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Vuelta a España 2009
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| ruben |
Posted on 31-08-2009 17:06
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Seems like a typical before-sprint-train era sprint  |
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| mrlol |
Posted on 31-08-2009 17:07
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Great stuff by Vacansoleil, except they where one man short... |
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| ruben |
Posted on 31-08-2009 17:07
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issoisso wrote:
The sprinting speed says it all. 62km/h. That's slow. Not mind-numbingly slow like last year's stage that Breschel won at 45km/h when every sprinter had retired. But still slow.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 31-08-2009 17:09
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ruben wrote:
issoisso wrote:
The sprinting speed says it all. 62km/h. That's slow. Not mind-numbingly slow like last year's stage that Breschel won at 45km/h when every sprinter had retired. But still slow.
Ever heard of headwind?
There really wasn't any, at least according to the commentators I was listening to
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| ruben |
Posted on 31-08-2009 17:19
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They were wrong than. From the after-race news I heard,there was. And I only live about 20km off Venlo and it was already windy here
Edited by ruben on 31-08-2009 17:20
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 31-08-2009 17:40
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Holland is always windy
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 31-08-2009 18:42
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Quote from velonews
Garmin-Slipstream had a cluster of problems inside the final 20km — Chris Horner and Tyler Farrar both found themselves off the back with mechanicals
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| davey90 |
Posted on 31-08-2009 18:44
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Deadpool wrote:
Quote from velonews
Garmin-Slipstream had a cluster of problems inside the final 20km — Chris Horner and Tyler Farrar both found themselves off the back with mechanicals
Yeah, Chris Horner is a great rider from Garmin. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 31-08-2009 19:11
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Missed the stage - weird winner  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 31-08-2009 19:26
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Tomorrow a hilly, windy, rainy stage including climbs such as the Cauberg and finishing in Liége. Expect a bunch sprint of a reduced group.
Expect bad luck for some GC favorites losing time. I hope not, but I expect it.
Is it saturday yet? sigh...
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 31-08-2009 20:14
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Vuelta and Cauberg..world is strange place.. |
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| mrlol |
Posted on 31-08-2009 21:22
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Well, so far the Vuelta organizers (according to dutch media) have been very very happy about the start in The Netherlands. As in being suprized about the popularity. Interviews with riders say that it's arguably evenly popular as the TdF is in France in terms of people coming to see the stage. The amounth of spectators at the proloqgue prove that: numbers of between 30 000 and 50 000 go around. And all of those had good sigth on everything. That'd be impossible in a city center.
I believe that, if the organizers have any intention to start outside Spain again soon, we migth have a very good shot at another Vuelta start before long. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 31-08-2009 21:35
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mrlol wrote:
I believe that, if the organizers have any intention to start outside Spain again soon, we migth have a very good shot at another Vuelta start before long.
Doubt it. They did it once before, it was huge success and it took them 12 years to do it again.
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 01-09-2009 07:11
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issoisso wrote:
mrlol wrote:
I believe that, if the organizers have any intention to start outside Spain again soon, we migth have a very good shot at another Vuelta start before long.
Doubt it. They did it once before, it was huge success and it took them 12 years to do it again.
I heard they might go to Africa (though probabaly not start there) next year.
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| Xavier |
Posted on 01-09-2009 08:43
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| issoisso |
Posted on 01-09-2009 10:33
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Interviews with the riders on TV, and suddenly I can see why Freire's having an awful season......HOLY MOTHER OF GOD HE'S FAT!
He used to be skinny. Well, he has a reputation for not working hard in training, so...
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 01-09-2009 11:40
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So today is classics day, with the Cauberg (or the Alto de Cauberg) twice. Mont Teux and Saint Nicolas on the agenda.
Should be a good day, oh and then it's a rest day.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 01-09-2009 11:42
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doddy13 wrote:
So today is classics day, with the Cauberg (or the Alto de Cauberg) twice. Mont Teux and Saint Nicolas on the agenda.
Should be a good day, oh and then it's a rest day.
"Alto de Cauberg" 
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 01-09-2009 11:44
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issoisso wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
So today is classics day, with the Cauberg (or the Alto de Cauberg) twice. Mont Teux and Saint Nicolas on the agenda.
Should be a good day, oh and then it's a rest day.
"Alto de Cauberg"
Not as bad as Alto de Mont Teux 
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| issoisso |
Posted on 01-09-2009 11:50
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Boom in the break again.
If he keeps this up he risks being put right up there with Leukemans and Ignatiev as tactically stupid riders.
Of course, it's likely he was told to do this.
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