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De Snelle Duif said:Seems like Androni is bringing Van Hummel to spice up the finale
Dazed and Confused said:The lukewarmSteppers to do a 50-80km TTT somewhere mid race and then Boonen exits.
Should be enough firepower in team
11.BOONEN Tom
12.FENN Andrew
13.PETACCHI Alessandro
14.RENSHAW Mark
15.STEEGMANS Gert
16.TRENTIN Matteo
17.VANDENBERGH Stijn
18.VELITS Martin
to setup Ale-Jet FTW.
stijndefieuw said:You think the train will be for Petacchi? Not for Boonen ?
SKSemtex said:Viviani FTW. Sagan lead out.
Roude Leiw said:You could have spared bandwith by posting the profile like this
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wirral said:Not often I burst out laughing 3 times on the first page of a race thread. Great witty posts.
I was supposed to be working this morning, but I found myself daydreaming about this race and I came up with the thought.....what if the organisers picked a team with little chance and paid them to absolutely drill it from about 130 km for about 50 km. Probably no difference except a lot of angry sprinter's team.
Anyway, what is happening with the race? Has the obligatory non-entity mostly Belgian break consisting of 3 to 6 riders formed yet?
Before the start of the race, the 1947 winner Rene Mertens was remembered with a minutes silence after recently passing away.
This race is just odd.RedheadDane said:Okay, I read this:
And thought that by 'recently passing away' they meant 'in the last week', not - as is the case according to a Danish newspaper at least - dropping dead on the start line!
Dazed and Confused said:Race is scheduled to finish around 17:00. Exactly at the same time as Pais Vasco. Well done.
burning said:Who cares about Pais Vasco, this is the real deal.
Questionris said:I would, just to see Swift get in the mix