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| arthon |
Posted on 04-02-2010 23:41
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Valverde321 wrote:
well rabo has climbers and a sprinter that's pretty much it
Radioshack has the exact same thing. And Lance Armstrong. |
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Posted on 05-02-2010 00:09
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Another chance to legally prove Lance doped gone:
https://velonews.competitor.com/2010/0...ute_103883
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-02-2010 01:52
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well radioshack has a bit more average riders like kloden and impey. rather than on rabo who has nuyens menchov gesink and freire that's it.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 05-02-2010 08:46
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Don't forget Boom and Langeveld.
Rabobank were third on the CQ team ranking last year(behind Columbia and Saxo Bank), while Freire was injured half the season, and Gesink had some injury time too.
RadioShack has one of the best teams when it comes to grand tours, better than Rabobank. But Rabobank also has some sprinters and classic riders.
I'm not saying Rabobank is the BEST team, but they are one of the better teams around.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 05-02-2010 09:42
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Valverde321 wrote:
average riders like kloden and impey
I'm not sure what's worse. Calling Klöden "average" or comparing him to Impey
One's career highlight is a Tour 2nd place overall while the other's is winning the tour of a small non-aquatic flightless bird
Not comparable 
Wilier wrote:
Pfff Rabobank gets only 3 out of 6. They clearly don't know what they're talking about. 
Clearly. Rabobank may not be elite at anything, but they're extremely good at everything.
Unlike Radioshack who have a few GC contenders who aren't going to win a goddamned thing other than a minor race like California, and a decent sprinter who, again, isn't going to win much.
Clearly whoever wrote that article has no grasp of cycling at all
Edited by issoisso on 05-02-2010 09:46
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-02-2010 13:41
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Wilier wrote:
Don't forget Boom and Langeveld.
Rabobank were third on the CQ team ranking last year(behind Columbia and Saxo Bank), while Freire was injured half the season, and Gesink had some injury time too.
RadioShack has one of the best teams when it comes to grand tours, better than Rabobank. But Rabobank also has some sprinters and classic riders.
I'm not saying Rabobank is the BEST team, but they are one of the better teams around.
I did forget abouit Boom and Langeveld and I wasn't comparing Impey and Kloden just saying both of their names to prove a point.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-02-2010 14:02
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Valverde321 wrote:
Wilier wrote:
Don't forget Boom and Langeveld.
Rabobank were third on the CQ team ranking last year(behind Columbia and Saxo Bank), while Freire was injured half the season, and Gesink had some injury time too.
RadioShack has one of the best teams when it comes to grand tours, better than Rabobank. But Rabobank also has some sprinters and classic riders.
I'm not saying Rabobank is the BEST team, but they are one of the better teams around.
I did forget abouit Boom and Langeveld and I wasn't comparing Impey and Kloden just saying both of their names to prove a point.
But Impey is hardly a big name at all. A lot of people wouldnt have noticed him in Turkey if not for that crash
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-02-2010 14:10
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well to be honest i don't know what i was thinking when i put impeys name here since he isn't good but to strengthen my point from way before Radioshack has more depth than Rabo.
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| ruben |
Posted on 05-02-2010 15:06
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lol @ the valverdeboy in this topic.
why even bother reacting to something so utterly stupid? makes no sense. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 05-02-2010 15:23
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Valverde321 wrote:
well to be honest i don't know what i was thinking when i put impeys name here since he isn't good but to strengthen my point from way before Radioshack has more depth than Rabo.
Nope. RadioShack might have more depth, only might, in stage races, and that's it. And taking into account that they'll waste all this going for the Tour with all their GC men, and leaded by not his strongest GC man, then you have a not that good team, despite the blatant attempt of Thomas Vaitkus of winning my favour by appearing with a València CF shirt in a team video
Oh, and lol @isso and his long way to name a country. |
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| arthon |
Posted on 06-02-2010 01:46
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To catch up, the 28-year-old took his family to Spain and trained there, according to the Berner Zeitung, before making his way to his first race of the season, the Tour of Qatar, to be followed by the Tour of Oman.
A small quote from an article about Cancellara on CyclingNews. Oh, why is it always Spain? |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 07-02-2010 10:12
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Former Paris-Roubaix winner and Italian cycling coach Franco Ballerini has died in a car crash at 45 years old.
RIP.
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Posted on 07-02-2010 10:30
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R.I.P. Franco
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Posted on 07-02-2010 10:41
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Jesus christ Ballerini died 
He was the coach of the italian national team.
And what a rider he was. Anyone remember the Mapei 1-2-3? he was on the Mapei squad and he was 5th....and if he hadn't been asked by his DS to stop chasing, he was about to singlehandedly bring back those 3. That's how strong he was
What a rider.
RIP
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| kumazan |
Posted on 07-02-2010 10:49
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Poor man, he's died while he was riding a rally as a copilot. RIP Franco, big loss for Italian cycling. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 07-02-2010 11:57
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Guy has won twice Roubaix..must be strong and 100% cyclist.
Rally crash?..damn! |
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| Roman |
Posted on 07-02-2010 12:08
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RIP Franco
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| arthon |
Posted on 07-02-2010 12:10
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R.I.P. Franco Ballerini. |
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| Shooting Star |
Posted on 07-02-2010 12:15
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A great rider.
RIP Franco. |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 07-02-2010 12:33
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Sad news 
R.I.P. |
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