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Old 03-27-09, 01:50 PM
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I'm calling it now.

Leipheimer is winning the tour.
Contador will be 2nd.

That is all.
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Old 03-27-09, 01:54 PM
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based on ToC, P-N, and CyL?
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...but honestly i think he is all as strong as contador in the mountains...and a better TT'er, he has proven that he can climb with him, and if he not had team orders i think the Vuelta would have been his.
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Old 03-27-09, 01:56 PM
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based on ToC, P-N, and CyL?
Based on Leipheimer being an OG straight out of Compton.
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That's a big call. Really? LL over AC?
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LL is a pampered caucasian, but i think he's a lot meaner than AC.
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Leipheimer is winning the tour.
Contador will be 2nd.

That is all.
Add your Cubbies will win the World Series in 09 prediction and you'll be on to something here.
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unless LA and AC crash out no way.
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Leipheimer peaks early in the season.
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He was second in the Vuelta last year, and if it weren't for time bonuses he would have had ST as Contador. Since when has the Vuelta been held in the early season?
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Pffft!
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What if I win the Vuelta? Then what?
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What if I win the Vuelta? Then what?
Then you would have to give the TDF to Gsteinb.
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Armstrong is not winning a grand tour this year. Count him out.
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An entertaining notion young padwan. I think Contador drope kicks Levi up the climbs like Chuck Norris. Lose time in the trials, however, he shall.
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Then you would have to give the TDF to Gsteinb.
Fair is fair.
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Based on Leipheimer being an OG straight out of Compton.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
Add your Cubbies will win the World Series in 09 prediction and you'll be on to something here.
Done.
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ok, I'll second the prediction.

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More predictions:

Zabriskie will crash.
Cavendish will win 3 or more stages.
Way more coverage of LANCE! than the racing.
Some guy will be the new French hope for one day.
Buncha newbs in here asking stupid questions.
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
He was second in the Vuelta last year, and if it weren't for time bonuses he would have had ST as Contador. Since when has the Vuelta been held in the early season?
1994.
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Originally Posted by cedricbosch
Leipheimer peaks early in the season.
Do you race? Honestly?
You can peak more than once.
Notice how Tom Boonen (for example) can be at his peak for Paris-Roubaix and the Tour?
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Old 03-27-09, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Based on Leipheimer being an OG straight out of Compton.
Oh like this you mean?

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Originally Posted by CrimsonKarter21
Do you race? Honestly?
You can peak more than once.
Notice how Tom Boonen (for example) can be at his peak for Paris-Roubaix and the Tour?
I don't race, it's too hard.
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