Fedrigo-Pellizotti was a classic sprint
07-14-09, 11:40 AM
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Yeah I had the same experience trying to explain US Football to my Brazilian girlfriends parents. It's not possible.
07-14-09, 11:45 AM
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Even an exciting race or stage still going to take 4-6 hours or more and so is going to have long stretches where not much is changing. In this respect, it is kind of similar to baseball, and for my money, they both make great background noise - have it on while you are working, look up every so often, start really paying close attention for the last half hour. So I don't really mind a "boring" stage like today when it's happening at a reasonable time; now if I'd gotten up at 5 am to watch it live?
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Ya know when I say that baseball is boring my friends who are big fans shoot back and say 'it's better than cycling or F1'. Actually it's not better its the same. If you are really into baseball and actually care what a red headed batter hits against blond left handed pitchers on the second Tuesday of July at 3pm then it's exciting. The same way golf is exciting for golfers and cycling is for us. Although they argue that Baseball is a thinking mans sport I say no. It's slow so stupid people can keep up.
I think DVR's are the greatest development for cycling coverage. I usually read the live feed at work, then am able to watch the highlights at home. You can rewatch the fun bits (like the sprints, Cadel's early stage attacks, etc.). Good times.
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Thanks for fixing that. You've made me and the rest of the mouthbreathers terribly happy. Now where is that drooling idiot emoticon when I need it?
07-14-09, 01:18 PM
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I'd be interested to know what really happened in that sprint. It's obvious that the sprint started early, although I'm not convinced it was just because Fedrigo pretended to leave an opening. Since there was a turn fairly close to the line, an early sprint may actually make sense. At least in the heat of the moment.
A baseball game is a good place to have a beer on a summer evening. I have a lot of patience watching games though, I have watched pros play Go, and they only make a few moves before lunch, particularly at the beginning. And there are hundreds of moves in a game.
Cricket seems like it is more exciting than baseball, you actually have to pay attention to keep up with what is going on.
A baseball game is a good place to have a beer on a summer evening. I have a lot of patience watching games though, I have watched pros play Go, and they only make a few moves before lunch, particularly at the beginning. And there are hundreds of moves in a game.
Cricket seems like it is more exciting than baseball, you actually have to pay attention to keep up with what is going on.
07-14-09, 03:52 PM
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I'd be interested to know what really happened in that sprint. It's obvious that the sprint started early, although I'm not convinced it was just because Fedrigo pretended to leave an opening. Since there was a turn fairly close to the line, an early sprint may actually make sense. At least in the heat of the moment.
A baseball game is a good place to have a beer on a summer evening. I have a lot of patience watching games though, I have watched pros play Go, and they only make a few moves before lunch, particularly at the beginning. And there are hundreds of moves in a game.
Cricket seems like it is more exciting than baseball, you actually have to pay attention to keep up with what is going on.
A baseball game is a good place to have a beer on a summer evening. I have a lot of patience watching games though, I have watched pros play Go, and they only make a few moves before lunch, particularly at the beginning. And there are hundreds of moves in a game.
Cricket seems like it is more exciting than baseball, you actually have to pay attention to keep up with what is going on.
After looking at the video again (and again and again), it could be that Fedrigo was just moving to his left right before the sharp right-hand turn, setting up for the turn, and Pellizoti decided to attack at that moment, which is a good move, since common wisdom is to attack right before a corner.
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The Sanchez sprint, for those that missed it. Both this and the Fedrigo-Pellizotti sprints were great, I though Pellizotti would have that for sure.
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The Sanchez sprint, for those that missed it.
07-14-09, 09:54 PM
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Classic move by Casar. Use the inevitable slowdown after the capture to attack and make a run for it. Possibly he didn't get the gap he wanted on LLS which allowed LLS to rest and then attack him for the win.
