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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-04-2012 17:51
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FreitasPCM wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Bruyneel has already said that Monfort will get a chance to lead the team at the Vuelta
Thta's just ridiculous. Horner is far better. All the Leotards get a chance to lead, regardless of skill. But this isn't a ranting thread, so I'll stop. 
Last year Monfort lead Leopard in the Vuelta, and finished in the top-10, 6th or 7th. No surprises that he leads the team again.
Yeah, but Horner won the 4th Grand Tour!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-04-2012 17:51
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Yeah, I know. It's not by that much. Monfort is better with TTs, but in my opinion, Horner is a better climber, and that is more important. Horner is a better rider. Not by that much, but why does it have to be by that much?
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| kumazan |
Posted on 28-04-2012 17:52
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FreitasPCM wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Bruyneel has already said that Monfort will get a chance to lead the team at the Vuelta
Thta's just ridiculous. Horner is far better. All the Leotards get a chance to lead, regardless of skill. But this isn't a ranting thread, so I'll stop.
Last year Monfort lead Leopard in the Vuelta, and finished in the top-10, 6th or 7th. No surprises that he leads the team again.
Didn't he even work for Fuglsang at some point (making his 6th place more impressive) until Jakob totally exploded? I can't remember because I was busy wondering what the hell was Froome doing there. 
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 28-04-2012 17:59
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issoisso wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Bruyneel has already said that Monfort will get a chance to lead the team at the Vuelta
Thta's just ridiculous. Horner is far better. All the Leotards get a chance to lead, regardless of skill. But this isn't a ranting thread, so I'll stop.
Last year Monfort lead Leopard in the Vuelta, and finished in the top-10, 6th or 7th. No surprises that he leads the team again.
Yeah, but Horner won the 4th Grand Tour!
Actually he won the 5th. Don't forget that the TDU is the 4th.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-04-2012 18:01
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That's more than monfort has won.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-04-2012 18:08
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baseballlover312 wrote:
That's more than monfort has won.
You have to remember Horner is like 10 years older or something, and most of his wins are not in Europe...
But seriously  I bet the riders are both fine with this, its only you that has a problem with it.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-04-2012 18:08
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kumazan wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Bruyneel has already said that Monfort will get a chance to lead the team at the Vuelta
Thta's just ridiculous. Horner is far better. All the Leotards get a chance to lead, regardless of skill. But this isn't a ranting thread, so I'll stop.
Last year Monfort lead Leopard in the Vuelta, and finished in the top-10, 6th or 7th. No surprises that he leads the team again.
Didn't he even work for Fuglsang at some point (making his 6th place more impressive) until Jakob totally exploded? I can't remember because I was busy wondering what the hell was Froome doing there.
Mmmm, now that you mention that, I think until the Anglirú stage, Fuglsang was inside the top-5, and he even got the leader's jersey in the team time trial since he was the team leader. In the third week he fell to 11th. So I think Monfort took the role of leader in the final week. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 28-04-2012 23:12
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I hear as well Nibali will not be at the Giro. Liquigas will be backing Basso.
Agnoli, Capecchi, Caruso, Salerno, Szmyd, Maciej Bodnar, Paolo Longo Borghini, and Fabio Sabatini. |
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| Zanci93 |
Posted on 29-04-2012 08:57
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Frank Schleck announced as the captain of RNT for the giro ! What a surprise |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 29-04-2012 08:58
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Zanci93 wrote:
Frank Schleck announced as the captain of RNT for the giro ! What a surprise
Who else as well? |
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 29-04-2012 09:01
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fenian_1234 wrote:
I hear as well Nibali will not be at the Giro. Liquigas will be backing Basso.
Agnoli, Capecchi, Caruso, Salerno, Szmyd, Maciej Bodnar, Paolo Longo Borghini, and Fabio Sabatini.
its confirmed yes |
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| iNSUPERABLE |
Posted on 29-04-2012 09:34
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Zanci93 wrote:
Frank Schleck announced as the captain of RNT for the giro ! What a surprise
"If reports prove accurate, Schleck will join the likes of Andreas Kloden, Oliver Zaugg and Ben Hermans on the start line in Denmark on May 5." |
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| Zanci93 |
Posted on 29-04-2012 09:38
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iNSUPERABLE wrote:
Zanci93 wrote:
Frank Schleck announced as the captain of RNT for the giro ! What a surprise
"If reports prove accurate, Schleck will join the likes of Andreas Kloden, Oliver Zaugg and Ben Hermans on the start line in Denmark on May 5."
It's an official annoucement from RNT so it should be true
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| kumazan |
Posted on 29-04-2012 10:12
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That's very good news for Andy's chances at the Tour.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 29-04-2012 10:19
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Having said that, he won't be able to hide behind his brother as the excuse why he failed to win it again.... |
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| Inferio |
Posted on 29-04-2012 14:18
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/frank...ro-ditalia
Frank: “It all reminds me of the 2008 Tour of Italy when, one week before the start, we got an invitation for the race. In the end we won the overall.”
- dafuq is he talking about?  |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-04-2012 14:21
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Thats a Bruyneel quote.
“I see a lot of opportunities for Fränk as well as for the team,” commented Team Manager Johan Bruyneel. "Fränk is a born leader and a team needs a leader. Moreover – though bad luck and circumstances did not provide the right results - he has shown in the last few weeks that his condition has already reached a high level. I am confident he can surprise us in the coming weeks.
“It all reminds me of the 2008 Tour of Italy when, one week before the start, we got an invitation for the race. In the end we won the overall.”
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| Inferio |
Posted on 29-04-2012 15:49
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Thats a Bruyneel quote.
“I see a lot of opportunities for Fränk as well as for the team,” commented Team Manager Johan Bruyneel. "Fränk is a born leader and a team needs a leader. Moreover – though bad luck and circumstances did not provide the right results - he has shown in the last few weeks that his condition has already reached a high level. I am confident he can surprise us in the coming weeks.
“It all reminds me of the 2008 Tour of Italy when, one week before the start, we got an invitation for the race. In the end we won the overall.”
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 29-04-2012 16:09
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issoisso wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Bruyneel has already said that Monfort will get a chance to lead the team at the Vuelta
Thta's just ridiculous. Horner is far better. All the Leotards get a chance to lead, regardless of skill. But this isn't a ranting thread, so I'll stop.
Last year Monfort lead Leopard in the Vuelta, and finished in the top-10, 6th or 7th. No surprises that he leads the team again.
Yeah, but Horner won the 4th Grand Tour!
And he was that guy at Lance comeback year..who waited in Giro Astana leaders , like come one guys..we should ride with this guys not slip backwards |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 29-04-2012 16:53
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fenian_1234 wrote:
Having said that, he won't be able to hide behind his brother as the excuse why he failed to win it again....
Not sure. Given the supposedly bad atmosphere at RNT, and a possible split up between the Bruyneel gang and the Schleck gang, I think we should get ready to read or hear something along the lines of "I really missed a strong teammate today, with the lack of help provided by the team, there was no way I could defend my chances today. The team will have to take the responsibility of not bringing Andy to help me. We could have won this easily had he been here." |
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