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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 27-01-2008 17:14
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I wanted to say the colors
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-01-2008 12:42
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Allow me to be a homer for once 
The Volta ao Algarve is expecting to be a sprinter's festival again this year. While defending champion Alessandro Petacchi of Team Milram, who took the overall win in 2007 with three stage wins, will not be returning, most of the top sprinters will be there. In fact, the race boasts that ten of the last 12 winners of the Tour de France's green sprinter's jersey will be battling in Portugal next month.
Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) and Erik Zabel (Milram) are the biggest names, but they will be joined by younger sprinters Gert Steegmans (Quick Step), Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) and Tomas Vaitkus (Astana), plus Bernhard Eisel (High Road), who last year won a stage and wore the leader's jersey for a day. Also trying their luck will be veteran sprinters Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner), René Haselbacher (Astana) and Robert Hunter and Baden Cooke (both Barloworld).
The Volta ao Algarve runs February 20 to 24. It will feature eight ProTour teams, six Professional Continental and seven Continental.
ProTour teams: Astana, Cofidis, Française des Jeux, Gerolsteiner, High Road, Quick Step, Silence-Lotto and Milram.
Professional Continental teams: Benfica, Cycle Collstrop, Mitsubishi-Jartazi, PSK-Whirlpool-Author, Barloworld and Topsport Vlaanderen.
Continental teams: Barbot-Siper, Centro de Ciclismo de Loulé, Fercase-Rota dos Moveis, LA-MSS-Póvoa, Liberty Seguros, Madeinox-Boavista, Palmeiras Resort-Tavira and Rabobank Continental.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 28-01-2008 17:45
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That's a nice line up
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 28-01-2008 19:59
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Will any of the stages be near your place, isso?  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-01-2008 20:03
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CrueTrue wrote:
Will any of the stages be near your place, isso?
Porto is 16, Algarve is 6 
Edited by issoisso on 28-01-2008 20:03
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 28-01-2008 20:13
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I get the point |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 28-01-2008 20:16
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Boonen won today's stage of Qatar. |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 29-01-2008 00:27
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And Scotty Nydam Crashed out:cry:
He was killing at the training camp.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-01-2008 18:16
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same today. Boonen
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-01-2008 18:18
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Levi4life wrote:
And Scotty Nydam Crashed out:cry:
He was killing at the training camp.
Was he arrested?
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 29-01-2008 18:22
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Okay here is something for you english bastards. It's Bäckstedt talking about the first day in Qatar and about riding with Millar. Enyoy!
Qatar here we come
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January 24, 2008:
Qatar,
Today we got up at 5 to get ourselves sorted for the flight to Doha, We got a flight from Girona to Madrid at 7am then it was a short 6.5 hours to Doha. The flight went by really quick as we were watching a couple of films and cracked a few jokes.
Then the funny bit came. We got all our equipment and headed out to be taken to the hotel by bus. We got out there and there is a whole bunch of knackered old trucks and the bus itself was probably held together by a couple of shoe strings.
I mean, the door didn’t close and you could see the whole engine compartment. But then again the hotel makes up for the slightly dodgy transportation. The ASO puts us up at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Doha. Pretty nice place I must say.
Today's ride was pretty hard as we had a massive wind blowing all the time. David Millar and I did some pretty hard efforts and i must say that i'm gooing ok but he is absolutely flying.
Catch you soon
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-01-2008 18:26
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
And Scotty Nydam Crashed out:cry:
He was killing at the training camp.
Was he arrested?
*badum chiiiing...............*
*crickets*
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 29-01-2008 18:28
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
And Scotty Nydam Crashed out:cry:
He was killing at the training camp.
Was he arrested?
Nah he was just too fast for the popo to catch him.
And Scotty is fine he only needed an assload of stitches and he was back on the bike today.
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 30-01-2008 19:19
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Do people outside the US use the term "popo"?
Just wondering. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 30-01-2008 19:21
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KurtinSC wrote:
Do people outside the US use the term "popo"?
Just wondering.
only when wanting to be brutally murdered
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| issoisso |
Posted on 30-01-2008 19:28
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Holiday in Qatar, part 4
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.44.33
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano
4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole
5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre
6 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
7 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto
9 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
11 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott
12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 31-01-2008 17:15
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KurtinSC wrote:
Do people outside the US use the term "popo"?
Just wondering.
depends what kinda person you are in England
couple of my mates say "popo", some "rozza's", etc.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 31-01-2008 18:25
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KurtinSC wrote:
Do people outside the US use the term "popo"?
Just wondering.
I am allowed to as my favorite uncle is among Santa Rosa's finest
Magnus Backstedt Reportedly broke his collarbone at qatar today.
and Boonen didn't win again either. Napolitano did.
Edited by Levi4life on 31-01-2008 18:29
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 31-01-2008 18:34
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A good way to celebrate his (Napolitano's) birthday.
Edited by CrueTrue on 31-01-2008 18:58
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 31-01-2008 18:53
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Levi4life wrote:
KurtinSC wrote:
Do people outside the US use the term "popo"?
Just wondering.
I am allowed to as my favorite uncle is among Santa Rosa's finest
Magnus Backstedt Reportedly broke his collarbone at qatar today.
and Boonen didn't win again either. Napolitano did.
I blame Weylandt for taking down Bäckstedt! 
EDIT: Nice way to celebrate Magnus birthday...
EDIT Again: OK, I guess it wasn't so much Weylandt fault now when I have watch it. Bäckstedt put his head down exactly when Weylandt went of the Quickstep train and rode right in to him. Pretty bad crash.
Edited by mattiasgt on 31-01-2008 19:31
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