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    Official thread: Should descents be a factor in GC/ are Tour's descents too dangerous

    Too dangerous to put a finish line at the bottom of a technical descent. Name any race where there is a finish line at the bottom of a technical descent. That's for mountain biking. The difference is that you must take especially crazy risks to reach the finish line without giving up time...
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    worst descender

    I'm surprised; I thought Leipheimer was a very good descender. He's a former downhill ski racer, and I've descended a fairly difficult section with him before and I thought he was pretty bad *** (not that it means much to anyone else since you don't know me). I've also seen a lot of quotes...