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15-07.-2005, 10:19 PM
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Re: Valverde might withdraw from the race!!!!!!!!
Hopefully he´ll be all fine by the Vuelta... Sad, but this is life...
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15-07.-2005, 10:21 PM
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Re: Valverde might withdraw from the race!!!!!!!!
Bummer! The Tour's loss for sure. He's a fun guy to watch. See you next year Alejandro.
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15-07.-2005, 10:22 PM
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Re: Valverde might withdraw from the race!!!!!!!!
...................it's all over.
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15-07.-2005, 11:23 PM
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Re: Valverde might withdraw from the race!!!!!!!!
Yes, has has left the race on km. 76 of the stage.
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16-07.-2005, 12:58 AM
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Re: Valverde might withdraw from the race!!!!!!!!
This is another positive development from DC's perspective, although nobody wants a cyclist to withdraw from a race due to injury. First, one less potential competitor and attacker in the mountains -- Valverde gone. Second, Mancebo weakened as he is less likely to have a strong teammate in the high mountains.
Equally good is Popo has a very high chance for the white jersey, even if he works for LA. Karpets' chances are gone. Cantador (#3) is the higest placed meaningful white jersey challenge and he is at over 13 minutes to Popo.  Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 50.20.15 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.07 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.064 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 22.30 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41.32 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.49 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 45.48 Popo might have to work for LA in a way that strips him of the white jersey, and Contador is a good ITTist and good climber, but I like those odds of 13 minutes from everybody except for Kashechkin. Last edited by musette : 16-07.-2005 at 01:09 AM. |
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16-07.-2005, 02:54 AM
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Re: Valverde might withdraw from the race!!!!!!!!
Real pity, he was making the race interesting.
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