Recent content by groverjones

Did I miss some news? Eddy is well and truly alive. Perhaps you meant, "if Eddy Merckx was still racing today".. No, I don't think it's possible for anyone to win all three tours in a single year. Three in a row, absolutely (Vuelta, Giro, Tour), but as someone else said that'd be over...

Would've been nice to see Sastre win, but without attacking further out he didn't have a lot of chance. Nice play by the Spaniards to make Vino lead them out though.

I think Heinrich is doing pretty well meeting his expectations. Hopefully when he comes back, he'll be stronger, and win everything.... :D

So, and this is almost certainly going over old ground, why don't they determine the WC rankings based on the previous 12 months, rather than the single season up until August 15?

Anyone know of any English or French language coverage online? Eurosport in Aus doesn't appear to be showing it, and Steephill are only listing Basque and Flemish coverage. Edit: and Italian...

Ah, I was not aware of this. I withdraw my comment, and declare the debate over.

Conversely, why reward countries that don't have the necessary points to be in the top 10 with more spots, just because they're "strong nations". I don't see the issue.

That was the exact stage that I first recall watching. It really struck a chord with me, and the next week I convinced my Dad to buy me a new bike (I was 11), and I joined the local track squad. Over 20 years later, I'm still riding, and race occassionally.

I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering this. Wasn't Alonso behind it?

If you want UFC, it's on another channel...

Yep, that's the exact same reply that LA gives. "I've never failed a control". Of course, we know he has, but they never respond - "I have never doped".

Wonderful list there, "ThisFrenchGuy", which I think leads to the conclusion that there was systemic doping at least in '98 - '06. You'd assume that with T-Mobile still doping up to '06, the other teams would have very similar programmes, ableit with higher and higher degrees of skill and...

Hmm, thought I'd seen this before. The article below is cited on Landis' wiki page, and is dated from April: http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/greenpeace-revelations-sur-l-affaire-d-espionnage_754205.html Obviously it's in French, but you can use good translate if you need to.

Bereopsrenner, you really are the reason that I love this forum so much, and why after so long reading, I decided to jump in and log on. Is it that the locals recognised the testers, or is it that they were given friendly advice that the testers were in town? How does one beat the tests...

Yep, me too. Didi just proves that fans can be nuts but not have to run along side spitting and screaming at the riders.