Evans strikes back

Nice race, and it's cool to have a "real" WC for once, not some
sprinter dude who got lucky.

As much as Evans has been ridiculed for whining, and unlucky this
year, Kohl and Dekker positives, the Dauphine where he faced a
Contador/Valverde coalition, the TDF meltdown, the Vuelta puncture, he
certainly showed a lot of class today.

What a race too, only the best survived and Cancellara showed he's got
the legs but not necessarily the brains...

On Sep 27, 1:31*pm, Keith wrote:
Nice race, and it's cool to have a "real" WC for once, not some
sprinter dude who got lucky.

For once?

Ballan ... not a lucky sprinter dude
Bettini ... wasn't a bunch sprint either time
Boonen ... not really a sprinter dude who gets lucky
hmm ... Freire, must have a lot of lucky to do it 3x
Cipo? That wasn't luck ... it was a race totally controlled by the
Italians and set up to perfection.

Cancellara showed he's got
the legs but not necessarily the brains...

that might be accurate.

In article ,
" wrote:

On Sep 27, 1:31*pm, Keith wrote:
Nice race, and it's cool to have a "real" WC for once, not some
sprinter dude who got lucky.

For once?

Ballan ... not a lucky sprinter dude
Bettini ... wasn't a bunch sprint either time
Boonen ... not really a sprinter dude who gets lucky
hmm ... Freire, must have a lot of lucky to do it 3x
Cipo? That wasn't luck ... it was a race totally controlled by the
Italians and set up to perfection.

Thanks for posting that.

--
tanx,
Howard

Caught playing safe
It's a bored game

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

On Sep 27, 5:29*pm, " wrote:
On Sep 27, 1:31*pm, Keith wrote:

Nice race, and it's cool to have a "real" WC for once, not some
sprinter dude who got lucky.

For once?

Ballan ... not a lucky sprinter dude
Bettini ... wasn't a bunch sprint either time
Boonen ... not really a sprinter dude who gets lucky
hmm ... Freire, must have a lot of lucky to do it 3x
Cipo? *That wasn't luck ... it was a race totally controlled by the
Italians and set up to perfection.




Dumbass -

Please don't contradict Keith and his "30 years' worth of cycling
knowledge". He always shows himself to be a master analyzer of the
sport. How dare you!

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:29:10 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 27, 1:31Êpm, Keith wrote:
Nice race, and it's cool to have a "real" WC for once, not some
sprinter dude who got lucky.

For once?

Ballan ... not a lucky sprinter dude
Bettini ... wasn't a bunch sprint either time
Boonen ... not really a sprinter dude who gets lucky
hmm ... Freire, must have a lot of lucky to do it 3x
Cipo? That wasn't luck ... it was a race totally controlled by the
Italians and set up to perfection.

You're right, I meant a GT GC contender, the cyclists I generally care
for. The last one was Olano in 1995, before he was a GC contender
actually. Maybe Jalabert would have won that year if he hadn't slacked
out. They did take place pretty late if memory serves, October 8th
from the top of my head.

Cancellara showed he's got
the legs but not necessarily the brains...

that might be accurate.

And herer's the proof : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pICMVTT7rIc I
put a little note ;-)

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:50:24 +0200, Keith wrote:

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:29:10 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 27, 1:31*pm, Keith wrote:
Nice race, and it's cool to have a "real" WC for once, not some
sprinter dude who got lucky.

For once?

Ballan ... not a lucky sprinter dude
Bettini ... wasn't a bunch sprint either time
Boonen ... not really a sprinter dude who gets lucky
hmm ... Freire, must have a lot of lucky to do it 3x
Cipo? That wasn't luck ... it was a race totally controlled by the
Italians and set up to perfection.

You're right, I meant a GT GC contender, the cyclists I generally care
for. The last one was Olano in 1995, before he was a GC contender
actually. Maybe Jalabert would have won that year if he hadn't slacked
out. They did take place pretty late if memory serves, October 8th
from the top of my head.

I like Menchov a lot. And Valverde.

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:30:18 -0700 (PDT), KG
wrote:

Dumbass -

Please don't contradict Keith and his "30 years' worth of cycling
knowledge". He always shows himself to be a master analyzer of the
sport. How dare you!

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

Never trade illusions for knowledge anyway. Illusions are easy to
maintain. Allusions are generally ignored.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

On Sep 28, 5:50*am, Keith wrote:
You're right, I meant a GT GC contender, the cyclists I generally care
for. The last one was Olano in 1995, before he was a GC contender
actually.

if I recall correctly ... Olano was considered to have been extremely
lucky in getting that win. (everyone marking Indu? don't recall
exactly ... but remember Olano being considering getting a "lucky" win
via circumstance).

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:50:18 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 28, 5:50*am, Keith wrote:
You're right, I meant a GT GC contender, the cyclists I generally care
for. The last one was Olano in 1995, before he was a GC contender
actually.

if I recall correctly ... Olano was considered to have been extremely
lucky in getting that win. (everyone marking Indu? don't recall
exactly ... but remember Olano being considering getting a "lucky" win
via circumstance).

Lucky?

Did you see the race? I watched the video and for sure people marking
Indurain helped, but it was a war over the last hour. Very deserving
winner.

On Sep 28, 8:16*am, Johnny Twelve-Point presented by JFT
wrote:
if I recall correctly ... Olano was considered to have been extremely
lucky in getting that win. (everyone marking Indu? *don't recall
exactly ... but remember Olano being considering getting a "lucky" win
via circumstance).

Lucky?

Did you see the race? I watched the video and for sure people marking
Indurain helped, but it was a war over the last hour. Very deserving
winner. *

no, have not seen that one. just recalling (what I remember as) the
gen'l feeling at the time (which I admit may not be accurate). I
thought there was a final, small-ish group that included Indu and
other favorites, and Olano got away and everyone watched Indurain (and
Pantani maybe? don't remember who all was there)