Boonen Again

[B. Lafferty]

Boonen wins number 22 of the season.

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/20040908_185400Dev.html

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Peloton Pigs--Flying Since 1991

[Bart Van Hoorebeeck]

"B. Lafferty" > schreef in bericht
link.net...
> Boonen wins number 22 of the season.
>

He dealt with several attacks and some fast guys in the lead group all by
himself.

A far better 'show' than Ale "my teammates must convince me to contest the
sprint" Jet.

[Boyd Speerschneider]

"Bart Van Hoorebeeck" > wrote in news:EAJ%c.240688$2u6.12427388
@phobos.telenet-ops.be:

> He dealt with several attacks and some fast guys in the lead group all by
> himself.
>
> A far better 'show' than Ale "my teammates must convince me to contest the
> sprint" Jet.

You can't argue with his results... 15 grand tour stage wins last year.

-Boyd S.
fan of Alessandro "Tom who? Oh, that guy in my rear view..." Petacchi

ps. Its nice to see jingoism is alive and well in Belgium.
Now I don't feel so embarassed to be from the United States.

[Davide Tosi]

"Bart Van Hoorebeeck" > wrote:

>"B. Lafferty" > schreef in bericht
link.net...
>> Boonen wins number 22 of the season.
>>
>
>He dealt with several attacks and some fast guys in the lead group all by
>himself.
>
>A far better 'show' than Ale "my teammates must convince me to contest the
>sprint" Jet.

The Ale-Jet show is on the important theaters, in the Broadway of cycling.
Boonen exhibits in peripheric stages against curtain-raiser performers.

There's only one show that is the real deal.

[Chris]

"Bart Van Hoorebeeck" > wrote in message
...
>
> "B. Lafferty" > schreef in bericht
> link.net...
> > Boonen wins number 22 of the season.
> >
>
> He dealt with several attacks and some fast guys in the lead group all by
> himself.
>
> A far better 'show' than Ale "my teammates must convince me to contest the
> sprint" Jet.

Has that turned chronic or is that a reference to last year?

[Van Hoorebeeck Bart]

Boyd Speerschneider schreef:

>
> ps. Its nice to see jingoism is alive and well in Belgium.
> Now I don't feel so embarassed to be from the United States.

I don't contest that a fit Petacchi is the fastest road race sprinter there is.
I just wanted to question the alleged 'show' aspect of his train victories, and
of his public personality.

Hey but thanks for reading so much into it.

[Jonathan v.d. Sluis]

"Davide Tosi" > schreef in bericht
...
> "Bart Van Hoorebeeck" > wrote:
>
> >"B. Lafferty" > schreef in bericht
> link.net...
> >> Boonen wins number 22 of the season.
> >>
> >
> >He dealt with several attacks and some fast guys in the lead group all by
> >himself.
> >
> >A far better 'show' than Ale "my teammates must convince me to contest
the
> >sprint" Jet.
>
> The Ale-Jet show is on the important theaters, in the Broadway of cycling.
> Boonen exhibits in peripheric stages against curtain-raiser performers.

Stages like G-W and Champs Elysees? Against performers like McEwen?

>
> There's only one show that is the real deal.

There is one show as much as you can say that there is one road.

Jonathan.

[gym gravity]

Davide Tosi wrote:

> There's only one show that is the real deal.
>

This one doesn't count:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour04.php?id=photos/2004/tour04/stage20/S-BOONENPARIGI-001

[Benjamin Weiner]

gym gravity > wrote:
> Davide Tosi wrote:
>
> > There's only one show that is the real deal.

> This one doesn't count:
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour04.php?id=photos/2004/tour04/stage20/S-BOONENPARIGI-001

Correct. It only counts if Zabel places second. If Zabel isn't
there or places lower than second, it doesn't count.

(apologies to Dan Connelly's new UCI Handicap points system)