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Gesink?ak-zaaf said:dutch newspaper telegraaf suggests there will be another positive case announced tomorrow.
the normally well-informed mart smeets kind of suggested the same thing on tv just now. the way he said it suggests a rabo rider....
let the speculation continue!
Amsterhammer said:Not Boogerd, please.![]()
ilillillli said:did di luca just win the giro?
Escarabajo said:Gesink?
Hope not.
ak-zaaf said:i just can't imagine and i'm a bit of a sceptic.
my fear is that it's another rabo and because of that and the dekker case gesink can't make his tourdebut until next year.
hopefully i'm optimistic ;p
Thoughtforfood said:Yea, that could be a death blow.....if it is Rabo, then I am putting odds on Menchov. The UCI needs a big fish to show it is doing something because the little fish that got caught in round 1 of the passport thing just made everyone laugh.
Deagol said:If it is Menchov, how much more will it take for Rabobank to pull their sponsorship and bail on this sport, I wonder ????
Lots of bad press since Rasmussen...
ak-zaaf said:for the dutch speaking ones:
http://tour2009.nos.nl/video/bekijken/id/tcm:5-536499/mart-smeets-over-thomas-dekker
mart smeets gives away a lot by the way he speaks...
Tusher said:Please, please let it not be Gesink.
Amsterhammer said:Thanks for posting, I missed that earlier. Well. Well, well, well.
For non Dutch speakers, Mart Smeets (who has covered the Tour since time immemorial for Dutch tv) said that Breukink was in a difficult position, that there were other names, at least one of which would likely break tomorrow and that he felt it was time for Rabo to 'come clean'. He hinted that he knew much more....he also reported that Boonen had arrived in Monaco!
Amsterhammer said:....he also reported that Boonen had arrived in Monaco!
Thoughtforfood said:Dang, its gonna be a shoot out......
Man, I am all for riders who dope getting busted, but the timing is just funny. Long shot here, but is this the UCI getting back at ASO? Hold it till all that gets talked about in your race in the first week are the positives just before the first stage....especially if it is Menchov....
whiteboytrash said:.........errrr but he lives in Monaco. Is he not allowed to go home ?
Just in case, indeed. Apparentely, the riders participating in the Tour have to be present in Monaco at least a few days before the start, to undergo medical tests among other things. If Boonen's case only gets heard on thursday, and the judge decides he can race after all, at least the ASO can't ban him again for arriving in Monaco too late.Amsterhammer said:He didn't say it in a 'oh, and Tom Boonen has been seen returning to his house' kind of way. It was really a 'Tom Boonen wants to be sure he's near by just in case' kind of way. Explaining something like this is where the printed word cannot do justice to the inflection and emphasis given in speech.
whiteboytrash said:.........errrr but he lives in Monaco. Is he not allowed to go home ?