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Good Stuff on the Ventoux
Amazing crowd, good racing. Incredible to watch Wiggins dig and get
back on so many times, he has great potential. Contador looked like if he'd wanted to, he could have finished minutes ahead. Frank didn't have the legs today, never saw him do anything that hurt Armstrong, who rode amazingly well for a 38 year-old guy with less than a year of comeback riding in his legs. Very epic, too bad every day in the Tour can't be so exciting. Oh, and as usual, incredible work by Saxo on the bottom slopes, their pace is astonishing. Andy Schleck is also a fantastic talent, if he could bring his TT up a notch, he'd be a tremendous threat. And I can't forget the strong performance of Kloden, who not only got back on but controlled the pace for at least 2 km. Here's to hoping for zero dope positives from the top 10. Brad Anders |
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Here's to hoping for zero dope positives from the top 10. Brad Anders I am hoping for 1 doping positive in the top 10 as always (grin). |
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On Jul 25, 1:46*pm, "Paul B. Anders" wrote:
Andy Schleck is also a fantastic talent, That's a major understatement. He was amazing -- cool as a cucumber -- jigging and mixing. Had he and Contador ridden just for themselves -- they'd probably have finished 5+ mins ahead of the rest. |
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On Jul 25, 10:56*am, Anton Berlin wrote:
Here's to hoping for zero dope positives from the top 10. Brad Anders I am hoping for 1 doping positive in the top 10 as always *(grin). Dumbass - If they want to keep with recent tradition, the yellow jersey needs to flame out (Flandis, Rasmussen). thanks, Kurgan. presented by Gringioni. |
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On Jul 25, 1:56*pm, Anton Berlin wrote:
Here's to hoping for zero dope positives from the top 10. Brad Anders I am hoping for 1 doping positive in the top 10 as always *(grin). Anton Berlin - potty mouth, dilettante, tool and ****tard and bottomfeeder? I think you test positive for 'dope' and you're not anywhere near top 3 billion in anything. I mean, not you personally, just what you post. Thanks. |
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"Paul B. Anders" wrote in message ... Amazing crowd, good racing. Incredible to watch Wiggins dig and get back on so many times, he has great potential. Contador looked like if he'd wanted to, he could have finished minutes ahead. Frank didn't have the legs today, never saw him do anything that hurt Armstrong, who rode amazingly well for a 38 year-old guy with less than a year of comeback riding in his legs. Very epic, too bad every day in the Tour can't be so exciting. Oh, and as usual, incredible work by Saxo on the bottom slopes, their pace is astonishing. Andy Schleck is also a fantastic talent, if he could bring his TT up a notch, he'd be a tremendous threat. And I can't forget the strong performance of Kloden, who not only got back on but controlled the pace for at least 2 km. Here's to hoping for zero dope positives from the top 10. Brad Anders You call that epic? Ha, ha, ha.. Andy put in like two little attacks near the end, that's it. Nobody else did anything except play tactics for the GC. Epic were the days when Fignon, Delgado and Lemond used to fight tooth and nail up Alp d'Huez. I think Lemond and Fignon was more exciting years ago, or Lemond and Chiappuccia. The massive amount of fans made the stage seem exciting, but the action didn't match at all. There was almost nothing exciting about the stage. I would of at least preferred to see Andy and Alberto go toe to toe, tooth and nail to the finish instead of Andy babysitting Frank. Tactics often kill real dramatic bike racing. Nothing epic about this stage, IMO. I think the Polka Dot KOM rider was somewhat exciting in his bid to catch the leaders, but other then that, it just seemed like the leaders were just pacing up the mountain. Where was Lance's attack of the day? Mount Ventoux itself is epic, but the action today was not. The overall pace up the mountain might of been quite good, but that doesn't make for exciting bike racing. The wind wasn't a factor according to Lance. Epic bike racing were the days of Coppi-Bartali, Merckx, Hinault, Lemond and Fignon, and some shades of that with Indurain, Pantani and Chiappuccia. Like I said, I was impressed with the crowds, but not the action so much. |
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:46:37 -0700 (PDT), "Paul B. Anders"
wrote: Amazing crowd, Armstrong said he thought the crowds were "half of America and all of the France." Good line. |
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On Jul 25, 8:54*pm, Johnny Twelve-Point presented by JFT
wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:46:37 -0700 (PDT), "Paul B. Anders" wrote: Amazing crowd, Armstrong said he thought the crowds were "half of America and all of the France." Good line. He seems to have won over the French, at least at Annecy there were teenage French girls who had written "Armstrong" atop their bosom, and were interviewed on the Pre stage show (they wanted to ask Fignon if Lance still could win the Tour). -ilan |
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On Jul 25, 1:33*pm, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote:
"Paul B. Anders" wrote in ... Amazing crowd, good racing. Incredible to watch Wiggins dig and get back on so many times, he has great potential. Contador looked like if he'd wanted to, he could have finished minutes ahead. Frank didn't have the legs today, never saw him do anything that hurt Armstrong, who rode amazingly well for a 38 year-old guy with less than a year of comeback riding in his legs. Very epic, too bad every day in the Tour can't be so exciting. Oh, and as usual, incredible work by Saxo on the bottom slopes, their pace is astonishing. Andy Schleck is also a fantastic talent, if he could bring his TT up a notch, he'd be a tremendous threat. And I can't forget the strong performance of Kloden, who not only got back on but controlled the pace for at least 2 km. Here's to hoping for zero dope positives from the top 10. Brad Anders You call that epic? Ha, ha, ha.. Andy put in like two little attacks near the end, that's it. Nobody else did anything except play tactics for the GC. Epic were the days when Fignon, Delgado and Lemond used to fight tooth and nail up Alp d'Huez. I think Lemond and Fignon was more exciting years ago, or Lemond and *Chiappuccia. The massive amount of fans made the stage seem exciting, but the action didn't match at all. There was almost nothing exciting about the stage. I would of at least preferred to see Andy and Alberto go toe to toe, tooth and nail to the finish instead of Andy babysitting Frank. Tactics often kill real dramatic bike racing. Nothing epic about this stage, IMO. I think the Polka Dot KOM rider was somewhat exciting in his bid to catch the leaders, but other then that, it just seemed like the leaders were just pacing up the mountain. Where was Lance's attack of the day? Mount Ventoux itself is epic, but the action today was not. The overall pace up the mountain might of been quite good, but that doesn't make for exciting bike racing. The wind wasn't a factor according to Lance. Epic bike racing were the days of Coppi-Bartali, Merckx, *Hinault, Lemond and Fignon, and some shades of that with Indurain, Pantani and Chiappuccia. Like I said, I was impressed with the crowds, but not the action so much. I found the infighting exciting, if for no other reason than you never know what someone might pull out of their butt with the pace changing so much. Which, it did, from what I saw and witnessed by Wiggins' catches, Pellizoti's honoring of the Peaux Rouge and so forth. Yeah, it might have been fun to see Andy drag-race 'Berto to the top, but with the time Conquistador had on Schleck, that wasn't going to happen, and there were other irons in the fire, with the GC leaders actually disputing the remaining podium and top-five placings. So maybe not "epic" but interesting and chancy, with Frank Schleck losing out to Lance Armstrong when it was all over. This might be seen in years to come as a noteworthy stage. Good thing they didn't have to cancel due to forest fire or whatever was going on there g. --D-y |
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On 25 Lug, 20:33, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote :....
I completely agree with you. It is not the pace that makes a race intersting, or epic if the case be, but the action. Today we have seen very little of that by those who should have displayed it. As a side remark, I think Andy should throw away his hearphone and get, instead, a camera to monitor and chack on his beloved brother, instead of risking a sore neck for turning backwards so often, Sergio Pisa P.s. Check spelling, BFMT: Claudio Chiappucci! |
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