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Posted on 27-07-2008 22:20
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Fofonov Meh, old, predictable. |
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Posted on 27-07-2008 22:50
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According to the BBC, Cadel Evans is a better sprinter than Sastre and therefore should have gotten a large amount of time back in the time-trial...
His subsequent overall lead of 94 seconds proved decisive in Saturday's time trial as Evans - widely considered the better sprinter and tipped to post a much quicker time than Sastre - failed to produce what was required, gaining only 29 seconds. |
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Posted on 27-07-2008 22:51
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Good old BBC, dont get everything right  |
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Posted on 27-07-2008 22:52
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Dan_Grr wrote:
What? Where? Which sponsor?
Rumor is a portugese company may take over as the title sponsor for Credit Agricole at the end of the season, it was talked about in the "News in July" thread.
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Scroll down: https://www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthr...owstart=80
Edited by Deadpool on 27-07-2008 22:56
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Posted on 27-07-2008 22:55
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CrueTrue wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
By the way: I noticed an interesting thing during the stage. CSC was handing out champagne to their riders. One non-CSC rider also got a glass, Pozzato, who has previously been rumoured on his way to CSC.
Coincidence?
I thought Pozzato was off to the Russian team?
I feel so stupid now. You're right, I completely forgot that.
Just found this on cyclingnews.com
"Contrary to previous reports, Italian Filippo Pozzato has not finalised his contract with the newly formed Team Katusha. The 26 year-old cyclist explained Saturday morning at the Tour de France that he is reviewing the Russian team's contract offer, but has yet to ink the deal."
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Posted on 27-07-2008 23:13
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Kazakh rider Dmitriy Fofonov was fired from his team and detained by French police for questioning after it was announced that he tested positive for a banned stimulant, heptaminol. The French Anti-doping Agency president Pierre Bordry said that the now former Crédit Agricole rider had tested positive for "very heavy dose" of the drug.
According to The Associated Press Fofonov was arrested at his team's hotel and taken in for questioning. His team manager Roger Legeay said that the rider told him that he bought the product on the Internet. "He says that it was for cramps, but that he forgot to tell the team doctor," Legeay said.
The news of the positive time came while the team was celebrating the finale of the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees. "I am deeply crushed. I've been riding with him for four years," said team-mate Jimmy Engoulvent. "We are professionals. Whether it's a stimulant or EPO, it's the same thing."
Fofonov was the fourth rider to test positive during the Tour.
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"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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Posted on 27-07-2008 23:15
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lol the Internet.... "forgot to tell the team doctor" like hes not guilty! Obvious |
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Posted on 27-07-2008 23:40
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If this means CA doesn't get a new sponsor that would be horrible. The beloved( ) former cyclist and teammate of Fofonov Mads Kaggestad said that if any of the other cyclistws in CA tested positive from the tour he would walk in a thong from Vikersund to Drammen. (which, according to Google Maps on iPhone, is 41,8 km)
I believe Andy Schleck was the best climber of the tour, at least if you exclude the stage to Hautacam. he killed everyone on Prato Nevoso.
Edit: Found the article. https://www.vg.no/...tid=197246
- Jeg ville blitt enda mer sjokkert dersom flere Crédit Agricole-ryttere blir tatt. Jeg er sikker på at det ikke er noe utstrakt dopingbruk i laget, dersom det avsløres at det er det skal jeg gå i tanga fra Vikersund til Drammen, sier Kaggestad.
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I would be even more shocked if more Crédit Agricole are caught. I'm sure there is no organized doping in the team, and if it is revealed that there ism I'll walk from Vikersund to Drammen in thongs, says Kaggestad.
Edited by Rinhoth on 27-07-2008 23:46
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
-Lance Armstrong
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Posted on 27-07-2008 23:41
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Rinhoth wrote:
If this means CA doesn't get a new sponsor that would be horrible. The beloved( ) former cyclist and teammate of Fofonov Mads Kaggestad said that if any of the other cyclistws in CA tested positive from the tour he would walk in a thong from Vikersund to Drammen. (which, according to Google Maps on iPhone, is 41,8 km)
hahahaha, seriously, no matter what the consequences for cycling, I want another C.A. rider to be caught, that would be hilarious |
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Posted on 28-07-2008 00:13
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Watching footage of the podium with the jersey winners, I think Freire's young daughter wishes that her dad was a climber instead of a Sprinter as she was looking as Sastre's young son holding the yellow lion aloft beside her with a look of envy
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Posted on 28-07-2008 00:14
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Or a crush perhaps, could you imagine a cyclist with a combination of Sastre and Freire's gene's |
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Posted on 28-07-2008 00:17
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Like Valverde?
He's Spanish, good on hills and mountains, and has a good sprint. Plus he is fairly young!
I'm a genious at whatever this particular skill of determining is called!
YORKSHIRE BORN, YORKSHIRE BRED... |
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Posted on 28-07-2008 06:23
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Sastre's Daughter looked less than happy on the podium.
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Posted on 28-07-2008 08:06
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Here's me hoping for a great Vuelta. Gesink is on it, I'd like to see what this kid can come up to. |
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Posted on 28-07-2008 10:31
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Can anyone tell me if any of the following actually did anything in this race. I dont remember them being mentioned at all:
Matteo Carrara, Markus Fothen, Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez, Bram Tankink, Iñaki Isasi Flores, Paolo Tiralongo, Nicolas Portal, Jurgen Van De Walle, Gorka Verdugo Markotegi Stef Clement, Martin Müller, Ralf Grabsch, Massimiliano Mori, Frederik Willems
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Posted on 28-07-2008 10:46
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Nicolas Portal was in the long break on the day Dessel won. |
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Posted on 28-07-2008 11:00
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Stef Clement tried to break away from the fast moving pack with 9k to go one of the days...dindn't work surprisingly 
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Posted on 28-07-2008 11:13
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Verdugo tried to bridge the gap with Voeckler and Casar to Chavenel and Bichot at the end of stage 6 after escaping on the Croix-Morand. |
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Posted on 28-07-2008 11:22
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Iñaki Isasi Flores was off the bck most times. |
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Posted on 28-07-2008 11:31
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Was Isasi even in, I just thought it was old painting on all the mountians in the alpes
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