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Posted on 18-08-2008 19:07
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issoisso wrote:
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I have to admit that that's quite a talent you've got there in that Peter Kennaugh - and where's he from? That's right! Isle of Man!
it's impossible to predict what racers will be good and which will suck in the pro ranks no matter how good or bad youth results are.
That said, with so many good young british riders coming up, it would be a huge stroke of bad luck if none of them ended up being pretty good.
Isso is back with his pessimistic corrections of everyone beneath his intelligence (that does not include me, of course) 
No, it's of course not easy to predict who'll be big in the future 'cause sometimes the talent is just nowhere to be found when the racing gets tough, like Valentino China who propably stopped doping himself and suddenly couldn't follow at all and on a lesser scale Yaroslav Popovych. But, look at riders as Jan Ullrich, Roman Kreuziger and Fabian Cancellara. They were seen as huge talents all the way through their early years and after a few years of racing on pro-level, they began to mark themselves as stars.
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Posted on 18-08-2008 19:21
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Stairs wrote:
Isso is back with his pessimistic corrections of everyone beneath his intelligence
always 
Stairs wrote:
No, it's of course not easy to predict who'll be big in the future 'cause sometimes the talent is just nowhere to be found when the racing gets tough, like Valentino China who propably stopped doping himself and suddenly couldn't follow at all
His last comments before retiring were (paraphrasing) "Fuck it. I'm not killing myself with dope like Di Luca Basso and Nocentini" (his youth rivals)
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and on a lesser scale Yaroslav Popovych. But, look at riders as Jan Ullrich, Roman Kreuziger and Fabian Cancellara. They were seen as huge talents all the way through their early years and after a few years of racing on pro-level, they began to mark themselves as stars.
and just as many or more didn't cut it. And guys who are now 26 or 27 or 28 that we consider average at best will win grant tours in the future. it's just wildly unpredictable.
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Posted on 18-08-2008 19:54
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Of course it is but many of todays stars didn't just turn up out of the blue - well, the Italians did in the 90's. Anyway, the whole point was that Kennaugh is talented and his results the past two or three seasons definitely makes him look promising. I have no clue whether he's going to be the next King of the Classics or not even will turn professional; but he's definitely talented.
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Posted on 18-08-2008 22:04
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How are Martin and Cozza doing in the Volta? |
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Posted on 18-08-2008 22:18
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Cozza went for time bonuses after doing well in the prologue and as such got the white jersey for a couple days. then the mountains came and that was that. He promised he'll shave the moustache if he wins a stage
Dan Martin did well on the mountain stage, finishing 12th about 6 minutes behind the breakaway guy and 4:30 behind the top peloton rider. He has the white jersey for now, but he should lose it to Tiago Machado in the final TT.
Marcel Wyss is who blew me away. He finished with Marchante on the climb.
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Posted on 20-08-2008 14:30
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Today's stage of the Volta a Portugal goes close by my house and ends in my hometown. Sadly, I'm at work.
Driving to work this morning I saw my name written on the ground in huge letters, although there's a small () chance it might not be for me, but for one of the two riders of the same name.
Let's hope nobody gets hurt on the sprint through narrow roads and that the Lampre riders aren't idiots like they were last year when they took the peloton down the wrong road
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Posted on 20-08-2008 14:32
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That's very strange...apart from you, two riders named Cardoso are from Gondomar.
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Posted on 20-08-2008 14:35
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There's also Manuel Cardoso who stands a decent chance of winning the sprint.
And it's not even that common a name...
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Posted on 20-08-2008 15:39
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issoisso wrote:
Today's stage of the Volta a Portugal goes close by my house and ends in my hometown. Sadly, I'm at work.
Driving to work this morning I saw my name written on the ground in huge letters, although there's a small ( ) chance it might not be for me, but for one of the two riders of the same name.
Let's hope nobody gets hurt on the sprint through narrow roads a nd that the Lampre riders aren't idiots like they were last year when they took the peloton down the wrong road
WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS ARE THEY???
A lampre rider in the break just took the wrong patch despite the marshall's indication to keep going straight ahead and not turn...then he kept going for almost a km before finally realising there was a reason everyone was screaming at him.
*sigh*
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Posted on 20-08-2008 15:42
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The steroids must have done something to their brains
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:03
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José Ivan Gutierrez picks up where he left off last year by winning the ENECO Tour prologue.
Cyril Lemoine 2nd, Edvald Hagen 3rd, Rosseler 4th and Michael Rogers 5th.
Tomorrow's stage is hilly and finishes in a small town in eastern Holland. Expect to see a 2m tall freak in a Thomas Dekker Fashion kit jumping out to grab the spaniard by the throat, call him a "doper, actually" and proceed to steal his leader's jersey explaining "it's for Thomas, he's the rightful owner"
Edited by issoisso on 20-08-2008 16:04
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:09
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issoisso wrote:
José Ivan Gutierrez picks up where he left off last year by winning the ENECO Tour prologue.
Cyril Lemoine 2nd, Edvald Hagen 3rd, Rosseler 4th and Michael Rogers 5th.
Tomorrow's stage is hilly and finishes in a small town in eastern Holland. Expect to see a 2m tall freak in a Thomas Dekker Fashion kit jumping out to grab the spaniard by the throat, call him a "doper, actually" and proceed to steal his leader's jersey explaining "it's for Thomas, he's the rightful owner"
Ruben stay at home
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:14
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Small town :x ey, 50.000 people live here
And, I am at home, the stage finishes in my home town |
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:15
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Ruben wrote:
Small town :x ey, 50.000 people live here
And, I am at home, the stage finishes in my home town
At home means inside your house
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:15
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make sure the Lampre riders don't take the wrong road like they did last year in my city....and this year in my city...and a couple years ago at the Eneco...
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:17
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nice placing by hagen! |
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:20
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Please let us not have crazy norwegians arguing Hagen has a chance hell of winning the ENECO
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:21
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meh i only watched the last 15 minutes of the prologue, they don't intrest me.
But let's see if tomorrows stage is good.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:24
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he doesnt stand a chance, but third place is a good placing. all i'm saying |
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Posted on 20-08-2008 16:27
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helGn wrote:
he doesnt stand a chance, but third place is a good placing. all i'm saying
I didn't mean you. I said let's hope it doesn't happen in the future
This, because most norwegian cycling fans (most of whom haven't actually seen hagen ride) think he'll be a grand tour contender, that he can handle hills that's he's great in cobbles.
None of which is true...
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