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Cancer Council Classic / Tour Down Under
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| issoisso |
Posted on 18-01-2009 11:10
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doddy13 wrote:
the austrlian commentators are getting on my nerves now.
Haven't you ever heard the old guy who comments on british eurosport?
"I...uh...be cause *mumble mumble* *laughter* *mumble* in my days *mumble mumble mumble* *mumble/laughter mix* not very much at the moment" |
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| ruben |
Posted on 18-01-2009 11:15
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1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 1.04.32
2 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
4 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia-High Road
5 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA
8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
9 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 0.01
10 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-High Road
12 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.02
13 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
16 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
17 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.03
18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 0.05
19 Aliaksandr Usau (Blr) Cofidis 0.06
20 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 18-01-2009 12:39
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issoisso wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
the austrlian commentators are getting on my nerves now.
Haven't you ever heard the old guy who comments on british eurosport?
"I...uh...be cause *mumble mumble* *laughter* *mumble* in my days *mumble mumble mumble* *mumble/laughter mix* not very much at the moment"
good point, that old guy is Sean Kelly.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| issoisso |
Posted on 18-01-2009 12:43
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doddy13 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
the austrlian commentators are getting on my nerves now.
Haven't you ever heard the old guy who comments on british eurosport?
"I...uh...be cause *mumble mumble* *laughter* *mumble* in my days *mumble mumble mumble* *mumble/laughter mix* not very much at the moment"
good point, that old guy is Sean Kelly.
I'm talking about the main commentator who keeps talking about how old he is and how he's sorry that being old makes him rable instead of commentating..... Sean Kelly is the "aid" with the impossible to understand irish accent. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 18-01-2009 13:26
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issoisso wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
the austrlian commentators are getting on my nerves now.
Haven't you ever heard the old guy who comments on british eurosport?
"I...uh...be cause *mumble mumble* *laughter* *mumble* in my days *mumble mumble mumble* *mumble/laughter mix* not very much at the moment"
good point, that old guy is Sean Kelly.
I'm talking about the main commentator who keeps talking about how old he is and how he's sorry that being old makes him rable instead of commentating..... Sean Kelly is the "aid" with the impossible to understand irish accent.
hahaha 
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| aavf |
Posted on 18-01-2009 16:34
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Ruben wrote:
Wim Stroetinga 2nd!
That's amazing. He comes from the track and rides for Milram now, and immediately gets 2nd in a mass sprint behind McEwen but in front of Brown etc.
I wonder how he will do in Down Under.
Yeah, he was the surprise, first pro race and I thought he was just a pursuiter (good TT on road) but he can sprint. |
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| t-baum |
Posted on 18-01-2009 18:37
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"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 18-01-2009 18:39
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Stroetinga is not a pursuiter, well, he did pursuits, but his best part was Scratch, which is basically the same as a road race (first to finish wins...  simple as that)
He was always the best sprinter in the scratch race, but never world champion because two times an escaper stayed ahead (Lisouski the last time).
Stroetinga is definately fast and a sprinter on the road. Btw, Brown is a pursuiter on track too and a sprinter on road, so that combination is pretty normal. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:21
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This is weird. Danish tv is showing highlights from the race, c. 20 minutes. Why? Because Armstrong is there.
It's crazy. It's a national event... |
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| Juan |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:23
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CrueTrue wrote:
This is weird. Danish tv is showing highlights from the race, c. 20 minutes. Why? Because Armstrong is there.
It's crazy. It's a national event...
20 min? |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:24
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15 minutes so far on TV 2 Sport. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:27
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And I thought that McEwen is dead, after that poor TDF...
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:34
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alexkr00 wrote:
And I thought that McEwen is dead, after that poor TDF...
You never put an old dog down.
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| Biathlon |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:37
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I like that McEwen is back
Words to live by
"What would Lance do?"
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| issoisso |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:42
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alexkr00 wrote:
And I thought that McEwen is dead, after that poor TDF...
McEwen doesn't have the speed or the acceleration that he once had.
The sprint wasn't a high speed one. It started at a very low speed. So who wins in those conditions? Not the fastest and best positioned guy, but the only one who can reach a decent speed from those circumstances: The guy with the best acceleration.
It's the story of McEwen's career: In a controlled high speed sprint he has no chance, as he has never had the sprinting speed of the greats, but if no team takes the peloton by the scruff of the neck delivering it to the sprint at high speed, he's deadly  |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:48
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Other than that, people are exagerrating the importance of the sprint. "McEwen is back", "I thought McEwen was dead", "You never put an old dog down". Guys, this is "Cancer Council Classic", a National Event race. It's not Tour de France. |
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| Juan |
Posted on 18-01-2009 19:53
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CrueTrue wrote:
Other than that, people are exagerrating the importance of the sprint. "McEwen is back", "I thought McEwen was dead", "You never put an old dog down". Guys, this is "Cancer Council Classic", a National Event race. It's not Tour de France.
and it's first race of season |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 18-01-2009 20:23
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yep, no big names. Davis, Greipel or Brown aren't 1st class sprinters
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 18-01-2009 21:11
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issoisso wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
the austrlian commentators are getting on my nerves now.
Haven't you ever heard the old guy who comments on british eurosport?
"I...uh...be cause *mumble mumble* *laughter* *mumble* in my days *mumble mumble mumble* *mumble/laughter mix* not very much at the moment"
good point, that old guy is Sean Kelly.
I'm talking about the main commentator who keeps talking about how old he is and how he's sorry that being old makes him rable instead of commentating..... Sean Kelly is the "aid" with the impossible to understand irish accent.
You're talking about David 'Duffers' Duffield. I honestly don't know how that man qualifies as a 'commentator', but I do know that the mute button has never been so appreciated by so many  |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 18-01-2009 21:25
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he likes his wine. nuff said.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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