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    Pulling a Wiggins

    perhaps not more ridiculous, but certainly less predictable. I seem to remember being pleased with odds of about 2-1 for the tour, whilst i'm not remotely tempted at the 40s being offered!
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    Pulling a Wiggins

    Also, re his TT form in the days when the consensus seems to be he may have been clean, it's not that bad when you take into account the riders who finished above him. In 2007, he finished fourth in the prologue to Luigi, Teflon Kloden and Hincapie, whilst in the second, longer Albi TT, he was...
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    Pulling a Wiggins

    I'd be half amused at the activity in here if he pulled a Boonen or Spartacus and just rode off into the distance with 40km to go, gaining time on a chasing pack of cobbled thoroughbreds! But I think we're safe from that prospect. As I've said elsewhere on here, if he was on TT form and had...
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    The Cycling Betting Thread

    Had a pretty miserable classics betting season - picked kwiatkowski but didn't get bet on in time, nearly went for stannard omloop - go for spartacus in e3 and sagan in flanders, had degenkolb e/w in e3 but didn't place a bet in gw! Think Spartacus will do it again Sunday but have probably...
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    The Cycling Betting Thread

    Couldn't agree more, I had Spartacus to win, degenkolb 28 e/w, stannard 40 e/w (thought about Thomas!) and thankfully Terpstra to finish top 3 @ 8s, which meant I broke evenish.. But yeah, some more life in this thread would be good. I'll post what I'm on in advance next time! Anyone got...
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    Di Luca tests positive for EPO in OOC test.

    Tweeted by Ricco earlier! Chemical Brothers springs to mind :p
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    Hardest riders in the peloton today?

    For historic riders, surely not many harder than the Badger
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    Nicest guys in the peleton?

    Dan Martin gets my vote
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    The Cycling Betting Thread

    Well that worked out well :D Tomorrow I'm going for di luca at 12s. Crap odds really but if ever a stage was built for il killer then surely this is it.
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    The Cycling Betting Thread

    Thought I'd spice up a bet on Cav today, fingers crossed! 08/05/2013 Treble To Win Ribbons @ 5/2 (GP) Win or E/W 15:30 HANDICAP 1m Win £3.00 Ruler Of The World @ 11/10 (GP) Win or E/W 14:45 CHESTER VASE 1m 4f 66y Win M Cavendish @ 8/11 Stage Betting Stage 6 Mola di Bari -...
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    The Cycling Betting Thread

    Breschel at 100s looks good value today