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| Addy291 |
Posted on 21-01-2008 10:52
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Levi4life wrote:
The UCI is screwy. Zabriskie was asked to change his TT bars at worlds this year while wating to start just outside the gate. The same bars he had used for the past three years.
He negotiated is way out of it but gave the UCI official an earfull 
I wish he gave some lessons in negotiating with Graeme Obree, so he could keep his positions
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-01-2008 11:51
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Zabriskie always complains and is full of bad excuses  |
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Posted on 21-01-2008 11:58
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CrueTrue wrote:
Zabriskie always complains and is full of bad excuses
I'd be a bit pissed too if some guy told me my bars wern't suitable after 3 years
Seems the on/off deal for Cipo with Rock Racing is back on again |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-01-2008 14:44
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I was refering to the 07 Tour de France where he excused his bad performances with "some bad shoes". Yeah, right... |
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Posted on 21-01-2008 15:36
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zabriskie is downright weird |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-01-2008 15:41
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He's funny as hell, though |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-01-2008 15:55
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There's been a lot of speculations about whether or not it was true that Michael Rasmussen will only get a maximum punishment of 1 year. Anne Gripper, the doping girl from UCI (), has said that they haven't decided on which paragraphs they will prosecute Rasmussen after, but MR has now uploaded a fax from Anne Gripper herself which tells that "the Monaco Cycling Federation will be asked to initiate disciplinary proceedings based on Article 15.4 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules" - and that article gives minimum 3 months, max 1 year.
You can read the fax here: https://www.feltet.dk/MR-Recorded%20Wa...%20Jan.pdf
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| zutcorp |
Posted on 21-01-2008 16:35
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Well, in this case, M.R. has the goods...Seems noone is trustworthy around here..
cant' say im surprised
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-01-2008 19:11
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Davis still hasn't found a team for the upcoming season, maybe due to his involvement in Operation Puerto. However, now the vice president of the UCI Ray Godkin says that he feels really sorry for Davis. He also says that he has absolutely no clue how Davis ended up in the case. |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 21-01-2008 19:39
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CrueTrue wrote:
I was refering to the 07 Tour de France where he excused his bad performances with "some bad shoes". Yeah, right...
The Bad Training crashe he had years ago The screws in his leg Being asked to change from his custom shoes that he had used for years, to team sponsored right before the tour The Tendonitis that resulted
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 21-01-2008 19:45
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 You kind of made the point clear |
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Posted on 21-01-2008 19:57
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-01-2008 20:33
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CrueTrue wrote:
You kind of made the point clear
There had to be an explanation. Zabriskie is much better than what he showed in the Tour. not in the time trials, but in the mountains.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 21-01-2008 20:33
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It may just be because he was too tired after the Giro and Dauphine?
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-01-2008 20:38
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SportingNonsense wrote:
It may just be because he was too tired after the Giro and Dauphine?
that's what I thought at the time, but I'm inclined to believe it was the tendinitis
also, I'm crediting Sastre losing 1 month of TT position training where he could've been training regularly with his weak performance in the climbs of the Tour. I expected him to be up there with Evans and Leipheimer.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 21-01-2008 20:51
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VeloNews gave the UCI the Inaugural "Moving Target" Award for the rules it makes up that make no sense.
The rules on TT position are so vague that it is up to the officials to make it up as they go along, and of course with different officials at each race the interpretations are always different.
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| turismo |
Posted on 22-01-2008 10:41
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issoisso wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
You kind of made the point clear
There had to be an explanation. Zabriskie is much better than what he showed in the Tour. not in the time trials, but in the mountains.
He's not on the juice anymore? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 22-01-2008 11:18
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turismo wrote:
issoisso wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
You kind of made the point clear
There had to be an explanation. Zabriskie is much better than what he showed in the Tour. not in the time trials, but in the mountains.
He's not on the juice anymore?
CSC hasn't changed in that respect since early 2005 so whatever he was doing then he's doing now.
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Posted on 22-01-2008 11:40
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Yeah. That sudden drop in performance last year and the subsequent move to Slipstream must both just be a coincidence. |
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Posted on 22-01-2008 11:47
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turismo wrote:
Yeah. That sudden drop in performance last year and the subsequent move to Slipstream must both just be a coincidence.
2005: Won a Giro TT due to a wind that switched direction mid-TT giving him an advantage (he rode in a tailwind and the GC riders rode in a headwind) and then by incredible dumb luck he won the Tour Prologue the exact same way
2006: Won the Dauphiné TT against guys who weren't in top form. couldn't even win the Tour of California TT when in top form
dip in performance? not much. overrated all the way? hell yes.
And I only expect his TT skills to decrease, which is natural as you train to become a better climber as he's been doing for two years now.
Edited by issoisso on 22-01-2008 11:49
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