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09-07.-2004, 04:00 AM
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Re: Another lame tour
"Rude Dog" <snjr.spam@charter.net> wrote in message news:<10eoranbnce2k16@corp.supernews.com>...
> I'm glad Americans are doing so well in the tour, however, > I am disappointed this tour looks like it will be as > boring as most have been in recent years (excluding last > year which had some excitement). > > Here is what will happen: Lance and team will keep > everything contained until the mountain stages. On the > first or second day of the mountain stages, LA & Posties > will set a high tempo. Tyler, Jan, Bobby, Levi, and a few > errant Spanish riders will attack. LA will cover them and > then either set such a high tempo no one else attacks, or > launch an attack that takes 2-3 minutes out of closets > competitors. From that time on, LA will simply follow the > wheels of his competitors and win a sixth TDF. BORING! Maybe that's what you expect to happen, but you're a fool to think that's the only way it can go down. Shame on you for thinking the world's greatest spectacle in sport is some predetermined slog around France! AND you were a professional racer? Inexcusable! Roland |
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09-07.-2004, 06:01 AM
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Re: Another lame tour
"Rude Dog" <snjr.spam@charter.net> wrote in message news:<10eqi3lbsdvv08@corp.supernews.com>...
> Tom you are such a ignoramus... you think anyone with a > dissenting opinion doesn't understand the sport. I > understand the sport very well having ridden on a > professional team as a Cat 1 and having promoted over 200 > races, I am qualified to make an observation that this > tour will likely be boring. SN Junior, So why the juvenile "Rude Dog" sobriquet? Too afraid to use your real name? Tour 2004 is freaking FAR from boring. Do you get OLN? Ever raced in super windy and wet conditions Junior? -Ken > "Tom Kunich" > You know it wouldn't be half so boring if > you understood the sport at all.< |
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09-07.-2004, 06:15 AM
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Re: Another lame tour
"Rude Dog" <snjr.spam@charter.net> wrote in message news:<10eoranbnce2k16@corp.supernews.com>...
> I'm glad Americans are doing so well in the tour, however, > I am disappointed this tour looks like it will be as > boring as most have been in recent years no shit dumbass, that's why the real fans only get fired up for the classics. |
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09-07.-2004, 10:01 PM
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Re: Another lame tour
Uhhh... my name is Rude. I am Native American, the "dog"
part is a nickname. However, I do stand corrected... The Tour De France GC RACE IS BORING! The stage yesterday was very exciting! Rude |
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10-07.-2004, 03:48 AM
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Re: Another lame tour
"Rude Dog" <snjr.spam@charter.net> wrote in message news:<10et53hk6nh4m24@corp.supernews.com>...
> Uhhh... my name is Rude. I am Native American, the "dog" > part is a nickname. > > However, I do stand corrected... The Tour De France GC > RACE IS BORING! The stage yesterday was very exciting! Well at least that's good to hear. > > Rude |
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10-07.-2004, 04:46 AM
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Re: Another lame tour
"James Spencer" <jspencer78REMOVE@charter.net> wrote in message
news:070720041855270509%jspencer78REMOVE@charter.net... <SNIP> > A lot of folks are thinking Alp d'Huez will decide but my > personal guess is that while the TT will break things up > some, it will be DECIDED the day AFTER Alp d'Huez. You are probably correct. Lance thinks so too. >At that point, the most fit and most prepared will win. >Personally, I would not bet against LA and Postal but >Ullrich and Hamilton are very, very strong and I'm not yet >ready to count out Mayo and E-E or even Saeco. Mayo took a >bad whack yesterday and today but if he takes 2 minutes out >of Lance on Alp d'Huez like he did last month on the >Ventoux, this is still a race. The Alpe d'Huez time trail is about half the distance of Ventoux. Given the same conditions, I think it would be tough for Mayo to take more than a minute from Lance. I think Lance was shooting for a specific level of performance on Ventoux. I tend to agree with Ullrich that it was not an accurate representation of Lance's true form. <SNIP> > Sorry; here endeth the lesson. I don't think the the results of this race are a foregone conclusion. Crashes, Illness, etc may still have a say in the outcome. -T |
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