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Tour de France 2008: Pre-race Talk

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Old 05-07.-2008, 12:33 PM   #76
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re: Horner interview on CN - Horner always seems to have good insight about strategy stuff ... his comments about Beloki in 2003 (ie, why was he riding so aggressively in the first place when he crashed?) were interesting, never thought about it like that before.
Yeah... it was interesting that he said that riders sometimes act more defensively at the Tour... just to protect a top five or so spot... let alone a podium position.

It would be a shame if a guy's coming second... and he doesn't want to attack for first... because of the risk of blowing up and losing his place.
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Speak for yourself buddy! I don't check CN on a regular basis, and so appreciate the links posted here.
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and Sastre at 14/1? Fair enough he didn't show great form at the Dauphine but he's been around long enough to know what he's doing. 4th last year, 3rd the year before, he could be worth a punt.
and did I put a tenner on him to win? Did I fark!
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Here's the original list of favourites... and their finishing position in brackets on the left...

[2]Evans 9/4
[9]Valverde 9/2
[4]Menchov 13/2
[DNF]Cunego 11/1
[12]Andy Schleck 12/1
[1]Sastre 14/1
[DNS]Gesink 14/1
[DNS]Rogers 25/1
[DNS]Anton 28/1
[DNF]Soler 35/1
[6]Franck Schleck 35/1
[7]Sanchez 40/1
[DNF]Devolder 40/1
[45]Zubeldia 40/1
[DNS]Dekker 45/1
[24]Popovych 50/1
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Here's the original list of favourites... and their finishing position in brackets on the left...

[2]Evans 9/4
[9]Valverde 9/2
[4]Menchov 13/2
[DNF]Cunego 11/1
[12]Andy Schleck 12/1
[1]Sastre 14/1
[DNS]Gesink 14/1
[DNS]Rogers 25/1
[DNS]Anton 28/1
[DNF]Soler 35/1
[6]Franck Schleck 35/1
[7]Sanchez 40/1
[DNF]Devolder 40/1
[45]Zubeldia 40/1
[DNS]Dekker 45/1
[24]Popovych 50/1


Very interesting list : Popo 50/1.
Popovych should be at 1,500/1 given the demise in his form.

On Eurosport yesterday, David Harmon said that a week ago a friend of his got odds of 80/1 on Kohl reaching the podium in Paris.
Nice odds.
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