Milan - San Remo '07

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.

--
tanx,
Howard

Never take a tenant with a monkey.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

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".

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

So I'll say... Oscar Freire.

--
tanx,
Howard


Put me down for McEwen

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

shane wrote:
Di Luca

....is not racing according to cn.

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..

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

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

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

Donald Munro wrote:

O'Grady


Me too.