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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 04-04-2010 18:54
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I can. 
Cancellara will never win LBL. Neither will Contadope.  |
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 04-04-2010 19:24
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ruben wrote:Contador in Tour vorm even beats Cancellara at his own game, time trialling.
If that doesn't say enough for you, what will?
He beat him by a few seconds after 3 weeks. Or you're saying Cancellara has a stage racer recovery or you're completely forgeting about it.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-04-2010 19:26
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jolly_antunes wrote:
ruben wrote:Contador in Tour vorm even beats Cancellara at his own game, time trialling.
If that doesn't say enough for you, what will?
He beat him by a few seconds after 3 weeks. Or you're saying Cancellara has a stage racer recovery or you're completely forgeting about it.
Or perhaps also the fact that Cancellara is unlikely to be peaking for the Tour de France - and certainly not the last week of the Tour
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-04-2010 19:36
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And that the time trial had a big climb
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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| hondo |
Posted on 04-04-2010 20:04
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jolly_antunes wrote:
ruben wrote:Contador in Tour vorm even beats Cancellara at his own game, time trialling.
If that doesn't say enough for you, what will?
He beat him by a few seconds after 3 weeks. Or you're saying Cancellara has a stage racer recovery or you're completely forgeting about it.
Cancellara lost 35 minutes to Contador the stage before in order to be 100 % ready for that time trial.
Contador had best time in all time checks, after the climb and before the climb.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 04-04-2010 20:15
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hondo wrote:
jolly_antunes wrote:
ruben wrote:Contador in Tour vorm even beats Cancellara at his own game, time trialling.
If that doesn't say enough for you, what will?
He beat him by a few seconds after 3 weeks. Or you're saying Cancellara has a stage racer recovery or you're completely forgeting about it.
Cancellara lost 35 minutes to Contador the stage before in order to be 100 % ready for that time trial.
Contador had best time in all time checks, after the climb and before the climb.
The people at the back are suffering just as much as the people at the front. and people don't get how important recovery is.
let me give you chris boardman as an example. always rode incredibly well in the dauphhine (including a 2nd overall) but always failed in the tour because he couldn't continue to perform over such a long period of time
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-04-2010 20:18
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hondo wrote:
jolly_antunes wrote:
ruben wrote:Contador in Tour vorm even beats Cancellara at his own game, time trialling.
If that doesn't say enough for you, what will?
He beat him by a few seconds after 3 weeks. Or you're saying Cancellara has a stage racer recovery or you're completely forgeting about it.
Cancellara lost 35 minutes to Contador the stage before in order to be 100 % ready for that time trial.
Contador had best time in all time checks, after the climb and before the climb.
Or, Cancellara last 35 minutes the stage before, because the stage before was the race's Queen mountain stage?
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| hondo |
Posted on 04-04-2010 20:28
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SportingNonsense wrote:
hondo wrote:
jolly_antunes wrote:
ruben wrote:Contador in Tour vorm even beats Cancellara at his own game, time trialling.
If that doesn't say enough for you, what will?
He beat him by a few seconds after 3 weeks. Or you're saying Cancellara has a stage racer recovery or you're completely forgeting about it.
Cancellara lost 35 minutes to Contador the stage before in order to be 100 % ready for that time trial.
Contador had best time in all time checks, after the climb and before the climb.
Or, Cancellara last 35 minutes the stage before, because the stage before was the race's Queen mountain stage?
Yes he was the second last to finish that stage. Worse than all the sprinters. |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 04-04-2010 20:31
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hondo has a point - a good rider always sprints for 113th 
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 04-04-2010 20:33
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Crommy wrote:
hondo has a point - a good rider always sprints for 113th
cancellara has no pride
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| Crommy |
Posted on 04-04-2010 20:38
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You'd never have seen Merckx not sprinting for such a prestigious position as 113th - apparently there was a spot prize on that stage last year, and the rider he came there (Matteo Tosatto for anyone interested) won a cuddly Le Tour Lion - I'm sure that takes the prime position on the Tosatto mantlepiece
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 05-04-2010 12:33
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About Breschel, first they gave him O'Gradys bike, so he had to change his bike twice during the race. 
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| mrlol |
Posted on 05-04-2010 12:58
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schleck93 wrote:
About Breschel, first they gave him O'Gradys bike, so he had to change his bike twice during the race.
Yeah, he was pretty pissed about it.
And he's right to. I mean, is it that hard for a mechanic to remember which bike is where on the car? He's getting paid for that after all... |
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| Faca |
Posted on 05-04-2010 13:01
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mrlol wrote:
schleck93 wrote:
About Breschel, first they gave him O'Gradys bike, so he had to change his bike twice during the race.
Yeah, he was pretty pissed about it.
And he's right to. I mean, is it that hard for a mechanic to remember which bike is where on the car? He's getting paid for that after all...
Well the problem was that there was no mechanic in the car so DS Torsten Schmidt had to do the bikechange and failed pretty bad. The mechanic was in another car taking a shortcut with fabians bike. |
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| Thrige |
Posted on 05-04-2010 13:02
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mrlol wrote:
schleck93 wrote:
About Breschel, first they gave him O'Gradys bike, so he had to change his bike twice during the race.
Yeah, he was pretty pissed about it.
And he's right to. I mean, is it that hard for a mechanic to remember which bike is where on the car? He's getting paid for that after all...
Especially when having Cancellara's bike change in mind
But hopefully, he'll ride well in P - R as well.. I just don't think the race suits him that well.. |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 05-04-2010 17:29
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A delayed reaction on yesterday, why did Euskatel get so much TV time in the early parts of the transmission anyway?
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| arthon |
Posted on 05-04-2010 19:35
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After watching the RvV, I have only one thing to say: FABIAN CANCELLARA, EMPEROR OF THE UNIVERSE! /bow.
And, yes, Boasson Hagen is second in command. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 05-04-2010 19:56
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I think the Boasson Hagen fans really believe he would be up there with Boonen and Cancellara |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 05-04-2010 19:57
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Waghlon wrote:
A delayed reaction on yesterday, why did Euskatel get so much TV time in the early parts of the transmission anyway?
Because the belgians ain't stupid, they knew that they wouldn't be able to catch them on camera later in the race
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 05-04-2010 23:38
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Watch out for Rollin in the next year or two in the cobbled classics. 3rd at Schelderprijs last year, and he took 42nd on sunday after having to wait for Thor, and with the 7 and a half hour slog in a rainstorm in the 08 Amgen Tour, he has proven he can withstand the grind of the races.
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