Pozzovivo

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Don't know if he will ever be competitive again but it's nice to know he didn't have to end his career with an accident.
 
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Gazzetta Interview: Pozzovivo: "I saw death in the face. I was reborn like this ..."
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you don't need to translate the Italiano to appreciate those stitches!
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Gazzetta Interview: Pozzovivo: "I saw death in the face. I was reborn like this ..."
[paywall]
you don't need to translate the Italiano to appreciate those stitches!
Pozzo.jpg
He says that he was always concious, but couldn't breath for a minute. He feared that he was going to die, he mentions that he saw Lamprecht's crash about a week before it happened.
According to himself he has been pushing 6.3 w/kg uphill before Chrismas, so it looks like he'll still be competitive.
 
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I thought being a competent domestique would've been a huge success given his crash and having to come back at 38.
Well I guess I underestimated him. As always.
 
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He actually performed well in the Tour despite his injuries until it became too much. That was surprising aswell.
I hope he can stay up there and upright for the rest of the Giro and secure a contract for next year, if he wishes to continue.
 
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I hope he can stay up there and upright for the rest of the Giro and secure a contract for next year, if he wishes to continue.

Also some damned bad luck that he managed to secure a last-minute (2-year) contract... with a team that now is at a real danger of folding.
 
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Also some damned bad luck that he managed to secure a last-minute (2-year) contract... with a team that now is at a real danger of folding.

Well in his situation he was a bit lucky to even get a WT contract. But in the current economy and with a lot of riders with uncertain futures, it's not the best time to be searching for a new team again. A return to Bardiani could be a fitting end, if a better offer doesn't arrive.
 
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So, his problem yesterday was a broken spoke, which - as he's pointed out - is rather unlikely to happen for a guy with his weight.
 
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So, his problem yesterday was a broken spoke, which - as he's pointed out - is rather unlikely to happen for a guy with his weight.
When I think about how many spokes I’ve broken over the years, it’s surprising we don’t see that more often in races. But I guess always having newly built, top-of/the-line wheels helps avoid that.
 
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Not sure about the UAE roster, but I see him fitting really well there.

Anyway, I'm happy for him, he is looking good. Maybe he will finally get his Giro podium..
 
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Today's attack was something else.:sweatsmile: He's been riding these past few stages as he was the pre-race favourite. Hopefully he'll be strong in the ITT and the high mountains. A Pozzo win or at least a podium would be something I'd like to see.
 
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Please have a mod change your name to "partypooper".

You're the one who prefers one-word thread titles. The title of this thread could have been something cool like Pozzovivo is a New Colombian, Despite the Fact that he is in Fact Actually Italian.
Basically, I just came up with a logic explanation for the simplistic title.
 
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You're the one who prefers one-word thread titles. The title of this thread could have been something cool like Pozzovivo is a New Colombian, Despite the Fact that he is in Fact Actually Italian.

Or "The new Bilbao (except for lame-ass non-time trialing, non-witchy people (who still have their citizenship), he's actually older than him)".
 
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You're the one who prefers one-word thread titles. The title of this thread could have been something cool like Pozzovivo is a New Colombian, Despite the Fact that he is in Fact Actually Italian.
Basically, I just came up with a logic explanation for the simplistic title.

"Hey guys, great party! But what's that smell?!"
* everybody looks at RedheadDane *

Keep digging your own grave!

(kisses)

(I don't really prefer simple titles, just thought it was kind of cool and refreshing, as a statement, even if it wasn't a statement)
 
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except for lame-ass non-time trialing

I don't burn people on the stake for being time-trialers. It's the time-travellers I have an issue with. (And nobody is gonna a bit of this...)

"Hey guys, great party! But what's that smell?!"
* everybody looks at RedheadDane *

Keep digging your own grave!

Come up with a cool title then. Simply using the rider's name does not a cool title make, even if the rider has a rather cool/unique name (I suppose a thread simply named "Bennett" could cause some confusion.
 
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"Hey guys, great party! But what's that smell?!"
* everybody looks at RedheadDane *

Keep digging your own grave!

(kisses)

(I don't really prefer simple titles, just thought it was kind of cool and refreshing, as a statement, even if it wasn't a statement)

At least you haven't both been wished burned to death and ostracised from your country.
 
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