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OMG he is _fat_!Forunculo said:
Why he was part of US Postal train and Contador personal guard is a huge mystery to me
The Sheep said:Thomas Dekker not doing the Vuelta.
Kwibus said:Bad decision imo. He should really ride a GT.
Forunculo said:Official profiles are online.
An example
Arnout said:AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
1 - ROCHE Nicolas (IRL)
2 - BELLETTI Manuel (ITA)
3 - BOUET Maxime (FRA)
4 - GADRET John (FRA)
5 - GEORGES Sylvain (FRA)
6 - KADRI Blel (FRA)
7 - MONDORY Lloyd (FRA)
8 - NOCENTINI Rinaldo (ITA)
9 - RIBLON Christophe (FRA)
R1 - GASTAUER Ben (LUX)
R2 - CHEREL Mikael (FRA)
R3 - LEMARCHAND Romain (FRA)
R4 - PERGET Mathieu (FRA)
Señor_Contador said:What is really remarkable is how the Vuelta is able to come up with an almost pancake-flat stage in Galicia. It's like finding a 500-pound white Ethiopian.
They really do have a talent.
icefire said:If the wind blows and there are echelons on the way to Mirador de Ézaro like last week in Burgos I'll be thankful of Unipublic talent
The Hitch said:Such a shame for Anton that the first stages are in Pais Vasco so he wont be able to get into a break yet to contest a stage. Hope he doesn't mind Cantabria.
The Hitch said:Such a shame for Anton that the first stages are in Pais Vasco so he wont be able to get into a break yet to contest a stage. Hope he doesn't mind Cantabria.
Señor_Contador said:Oh, I know there will be wind for sure (my wife is from that part of Spain and I've ridden my bicycle around the area many times, mostly in the summer). Once you turn the Monte Louro corner you're at the mercy of the Atlantic ocean.
Wind will be a big factor that stage. As well as the bumpy pavement going up to the Mirador de Ezaro.
There will be blood.
Arnout said:He won't be allowed in break anyway as race leader.
Kwibus said:Well that's the point of The Hitch. Last year Anton lost a lot of time once they reached the Basque country so he was allowed to get into the break and won the stage with an impressive ride.
Now it's the first week so he they won't let him go.
Arnout said:That's my point, in the last week he will be leading, so no breaks for him anyway.