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le tour 2006 course is dull.
le tour 2006 course is dull. The first week is all flat
stages with no team time trial. The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. The first time trial is this boring straight course. Nothing on it for a good bicycle handler to use to gain an advantage on a less skilled handler. Boring. What else can you say when the most exciting event of the day is Bobby Julich crashing out of the race? Everyone says the the mountain stages will shake out the field, but so what? It is always so. Can anyone make a case for this years mountain stages being intrinsically more interesting than other years mountain stages? They appear to me, admittedly inexpert, to be boring, tedious, and dull. Finally they evicerated the field with their petty doping circus. -- Michael Press |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Michael Press wrote: le tour 2006 course is dull. The first week is all flat stages with no team time trial. The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. The first time trial is this boring straight course. Nothing on it for a good bicycle handler to use to gain an advantage on a less skilled handler. Boring. What else can you say when the most exciting event of the day is Bobby Julich crashing out of the race? Everyone says the the mountain stages will shake out the field, but so what? It is always so. Can anyone make a case for this years mountain stages being intrinsically more interesting than other years mountain stages? They appear to me, admittedly inexpert, to be boring, tedious, and dull. Finally they evicerated the field with their petty doping circus. -- Michael Press If you can't reach the television to change the channel from your cell you should ask the warden to turn it to World Series Poker for you. Don't know much about le Tour do ya? Andy |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Michael Press wrote: le tour 2006 course is dull. The first week is all flat stages with no team time trial. The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. The first time trial is this boring straight course. Nothing on it for a good bicycle handler to use to gain an advantage on a less skilled handler. Boring. What else can you say when the most exciting event of the day is Bobby Julich crashing out of the race. admittedly inexpert, to be boring, tedious, and dull. Michael Press Sounds like a reflection of your own personality. Turn it off and watch something elseit the tour does not suit you. Ro |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Michael Press wrote: le tour 2006 course is dull. The first week is all flat stages with no team time trial. The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. The first time trial is this boring straight course. Nothing on it for a good bicycle handler to use to gain an advantage on a less skilled handler. Boring. What else can you say when the most exciting event of the day is Bobby Julich crashing out of the race? Everyone says the the mountain stages will shake out the field, but so what? It is always so. Can anyone make a case for this years mountain stages being intrinsically more interesting than other years mountain stages? They appear to me, admittedly inexpert, to be boring, tedious, and dull. Finally they evicerated the field with their petty doping circus. Isn't the route generally designed to reduce the past year's winner's advantage? This year's route has no TTT, fewer mountain stages and more sprint stages. I'm not sure why they'd feel that they needed to reduce an essentially leaderless team's "advantage", but it certainly seems like they designed it to give Disco some fits. R |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Michael Press:
Everyone says the the mountain stages will shake out the field, but so what? It is always so. Can anyone make a case for this years mountain stages being intrinsically more interesting than other years mountain stages? They appear to me, admittedly inexpert, to be boring, tedious, and dull. I think the mountains are always the most fascinating stages. It's a given that many riders will crack. The "peloton" (if it can be called that) on a late HC climb (think Alpe d'Huez) consists of about 4-5 riders! The riders are strewn about the mountain like debris from a passing car. There is no way to "fake it" up a mountain. There is no way to draft, either (going that slow, there isn't much wind to block anyway). And the difference between the French Alps and Pyrenees is exquisite. The Alps are longer but not as steep. The Pyrenees look easier on paper, but some of those climbs hit spots of 12 degree incline. Hitting a steep incline like that after 1500 miles are behind you, sometimes the rider just isn't ready to deal with that, and has to abandon the race on the spot. Get me the car, Jamison! I want a nap and a beer, and right now! Finally they evicerated the field with their petty doping circus. I agree with you 100% on this issue. It is indeed a circus. Guilty until proven innocent. No dirty blood tests, only rumor and innuendo. |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Everyone says the the mountain stages will shake out the
field, but so what? It is always so. Can anyone make a case for this years mountain stages being intrinsically more interesting than other years mountain stages? They appear to me, admittedly inexpert, to be boring, tedious, and dull. Right. Riders had been complaining that it was impossible to do back-to-back nasty stages without resorting to "recovery" aids, and not enough rest days. So they made the course less challenging, and a couple years ago added a second rest day. Finally they evicerated the field with their petty doping circus. Guess some people didn't get the memo... --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "Michael Press" wrote in message ... le tour 2006 course is dull. The first week is all flat stages with no team time trial. The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. The first time trial is this boring straight course. Nothing on it for a good bicycle handler to use to gain an advantage on a less skilled handler. Boring. What else can you say when the most exciting event of the day is Bobby Julich crashing out of the race? Everyone says the the mountain stages will shake out the field, but so what? It is always so. Can anyone make a case for this years mountain stages being intrinsically more interesting than other years mountain stages? They appear to me, admittedly inexpert, to be boring, tedious, and dull. Finally they evicerated the field with their petty doping circus. -- Michael Press |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Michael Press wrote:
le tour 2006 course is dull. The first week is all flat stages with no team time trial. The stage to Valkenberg wasn't flat or boring. The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. But its the July consensus is that its unfair. |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Michael Press wrote:
le tour 2006 course is dull. The first week is all flat stages with no team time trial. The stage to Valkenberg wasn't flat or boring. The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. But its the July consensus is that its unfair. |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Michael Press wrote:
The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. But its unfair. |
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le tour 2006 course is dull.
Donald Munro wrote: The TTT is good becaus it breaks the string of sprinter's stages. The TTT is fun to watch. Each team can be on stage alone, showing their abilities, techniques, tactics, and strategy. But its the July consensus is that its unfair. Dumbass - It's only unfair to teams who are unprepared. thanks, K. Gringioni. |
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