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2008 Tour De France : Stage 5 Cholet - Châteauroux 230 km Wednesday, July

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Old 10-07.-2008, 06:59 PM   #46
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Default Re: 2008 Tour De France : Stage 5 Cholet - Châteauroux 230 km Wednesday, July

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That 4 mm of Freire's wheel cost me $100...


To make matters worse... I think Oscar soft-pedaled in Stage 2 when he found out I had picked him...
You lost another $100 to thumper? Why didn't you post yours and thumper's picks for the stage? It adds to the entertainment here...
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Old 10-07.-2008, 07:10 PM   #47
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You lost another $100 to thumper? Why didn't you post yours and thumper's picks for the stage? It adds to the entertainment here...
Well I lost $50... but if Zabel had pipped Freire...I would have won. So the difference was $100. I lost by one point... 83 to 82...

I had McEwen, Cav, and Hunter. Thumper had Freire, Hushovd, and Steegmans. At first I thought I won with Cav coming in first... but we gave our first picks a weighting of 1.5, so his 2nd placing on his first pick (Freire) had more impact than my 8th placing (McEwen).

But the show's over folks. I realised that I was donating money to thunder like a newbie patsy at a poker game.
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Default Re: 2008 Tour De France : Stage 5 Cholet - Châteauroux 230 km Wednesday, July

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Poor old Soler. He's a tough bastard. He can't ride a bike properly yet he chooses cycling as a way of earning a living. Hard as nails. If he couldn't swim I'm sure he would have chosen alligator wrangling or surf lifesaving as a career. Tough as old boots


yeah, but he's a Columbian...I can almost see the careers guide at school:

1/ Drug lord
2/ Drug Lord
3/ Drug Lord
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he should donate his body to science so they can work out how the fark he can climb so well!...
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yeah, but he's a Columbian...I can almost see the careers guide at school:

1/ Drug lord
2/ Drug Lord
3/ Drug Lord
etc etc....
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he should donate his body to science so they can work out how the fark he can climb so well!...
LOL.

I think Pro Football/Soccer Player "shot" down the list after that Andres Escobar guy got shot 12 times in a car park for kicking an own goal for Columbia in the '94 World Cup which sent the Columbian team out of the tournament. The guy who shot him was yelling "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" as he delivered the 12 shots.
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Old 12-07.-2008, 01:01 PM   #50
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Wel, I came close in my guess. If you count second place as close.
The story of my life!
Story of Zabel's life, too.
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