Dear Mark Cavendish:
08-19-09, 11:30 AM
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Dear Mark Cavendish:
Thank-you for not racing the Eneco Tour of Benelux.
Sincerely,
Tyler Farrar
https://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielr..._rit_1_verslag
also, this video should be in that other thread on crashing out other riders.
also, also, cool to see Farrar winning after being so competitive in the sprint finishes at the TdF.
Sincerely,
Tyler Farrar
https://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielr..._rit_1_verslag
also, this video should be in that other thread on crashing out other riders.
also, also, cool to see Farrar winning after being so competitive in the sprint finishes at the TdF.
08-19-09, 12:02 PM
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Really happy to see tyler succeed, but i think i still have a soft spot for boonen (no ****). Looks like he tries to come around but he feels the wind and says "aww hell naw! nvm, i'll take second." I hope he's on form for the vuelta.
08-19-09, 12:08 PM
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i'm a big boonen fan. love the way he races in the classics. but as far as him as a field sprinter goes, the past few years suggest that either others are getting faster or he's getting slower. I'm not sure which.
08-19-09, 12:13 PM
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Boonen had a flat with 10k to go, so I'm sure the energy spent to catch back on affected his sprint.
Farrar deserves every win he gets. His skills in the tight ones are fantastic.
Sprinter bravado all the way.
Farrar deserves every win he gets. His skills in the tight ones are fantastic.
Sprinter bravado all the way.
08-19-09, 12:13 PM
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Looked like that Euskadel-Euskadi rider didn't know how to mix it up in a sprint, he was all over the place.
08-19-09, 01:29 PM
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08-19-09, 04:39 PM
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08-22-09, 11:06 AM
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Alright - thread bump time for Tyler Farrar being such an animal.
4 wins this week?
3x 1st & 1x 2nd... good grief!
One interview (with JV?) was talking about needing to get him some wins to give him mental confidence and a winner's mentality... I'd say Garmin is doing that well.
Also, huge props for EBH, he is showing really strong. One of the days he attacked repeatedly in the last kms of the race - and still got 2nd in the sprint!
EBH isn't quite a typical sprinter, so his doing so well is also pretty impressive in my mind.
4 wins this week?
3x 1st & 1x 2nd... good grief!
One interview (with JV?) was talking about needing to get him some wins to give him mental confidence and a winner's mentality... I'd say Garmin is doing that well.
Also, huge props for EBH, he is showing really strong. One of the days he attacked repeatedly in the last kms of the race - and still got 2nd in the sprint!
EBH isn't quite a typical sprinter, so his doing so well is also pretty impressive in my mind.
