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Old 07-21-09, 08:43 AM
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I'm impressed too. Don't think it was chasing down his teammate, it's bringing one more up to give AC support. They just had a shot from JB saying "just sit there, don't do anything". So now there are 3 Astana in that group which has got to help for the downhill part.
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how good a descender is Contador?
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Um....LA still amazes me.....the older model is still crushing it....that was a great effort up to AC/Kloden.
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To be able to chase down the leaders as he did is just damn impressive, at any age, let alone 37.
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Originally Posted by gsteinb
Does he? He probably shouldn't believe in bigfoot or pink elephants either.
If AC goes to Caisse d'Epargne next year, I'll be sure to forward your advice.
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Riis is probably sheittin' himself watching that Astana effort.

Saxo-Bank looks undergunned now. They had it good in '08...not so this time around.
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ouch!
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oh snap
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Dannnng. Hope Jens is ok.
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that looked nasty.
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they really need to stop replaying that
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wtf Jens
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marchante also down.
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If you can't watch a crash you probably shouldn't go to Europe.
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wtf Jens
+1. Any idea what happened?
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They said he hit something but I didn't see anything, looks like the fork broke?
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I wonder if something dropped off another bike in front of him. It looked like he ran over something.
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I hope Jens is alright, that looked pretty bad.

I'm sure the ground is worse off, taking a hit from Jens, ouch.
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+1. Any idea what happened?
he crashed.
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They said he hit something but I didn't see anything, looks like the fork broke?
@cyclingfans: Radio L'Equipe speculating may have been a fork problem for Voigt. That hurt.
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R-sys?
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makes sense.
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Originally Posted by botto
he crashed.
Thank you Captain Data.
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Old 07-21-09, 09:00 AM
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Data was a lieutenant commander.
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incidentally, seeing as Voigt is an android sent here to destroy the peloton...
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