Dwars Door Vlaanderen '09
03-24-09, 03:02 PM
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Dwars Door Vlaanderen '09
translated "Across Flanders"
Many of the big "cobbled" stars will be honing the form. Past two winners are present, Chavanel and Boonen. No race is too small when it is Classics season! This weekend will be the GP E3 and Brabantse Pijl, but I'll save those semi's for another thread.
Many of the big "cobbled" stars will be honing the form. Past two winners are present, Chavanel and Boonen. No race is too small when it is Classics season! This weekend will be the GP E3 and Brabantse Pijl, but I'll save those semi's for another thread.
03-24-09, 03:22 PM
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Edit: MSR SPOILER Alert - don't scroll down.
Boonen's gotta be pissed about his ride at MSR, and at Cav's comments. Plus he'll have a killer team. I'll go way out on a limb and pick Tommeke to win.
Boonen's gotta be pissed about his ride at MSR, and at Cav's comments. Plus he'll have a killer team. I'll go way out on a limb and pick Tommeke to win.
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03-24-09, 05:37 PM
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MSR is already history.
Time to head back north.
VDB is starting. Cinelli will get more exposure from his starting, than the whole team will give them all year.
Time to head back north.
VDB is starting. Cinelli will get more exposure from his starting, than the whole team will give them all year.
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I'm going to keep picking Heinrich Haussler, just cause I like the alliteration. Plus, he doesn't have to worry about Hushovd leadouts gone wrong.
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I hope it pisses down rain and blows a gale in every single Belgian classic and semi-classic this year, except for Liege-Bastogne-Liege. I hope it snows for that one. Global warming stuffs up the Belgian classics IMO.
I also hope the weather for the Ronde is as bad as it was for the 1985 epic when Vanderaerden won. I'm also praying to baby jesus that Paris-Roubaix is muddy.
I also hope the weather for the Ronde is as bad as it was for the 1985 epic when Vanderaerden won. I'm also praying to baby jesus that Paris-Roubaix is muddy.
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Spoiler alert -don't scroll down
03-25-09, 09:30 AM
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interesting odds for the finish
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^^ was that comment about this race in particular?
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Quick Step bought Nico. That was complete BS. Probably a silly 5000Euro's.
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Rabo could learn a thing or two from QS.
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