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Cycling at Beijing 2008 (now includes Paralympics)
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-08-2008 18:49
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Chuckie,
Swift is a 20 year old riding probably the longest race he has ridden as a pro, in the tough humid conditions of Beijing, in almost certainly the strongest line up of riders in a race has has ridden.
You make him seem like an older rider who is more used to those sorts of races.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 09-08-2008 18:49
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 09-08-2008 18:51
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SportingNonsense wrote:
rjc_43 wrote:
I did hear today at 4:30am that Swifty was going to be riding again as a Stagiere for Barloworld in the ToB. Whether that's true or not i don't know. There is, of course, the possibility that after 8 days of getting up at 4:30 am that i was hearing things.
Would be great if its true but also likely that perhaps it was someone talking about the fact that he rode for Barloworld at the ToB last year.
Thats why i said i may have been hearing things. I just know the commentator mentioned him riding as a Stagiere for them. But with the amount of mistakes they said all race long, im not surprised if they said the future tense rather than the past.
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| chuckie |
Posted on 09-08-2008 18:56
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Chuckie,
Swift is a 20 year old riding probably the longest race he has ridden as a pro, in the tough humid conditions of Beijing, in almost certainly the strongest line up of riders in a race has has ridden.
That sounds tough!
If he had of finished it would have been a terific achievement..but he didn't. 
Edited by chuckie on 09-08-2008 18:57
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 09-08-2008 19:24
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Leave it ..time will say who is who..then someone can do his " I told you so" dance and life go's on..
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 09-08-2008 20:26
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Ruben wrote:
ok, Andy Schleck is definately the strongest talent I've seen in years. I gotta revise all my opinions
First of all, I'm in shock. I had never ever expected you saying that. Crazy.
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Schleck looked preety angry at the end..
He was. He told Velonews that he was a bit disappointed and angry at Cancellara, because he closed the gap. |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 09-08-2008 20:36
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Ruben, ive lost all respect for you. No matter how true your statement is.
And The Great British Denial? Its no rumour guys, it actually exists. Its so strong i couldnt out-deny it even if i chanted "Rasmussen was in Mexico" for several hours a day 
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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-08-2008 20:55
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There are two ways we can look at this:
Either it's national teams and CSC has no place in this, in which case Andy should shut the fuck up because Cancellara was not on his team.
Or we can assume trade teams (CSC) do matter, in which case Cancellara dragged a much better sprinter than Andy who also rides for their same trade team (Kolobnev) back up to the front. In which case Andy should shut the fuck up.
So, all things considered: Shut up and stop whining Andy.
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| Goldberger |
Posted on 09-08-2008 22:56
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Wow just watched Samuel get his gold medal and he was really emotional, shows how much this victory means.
I have always thought Sammy was a great cyclist and i yelled in joy when he won it. He truly deserved it |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-08-2008 09:19
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For the mens road race it was hot and humid and for the women its extrmely wet!
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| alex153 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 09:22
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SportingNonsense wrote:
For the mens road race it was hot and humid and for the women its extrmely wet!
It doesn't look much fun, there is a lot of rain. |
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| alex153 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 10:33
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Swedish silver in the woman cycling race  |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 10:37
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And only dansih 5th
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Thor wears a live rattlesnake as a condom.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-08-2008 10:43
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YESS! Brilliant Cooke B) Gold number 1 for Britain.
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| robert_psv |
Posted on 10-08-2008 10:47
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Omg, Vos
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 10:51
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Cooke really was the best in the end, she lost the wheel in the tool gate, but she got back on the climb and won the race depely respect from here.
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| G_Larsson |
Posted on 10-08-2008 10:58
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Swedish silver! Go Emma!
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| semlan |
Posted on 10-08-2008 11:21
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Yeah, swedish ladies are the best (oki best second today) |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 11:21
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woooo! Fantastic race from the start and topped with a gold for a well deserving Cooke.
I even watched the archery to watch the medal ceromony.
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| alex153 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 11:23
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I'm very happy Swedens first medal is in cycling, hopefully it will give some good publicity for the sport
Also congrats to Britain, clearly Cooke was the best rider today |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 11:26
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as our comentator said this is more than a gold medal for cooke, this is Britian's 200th ever gold medal!
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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