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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    he attacked Rujano, who got got back on -then Contador see's he's back and signals for him to work with him, he does stuff like that a lot. But hey ho he's deffo on another level no doubts.
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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    I find Contador a hard guy to like. he's Looking really good though. Hopefully there's some racing to come, and as others have said its not a rerun of the 2009 tour.
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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    Thing is the ad breaks are frequent and long.
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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    Saxo don't seem to have a strong team here, Lampre are just going to jab away at contador- try death by 100 cuts!
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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    Crappy weather where I am too, after 6 weeks of hot sunshine. 40 k to go all up hill
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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    I can't speakDutch or Italian -I'm a thick Pom!!
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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    Try this it may help, only one I can use on a mac, but there are others on steephill. http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_giro.shtml
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    Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

    Further up the post some one mentioned the Steephill TV site, I'm watching it on Gazzetta until British eurosport get off their fat arses- it's usually a good stream.
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    What's the point of cycling teams?

    I'm sure liquigas would still disconnect your supply if you didn't pay the bill though!
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    1973 Giro - The Stars and the Water Carriers

    Hope this isn't off topic,and the link works. It's a clip from a doc Called la course en Tete, listed in u tube as EddyMerckx -recorde da hora. I really like it, including the trumpets at the end when the triumphant Merckx is led away like a Medieval Knight. I sometimes try and channel this...
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    UCI in a panic over document in Friday's L'Equipe

    Don't understand the reasoning behind they're native English speakers so they are clean or less likely to turn to the needle when chasing a big contract or under pressure to get results, where does such a thing begin I've never heard of such a thing, until I lurked away on this site for a while...
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    Contador's head

    You chaps remind me of those "scientists" in the 1930's who used measure folk's craniums to verify it they had inferior genes or somat.
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    What's the point of cycling teams?

    Yes there's the Play boy element to it as well,even if it's not your own Money. Was it T.mobile that quit cycling in favour of Football,because he was a Fan(how any one can like football) citing the dreaded dopage prob's as the reason ...Excuse to withdraw.
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    What's the point of cycling teams?

    I'm no cycling historian but Back in the '60's didn't they experiment with trade/national teams, I think T.Simpson was riding for an ad hoc G.B team in the Tour the year he died. Agree that the benefits of sponsoring a cycling team not directly linked with cyclists seems vague, Is Astana is...
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    Outside Of Here

    Hi, New boy here, thought I'd post something to get off the mark!!ps. was going to post in the clinic but decided against..if ya not what I mean!!.
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