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| Deadpool |
Posted on 09-03-2008 16:28
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About the stage 1 sprint, in my old Rabobank game, I had Freire (72 Fitness) pull out of the pack and win the stage by 42 sec. during the mass sprint. It was ridiculous that sprinting over the last 3 kilometers he was able to actually get a lead on the pack at all, let alone of that size (it may have been a glitch). That is a awesome sprint in both the game and real life. |
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| dave92 |
Posted on 09-03-2008 16:37
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Pate did welll, and Lowe was very surprising 
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| matt493 |
Posted on 09-03-2008 17:34
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yeah pate did do well. I think Slipstream was very good.
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| Aspmyra |
Posted on 09-03-2008 17:55
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Good job Hushovd. Proud of you! |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 09-03-2008 17:57
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Yeah big win for Hushovd.
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| Dankan |
Posted on 10-03-2008 11:21
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The stage 1 depart has been delayed due to gusty wind and rain conditions. The riders are moving by their teams' buses to Sancerre, 74 km to the finish in Nevers, where the race will leave at 14.30. If we're starting the race this way, it's very unlikely the Mont-Ventoux will be climbed on Thursday.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 10-03-2008 12:07
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Hope fully they will reach the sun by the time we get to the Mountains. |
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| rodda |
Posted on 10-03-2008 12:09
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is there a possibility of snow on ventoux?
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| Dankan |
Posted on 10-03-2008 12:30
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*looks at Foreca for the weather forecast* No, warm conditions are expected for Thrusday at the Provence. |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 10-03-2008 13:04
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Hopefully Millar will win the race. I want Slipstream to represent.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 10-03-2008 13:13
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Hopefully this won't be like the 2006 Tirreno where the snow cancelled the best stage. But it seems likely. That would open up the race considerably. Basically winning the overall would be much more a question of luck than usual.
Not that this type of thing is unusual at Paris-Nice. Quite the contrary
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| niconico |
Posted on 10-03-2008 13:23
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I'm sure if we all think positive then we'll have 20 degrees on thursday 
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| Bavarian |
Posted on 10-03-2008 13:32
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The Top of Ventoux is 1900m above sea level. So even if you have 20 degrees in the "valley", it's still around 5 degrees on the summit, add the usual wind and you get a pretty cold stage finish. ^^ |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 10-03-2008 13:34
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Bavarian wrote:
The Top of Ventoux is 1900m above sea level. So even if you have 20 degrees in the "valley", it's still around 5 degrees on the summit, add the usual wind and you get a pretty cold stage finish. ^^
As long as it's not cancelled, fine by me
EDIT: also, they're not climbing to the top. this isn't the usual climb of the Ventoux. And it's up the less windy slope, where there actually is vegetation
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I'm sure if we all think positive then we'll have 20 degrees on thursday
It's raining over here. When it rains here, chances are the weather in the rest of europe isn't very good. I don't see it changing that dramatically unfortunately 
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 10-03-2008 13:51
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Paris is 600 km further East, so they usually get our weather about one day later than us. The weather is absolutely horrific here 'and we do are used to bad weather), very stormy, cold, pouring rain every five minutes, etc.
I wouldn't sit on my bike with such a weather, even for money.
If they get the same thing today or tomorrow, they may as well cancel the stages. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-03-2008 14:06
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A_Schleck wrote:
I'm sure if we all think positive then we'll have 20 degrees on thursday
With the weather we have in Denmark today (lots of great sun) it's likely |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-03-2008 14:07
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Besides, they should just shut up and ride They are professionals, right?  |
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| p3druh |
Posted on 10-03-2008 15:05
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The Eurosport anouncer just made my day...
"Gilbert wasn't great last season... The best I remember him doing was getting caught 100m from the finish in one of the Milan-San Remo stages" 
Evans is really going for the win this year... The whole team came back to help him after the crash...
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-03-2008 15:17
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36 km to go. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-03-2008 15:20
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Eisel, Terpstra, Velits in front - 2-3 minutes to the peloton which is splitted to atoms because of tailwind. Hushovd is still there, but in total, there's only like 30-40 riders left in the peloton  |
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