Stage 3 **SPOILER**
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ComedyPilot
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And just what is Tom Boonen playing at?
Where was he?
Where was he?
apparently things don't go better with Coke...ComedyPilot said:
The Lance thing could get really interesting if he starts assembling next year's team on the road. Roche did it, as did Kelly. All kinds of people might be jumping to his assistance, with Bruyneel rubbing his hands on the sidelines.
ComedyPilot
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dellzeqq said:
Good one.
My point though, someone on this forum (don't know where) wrote Tom Boonen wasn't bothered about going for the sprints?????
WTF is he there for then?
Skip Madness
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They would be monumentally stupid not to.The Road Bike][FONT=Verdana said:
I still can't get my head around one of the race favourites being criticised for taking an opportunity to open up a decent gap over everyone else. Yeah, bad show Lance.
ComedyPilot
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I don't remember how far the break had got away, but Bertie was towards the rear right of the peloton. How is LA meant to know that? LA will have used his experience, told Bruneeyl (sp) of the impending break as he was in the thick of it, Bruneeyl (sp) will have tried to amass the Astana boys to get in the break, but Bertie and quite a few other Astanas (Levi Included) missed the jump.
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"Bad show Lance"? I am afraid I don't agree with this.
As he said in his interview at the end - everyone could see was about to happen at that bend when Columbia picked up the pace. I think it was Lances experience that shone through
As he said in his interview at the end - everyone could see was about to happen at that bend when Columbia picked up the pace. I think it was Lances experience that shone through
Skip Madness
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I don't know if you missed the previous couple of sentences, but I was being sarcastic.kennykool said:
kennykool
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Apologies Skip - I do tend to reply to any comments on Lance without thinking there may be sarcasm attached
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Chuffy said:I don't need to do that Crackers, he's a Scouser and that's more than enough.
Granted the lad has an attitude problem, but calling him a Scouser is a step too far, Chuffy old man!
Noodley said:...well done Tony Martin as well....yellow tomorrow methinks
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User3094 said:
Aye, right. Lance Armstrong and Tony Martin will both be in yellow today. After all, they only have to take half a minute out of the best time trialist in the world, with the most disciplined and cohesive team in the pro tour behind him.
Get real, guys. Ain't going to happen. Today's stage is 39Km. For Martin to grab the maillot jaune Collumbia HTC would have to take nearly a second a kilometre out of Saxo Bank. For Armstrong to snatch it Astana would (a) have to work together and (B) take more than a second every kilometre out of Saxo Bank. Do you think a train led by Fabian Cancellara and big Jens Voigt are going to let that happen?
Skip Madness said:
What on earth makes you think Contador and Armstrong are on the same team?
User3094 said:
Armstrong has never been a team player. He's always been a buccaneer. I can't stand the guy, but he knows racing backwards. That was not luck.
ComedyPilot said:
He swung off into the left hand turn on Sunday to avoid the crash - from the television it looked as if he had no choice. So he wasn't there at the finish to contest the sprint. Yesterday he failed to make the break (as so many others did). Yup, he hasn't shown yet, but that is (partly) bad luck. Mind you, if he'd had his team on the front working with Columbia he would not have missed the break, so it isn't all luck!
Lordy this is fun innit!
We're all reading stuff into racing events! Who knows what's really happening, if indeed anything is really happening. It may just be 'what you see is what you get'. But this wouldn't be happening if it weren't for the backdrop that is Astana. Gotta love it!
Following LAs call for team support (when, imo, it's clearly too early to start calling for a change of leader - think swallows and summers), I can only assume Armstrong is playing some kind of mind game. Either he's ramping up the pressure on Contador in the hope he does fold OR he's trying to deflect attention from Contador onto himself. I personally would go for the former. Armstrong probably realises the big test comes in the mountains and Contador is capable of putting some time into him there. I reckon Armstrong so wants to win that he's trying to mess with his team mates head!
We're all reading stuff into racing events! Who knows what's really happening, if indeed anything is really happening. It may just be 'what you see is what you get'. But this wouldn't be happening if it weren't for the backdrop that is Astana. Gotta love it!
Following LAs call for team support (when, imo, it's clearly too early to start calling for a change of leader - think swallows and summers), I can only assume Armstrong is playing some kind of mind game. Either he's ramping up the pressure on Contador in the hope he does fold OR he's trying to deflect attention from Contador onto himself. I personally would go for the former. Armstrong probably realises the big test comes in the mountains and Contador is capable of putting some time into him there. I reckon Armstrong so wants to win that he's trying to mess with his team mates head!
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User3094 said:Pity the rest of that train are like Thomas the Tank Engine
So, do you prefer your crow roasted or fried?
