Le Tour: The Race Thread
07-30-09, 12:01 PM
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And some say he never blinks, and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves...
07-30-09, 12:26 PM
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Some say he only has one nut and can only be slain by a skinny Spaniard....
07-30-09, 12:50 PM
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07-31-09, 02:26 AM
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On further review:
Lost in all the Messiah blather is that 3 of the top ten GC contenders including the only guy who looks capable of attacking AC, the best sprinter not wearing the green jersey, and the other major sprint threat were White Jersey eligible. I'd say the kids were alright but it looks like Ricco will be back.
Nibali barely was mentioned but rode a very mature race and has improved every GT he's ridden, and he's made steady progress in the TT's. Chuck out the TTT and he slides past Kloden on GC.
As a friend pointed out Liquigas had a very good tour. With him, Basso, Pellizotti, and Kreuziger showing up to race next year, that's a team with some cards to play.
Lost in all the Messiah blather is that 3 of the top ten GC contenders including the only guy who looks capable of attacking AC, the best sprinter not wearing the green jersey, and the other major sprint threat were White Jersey eligible. I'd say the kids were alright but it looks like Ricco will be back.
Nibali barely was mentioned but rode a very mature race and has improved every GT he's ridden, and he's made steady progress in the TT's. Chuck out the TTT and he slides past Kloden on GC.
As a friend pointed out Liquigas had a very good tour. With him, Basso, Pellizotti, and Kreuziger showing up to race next year, that's a team with some cards to play.
07-31-09, 04:03 AM
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On further review:
Lost in all the Messiah blather is that 3 of the top ten GC contenders including the only guy who looks capable of attacking AC, the best sprinter not wearing the green jersey, and the other major sprint threat were White Jersey eligible. I'd say the kids were alright but it looks like Ricco will be back.
Nibali barely was mentioned but rode a very mature race and has improved every GT he's ridden, and he's made steady progress in the TT's. Chuck out the TTT and he slides past Kloden on GC.
As a friend pointed out Liquigas had a very good tour. With him, Basso, Pellizotti, and Kreuziger showing up to race next year, that's a team with some cards to play.
Lost in all the Messiah blather is that 3 of the top ten GC contenders including the only guy who looks capable of attacking AC, the best sprinter not wearing the green jersey, and the other major sprint threat were White Jersey eligible. I'd say the kids were alright but it looks like Ricco will be back.
Nibali barely was mentioned but rode a very mature race and has improved every GT he's ridden, and he's made steady progress in the TT's. Chuck out the TTT and he slides past Kloden on GC.
As a friend pointed out Liquigas had a very good tour. With him, Basso, Pellizotti, and Kreuziger showing up to race next year, that's a team with some cards to play.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cycl...-ban-for-ricco
07-31-09, 10:45 AM
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$4 million Euro is a lot of scratch to walk away from...funny how that money comes out of nowhere when Vino returns.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cont...s-astana-offer
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07-31-09, 10:48 AM
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$4 million Euro is a lot of scratch to walk away from...funny how that money comes out of nowhere when Vino returns.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cont...s-astana-offer
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07-31-09, 10:54 AM
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07-31-09, 10:55 AM
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just saw it... I'm not going to go eat lunch @ the basque block today 
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07-31-09, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by VeloNews
Astarloza, who was set to start the Clásica San Sebastián in his native Basque Country in northern Spain on Saturday, returned an “adverse analytical finding” for recombinant EPO in a urine sample collected in an out-of-competition control on June 26, just prior to the start of the 2009 Tour.
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07-31-09, 01:31 PM
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And I was cheering for the guy. Oh well, I stopped believing in the honesty of mankind a long time ago.
07-31-09, 01:39 PM
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i wonder if velogames will update the fantasy league to reflect this?
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07-31-09, 01:52 PM
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$4 million Euro is a lot of scratch to walk away from...funny how that money comes out of nowhere when Vino returns.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cont...s-astana-offer
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cont...s-astana-offer