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| ruben |
Posted on 11-05-2009 00:08
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Indeed, it had more to do with him being not smart enough to start the sprint himself. You know when Petacchi gets launched at a high speed, you are almost never going to get past him. |
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| ursul |
Posted on 11-05-2009 00:46
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Like cipollini in his good year. Or like Boonen in 2007 |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 11-05-2009 09:27
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Pettachi was very surprised by this win, as he has never done a sprint this way before. 
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| ruben |
Posted on 11-05-2009 10:35
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Its Petacchi. Please remember that  Somehow people always write the names of Petacchi, Bennati and Rebellin wrong.
I think he was more happy than suprised, you have to remember he didn't win a Giro stage since 2007 (suspended last year) and he hasn't had a good sprint against Cavendish until yesterday. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 11-05-2009 12:15
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When will the first interesting (GC wise) stage be ridden? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-05-2009 12:18
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Tomorrow and the day after. Mountains.
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Posted on 11-05-2009 12:35
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Nice, thanks Isso... |
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Posted on 11-05-2009 13:58
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I didnt realise that basso and levi lost 13seconds yesterday according to cyclingnews' stage results Soler lost 49 seconds i think it said too haha |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-05-2009 14:02
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Yes, Leipheimer had a puncture and Basso lost wheels because he's not a good bike handler. Much less so Soler.
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| Halvor |
Posted on 11-05-2009 14:31
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When willthey finish today? I'm going to cycle too! |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 11-05-2009 14:32
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This is pissing me off. No RAI sport cos I'm no Italian. Hotspot doesn't actually work and give me an American IP. My computer still has an English one. So the only stream's I can get are shitty JustinTV ones. Talk about crap.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 11-05-2009 14:57
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You could do like me and buy subscription to the Eurosport Player |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:01
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So....uphill finish today.
Davis? Pozzato? maybe even Petacchi?
Or maybe an attacker like Gilbert?
Pozzato's from this region, mind. He knows the finish extremely well.
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| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:05
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issoisso wrote:
So....uphill finish today.
Davis? Pozzato? maybe even Petacchi?
Or maybe an attacker like Gilbert?
Pozzato's from this region, mind. He knows the finish extremely well.
That could be nice, but I don't think so. It isn't so steep or long. But there won't probably be those typical sprint trains, so it could be an old fashioned teeth and claws sprint, and that's cool too.
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| ember |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:06
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Vandevelde is down... |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:06
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Vandevelde  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:06
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damn. Vande Velde
I sure hope it doesn't affect his Tour de France.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:07
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Doesn't look too good. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:09
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CrueTrue wrote:
You could do like me and buy subscription to the Eurosport Player
Hows the quality?
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| issoisso |
Posted on 11-05-2009 15:10
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Eurosport commentator:
2 year suspension for Alessandro Petacchi for his involvement in Operación Puerto. This means Petacchi won't be able to race in italy
Took him a while to realize what he'd said.....then he started correcting himself. "I meant Alessandro Valverde".
*Sigh*
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