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Posted on 22-04-2010 17:19
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issoisso wrote:
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11th in U23 World Champs in 2007 as helper of Peter Velits?
Yep. His results aren't that good. But he is better than you think.
This isn't about how good he is.
It's about whether or not he's good enough for Liquigas. Either he is, or he isn't. And Juraj isn't.
There are much more deserving riders, but he gets in because he knows people. That's ridiculous.
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I know him personally.
And surely that didn't influence your opinion in the slightest 
No, that's the way of the world. It's all about who you know, not what you know, or what you can do.
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Posted on 22-04-2010 17:23
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rjc_43 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Roman wrote:
11th in U23 World Champs in 2007 as helper of Peter Velits?
Yep. His results aren't that good. But he is better than you think.
This isn't about how good he is.
It's about whether or not he's good enough for Liquigas. Either he is, or he isn't. And Juraj isn't.
There are much more deserving riders, but he gets in because he knows people. That's ridiculous.
Roman wrote:
I know him personally.
And surely that didn't influence your opinion in the slightest
No, that's the way of the world. It's all about who you know, not what you know, or what you can do.
Completely true. It's how so many things work eg. the music business. And it's outrageous. Sucks to be a more deserving rider
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Posted on 22-04-2010 19:43
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Sporza said that Frank Schleck said in an interview that he wants to try his luck in RvV oneday and hopefully win it. That year he would leave the Ardenne Classics aside.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 22-04-2010 19:59
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Meh.
I don't buy it. For two reasons.
1. Frank's been saying he's going to try the cobbles for 3 seasons now. 2008, 2009 and 2010. In all of them, he was selected to ride cobbled races and in all of them he decided to pull out at the last moment.
2. Most hilly classics riders say at one point or another that they really want to try to win RvV before the end of their careers. Most don't.
Look at Valverde, he's been saying it forever. He's 30 and still nothing.
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Posted on 24-04-2010 13:26
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Simoni unsure whether to ride Giro
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Posted on 24-04-2010 15:08
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Paolini is being accused of buying and taking dope in 2005.
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Posted on 24-04-2010 20:12
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I know the media has to do this every time they have a slow day, but it really irritates me.
For those of you who don't know what I'm on about, this was news....in 2007. 3 years later, they've been called to testify, so all the cycling websites report it as news.
It's not. the investigation has been going on since 2007 and now they've been called to testify. That's it. That they're involved, we've already known for a very long time.
It's very annoying
Edited by CrueTrue on 24-04-2010 20:16
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Posted on 25-04-2010 16:10
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OUCH Medical Center to co-sponsor Bahati Foundation:
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Posted on 25-04-2010 16:15
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That will be the Landis link. Such a dissapointment that the Bahati team signed him.
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Posted on 25-04-2010 16:43
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Well, they already have O'Neill, so you can hardly be surprised  |
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Posted on 25-04-2010 17:36
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Sastre doing the Vuelta too.
My gut says he feels he can't possibly be in shape in time for the Giro.
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Posted on 26-04-2010 16:15
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We have another positive . Manuel Vazquez Hueso of Andalucia - CajaSur. EPO. Out of competition control.
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Posted on 26-04-2010 16:30
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SportingNonsense wrote:
That will be the Landis link. Such a dissapointment that the Bahati team signed him.
All PR is good PR... Small teams signing earlier dopers is a good way for them to be recognised. Sad, but true  |
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Posted on 26-04-2010 17:58
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Everytime when they get an EPO doped rider the UCI is saying that it was an control because of his values in the blood pass.
But then they would getr much more riders if the blood pass would be that good.
I think a good orgtanisation of the blood pass could be a good way to get dopers but at the moment i doubt if the pass is giving any relevant information to them. In my eyes a lot of riders should have strange values and you always read about a lot of stuff like 20 riders under control but nothing happens.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 26-04-2010 18:15
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roturn wrote:
Everytime when they get an EPO doped rider the UCI is saying that it was an control because of his values in the blood pass.
But then they would getr much more riders if the blood pass would be that good.
A lot of the positives they don't say that. The last two, Giunti and Frei they didn't say that.
roturn wrote:
I think a good orgtanisation of the blood pass could be a good way to get dopers but at the moment i doubt if the pass is giving any relevant information to them. In my eyes a lot of riders should have strange values and you always read about a lot of stuff like 20 riders under control but nothing happens.
Because as they've told us, they can clearly see those riders are doping from their blood values. But without a positive test...
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Posted on 26-04-2010 20:20
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Angelo Zomegnan says that AC will ride the 2011 Giro d'Italia. That's being farsighted, as we don't even know in which team will he ride. |
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Posted on 26-04-2010 20:41
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Sylvain Chavanel will miss Tour de France, he falled bad at LBL, got a fractured skull and a concussion.
He fell close to the finish, riding behind a team car to another team, the car broke, and Chavanel crashed in the car.
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Posted on 26-04-2010 20:43
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kumazan wrote:
Angelo Zomegnan says that AC will ride the 2011 Giro d'Italia. That's being farsighted, as we don't even know in which team will he ride.
Quickstep. That's an easy one to predict.
Unless Valv. finally sods off. Then it might be Caisse.
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Posted on 26-04-2010 20:46
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rjc_43 wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Angelo Zomegnan says that AC will ride the 2011 Giro d'Italia. That's being farsighted, as we don't even know in which team will he ride.
Quickstep. That's an easy one to predict.
Unless Valv. finally sods off. Then it might be Caisse.
Well, Lefevere will certainly try to sign Contador. He already implied that he's going to rebuild his team, and a lot of his riders haven't got a contract for next season yet. |
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Posted on 26-04-2010 20:57
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Contador will stay in Astana for next year. I'm almost sure.
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