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Thoughtforfood said:Ah yes, the "he looks like a broken man" Paulism
Bala Verde said:Great or, ahem, fantastic *irony*
I read on one of the tickers that popofthebackovitch got popped of the back on the Plattwalzer... Any truth in that?
The GC contenders will probably say it was too wet, where as it was too windy before on Arcalis. What's next, too hot? Pavement too gravelly? Too many potholes? Leaves on the road (which is legitimate reason for dutch trains to have delays)? Too nippy? Too few spectators?
Thanks for the update!
Bala Verde said:Great or, ahem, fantastic *irony*
I read on one of the tickers that popofthebackovitch got popped of the back on the Plattwalzer... Any truth in that?
The GC contenders will probably say it was too wet, where as it was too windy before on Arcalis. What's next, too hot? Pavement too gravelly? Too many potholes? Leaves on the road (which is legitimate reason for dutch trains to have delays)? Too nippy? Too few spectators?
Thanks for the update!
Parrot23 said:Maybe he's going to turn himself inside out.
Parrot23 said:Sorry, folks, I don't believe it.
Haussler sprints with the best in the Spring Classics and looks like he will win a Tour mountain stage. 1+1=4.
Had a top up a day or two ago with blood bags, surely.
Parrot23 said:NB: I see Freire was outclimbing Menchov earlier, LOL
Parrot23 said:Sorry, folks, I don't believe it.
Haussler sprints with the best in the Spring Classics and looks like he will win a Tour mountain stage. 1+1=4.
Had a top up a day or two ago with blood bags, surely.
Delicato said:Don't forget that he attacked with 197km to go and was in the original breakaway in which Uran and Voigt, among others, were dropped. Suspicious, at least.
Delicato said:Don't forget that he attacked with 197km to go and was in the original breakaway in which Uran and Voigt, among others, were dropped afterwards. Suspicious, to say the least.
Parrot23 said:This whole thing has a Schumi flavour to it.
greenbike said:Is there a stat kept for "total amount of tire flats/punctures in a tour"
Trying to remember but I think that the Schleck fella has had ALOT