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Recent content by Signor Corleone

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    Montepaschi Strade Bianche replays

    Signor Corleone Hi Hitch, It's being shown for an hour, on RAI SPORT 2, at 19.30. CET.
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    I think I'm going bald?

    Signor Corleone "I think I'm going bald. A great song by Canadian Rock band Rush...
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    Well Done Geelong!

    Signor Corleone What a pity they didn't have European cameramen, especially on the motorbikes. The guys they used couldn't keep their cameras still, with the pictures wobbling all over the place. Same yesterday with the ladies. At times the cameras were out of focus as well. They're...
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    Delhi Commonweatlh games: Would you go?

    Signor Corleone Not bloody likely!!!
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    Laurent Fignon died

    Signor Corleone Wonderful racing, I remember it as though it was yesterday. I watched the Tour this year on France2 and France3, Laurent was co commentating. Some days he had to rest, then the other Laurent, Jalabert, took over for him. How insipid much of todays racing seems, by...
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    Team Sky pulling a PDM?

    Signor Corleone DON'T BE A SILLY BILLY!!! Complexion is the way it's spelt
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    Frank and Fuentes

    It wasn't Kreb's post if you care to look, it was The Swordsman! I'm also familiar with what you are going through, as I too was in a car crash in1976, which left me in a cervical collar and a plaster body cast for months. All these years later I still have to visit an Osteopath weekly. Also...
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    Frank and Fuentes

    Signor Corleone Every word you write is true. Most people haven't a clue unless they've experienced it.
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    Frank and Fuentes

    Signor Corleone Sorry, ChrisE; I certainly don't have a chip on either shoulder! Good Luck.
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    Frank and Fuentes

    Signor Corleone Sorry,I'm still quite new to the computing game, but as a multi stroke victim who can only look at my bikes,with my brain not always working as it should, I'm sure you can forgive me this time, or maybe I should stop contributing?
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    Frank and Fuentes

    Now the Vuelta is under way, do you think Frank Schleck's gynaecologist, Senor Fuentes, will be calling round at the Saxo Bank team bus with some more 'Training Plans?'
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    Best Rider Never to Win World Pro/Elite Road Race

    Signor Corleone Do you mean before he was caught for EPO, or afterwards when apparently riding clean?
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    Best Rider Never to Win World Pro/Elite Road Race

    Signor Corleone The trouble nowadays the World Championships seem to have been devalued somehow, with many riders winding down after "Le Tour". There have been far less talented riders than the Schleck brothers, who have won the title Many of you around my age,65, will remember Harm...
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    Best Rider Never to Win World Pro/Elite Road Race

    Best rider never to win Pro or Elite World Road Title. Who in your opinion, is the best rider never to win the World Pro or Elite Road Title? My choice would be Roger De Vlaeminck of Belgium, one of the greatest single day riders of his generation, and incidentally, the winner of...
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    Final australian worlds selection

    Signor Corleone Just had a look at the UCI rules and both the defending champions, on the road and MTB are allowed to start, in addition to the number of starters that the National Federation of such Champions may enter under the qualification regulations.