MSR top eight, not following protocol

Finestre wrote:

Moletta? First thing I thought when seeing it: broken leg. It was
pointing at a rather strange angle as he hung upside down, trying to
disentangle himself from the pole.

That was bad. When the TV image showed him hung up there I thought for a
moment that it was a freeze frame -- then I realized it was real time. Ugh.

Robert Chung wrote:
Kyle Legate wrote:

Petacchi sat up when he saw Freire and Boonen pull away in front of
him. If he kept his head down he would have finished ahead of Zabel.

Well, I should hope so -- but if he was as dominant as he was two years ago
those guys wouldn't have been able to come around him.

People have figured out that if they jump Petacchi in the sprint he's
easy to beat, but if they wait for him to start it they're sprinting for
second place. Two years ago they were still letting Petacchi begin. He
should have started his sprint when his second leadout man drifted back
and waved his arm at Petacchi. Two seconds later Freire began, and
Petacchi was screwed.

Petacchi has lost it.

Zabel must be kind of ****ed. Think what could have happened if
Petacchi led him out instead of the other way around.

Yeah, Milram would have gotten a second place. And I mean that in the
nicest possible way.

Beat me to it.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Disco is really rocking this season.

It's a surprisingly-strong team. Popovych, Contador, Davis, Levi... even
without Basso, there's a lot of talent for them to waste by not building a
team around them (the "Boonen effect" could do a repeat a year or two down
the road). Contador in particular, I would expect to be offered a whole lot
of money by a Spanish team.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

On Mar 25, 9:32 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:
Disco is really rocking this season.

It's a surprisingly-strong team. Popovych, Contador, Davis, Levi... even
without Basso, there's a lot of talent for them to waste by not building a
team around them (the "Boonen effect" could do a repeat a year or two down
the road). Contador in particular, I would expect to be offered a whole lot
of money by a Spanish team.



Dumbass -


I don't think it's that surprising. Bruyneel's been good at spotting
talent from the very beginning.


thanks,

K. Gringioni.

On Mar 25, 12:26 pm, "Kurgan Gringioni"
wrote:
On Mar 25, 9:32 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:

Disco is really rocking this season.

It's a surprisingly-strong team. Popovych, Contador, Davis, Levi... even
without Basso, there's a lot of talent for them to waste by not building a
team around them (the "Boonen effect" could do a repeat a year or two down
the road). Contador in particular, I would expect to be offered a whole lot
of money by a Spanish team.

Dumbass -

I don't think it's that surprising. Bruyneel's been good at spotting
talent from the very beginning.

"Spotting talent." Is that a euphemism?

bjorn wrote:



They sure did. Moletta does have a broken leg (but in good spirits,
telling Holczer he'll be back for the Vuelta...), Kopp with a broken
Nose and Rebellin, Haussler, and Wegmann also victims of crashes
(Rebellin could finish, the other two abandoned).

Five Gerolsteiner's in crashes! No wonder my pick of Schumacher from a
small break never happened: no help :-(

Wayne

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:41:46 -0400, Wayne Pein
wrote:

They sure did. Moletta does have a broken leg (but in good spirits,
telling Holczer he'll be back for the Vuelta...), Kopp with a broken
Nose and Rebellin, Haussler, and Wegmann also victims of crashes
(Rebellin could finish, the other two abandoned).

Five Gerolsteiner's in crashes! No wonder my pick of Schumacher from a
small break never happened: no help :-(

Its all in the difference between managing a small break (happened)
and managing a small break away (nope). And BTW broken noses don't
count.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...