Robbie wins Giro d'Italia Stage Two sprint

Stage two wrap-up: McEwen wins first round of the sprinters
http://tinyurl.com/hwsa3
Davitamon-Lotto's Robbie McEwen has triumphed in the first sprinters'
stage of the Giro d'Italia, which finished in Marcinelle, on the
outskirts of Charleroi. After what looked to be a perfect leadout by
his Milram boys, Alessandro Petacchi just didn't have the legs to
prevent Olaf Pollack from pre-empting the sprint with 200m to go. But
McEwen wasted no time and grabbed Pollack's wheel, before powering past
on the inside to win by over a bike length. Third place went to Paolo
Bettini, with Petacchi a disappointed fourth.

McEwen takes stage win
http://www.sportal.com.au/othersport...=news&id=82197
Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen has dominated a sprint finish in the
second stage of the Giro d'Italia to beat strong rivals Alessandro
Petacchi and Paolo Bettini. McEwen (Davitamon) maintained his record of
winning at least one stage on the Giro each year since 2002, when he
edged German Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile), Bettini (Quick Step) and Petacchi
(Milram) in the closing metres of the 197km stage from Mons to Charleroi
Marcinelle in Belgium. Defending champion Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery
Channel) retained the leader's pink jersey and a lead of 11 seconds
over Australian Bradley McGee.


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gplama

gplama Wrote:
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With this nu fangled internerd, there's no more waiting for homing
pigeons


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cfsmtb

On 2006-05-08, gplama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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Darth Vader dies.

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TimC
An Emacs reference mug is what I want. It would hold ten gallons of coffee.
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TimC Wrote:

Darth Vader dies.


No, he is out with a fractured left knee-cap


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gplama

TimC Wrote:
Darth Vader dies.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!


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cfsmtb

TimC wrote:
On 2006-05-08, gplama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
****spoiler Alert*******

Darth Vader dies.


And Jar Jar gets decapitated by Anakin when Anakin turns to the Dark
Side ...

Oh wait, that was in the Fans Cut ...

gplama Wrote:
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not happy Jan! was just sitting here tryng to checkup on cnews



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flyingdutch

flyingdutch Wrote:
not happy Jan! was just sitting here tryng to checkup on cnews


Bollox, it's been on CN & Sportal for almost 12 hours.


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cfsmtb

cfsmtb wrote:

Bollox, it's been on CN & Sportal for almost 12 hours.

More than 24hrs now. You probably don't want to know Schumacher won
stage three & Petacchi is out .

Parbs