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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 12-03-2009 07:41
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Bosskardo wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
chrica04 wrote:
Vandevelde today in Paris Nice!!! AWESOME! Watch out dopers!!! Real riders are going to win the Tour this year!!!
I also agree about BOOnen.
Yeaah..
Vandevelde:
1998–2003 US Postal
2004 Liberty Seguros
Looks like saint for me
But he was in CSC, so he has been clean for a couple of years.
hmmm
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 12-03-2009 08:06
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Lol, im suspicious of him too. I was ever since the Tour last year. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 12-03-2009 08:12
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There's no reason to question him. It seems rather unfair to question someone based solely on him doing good.
Again, keep in mind that it's likely he's always had the talent - and at the Tour, he got his first chance ever at being the captain. Add to that that a lot has happened the past few years, especially at the Tour. Look at the riders participating - they werent' exactly creme de la creme if you compare them to what we've seen previously with Landis, Armstrong, Vinokourov, Klöden, Contador, Leipheimer, Basso, Ullrich, etc., etc.
It's only normal that riders who were previously co-captains become captains when their previous captains have been suspended / have retired 
Edit: The main point of my post: Don't just question someone due to a rather good performance. There's zero indications if you look aside from the teams he's been on.
Edited by CrueTrue on 12-03-2009 08:12
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 12-03-2009 08:23
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Looking at the teams and mentioning the tour de France is surely contradictory:
he was on 'dodgy' teams and rode badly, then as soon as he went to a 'clean' team he got better. Either he was on some awful drugs on the logic is wrong somewhere
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 12-03-2009 08:24
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CrueTrue wrote:
There's no reason to question him. It seems rather unfair to question someone based solely on him doing good.
Again, keep in mind that it's likely he's always had the talent - and at the Tour, he got his first chance ever at being the captain. Add to that that a lot has happened the past few years, especially at the Tour. Look at the riders participating - they werent' exactly creme de la creme if you compare them to what we've seen previously with Landis, Armstrong, Vinokourov, Klöden, Contador, Leipheimer, Basso, Ullrich, etc., etc.
It's only normal that riders who were previously co-captains become captains when their previous captains have been suspended / have retired
Edit: The main point of my post: Don't just question someone due to a rather good performance. There's zero indications if you look aside from the teams he's been on.
Forgeting mr. Bernard Kohl??
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 12-03-2009 08:27
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Maybe he just decided he was tired of being a domestique and started to train hard? B) |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 12-03-2009 08:35
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On a guy, you can question -- Armstrong:
# Sitting down and eating dinner and guess what? Knock knock. Anti-doping control. This is the 23rd one since the comeback.about. 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry
That's a guy who constantly complains about anti doping controls |
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| Xavier |
Posted on 12-03-2009 09:17
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fenian_1234 wrote:
Maybe he just decided he was tired of being a domestique and started to train hard? B)
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-03-2009 10:11
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Edit: The main point of my post: Don't just question someone due to a rather good performance. There's zero indications if you look aside from the teams he's been on.
You 100% correct ...
I only responded to that:::to let him know that in Europe we have also sometimes clean cycling
Vandevelde today in Paris Nice!!! AWESOME! Watch out dopers!!! Real riders are going to win the Tour this year!!! |
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| ruben |
Posted on 12-03-2009 11:46
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Yeah, and not all americans have exactly been clean, lol |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 12-03-2009 14:17
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CONI's expected to announce the suspension of Alejandro Valverde next week. If all goes according to normality, the UCI will follow by making the suspension global.
And if that's the case, bye bye Piti.
The "alleged" offense was "supposedly" commited back when suspensions were only 2 years, so if he's suspended, he'll probably be back later.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-03-2009 14:24
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issoisso wrote:
CONI's expected to announce the suspension of Alejandro Valverde next week. If all goes according to normality, the UCI will follow by making the suspension global.
And if that's the case, bye bye Piti.
The "alleged" offense was "supposedly" commited back when suspensions were only 2 years, so if he's suspended, he'll probably be back later.
Not big lost anyway...last years he was so far on he's "golden years" form anyway. When we take dope away we get damn good classic rider. But keep digging I like to have some football player name already
Edited by Guido Mukk on 12-03-2009 14:27
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| issoisso |
Posted on 12-03-2009 23:07
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Teams for Roubaix:
AG2R, Bouygues Telecom, Cofidis, Française des Jeux, Lampre, Liquigas, Caisse d'Epargne, Euskaltel, Quick Step, Silence, Rabobank, Saxo Bank, Milram, Columbia, Garmin, Katusha, Astana, Cervélo, Skil, Vacansoleil, Topsport, Landbouwkrediet, Agritubel, Amica Chips, BMC.
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 13-03-2009 00:20
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issoisso wrote:
CONI's expected to announce the suspension of Alejandro Valverde next week. If all goes according to normality, the UCI will follow by making the suspension global.
And if that's the case, bye bye Piti.
The "alleged" offense was "supposedly" commited back when suspensions were only 2 years, so if he's suspended, he'll probably be back later.
Hallelujah |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 13-03-2009 00:23
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The thing is that it's good news, I just won't believe it until the day it happens. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 13-03-2009 01:34
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Astana will ride the Tour of Missouri
but look at this little gem from Velonews in the article
The Kazakstan-registered team joins Garmin-Slipstream, Columbia-High Road, Liquigas, Cervelo TestTeam as confirmed ProTour teams at the race, which will feature 15 teams.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 13-03-2009 04:17
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issoisso wrote:
Teams for Roubaix:
BMC.
Woo!
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 13-03-2009 07:32
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Deadpool wrote:
Astana will ride the Tour of Missouri
but look at this little gem from Velonews in the article
The Kazakstan-registered team joins Garmin-Slipstream, Columbia-High Road, Liquigas, Cervelo TestTeam as confirmed ProTour teams at the race, which will feature 15 teams.
Not Protout are they? |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 13-03-2009 07:45
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issoisso wrote:
Teams for Roubaix:
AG2R, Bouygues Telecom, Cofidis, Française des Jeux, Lampre, Liquigas, Caisse d'Epargne, Euskaltel, Quick Step, Silence, Rabobank, Saxo Bank, Milram, Columbia, Garmin, Katusha, Astana, Cervélo, Skil, Vacansoleil, Topsport, Landbouwkrediet, Agritubel, Amica Chips, BMC.
Protour strikes back
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 13-03-2009 11:09
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Maggot wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Astana will ride the Tour of Missouri
but look at this little gem from Velonews in the article
The Kazakstan-registered team joins Garmin-Slipstream, Columbia-High Road, Liquigas, Cervelo TestTeam as confirmed ProTour teams at the race, which will feature 15 teams.
Not Protout are they?
Precisely |
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