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What a race!
Tonight Danish television succeeded in getting Ullrich, Hamilton and Armstrong to share their opinions about the already legendary crash on Luz Ardiden. - Ullrich was calm and smiling - for him it was natural to hold his speed, as the yellow jersey crashed. He congratulated wholehearted Armstrong to a beauteful victory today. He looked good - smiling and relaxed. - Hamilton explained, that he felt it necessary to hold back the (few) riders in the front group, who didn't understand, what is a golden rule in the TdF for situations like this. - He was to tired he almost cried. - Armstrong was mild and relaxed. He didn't take the final victory for granted, but it was obvious, that he was quite confident. For him is was no question, that the front group of course would wait for the yellow jersey - or any other favourite - if they crashed. He was glad, smiling and relieved - and had a clear and bright look in his eyes. I think this is the greatest TdF in many years. In my opinion Armstrong is one of the true great champions in the Tour history - equal to legends like Coppi and Merckx. I realise by now, that my personal favourite Paolo Bettini is not likely to win the Tour - on the other hand: he is only 1.42.53 behind! Go Paolo Go! Thomas |
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Thomas Lund wrote: I realise by now, that my personal favourite Paolo Bettini is not likely to win the Tour - on the other hand: he is only 1.42.53 behind! Go Paolo Go! I'd take 3:1 odds that he wins a stage, though. Virenque is taken care of, Rogers is too far back..... Paolo's been resting in the mountains, and now's his time. Tomorrow, I view him as a favorite for the win. Dan |
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Daniel Connelly wrote:
Thomas Lund wrote: I realise by now, that my personal favourite Paolo Bettini is not likely to win the Tour - on the other hand: he is only 1.42.53 behind! Go Paolo Go! I'd take 3:1 odds that he wins a stage, though. Virenque is taken care of, Rogers is too far back..... Paolo's been resting in the mountains, and now's his time. Tomorrow, I view him as a favorite for the win. Dan What? The road sign on the training rida? ;-) |
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"Daniel Connelly" wrote in message ... Thomas Lund wrote: I realise by now, that my personal favourite Paolo Bettini is not likely to win the Tour - on the other hand: he is only 1.42.53 behind! Go Paolo Go! I'd take 3:1 odds that he wins a stage, though. Virenque is taken care of, Rogers is too far back..... Paolo's been resting in the mountains, and now's his time. He hasn't been resting - yesterday he slaved and groveled for Virenque in the break. Tomorrow, I view him as a favorite for the win. Bettini is the Energizer Bunny - what spirit. He's got a good a chance as anyone. |
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Daniel Connelly wrote:
Thomas Lund wrote: I realise by now, that my personal favourite Paolo Bettini is not likely to win the Tour - on the other hand: he is only 1.42.53 behind! Go Paolo Go! I'd take 3:1 odds that he wins a stage, though. Virenque is taken care of, Rogers is too far back..... Paolo's been resting in the mountains, and now's his time. Tomorrow, I view him as a favorite for the win. Even though it's a rest day? Bob Schwartz |
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Thomas from DK- I think this is the greatest TdF in many years.
In my opinion Armstrong is one of the true great champions in the Tour history - equal to legends like Coppi and Merckx. BRBR Altho a great race and a really great rider, Lance has won something like 75 races, compared to Eddy's 535...and don't know about Fausto. hardly equal in terms of palmares to Fausto and certainly not Eddy... Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302 (303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene" |
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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
Thomas from DK- I think this is the greatest TdF in many years. In my opinion Armstrong is one of the true great champions in the Tour history - equal to legends like Coppi and Merckx. BRBR Altho a great race and a really great rider, Lance has won something like 75 races, compared to Eddy's 535...and don't know about Fausto. hardly equal in terms of palmares to Fausto and certainly not Eddy... It sounds like the issue was limited to the Tour. |
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I get so tired of how such and such rider from the past is so much better
than those today because the modern guys don't have the same Palmares. Face facts, its a different sport today. The Giro is an actual race and not just a warm up for "The Tour". With so much more money on the line things are more competitive. I wonder just how well Eddy, and mind you I think he was "The King of Cycling", would do if you somehow pulled him out of his 3rd tour or so and dropped him into this one. I'm sure that with modern training he would still have what it takes, but I doubt if he would win. In most sports the field has gotten deeper and it gets more and more difficult to rise above. Tim McTeague "Qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote in message Altho a great race and a really great rider, Lance has won something like 75 races, compared to Eddy's 535...and don't know about Fausto. hardly equal in terms of palmares to Fausto and certainly not Eddy... Peter Chisholm |
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"Benjamin Werner" wrote in message ... Benjo Maso made an amazing post on the french-speaking newsgroup the other day. Coppi won the stage the first time the Tour arrived at alpe d'Huez and Benjo compared his climbing time with the ones of this year. Of course Coppi was slower than Lance, Mayo and the likes, but only for a few minutes. And that was fifty years ago, with the bicycle of the time and the road pavement of the time. Not to speak of training methods and race conditions. Maybye Benjo still has the figures ? http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...rlin.de&rnum=1 |
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