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    Purito - Joaquim Rodriguez thread

    Que? My comments were refering to someone elses earlier comments. He may be viewed as a one trick pony but you understimate anybody if you dont believe they can adapt. Just because he's an explosive rider doesn't mean he cannot mark other riders and be in the right place at the right time...
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    Purito - Joaquim Rodriguez thread

    Must confess hadn't counted that a lot of his gains at la vuelta were the result of time bonuses - he'll have to be extra specially cagey;) The thought of him, Froome and Contador going at it hammer and tongs again is mouthwatering. Re last kilo attacks, hmmmm going to have to try and see...
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    Purito - Joaquim Rodriguez thread

    You shouldn't need to spend too long! He simply bides his time and marks other riders and puts himself in the frame at the right time, rather than going on the offensive of his own accord all the time. Think about the way Stephen Roche won in 1987 and Wiggins last year a stage race is...
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    Analysis on the 2013 GTs mountains by PRC

    Interesting stuff, shame i cannot read properly at work as our IT filters blog sites, but will check out later. Funnily enough, only last night while checking out the TDF route to see which stages I'll go and watch, it occured to me that, in fact, this years tour does not look particulary hard...
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    Teams & Riders Geraint Thomas

    Some common sense here! Mind you, you could've described Indurain as being a bit of a 'diesel'.....what will Geraint be doing in 10 years time?
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    Teams & Riders Geraint Thomas

    Interesting to see Geraint described as a 'diesel' when you think that the 4k Team pursuit is run off at sprint speed, I think you can describe someone like Jens Voigt as a 'diesel' but not someone capable of riding over sixty kilometers an hour for 4 minutes (sorry 3.53). - surely some mistake...
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    If I met a pro

    You need correcting, I did not say Cavendish was blameless, your memory fails you, what I did say is that he was not entirely to blame and that anyone who thought he was needed to go to specsavers. It's a fact that the original tour TT route, planned for stage 9, would have gone over level...
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    If I met a pro

    No, I agree, let that be an end to it. But let us all look below the surface when we see the news articles popping up. Don't take everything at face value. People were doing that with Armstrong for rather a long time.
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    If I met a pro

    You may have the benefit of more coverage (if you live in Spain?), however when you look into it the information is rather sparse isn't it? 'the only Spanish male pro on BikePure' - you've said it. If that doesn't tell you something, then I don't know what would. A convincing accident, ah...
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    If I met a pro

    I find the reporting of the incident remarkably detail free. Cannot imagine that would have been the case had it taken place in the UK. Coincidence or not that a major pharmaceutical company (that has invested in other smaller companies who produce recombinant EPO and alternatives, and...
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    If I met a pro

    If I met Contador, I'd ask him if he thought he'd been stitched up by the UCI, either with a British Tour winner in mind (that'll see Brits flocking to the Tour) or at the behest of Armstrong (since they seem to be his lackie and seemed altogether keener to see him banned as compared to their...
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    Who will win La Vuelta 2012?

    I don't think Contador was tired from the Giro on stage 18 of the TDF 2011, I think he was tired from clawing back a 1.30 odd deficit from the early stages and having been on the attack on both the preceding two stages. Can't blame him for having an off day on the Galibier. Schleck was flying on...
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    Ster ZLM Tour

    Some of the typical Cav detractors are notably absent, maybe they've just read this and think they'll need to go back to the drawing board...... http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533477/jens-voigt-gives-insight-in-to-cavendish-s-form.html
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    More Lège Bastogne Liège photos

    I think the photos are fine, you got yourself in the right places to take good shots. It'd be nice, since you've gone to the trouble, if you had a better response from those on here. I get the impression most here prefer to talk about these races as though they were there, and it pains them to...
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    Where to watch Liege Bastogne Liege?

    I've not been to LBL before but from what I've seen on the box I'd head for La Redoute,theres always someone stringing them out up there and it's often the springboard for the race winning move. Whilst it'd be good to see the showdown in the town it looks an unprepossessing place. I believe...
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