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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:13
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BIG crash. only the sprinters went through
Cancellara also crashed. so did everyone else. this will be easy for Boonen. not many people made it through...but his whole team made it!!
Edited by issoisso on 09-07-2007 16:13
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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:14
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Boonen wins from Steegmans. second time this season that Steegmans has to brake to avoid winning...
Hope no one is injured from the crash.....Vino goes past the line, looks back at those who crashed (he also did) and makes the christian symbol for the cross. there's something I never thought I'd see from him...
EDIT: Steegmans braked but still was marginally in front. he's the winner!
so... in my opinion the most underrated of sprinters wins.
and for the third day in a row, 5th placed is a guy that I took of my GT team at the last minute 
Edited by issoisso on 09-07-2007 16:26
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:29
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I bet you valverde went down!
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:37
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Benatti again no luck...really predicted him to surprise this tour but things arent looking good 
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Valverde17 |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:39
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issoisso wrote:
Boonen wins from Steegmans. second time this season that Steegmans has to brake to avoid winning...
Hope no one is injured from the crash.....Vino goes past the line, looks back at those who crashed (he also did) and makes the christian symbol for the cross. there's something I never thought I'd see from him...
EDIT: Steegmans braked but still was marginally in front. he's the winner!
so... in my opinion the most underrated of sprinters wins.
and for the third day in a row, 5th placed is a guy that I took of my GT team at the last minute
Steegmans won  )) he didn't move off in time and WON  .....i bet there will be a fight (verbal fight) in the Quickstep rooms tonight =))
Edited by Valverde17 on 09-07-2007 16:40
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:40
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Nah i bet Boonen wont mind he has plenty more stages and now i bet now most of the sprinters are injured! |
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| litllemagnum |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:45
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boonen is happy that steegmans won, when he saw nobody was coming he waited and so steegmans won.
he is happy that he has the green jerseyu and will go for the win later |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 09-07-2007 16:57
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A lovely crash today, I just hope everyone recovers, some were looking really hurt out there
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 10-07-2007 02:51
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Good to be right first time in my life..we can't count Boonen out. Yes others crashes..some has injures...
p.s I dont like the guy.. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 10-07-2007 02:57
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lots of injuries and illnesses as usual. right now it's Schumacher, Freire and McEwen.
about the sprint: I remember back in march at the Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne Steegmans had to stop pedalling 100m from the line so that Boonen would overtake him and win... |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 10-07-2007 03:01
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Yes i saw this live also...Steegmans just stoped to sprint and rolled ..Boonen pushed like animal to win |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-07-2007 08:18
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Stupid Zabel - he stick his leg out causing Quinziato to crash. No surprise that it had to bew Cavendish to fall next.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 10-07-2007 09:05
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It's just not been Cavnedish's tour had it - I don't think we'll see much more from him, mentally I think he's devastated.
And yes, how stupid was Zabel, and he wasn't even nice enough to fall over in the crash he started. Outrageous
Boonen was fairly useless as well, not being able to get pass your lead out man who is easing up
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-07-2007 09:29
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Steegmans was definitely faster than Boonen yesterday. No doubt about it. He should consider moving team -- he'd be damn good on his own.
About Zabel, I don't think it was him who caused the crash. Yes, it was a Milram-rider, but it's more likely that it was Ongorato (or whatever he's called). If Zabel were in any way involved in the crash he wouldn't have been able to start in Boonen's wheel when the sprint was launched. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 10-07-2007 09:53
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CrueTrue wrote:
Steegmans was definitely faster than Boonen yesterday. No doubt about it. He should consider moving team -- he'd be damn good on his own.
About Zabel, I don't think it was him who caused the crash. Yes, it was a Milram-rider, but it's more likely that it was Ongorato (or whatever he's called). If Zabel were in any way involved in the crash he wouldn't have been able to start in Boonen's wheel when the sprint was launched.
cyclingnews says Zabel touched Boonen's wheel which made them both wobble but still stay up. they also say that scared a liquigas rider who swerved on instinct and hit a bunch of riders, causing the crash. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 10-07-2007 13:34
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Boonen: "the reason we did that was because Gert has a problem with his head: if we tell him we're going to do the sprint for him, he'll come 30th. so we didn't tell him what we were doing"
Lefévère (Quick.Step manager): "I guess Tom just couldn't come around Gert, which is understandable in an uphill sprint."
it's not like those quotes are contradictory or anything...(sarcasm) |
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 10-07-2007 13:36
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maybe the team was fooling Gert and Patrick Lefevre? 
Edited by JustinWK on 10-07-2007 13:36
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 10-07-2007 13:38
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If Lefévère wasn't joking, Boonen is going to be an angry man 
Which he probably is already after yesterday, but it's his own fault - he just counldn't get around Gert
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| issoisso |
Posted on 10-07-2007 13:40
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Crommy wrote:
If Lefévère wasn't joking, Boonen is going to be an angry man
Which he probably is already after yesterday, but it's his own fault - he just counldn't get around Gert
Lefévère was dead serious. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 10-07-2007 14:47
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issoisso wrote:
Lefévère (Quick.Step manager): "I guess Tom just couldn't come around Gert, which is understandable in an uphill sprint."
That is fair answer...and how it also looked. |
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