Milan - San Remo '07

[Howard Kveck]

Since it's ended as a bunch sprint since '97 (Bettini's win in '03 the exception),
there's not much reason to think this year will be any different. Boonen seems like an
obvious choice, but I think he's probably aiming to win Paris - Roubaix again, so I
doubt he'll put out that last bit of effort to win M-SR. Bettini's had a few too many
crashes this year, some quite recently, so I doubt he'll be as fit as he needs to be.
Pozzato had a nice win last year and already one good win this year, so he could be a
good choice. There just aren't that many guys who can still power out a good sprint at
the end of a 296km race. So I'll say... Oscar Freire.

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On Mar 22, 2:44 am, Howard Kveck > wrote:
> Since it's ended as a bunch sprint since '97 (Bettini's win in '03 the exception),
> there's not much reason to think this year will be any different.

dumbass,

that is not true. tchmil won with a late attack after the poggio
descent and pozzato's win was not technically a bunch sprint. pozzato
was able to sit in, since QS had boonen in the pack and he was
basically the last survivor from the break.

pozzato is pretty canny, as a friend described it, he won het volk by
"wanting to win the least".

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On Mar 22, 1:44 am, Howard Kveck <YOURhow...@h-

So I'll say... Oscar Freire.
>
> --
> tanx,
> Howard


Put me down for McEwen

[shane]

I remember reading that the course was going to be changed to address
the mass sprints issue, but dont remember which year they were going
to do it...

Di Luca

[JH]

shane wrote:
> Di Luca

....is not racing according to cn.

[need more sun]

On Mar 22, 3:06 pm, JH > wrote:
> shane wrote:
> > Di Luca
>
> ...is not racing according to cn.

I'll pip for Freire too.. he's going well..

[Donald Munro]

Howard Kveck wrote:

> Since it's ended as a bunch sprint since '97 (Bettini's win in '03 the exception),
> there's not much reason to think this year will be any different. Boonen seems like an
> obvious choice, but I think he's probably aiming to win Paris - Roubaix again, so I
> doubt he'll put out that last bit of effort to win M-SR. Bettini's had a few too many
> crashes this year, some quite recently, so I doubt he'll be as fit as he needs to be.
> Pozzato had a nice win last year and already one good win this year, so he could be a
> good choice. There just aren't that many guys who can still power out a good sprint at
> the end of a 296km race. So I'll say... Oscar Freire.

O'Grady

[Kurgan Gringioni]

On Mar 21, 10:44 pm, Howard Kveck > wrote:
> Since it's ended as a bunch sprint since '97 (Bettini's win in '03 the exception),
> there's not much reason to think this year will be any different. Boonen seems like an
> obvious choice, but I think he's probably aiming to win Paris - Roubaix again, so I
> doubt he'll put out that last bit of effort to win M-SR. Bettini's had a few too many
> crashes this year, some quite recently, so I doubt he'll be as fit as he needs to be.
> Pozzato had a nice win last year and already one good win this year, so he could be a
> good choice. There just aren't that many guys who can still power out a good sprint at
> the end of a 296km race. So I'll say... Oscar Freire.




You guys are all a bunch of Dumbasses -


Boonen

[RicodJour]

On Mar 22, 12:40 pm, "Kurgan Gringioni" >
wrote:
> On Mar 21, 10:44 pm, Howard Kveck > wrote:
>
> > Since it's ended as a bunch sprint since '97 (Bettini's win in '03 the exception),
> > there's not much reason to think this year will be any different. Boonen seems like an
> > obvious choice, but I think he's probably aiming to win Paris - Roubaix again, so I
> > doubt he'll put out that last bit of effort to win M-SR. Bettini's had a few too many
> > crashes this year, some quite recently, so I doubt he'll be as fit as he needs to be.
> > Pozzato had a nice win last year and already one good win this year, so he could be a
> > good choice. There just aren't that many guys who can still power out a good sprint at
> > the end of a 296km race. So I'll say... Oscar Freire.
>
> You guys are all a bunch of Dumbasses -
>
> Boonen

Gee, you're really going out on a limb with that one.

If you give me some odds, I'll take Haedo in a mass sprint.

Booooooneeeennnnnnn! would sound too much like
Goooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllll!!! and that's old.

Haaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Eeeeeeeedooooo! sounds vaguely samurai-ish
and would be far more fun for viewer and announcer alike.

R

RBR Phonetically Chosen Betting Specialist, 1st Class

[Kyle Legate]

Donald Munro wrote:
>
> O'Grady
>
>
Me too.

[Howard Kveck]

In article om>,
" > wrote:

> On Mar 22, 2:44 am, Howard Kveck > wrote:
> > Since it's ended as a bunch sprint since '97 (Bettini's win in '03
the exception),
> > there's not much reason to think this year will be any different.
>
> dumbass,
>
> that is not true. tchmil won with a late attack after the poggio
> descent and pozzato's win was not technically a bunch sprint. pozzato
> was able to sit in, since QS had boonen in the pack and he was
> basically the last survivor from the break.

You're correct, Amit. I forgot that Tchmil had broken away in the last
kilometer for his win and that Pozzato was in a group that had about 8
seconds at the base of the Poggio and he almost got caught right at the
line. That's a great way to win a race like this.

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[Andre]

On Mar 22, 1:39 pm, "RicodJour" > wrote:
> On Mar 22, 12:40 pm, "Kurgan Gringioni" >
> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 21, 10:44 pm, Howard Kveck > wrote:
>
> > > Since it's ended as a bunch sprint since '97 (Bettini's win in '03 the exception),
> > > there's not much reason to think this year will be any different. Boonen seems like an
> > > obvious choice, but I think he's probably aiming to win Paris - Roubaix again, so I
> > > doubt he'll put out that last bit of effort to win M-SR. Bettini's had a few too many
> > > crashes this year, some quite recently, so I doubt he'll be as fit as he needs to be.
> > > Pozzato had a nice win last year and already one good win this year, so he could be a
> > > good choice. There just aren't that many guys who can still power out a good sprint at
> > > the end of a 296km race. So I'll say... Oscar Freire.
>
> > You guys are all a bunch of Dumbasses -
>
> > Boonen
>
> Gee, you're really going out on a limb with that one.
>
> If you give me some odds, I'll take Haedo in a mass sprint.
>
> Booooooneeeennnnnnn! would sound too much like
> Goooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllll!!! and that's old.
>
> Haaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Eeeeeeeedooooo! sounds vaguely samurai-ish
> and would be far more fun for viewer and announcer alike.
>
> R
>
> RBR Phonetically Chosen Betting Specialist, 1st Class

I was going to say Ballan but he's hurting; I'll go with Alessandro
Petacchi.


Andre

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

Is Unibet in? Then Baden Cooke.

If not, one of the fast Lampre guys -- Bennatti or Ballan.
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On Mar 22, 9:34 am, " >
wrote:
> On Mar 22, 1:44 am, Howard Kveck <YOURhow...@h-
>
> So I'll say... Oscar Freire.
>
>
>
> > --
> > tanx,
> > Howard
>
> Put me down for McEwen


dumbass,

i just watched the opening stage of tirreno and McEwen (led out by a
teamate) broke away around 500m and two turns before the finish,
opening up a lead of a few seconds. i didn't see if he was counter-
steering though.

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On Mar 23, 12:32 am, " >
wrote:
> On Mar 22, 9:34 am, " >
> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 22, 1:44 am, Howard Kveck <YOURhow...@h-
>
> > So I'll say... Oscar Freire.
>
> > Put me down for McEwen
>
> dumbass,
>
> i just watched the opening stage of tirreno and McEwen (led out by a
> teamate) broke away around 500m and two turns before the finish,
> opening up a lead of a few seconds. i didn't see if he was counter-
> steering though.

Has Mackie Wen ever won a sprint at the end of a really
long race? Long tour stages don't count (in my mind)
unless they were going reasonably hard, which they often
aren't in the long ones. I haven't checked but IIRC
Milan-San Remo is rather longer than a long flat Tour
stage. Not to disrespect McEwen, I just think it's a
slightly different set of aptitudes.

Zabel has a cold, so I think it's Bennati's year.

Ben

[Ewoud Dronkert]

wrote:
> Bennati

Ignatiev.


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[Wayne Pein]

Small break gets clear on the Poggio.

Schumacher.

Wayne

[bjorn]

On Mar 22, 9:40 am, "Kurgan Gringioni" > wrote:
> On Mar 21, 10:44 pm, Howard Kveck > wrote:
>

>
> Boonen

I was gonna go with Boonen, too. But that was before I read that
Pozzato will be hard to catch:

http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2722

bjorn

[Tom Kunich]

"Ewoud Dronkert" > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>> Bennati
>
> Ignatiev.

Leave it to Ed to be the only one paying attention.

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:26:04 -0400, Wayne Pein >
wrote:

>Small break gets clear on the Poggio.
>
>Schumacher.

Good pick.
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[Dan Connelly]

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> wrote:
>> Bennati
>
> Ignatiev.
>
>

Nice pick, but this is a hard race, it seems, to win w/o any experience.

Dan

[Howard Kveck]

In article om>,
" > wrote:

> On Mar 23, 12:32 am, " >
> wrote:
> > On Mar 22, 9:34 am, " >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mar 22, 1:44 am, Howard Kveck <YOURhow...@h-
> >
> > > So I'll say... Oscar Freire.
> >
> > > Put me down for McEwen
> >
> > dumbass,
> >
> > i just watched the opening stage of tirreno and McEwen (led out by a
> > teamate) broke away around 500m and two turns before the finish,
> > opening up a lead of a few seconds. i didn't see if he was counter-
> > steering though.
>
> Has Mackie Wen ever won a sprint at the end of a really
> long race? Long tour stages don't count (in my mind)
> unless they were going reasonably hard, which they often
> aren't in the long ones. I haven't checked but IIRC
> Milan-San Remo is rather longer than a long flat Tour
> stage. Not to disrespect McEwen, I just think it's a
> slightly different set of aptitudes.

The longer Tour stages are typically mountain stages where he isn't a
factor. I can't recall a recent TdF stage being even close to 296km (as
M-SR is), especially one that ended in a field sprint. It *is* a different
set of aptitudes. Zabel was good at that kind of thing (a big sprint at
the end of a crazy long race), now guys like Boonen, O'Grady, Friere and
Petacchi are good at it. Robbie McEwen, not so much.

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[Tom Kunich]

"Dan Connelly" > wrote in message
...
> Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> Bennati
>>
>> Ignatiev.
>
> Nice pick, but this is a hard race, it seems, to win w/o any experience.

Except that kid has looked like an early Eddy Merckx so far.

[Michael Press]

In article
. com>,
"bjorn" > wrote:

> On Mar 22, 9:40 am, "Kurgan Gringioni" > wrote:
> > On Mar 21, 10:44 pm, Howard Kveck > wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > Boonen
>
> I was gonna go with Boonen, too. But that was before I read that
> Pozzato will be hard to catch:
>
> http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2722

"The mercury coloured paint used on the bike was developed
for Ferrari, and costs ¤1000 per litre. "

Still less than erytropoeitin.
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[Michael Press]

In article
om>,
" > wrote:

> On Mar 23, 12:32 am, " >
> wrote:
> > On Mar 22, 9:34 am, " >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mar 22, 1:44 am, Howard Kveck <YOURhow...@h-
> >
> > > So I'll say... Oscar Freire.
> >
> > > Put me down for McEwen
> >
> > dumbass,
> >
> > i just watched the opening stage of tirreno and McEwen (led out by a
> > teamate) broke away around 500m and two turns before the finish,
> > opening up a lead of a few seconds. i didn't see if he was counter-
> > steering though.
>
> Has Mackie Wen ever won a sprint at the end of a really
> long race? Long tour stages don't count (in my mind)
> unless they were going reasonably hard, which they often
> aren't in the long ones. I haven't checked but IIRC
> Milan-San Remo is rather longer than a long flat Tour
> stage. Not to disrespect McEwen, I just think it's a
> slightly different set of aptitudes.
>
> Zabel has a cold, so I think it's Bennati's year.

Is that a "cold" or a garden variety rhino-virus?
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Michael Press