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| fcancellara |
Posted on 06-05-2012 20:58
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| ruben |
Posted on 06-05-2012 22:25
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Bos ran into Renshaws wheel but that was also caused by Delage. His manaouvre in the corner caused Bos to lose balance in the first place  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-05-2012 22:25
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Wasn't a nasty crash to me, just a mistake by one rider (Theo Bos), hitting the backwheel of his teammate a pretty low speed. It's part of the game in a mass sprint.....
Great ride by Sky and especially Thomas, bringing back Cav to the front.
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| ruben |
Posted on 06-05-2012 22:26
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dienblad wrote:
Wasn't a nasty crash to me, just a mistake by one rider (Theo Bos), hitting the backwheel of his teammate a pretty low speed. It's part of the game in a mass sprint.....
Great ride by Sky and especially Thomas, bringing back Cav to the front. Not one rider
Watch the FDJ rider (Delage) closely in the replay. He touched Bos a little or at least came up very close causing Bos to lose balance and hit Renshaws wheel as a result |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 06-05-2012 22:42
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Goss said that was the fastest he ever went through a corner, so I think it's harsh to blame Bos for that.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 06-05-2012 23:26
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Hmm... Serpa was involved in that crash today, and is in danger of abandoning the Giro with an injury in his hand. |
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| evilhumer |
Posted on 06-05-2012 23:30
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Thats too bad about Serpa...He could defenitely have made the last week more interesting.Hope he will be able to continue |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 06-05-2012 23:39
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Wonder when the curse of the rainbow jersey is going to hit Cav?
Pleased to see Basso looking so good. Stayed on his bike OK at Trentino, was in no real difficulty at Trentino and now peaking like a true 90/00's riders at the big one of the season.
Read that comment as you may - but I prefer to see these kind of riders. No real fun seeing Contador, Valverde, Evans (and now Wiggins) winning all season long. The 'smaller' races are more interesting when the GT riders come and peak at the GTs.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 06-05-2012 23:52
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fenian_1234 wrote:
Wonder when the curse of the rainbow jersey is going to hit Cav?
Le Manie. Right in the head.
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 06-05-2012 23:55
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kumazan wrote:
fenian_1234 wrote:
Wonder when the curse of the rainbow jersey is going to hit Cav?
Le Manie. Right in the head.
Nah...that wasn't the curse. That was just good team tactics.
He'll never win MSR again and probably deep down doesn't expect to. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 06-05-2012 23:59
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fenian_1234 wrote:
kumazan wrote:
fenian_1234 wrote:
Wonder when the curse of the rainbow jersey is going to hit Cav?
Le Manie. Right in the head.
Nah...that wasn't the curse. That was just good team tactics.
He'll never win MSR again and probably deep down doesn't expect to.
I reckon he'll talk up his chances for the next couple of years, and fail miserably. Then he'll go quiet, people will forget, and he will pop up to surprise everyone.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-05-2012 00:01
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The curse is just letting Cavendish have a good start. It will strike in the Tour and force him out of the Olympics, thus ruining his two main goals of the year!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 07-05-2012 06:14
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If thats the competition then Cavendish will win every sprint he contests in this giro.
He's not even fully fit and he made Goss, possibly the second best sprinter in the world, look very average.
Goss second best sprinter in the world? Well we live in different worlds maybe, as he had 6 wins last year and not a single mass sprint win this year 
Easy win for Cavendish with the great Thomas lead-out and the crash, probably not the last one.
I hope all the riders are okay, now to survive another stage in Denmark. Astana clever enough to slip to the back of the peloton right before the sprint (according the words of Kreuziger) and they avoided the fall thanks to that.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 07-05-2012 07:35
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Tyler for the win today hopefully. I'm a Cav fan, but no better way to honour Wouter than for Tyler to win. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 07-05-2012 08:56
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mb2612 wrote:
fenian_1234 wrote:
kumazan wrote:
fenian_1234 wrote:
Wonder when the curse of the rainbow jersey is going to hit Cav?
Le Manie. Right in the head.
Nah...that wasn't the curse. That was just good team tactics.
He'll never win MSR again and probably deep down doesn't expect to.
I reckon he'll talk up his chances for the next couple of years, and fail miserably. Then he'll go quiet, people will forget, and he will pop up to surprise everyone.
Going quiet doesn't work when Eurosport mentions him every second sentence.
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| Vien |
Posted on 07-05-2012 11:35
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94 Navardauskas (LIT, GRM) +22
217 Keizer (NED, VCD) +39
196 Hollenstein (ZWI, APP) +50
79 Balloni (ITA, FAR) +1:03
64 MÃnguez (SPA, EUS) +1:27
207 Christensen (DEN, SAX) +1:30
First attackers, probably the break of the day (3m20). Navardauskas can get to the top 5 in the GC if he wins the intermediate sprint. Surprising to see him here because of the upcoming TTT.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-05-2012 11:44
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SportingNonsense wrote:
The curse is just letting Cavendish have a good start. It will strike in the Tour and force him out of the Olympics, thus ruining his two main goals of the year!
Let's pray that it doesn't happen, I really want Cav to do the double |
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| mowinckel91 |
Posted on 07-05-2012 12:28
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Anyone abandoned after the crash yesterday? |
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| siwi |
Posted on 07-05-2012 12:32
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Was amazing moment at the start. So quiet. There was a lot (!) of people, but no one said anything for several minutes to honour Jan Trøjborg and Wouter Weylandt - just 100% silence. Amazing.
A lot of respect to Jan Trøjborg and Wouter Weylandt. I hope for Tyler Farrar today. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 07-05-2012 13:11
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Renshaw also said it was a very fast corner btw. He said "I was so suprised at the speed we were going through the final corner I had to brake hard."
Bos was in his wheel and probably couldn't correct it either |
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