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auscyclefan94 said:
Maybe a team could hire him as a leadout man?

Great idea. Have your sprinter ride some 40 places behind Graeme, have Brown take out everyone in front of you and cruise to the finish line.
 
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issoisso said:
Actually, that's exactly Rabobank's idea this year. They're using him as a leadout man for Freire in bigger races.

But in smaller races the team gives him at least 3 guys on the flat stages. He gets his small wins every season, but it's looking harder every year.
 
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ak-zaaf said:
But in smaller races the team gives him at least 3 guys on the flat stages. He gets his small wins every season, but it's looking harder every year.
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issoisso said:
Actually, that's exactly Rabobank's idea this year. They're using him as a leadout man for Freire in bigger races.
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tgsgirl said:
Great idea. Have your sprinter ride some 40 places behind Graeme, have Brown take out everyone in front of you and cruise to the finish line.

:D
 
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Are we expecting Johnny Bellis to return at all? I haven't heard anything about him in a long time, I assumed he was pretty much out of the sport.
 
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AFAIK, Bellis hasn't retired, and his injuries weren't as bad as Saul Raisin's, and the doctors said it was ok for him to race again. And Saxo Bank are going out of their way to help him get better. Cavendish might be a ****, but he has gone out of his way to be there for Bellis whenever he has been needed. A true friend.

There is an interview with Bellis in the latest edition of Pro Cycling Magazine.
 
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I was just at the Universal Sports website and clicked to watch the Boston Marathon. It turns out they're charging $4.99 for the privilege. I was counting on them as my safety website for the Giro d'Italia, but am not feeling the love right now.
 
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I see that Peter Sagan is going to be riding Cali this year. We best get the hype train rolling now!

SO. How many stages will he win, and how big will the gap to 2nd on GC be by the time he wins the overall? I am going to go for a fairly conservative four stage wins and minute and a half on 2nd place, but I feel I'm probably underestimating.
 
Jamsque said:
I see that Peter Sagan is going to be riding Cali this year. We best get the hype train rolling now!

SO. How many stages will he win, and how big will the gap to 2nd on GC be by the time he wins the overall? I am going to go for a fairly conservative four stage wins and minute and a half on 2nd place, but I feel I'm probably underestimating.

Only a minute and a half? Its gonna be hard for most guys to stay within the time limit, methinks :p
 
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theswordsman said:
I was just at the Universal Sports website and clicked to watch the Boston Marathon. It turns out they're charging $4.99 for the privilege. I was counting on them as my safety website for the Giro d'Italia, but am not feeling the love right now.

Are they even going to cover a Giro sans Lance? I mean, it would be nice of they do, but...
 

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Jamsque said:
I see that Peter Sagan is going to be riding Cali this year. We best get the hype train rolling now!

SO. How many stages will he win, and how big will the gap to 2nd on GC be by the time he wins the overall? I am going to go for a fairly conservative four stage wins and minute and a half on 2nd place, but I feel I'm probably underestimating.


How many?

Billions and Billions and Billions
 
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BBox Bouygues Telecom Giro d’Italia roster: Yukiya Arashiro, William Bonnet, Anthony Charteau, Mathieu Claude, Guillaume Le Floch, Damien Gaudin, Joahnn Tschopp, Yuriy Trovimov and Thomas Voeckler.
 
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Sastre plans to ride the 3 GTs this season

Just heard from Pedro Delgado, who was commentator of LBL for Spanish TV: Sastre plans to do 3 GTs this year
 
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Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
interesting. He is gonna be crap at the vuelta, you heard it here first ;)

He's gonna be crap at one of them (at least), but I won't bet which one. I still recall Lejarreta doing the 3 GTs several times in the late 80's and early 90's and being worst at the Vuelta, which at the time was the first one of the season.