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| Addy291 |
Posted on 10-08-2008 15:04
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Maybe, but there are other reasons Valv_Piti for example, amongst others.
Also Jimmy Saville opened his speech at this cycling dinner by saying "All cyclists are theives..."
He used to be a cyclist and eventually the start to his speech became apparent, but opening with that left some people a bit shocked
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| t-baum |
Posted on 10-08-2008 18:06
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Overated: Kirchen, Devolder, Cunego, Kohl
Underrated: Vande Velde, Frank Schleck
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 10-08-2008 20:27
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Levi4life wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Polti wrote:
underrated; hmm; after the first tdf stages i'd say romaine feillu! never heard of him before. he has an enourmous end speed. yesterday for example he took the wheel of mcewen and beat him!
what I like most about him is not his end speed, which is reasonable. it's his attitude. reminds me of Voigt. count on seeing him in breakaways in a few stages this year. he never gives up, and has such a fight in him.
also, he's pretty decent on the climbs too 
Guido Mukk wrote:
Addy291 wrote:
Sorry Polti
underrated = Carlos Sastre
Tom Boonen
Cant agree with eather..
you don't think Sastre is that good? I definitely do.
as for my opinion:
most underrated -> Christian Vande Velde
I agree with your choice of Vande Velde
He truly is a great rider all he needs is the opprotuity to lead and he will get a good result. (Tour de Georgia anyone )
nuff said
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| issoisso |
Posted on 10-08-2008 20:50
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Levi4life wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Polti wrote:
underrated; hmm; after the first tdf stages i'd say romaine feillu! never heard of him before. he has an enourmous end speed. yesterday for example he took the wheel of mcewen and beat him!
what I like most about him is not his end speed, which is reasonable. it's his attitude. reminds me of Voigt. count on seeing him in breakaways in a few stages this year. he never gives up, and has such a fight in him.
also, he's pretty decent on the climbs too
Guido Mukk wrote:
Addy291 wrote:
Sorry Polti
underrated = Carlos Sastre
Tom Boonen
Cant agree with eather..
you don't think Sastre is that good? I definitely do.
as for my opinion:
most underrated -> Christian Vande Velde
I agree with your choice of Vande Velde
He truly is a great rider all he needs is the opprotuity to lead and he will get a good result. (Tour de Georgia anyone )
nuff said
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| niconico |
Posted on 10-08-2008 20:55
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t-baum wrote:
Overated: Kirchen, Devolder, Cunego, Kohl
Underrated: Vande Velde, Frank Schleck
Kohl just finished 3rd in Le Tour 
I wouldn't exactly call him over-rated
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 10-08-2008 20:57
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I would call him a lucky SOB
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| t-baum |
Posted on 10-08-2008 21:12
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Yep
Macquet wrote:
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race."
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-10-2008 18:47
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So, I withdraw my withdrawal of my original "Kohl is overrated" statement |
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| Setzel |
Posted on 13-10-2008 18:50
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issoisso wrote:
So, I withdraw my withdrawal of my original "Kohl is overrated" statement
You wrote it there you cannot do that 
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 13-10-2008 18:52
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Top 3 in the tour de france is pretty good even with drugs.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-10-2008 18:55
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doesn't matter. Evans, menchov, etc. were apparently not on CERA, so Kohl had a major advantage. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 13-10-2008 20:04
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Presently, Hushovd (he's good, but not that good), of all time (Ruben is going to kill me) Boogerd |
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| ember |
Posted on 15-10-2008 10:27
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Overrated: Hushovd and Cunego
Underrated: Arvesen and A. Schleck |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 15-10-2008 10:29
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A Schleck is meant to be the first person to seriously challenge Contador, how can he be underrated? |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 15-10-2008 10:35
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The question doesn't really make sense. It implies a rider is rated (by who?) but that his actual level can be judged (by who ? once again), then you compare the differences between both and find the most overrated rider...
If the same person judges the riders twice at the same time, then there's no difference : no overrating, no underrating.
Biggest breakthrough or biggest disappointment of the current or coming season would make more sense to me... |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 15-10-2008 10:41
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you're missing the point aquarius:
post the rider who YOU feel is most overrated BY OTHERS.
"Rider X is overrated. So many people say he's a good this and that, but when has he shown any of that? His reputation is based on one single good result, ages ago that was in fact caused by facto X and factor Y, not so much his talent"
That sorta thing |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 15-10-2008 10:42
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Lots of casus belli for fans of the overrated riders then. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 15-10-2008 11:50
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Deadpool wrote:
Presently, Hushovd (he's good, but not that good), of all time (Ruben is going to kill me) Boogerd
If anyone was UNDER rated, then it was Boogerd. It always showed in the databases too. He was probably the strongest (that's different from best) hilly rider of the past 10 years, that's why every other hilly rider, who did have a sprint, chose his wheel. That way it was easy, the one who can follow Boogerd, will win the race.
Proven so for years. Bettini, Rebellin, Di Luca, Cunego, and some other profiteurs. And from those guys, he was the best climber as well (Tour de France wise), if Di Luca or Cunego can win the Giro, Boogerd could have won it too. Most underrated rider of the past decade. |
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| thex |
Posted on 15-10-2008 12:08
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maybe not the most overrated rider but the most disapointing rider for me was in the last years Markus Fothen
he could never reach the level again when he whore the white jersey in the tour and nearly won it
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 15-10-2008 13:08
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just read through the first couple of pages of this thread. so where are all you people who were saying Cavendish was overated this time last year |
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