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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:03
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nothing happening at the stage no attacks?! |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:05
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With Bruseghin's weight and and how steep the Mortirolo is, I'll be extremely surprised if he's still anywhere near Contador
I'm also 50/50 on Bruseghin beating Contador in the time trial, nevermind beating him by 2 minutes. |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:07
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yeah but if he gets over the mortirolo together with contador he can beat him on the next mountain because that is less steep B) |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:09
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issoisso wrote:
With Bruseghin's weight and and how steep the Mortirolo is, I'll be extremely surprised if he's still anywhere near Contador
I'm also 50/50 on Bruseghin beating Contador in the time trial, nevermind beating him by 2 minutes. He still carries my hopes  , but ye it will be hard for him on the Mortirolo.
About the TT im pretty sure Bruseghin can beat Contador in a flat TT, by 2 minutes ... thats another story. |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:09
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yeah but if he gets over the mortirolo together with contador he can beat him on the next mountain because that is less steep B)
I don't see either of those things happening unless Contador catches a flu or something |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:10
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at last year's tour de france, Contador beat Bruseghin by 1:55 in the flattest of the TTs.
Edited by issoisso on 31-05-2008 11:11
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:11
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I think contador will lose time to ricco today but with it being downhill to the finish i cant see him losing over a min as he will take risks to catch the time up downhill. Also i would say that contador will take over a one and a half mins in timetrial if you look at the previous tt. So I think ricco in pink after today contadoe in pink after tomo. Should be a great finish to the tour. |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:12
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I don't believe that Simoni can "throw" off Di Luca, Ricco or Contador today.. He is getting too old and he isn't as strong as he was a couple of years ago.. He simply getting too old..  Bruseghin has really surprised me this year .. If he doesn't lose too much time today I think he could take a 3rd place in GC on the last day  |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:16
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issoisso wrote:
at last year's tour de france, Contador beat Bruseghin by 1:55 in the flattest of the TTs. This isn't the tour ... Contador was fighting for the win, Bruseghin ended down in 41th place.
Bruseghin always peforms far better in the Giro then in the Tour. Im pretty sure he will beat Contador tomorrow. |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:17
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I'm interested in how strong Salvodelli is as there is a lot of decending today so if he can pull Di Luca clear early then you never know what could happen, especially if they can get someone in a break |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:19
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mb2612 wrote:
I'm interested in how strong Salvodelli is as there is a lot of decending today so if he can pull Di Luca clear early then you never know what could happen, especially if they can get someone in a break Downhill won't be a problem, uphill will be.
If people like Ricco etc start attacking, then he probably won't make it over the top with the first group. I hope he does  cuz it would be nice to see him win a stage.
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:19
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soda wrote:
issoisso wrote:
at last year's tour de france, Contador beat Bruseghin by 1:55 in the flattest of the TTs. This isn't the tour ... Contador was fighting for the win, Bruseghin ended down in 41th place.
Bruseghin always peforms far better in the Giro then in the Tour. Im pretty sure he will beat Contador tomorrow.
sure, I know all that. my point is that he won't beat Contador by 2 minutes over 28kms. no chance in hell. |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:21
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issoisso wrote:
soda wrote:
issoisso wrote:
at last year's tour de france, Contador beat Bruseghin by 1:55 in the flattest of the TTs. This isn't the tour ... Contador was fighting for the win, Bruseghin ended down in 41th place.
Bruseghin always peforms far better in the Giro then in the Tour. Im pretty sure he will beat Contador tomorrow.
sure, I know all that. my point is that he won't beat Contador by 2 minutes over 28kms. no chance in hell. Can't argue with that, but you never know ... a flat tire for Contador and he could have a chance. Anyway after today's stage he will probably be even further behind so ... |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:23
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soda wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
I'm interested in how strong Salvodelli is as there is a lot of decending today so if he can pull Di Luca clear early then you never know what could happen, especially if they can get someone in a break Downhill won't be a problem, uphill will be.
If people like Ricco etc start attacking, then he probably won't make it over the top with the first group. I hope he does cuz it would be nice to see him win a stage.
Yeah so the question iswhether Di Luca dropped him cause he was dead or if Di Luca dropped him so they can try again today |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:24
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I'm pinning my hopes on Contador having a horrible day today
oh well, I take consolation in the fact that as long as Basso is accepted back in the Tour, Contador won't win for the next three years or so |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:25
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issoisso wrote:
I'm pinning my hopes on Contador having a horrible day today
oh well, I take consolation in the fact that as long as Basso is accepted back in the Tour, Contador won't win for the next three years or so Then we have Basso, Contador (probably won't ride the Giro the next years), Ricco and Di Luca up there thats even more f*cked up lol. |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:26
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I think that Bruseghin should hope for a top 3 in GC.. But the victory??! I don't think so .. He is very strong in the TT but 2 minuts stronger than Contador.. No way.. |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:26
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soda wrote:
issoisso wrote:
I'm pinning my hopes on Contador having a horrible day today
oh well, I take consolation in the fact that as long as Basso is accepted back in the Tour, Contador won't win for the next three years or so Then we have Basso, Contador (probably won't ride the Giro the next years), Ricco and Di Luca up there thats even more f*cked up lol.
if they don't, it's Bruseghin, Menchov, etc. how would that be better?
so, for the time being, I prefer to see Bruyneel not winning anything |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:26
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I think contador will lose time to ricco today but with it being downhill to the finish i cant see him losing over a min as he will take risks to catch the time up downhill. Also i would say that contador will take over a one and a half mins in timetrial if you look at the previous tt. So I think ricco in pink after today contadoe in pink after tomo. Should be a great finish to the tour.
that's exactly what i think B)B) |
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Posted on 31-05-2008 11:29
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issoisso wrote:
soda wrote:
issoisso wrote:
I'm pinning my hopes on Contador having a horrible day today
oh well, I take consolation in the fact that as long as Basso is accepted back in the Tour, Contador won't win for the next three years or so Then we have Basso, Contador (probably won't ride the Giro the next years), Ricco and Di Luca up there thats even more f*cked up lol.
if they don't, it's Bruseghin, Menchov, etc. how would that be better?
so, for the time being, I prefer to see Bruyneel not winning anything It wouldn't lol i just dislike all 4 of them  . were having a nice Giro this year if you ignore the cyclers names and reputations . |
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