About time for Taaramäe to stay in the front group, seems to be tangled up in every crash these times, even got stuck this time but managed to catch the front bunch.
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jobiwan said:But you're still picking and choosing who you would rather crash due solely to your dislike of one rider and like of another.
If I said, "if someone's going to crash I hope it's Machado"...you'd be very unhappy and rightly so. But by using your logic, I could say "if someone crashes" and be fine, since I didn't say "I want Machado to crash".
Parrulo said:p.s. every1 likes insane kamikaze riders that refuse to quit a GT even tho they are sick and getting dropped on every bump on the road not that he wouldn't get dropped anyway XD
Parrulo said:*sigh let me explain this to you like if you were a 5 year old.
i said if(key word here) one of 2 schleck brothers were to crash i would prefer it to be frank over andy because i like frank the most.
do you understand it now? i am not hoping that they crash i am just saying if it happens i would be more annoyed if it was frank then if it was andy.
p.s. every1 likes insane kamikaze riders that refuse to quit a GT even tho they are sick and getting dropped on every bump on the road not that he wouldn't get dropped anyway XD
jobiwan said:The fact that Andy crashing would bother you less than Frank crashing is the only problem I have. IMO, anyone crashing is equally bad, no matter who it is. Oh well, life goes on!
Libertine Seguros said:Speaking of which, it's been confirmed that Beñat Intxausti has fractured his upper radius. He will continue, however.
Parrulo said:thats a bs. wiggins crashed out today wouldn't you be more bothered if that was andy? its like everything in life we care about ones then others. caring equally about every1 is some church bs that doesn't exist
Franklin said:Ok... I concede defeat.
I admit hereby that is quite frankly impossible that Cav will be surpassed by a competitor or fade away, get into an accident or run into a scandal. The idea itself is insulting and should be punished by a ban (as has already nicely been called for).
Really, how could I be so crazy to look at facts? How dare I look at facts? How dare I think a sprinter is also calculated by worlds or point jersey.
I humbly apologize for being somewhat cautious about using a crystal globe.
As Jan proved when he won his first tour, predictions like these always come through. A cyclists career is a straight line up!
I thought the rule was that riders with suspected head injuries were immediately pulled from the race and taken to hospital? Like Brajkovic the other day. Seems a bit irresponsible of race organizers to allow them to continue.Winterfold said:Horner doesnt know 'where he is or what happened' but finished the stage?
That is professional road racing.
I am not a particularly big fan of his (mainly cos he rides for Retirement Shack) but I have to respect and give props to that mentality
c&cfan said:i guess you are slow.. ok. an example.
wining 13 gt stages at the same GT in 1973 or so is different than doing it now.
the importance of palmares is very relative.
even you can see it, right?
jobiwan said:I would definitely be bothered if that was Andy....or if it was Contador, if it was Evans, if it was Thomas Voeckler, if it was ANYBODY. I don't want anyone to crash out or lose time due to a crash. IMO, I can't be more upset for one guy crashing than another, whether I'm a fan of them or not.
By the way, that "church bs" is exactly what I believe in.
Kwibus said:That's not the world balancing out. That's coincidence.
I don't like Leipheimer, but I still don't like it he lost time because of a fall. It would've been a lot better if he got dropped on the Tourmalet. I don't like it that any rider lost time because of a fall. I don't like it that riders have to give up because they fell. I always feel sympathy for those riders, wether I like them or not.
This is cycling though and unfortunately falling is part of it.
jobiwan said:I would definitely be bothered if that was Andy....or if it was Contador, if it was Evans, if it was Thomas Voeckler, if it was ANYBODY. I don't want anyone to crash out or lose time due to a crash. IMO, I can't be more upset for one guy crashing than another, whether I'm a fan of them or not.
By the way, that "church bs" is exactly what I believe in.
Cimber said:I hope noone crashes, I hate when riders crash. But in all honesty I am always a bit more upset about it when one of my favorite riders crash. I think thats only natural.
Mambo95 said:The problem is your just looking at career numbers and comparing riders who have retired (or are about to) with someone who's only in his fifth season.
Or perhaps it's Usain Bolt? But it can't be, can it? Because he only has one Olympics and one Worlds. You have to be an idiot who knows nothing about athletics history to pick him.
just some guy said:Can we hope he drops his chain then
Mambo95 said:The problem is your just looking at career numbers and comparing riders who have retired (or are about to) with someone who's only in his fifth season.
Let's change sports. Who is the best 100m runner of all time? The best, not the greatest. Who would you pick to run for your life.
Is it Carl Lewis (2 Olympics, 3 Worlds) or Maurice Greene (1 Olympics, 3 Worlds)?
Or perhaps it's Usain Bolt? But it can't be, can it? Because he only has one Olympics and one Worlds. You have to be an idiot who knows nothing about athletics history to pick him.
Cimber said:Btw while most DSs were very sorry about Wiggins Leopards Kim Andersen's response was:
"that means one less rival. Its not the way you want it to happen, so I wont say its good. But fact is that it means there is one less rival". While he might be right, its quite cynical.
ManInFull said:How did Phil and Paul respond to Radioshack's problems today? Was it "bad strategy", "poor form", or just bad luck? I'd be interested because AC's issues have all been the first two--from Phil and Paul's perspective.
Galic Ho said:It's also highly revealing unless he was lying through his teeth. So who did they consider Wigans to be competition for? Franck, Fuglsang or Andy? Optimistically I'll take this Freudian slip as a sign of what I've seen from Andy...nothing special so far. I love DS like this clown. Says something dumb and then downplays his own riders. Idiot. Thanks for playing poker with your cards showing.
Galic Ho said:
patrick767 said:Just paraphrasing your recent response to me...
For the record, Leipheimer is not "my guy". I just don't like to see riders' chances ruined by crashes.
Your personal attacks are pathetic and juvenile. You're a child, mentally at least, trying to act like a big man on the internet. It's boring. I'll go with ignoring the worthless bile that is your forum posts from here on out.
patrick767 said:Just paraphrasing your recent response to me...
For the record, Leipheimer is not "my guy". I just don't like to see riders' chances ruined by crashes.
Your personal attacks are pathetic and juvenile. You're a child, mentally at least, trying to act like a big man on the internet. It's boring. I'll go with ignoring the worthless bile that is your forum posts from here on out.