosport > Versus
No, Versus>Euroshit
Sure. Everybody loves the awesome sport that is Bull Riding...
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| t-baum |
Posted on 16-02-2009 23:31
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p3druh wrote:
t-baum wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
t-baum wrote:
God i love having eurosport
Peterson you sandbagging SOB
fixed. Eurosport > Versus
No, Versus>Euroshit
Sure. Everybody loves the awesome sport that is Bull Riding...
No, i just think there cycling coverage is pretty good.
Macquet wrote:
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race."
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| ruben |
Posted on 16-02-2009 23:34
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Not even close to the coverage on Belgian tv or eurosport.
It explains the many distorted and weird views americans like t-baum have on cycling, they think versus is good |
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| t-baum |
Posted on 16-02-2009 23:35
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Sorry im not a know it all with cycling.
Macquet wrote:
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race."
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| p3druh |
Posted on 16-02-2009 23:39
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t-baum wrote:
p3druh wrote:
t-baum wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
t-baum wrote:
God i love having eurosport
Peterson you sandbagging SOB
fixed. Eurosport > Versus
No, Versus>Euroshit
Sure. Everybody loves the awesome sport that is Bull Riding...
No, i just think there cycling coverage is pretty good.
My bad. Thought you were comparing the channels as wholes, not just cycling coverage.
You can't really compare Eurosport's coverage of cycling to Versus. Just the fact that almost every single country in Europe has it's own commentators analysing the races makes it impossible to compare.
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| Phanekim |
Posted on 17-02-2009 03:58
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I am american and i like the british eurosport a lot more than versus.
Oh yeah, GO LEVI! |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 17-02-2009 05:57
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Ruben wrote:
I don't think Rogers can beat Leipheimer in the TT. Leipheimer is probably one of the only riders peaking here, or having arleady a very good condition. Apart from some Americans I think no-one is making this their goal, unlike Levi.
Don't forget that Rogers as an australian shows up in a very good form at the beggining of the season as he's already proved earlier. However it's hard to tell if he can make a real opponent to a peaking Leipheimer... but he's one of the main candidates that's for certain!
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 17-02-2009 07:57
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 17-02-2009 07:55
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so far we got..realy weird race and stupid virus has destroyed hugh peace of fun |
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 17-02-2009 07:56
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is everyone else's eurosport coverage really small? when i was watching on Eurosport the picture only takes up half my screen! |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 17-02-2009 08:16
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ringo182 wrote:
is everyone else's eurosport coverage really small? when i was watching on Eurosport the picture only takes up half my screen!
same
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 17-02-2009 08:17
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p3druh wrote:
t-baum wrote:
p3druh wrote:
t-baum wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
t-baum wrote:
God i love having eurosport
Peterson you sandbagging SOB
fixed. Eurosport > Versus
No, Versus>Euroshit
Sure. Everybody loves the awesome sport that is Bull Riding...
No, i just think there cycling coverage is pretty good.
My bad. Thought you were comparing the channels as wholes, not just cycling coverage.
You can't really compare Eurosport's coverage of cycling to Versus. Just the fact that almost every single country in Europe has it's own commentators analysing the races makes it impossible to compare.
+ Every major european race and even branching out into smaller races (Qatar, California, Burgos, Paris-Bruxelles).
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 17-02-2009 09:38
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Verus has its moments. Their tour cover is good. But its just an Ad-fest with Bob rolls stupid theories. Eurosport have and Ad break like every 30 mins and its about 45 seconds long. Im not blaming versus for not getting time checks thats the organisers fault. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 17-02-2009 11:53
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
Ruben wrote:
I don't think Rogers can beat Leipheimer in the TT. Leipheimer is probably one of the only riders peaking here, or having arleady a very good condition. Apart from some Americans I think no-one is making this their goal, unlike Levi.
Don't forget that Rogers as an australian shows up in a very good form at the beggining of the season as he's already proved earlier. However it's hard to tell if he can make a real opponent to a peaking Leipheimer... but he's one of the main candidates that's for certain!
Agreed. I don't think we're to underestimate Rogers. If he's back at the form and abilities we've seen a few years ago, he could go and win this.
That said, Leipheimer is, of course, the favourite  |
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