Milan - San Remo '07

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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.

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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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

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

So I'll say... Oscar Freire.



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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.

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

wrote:
Bennati

Ignatiev.


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Small break gets clear on the Poggio.

Schumacher.

Wayne

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

"Ewoud Dronkert" wrote in message
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wrote:
Bennati

Ignatiev.

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

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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