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Recent content by martincov

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    your ideal tour..

    Some guys have obviously been doing a lot of thinking. Hope M. Prudhomme takes note of some of these great ideas. As for my thoughts, how about an ITT where the riders get no indication whatsoever about split-times, nor can they use ear pieces or even any means of checking their speed (i.e...
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    Australian Team for Grand Tours

    I reckon that, as the new Sky team is likely to be only 50% Brits, it's likely we'll need some Aussies to help. Stuey for his experience? Cadel to help Wiggo in the mountains??
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    Cav and Humility

    Cippollini made a pretty good job of doing the same thing and how many Tde F's or Giro's did he finish? Cav will gain humility as he ages - he's still acting a bit immaturely but never fails to thank his team for their hard work. At the end of the day I think he would have been pretty...
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    Official Thread: Stage 16 TdF Martigny - Bourg-Saint-Maurice

    How about this for an idea? Columbia get a couple of guys to pace Cavendish up the first mountain then lead him down for him to gobble up the points of the two sprints and close the gap on Thor. Bit far fetched??