Is a hip replacement considered a performance enhancer?SafeBet said:Can't be older than papi horner anyway.
38Arnout said:How old is Fred Rodriguez by the way? He must be something like 54 now?
Evans and Basso couldn't keep up, might be the altitude. They also both did the tour so might be tired from that, and of course they are both getting old. Phinny crashed earlier in the stage, don't know if that affected him or not.Samson said:What the hell happened with the likes of Evans, Basso, Phinny and Kangert![]()
Whenever the excessive sponsorship starts to bug me, I remind myself that the money is good for the sport.Arnout said:I'm starting to like US races, for some reason they seem to be very laid back and all that, but I cannot get used to the commentators willfully being used to sprout all kind of commercial crap. "The United Healthcare team classification, the Execy (wrongly spelled, no doubt) Sprint jersey etc", and always pronouncing Radioshack-Nissan-Trek and Liquigas-Cannondale.
Feels wrong and American at the same time.
In my opinion, not necessarily (the more money, the higher the stakes, the more risk averse), but I understand your point.Warhawk said:Whenever the excessive sponsorship starts to bug me, I remind myself that the money is good for the sport.
Oh, sure, there are certainly articulable drawbacks, but the alternative is much worse. It's not a cheap sport.Arnout said:In my opinion, not necessarily (the more money, the higher the stakes, the more risk averse), but I understand your point.
Garmin decided to ride hard. Tommy D sounded unfazed in that interview. Looking to dish it out. The break made sense for the KOM points.Samson said:What the hell happened with the likes of Evans, Basso, Phinny and Kangert![]()
Phinney was doing a lot of the work at the front - for about 120 km.Afrank said:Phinny crashed earlier in the stage, don't know if that affected him or not.