Tour of Flanders Result

"Tom Kunich" wrote in message
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"Kenny" wrote in message
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What an incredible Ronde! The top 5 is the perfect reflection of the
strongest riders of the race. I hope P-R of next week is as honest as
the Ronde today.

Boonen was very impressive - smart, strong, and vicious. Sorry to spluge
all over you guys, but that was ****ing Museeuwic.

Moreovre, from the way that Boonen has been riding the last two years and
his easy win of Flanders there's no doubt that he IS the new Lion of
Flanders. He will be taking wins after I'm dead and gone.

2006?

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"Kenny" wrote in message
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What an incredible Ronde! The top 5 is the perfect reflection of the
strongest riders of the race. I hope P-R of next week is as honest as
the Ronde today.

Boonen was very impressive - smart, strong, and vicious. Sorry to spluge
all over you guys, but that was ****ing Museeuwic.

Moreovre, from the way that Boonen has been riding the last two years and
his easy win of Flanders there's no doubt that he IS the new Lion of
Flanders. He will be taking wins after I'm dead and gone. Bet he is the
new Eddy Merckx too.

No he is not. At his age Merckx had already won the Tour, the Giro, the
World championship, three times Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour de
Flandres, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Flèche Wallone, Gand-Wevelgem, and much
more. However, he might become the new Rik van Looy.

Though I'm not sure that he will ever take a grand tour because of the
specialists.

He won't.

Benjo Maso

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"Kenny" wrote in message
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What an incredible Ronde! The top 5 is the perfect reflection of the
strongest riders of the race. I hope P-R of next week is as honest as
the Ronde today.

Boonen was very impressive - smart, strong, and vicious. Sorry to
spluge all over you guys, but that was ****ing Museeuwic.

Moreovre, from the way that Boonen has been riding the last two years and
his easy win of Flanders there's no doubt that he IS the new Lion of
Flanders. He will be taking wins after I'm dead and gone. Bet he is the
new Eddy Merckx too.

No he is not. At his age Merckx had already won the Tour, the Giro, the
World championship, three times Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour de
Flandres, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Flèche Wallone, Gand-Wevelgem, and
much more. However, he might become the new Rik van Looy.

Priceless! Thanks, Benjo.

"trg" wrote in message ...
"Jan" a écrit dans le message de news:
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| 1st Tom Boonen by about 12 seconds
| 2nd Van Petegam
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| Boonen took a flyer around 10k and just went for it !!
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| Jan
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No, It was Klier that took 2nd, ahead of the remaining 4 (Zabel, PVP, Ballan
and Petito). PVP took 3rd in the sprint and Hincapie took the sprint of the
next group (7th).

Didn't anybody notice the Tour of Flanders had the same names in the
top 3 (Boonen, Klier, Van Petegem) as the E3 Price had (on 26 March)?

And how would Freire have done it in the Flanders tour, if he didn't
became sick? He was impressing in the "Brabantse Pijl", on March
27th.

- Ivan
(But then again, he would be the first Spanish rider ever to win the
Flanders tour...)

cyclingnews reports about Boonen's monday press conference, but not much
about what he said.

Nothing spectacular, but no usual blabla about colleagues.

,,De jongste vier jaar ben ik altijd dezelfde Tom gebleven. Ik wil en zal
mezelf ook blijven. Ik denk dat de mensen daarvan houden. Het publiek wil
geen fake . Misschien was dat het probleem de laatste twee, drie jaar: er
werd te veel gedaan alsof. Het is de beste manier om een lange carrière met
een happy end te krijgen."

"... The audience wants no fake. Maybe that was the problem the last 2, 3
years: too much pretending going on."

This is not clear to me, the "fake" might as well refer to VDB's eternal
saga, or to Museeuw's career finish.


"Over tien jaar weten we waar het allemaal eindigt. Ik wil ook ooit
Milaan-Sanremo winnen. Ook in de Tour wil ik blijven presteren als
rittenkaper. Dit jaar rijd ik de Vuelta, ook als voorbereiding op het
wereldkampioenschap dat in Spanje op een voor mij toegesneden parcours wordt
gereden. En ik wil ooit ook presteren in de Giro. Ik ben geen Peter Van
Petegem die het enkel houdt bij de Ronde en de Hel van het Noorden."

- wants to shine wherever possible, unlike ("I'm not.....") Van Petegem.


Lance Armstrong vond dat je drie jaar geleden veel te vroeg opstapte bij US
Postal-Berry Floor. ,,Ik heb er me niet veel van aangetrokken. Hij zei dat
in een boze bui. Hij dacht dat ik mezelf overschatte. Ondertussen is bewezen
dat mijn contract breken de juiste beslissing was. In het andere geval had
ik twee jaar ter plaatse getrappeld. Bij Patrick Lefevere is mijn leerproces
in een versnelling gekomen."


Lance was only shortly angry about the contract break. He thought I
overestimated myself.
[Staying there] I would have stagnated for two years. My learning curve
took off at Lefevere.

"Van Hoorebeeck Bart" wrote in
message ...
cyclingnews reports about Boonen's monday press conference, but not much
about what he said.

Nothing spectacular, but no usual blabla about colleagues.

,,De jongste vier jaar ben ik altijd dezelfde Tom gebleven. Ik wil en zal
mezelf ook blijven. Ik denk dat de mensen daarvan houden. Het publiek wil
geen fake . Misschien was dat het probleem de laatste twee, drie jaar: er
werd te veel gedaan alsof. Het is de beste manier om een lange carrière
met
een happy end te krijgen."

"... The audience wants no fake. Maybe that was the problem the last 2, 3
years: too much pretending going on."

This is not clear to me, the "fake" might as well refer to VDB's eternal
saga, or to Museeuw's career finish.


No, I think he's talking about himself. Champions usually do.

Benjo