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| niconico |
Posted on 07-04-2008 15:08
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It's on right now. Watch it on Cycling.tv
From CyclingNews.com:
There will be a top-notch cast of contenders: Last year's Tour de France winner Alberto Contador (Astana), who is on hot form, will have to battle for the victory with, amongst others, Australian Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Spaniards Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) and José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Scott), Italians Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Damiano Cunego (Lampre) and World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), as well as young Dutchman Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
Also CSC has Andy and Frank Schleck present, but Andy doesn't look like he's been on form all season.
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Posted on 07-04-2008 15:10
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GO CUNEGO !!!!!  |
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| robert_psv |
Posted on 07-04-2008 15:11
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Did you forget Gesink?
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Posted on 07-04-2008 15:12
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Aswell as Ricco if you can call him a contender proabaly getting ready for hte hilly classics and giro.
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| p3druh |
Posted on 07-04-2008 15:12
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robert_psv wrote:
Did you forget Gesink?
Look at the list... Do you see any teams with 2 riders?
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| niconico |
Posted on 07-04-2008 15:12
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Yeah sorry bout that, here's the entire startlist
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| Wyman |
Posted on 07-04-2008 15:13
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i know what you doing  giving us a hell of a strong list of favourites |
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Posted on 07-04-2008 15:18
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p3druh wrote:
robert_psv wrote:
Did you forget Gesink?
Look at the list... Do you see any teams with 2 riders?
Yes CSC, actually even 3, look under in the post..
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| p3druh |
Posted on 07-04-2008 15:23
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robert_psv wrote:
p3druh wrote:
robert_psv wrote:
Did you forget Gesink?
Look at the list... Do you see any teams with 2 riders?
Yes CSC, actually even 3, look under in the post..
Read the whole post 
Where does it say they are contenders?
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Posted on 07-04-2008 15:25
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Why would he notice them if they wont be important?
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| p3druh |
Posted on 07-04-2008 15:29
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robert_psv wrote:
Why would he notice them if they wont be important?
Because they are big names that won't go for the overall classification but will bring fans to the race... No offense, but Gesink didn't do anything like what Frank and Andy did to deserve being mentioned in that post...
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| niconico |
Posted on 07-04-2008 16:23
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Contador made that look very very easy 
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Posted on 07-04-2008 16:30
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i thought Cunego looked quite good. what can i say i'm a fan |
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Posted on 07-04-2008 16:34
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1 - Contador na 3.39.22
2 - Mosquera op 3"
3 - Herrero op 8"
4 - Cunego
5 - Ricco
6 - Rebellin
7 - Velits
8 - Monfort
9 - Rodriguez
10 - Trofimov
11 - Tchopp
12 - Astarloza
13 - Ardila
14 - De la Fuente
15 - Evans
16 - Lobato
17 - Anton
18 - Vila
19 - Camano
20 - Dekker
21 - Schleck
22 - Gesink
23 - Kirchen
24 - Gomez Marchante
Contador is too strong |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-04-2008 17:22
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Good he isn't in the Tour  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-04-2008 17:28
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So basically the result everyone was expecting. Good. That makes me less sad that I can't watch it. It is usually one of the best races on the calendar.
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Posted on 07-04-2008 17:28
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CrueTrue wrote:
Good he isn't in the Tour
I thought that this would happen, because Astana isn't going to the Tour they are going to try to win every race they are in....on a side note Team Discovery veterans are havng great success this year. |
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Posted on 07-04-2008 18:16
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This is one of the races that Contador is focusing on this year, i think... |
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Posted on 07-04-2008 20:20
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schleck93 wrote:
This is one of the races that Contador is focusing on this year, i think...
He never said to be focusing or peaking atm, but way before f.ex. Paris - Nice and the Vuelta a Castilla y León, which won indeed... but this was not expected. |
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| kebowers |
Posted on 07-04-2008 22:02
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He made it look quite easy!!
I liked when he crossed the line, looked like he was sending a signal to SOMEONE... |
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