TdF *SPOILER*

elyob said:

Now that was a day and a half.

I don't think Lance would ever have forgiven himself to go out without
a stage win. Thought we'd seen next year's winner in Basso but not so
sure now.

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Now that was a day and a half.

Aye. Who says TTs are boring!

Cheers, helen s

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Now that was a day and a half.

But not Rasmussens day at all!
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elyob said:

Now that was a day and a half.

What did I say the other day about the polka dot kid?
All the best
Dan Gregory
Looking forward to the Vuelta

MartinM said:

elyob said:

Now that was a day and a half.

I don't think Lance would ever have forgiven himself to go out without
a stage win. Thought we'd seen next year's winner in Basso but not so
sure now.

Predition for 2006: Jan Ullrich to train even more than ever, get to
the tour, win by over a miniute, then annonce his retirement.

I'd even put money on it- if I was a betting man...

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Now that was a day and a half.

How is that a spoiler?

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elyob said:

Quoted message said:

Now that was a day and a half.

Prompting Tumbleweed to wonder:

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How is that a spoiler?

It wasn't, but I reckon it was a safe bet that someone would have
responded with a spoiler whether the header included spoiler or not.
Nice bit of foresight, elyob.

I really felt sorry for Rasmussen. I expected him to lose his 3rd place
today, but not by *that* much. ISTM that his rotten luck was partly due
to mistakes because of nervousness.

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Danny Colyer said:

elyob said:

Quoted message said:

Now that was a day and a half.

Prompting Tumbleweed to wonder:

Quoted message said:

How is that a spoiler?

It wasn't, but I reckon it was a safe bet that someone would have
responded with a spoiler whether the header included spoiler or not.
Nice bit of foresight, elyob.

I really felt sorry for Rasmussen. I expected him to lose his 3rd place
today, but not by *that* much. ISTM that his rotten luck was partly due
to mistakes because of nervousness.

Exactly my reasoning. I just thought it needed a thread, and with spoiler in
the title we're free to discuss the actual events!

I feel that his mechanics let him down? He was having problems and then just
frustration, and probably a few tears, clouded the rest of the ride.

Lance was awesome. I mean, the bloke is a star. What else can you say?

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I really felt sorry for Rasmussen. I expected him to lose his 3rd place
today, but not by *that* much. ISTM that his rotten luck was partly due
to mistakes because of nervousness.

Me too, I could almost sense his nervousness that compounded with each
disaster. To lose out to Ullrich was no disgrace but to drop down as far as
he did must have been heart-breaking.
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in message <[email hidden]>, elyob

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Danny Colyer said:

elyob said:

>Now that was a day and a half.

Prompting Tumbleweed to wonder:

Quoted message said:

How is that a spoiler?

It wasn't, but I reckon it was a safe bet that someone would have
responded with a spoiler whether the header included spoiler or not.
Nice bit of foresight, elyob.

I really felt sorry for Rasmussen. I expected him to lose his 3rd
place
today, but not by *that* much. ISTM that his rotten luck was partly
due to mistakes because of nervousness.

Exactly my reasoning. I just thought it needed a thread, and with
spoiler in the title we're free to discuss the actual events!

I feel that his mechanics let him down?

Possibly. Possibly he was just so nervous and so high with adrenaline
that a bike which was actually perfectly OK just felt wrong. Still, real
shame (and I would /not/ like to have been his mechanic when he got in).
On the other hand, I feel Ullrich has done enough to deserve something
out of this tour, and Rasmussen will keep his spotty jersey anyway, so
perhaps it's justice. In any case, Rasmussen is a star of the future;
he'll get many more chances at this. Ullrich is coming towards the end
of his career. He's had rotten luck this year - especially that major
crash on the day before the start. It would have been a shame if he'd
got nothing in personal glory from this tour.

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in message <[email hidden]>, pete white

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MartinM said:

elyob said:

Now that was a day and a half.

I don't think Lance would ever have forgiven himself to go out without
a stage win. Thought we'd seen next year's winner in Basso but not so
sure now.

Predition for 2006: Jan Ullrich to train even more than ever, get to
the tour, win by over a miniute, then annonce his retirement.

I'd even put money on it- if I was a betting man...

Prediction for 2006: Jan Ullrich to train even more than ever, get to
the tour, finish third. He's a great rider, but the best years of his
career were the Armstrong years, and there are too many people on other,
more united teams[1] who are in at least the same league.

If you were to force me to put money down, it would go on Basso.

[1] Mind you, with Vinokourov gone, T Mobile will be a better unit. Vino
is a great individualist, but he isn't a team player.

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, pete white

(') said:

MartinM said:

elyob wrote:

>Now that was a day and a half.

I don't think Lance would ever have forgiven himself to go out without
a stage win. Thought we'd seen next year's winner in Basso but not so
sure now.

Predition for 2006: Jan Ullrich to train even more than ever, get to
the tour, win by over a miniute, then annonce his retirement.

I'd even put money on it- if I was a betting man...

Prediction for 2006: Jan Ullrich to train even more than ever, get to
the tour, finish third. He's a great rider, but the best years of his
career were the Armstrong years, and there are too many people on other,
more united teams[1] who are in at least the same league.

If you were to force me to put money down, it would go on Basso.

[1] Mind you, with Vinokourov gone, T Mobile will be a better unit. Vino
is a great individualist, but he isn't a team player.

But the team was good enough to win the team prize.
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Michael MacClancy

I submit that on or about Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:39:27 +0100, the person
known to the court as Michael MacClancy <[email hidden]> made a
statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's
bundle) to the following effect:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

[1] Mind you, with Vinokourov gone, T Mobile will be a better unit. Vino
is a great individualist, but he isn't a team player.

Quoted message said:

But the team was good enough to win the team prize.

Not least because of the points Vinokourov brought home.

But I think he was the biggest disappointment this year. I really
thought he could have done well, but he was not at all inspiring.
Basso next year, I guess, since I can't see Ullrich doing it.

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

I submit that on or about Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:39:27 +0100, the person
known to the court as Michael MacClancy <[email hidden]> made a
statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's
bundle) to the following effect:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

[1] Mind you, with Vinokourov gone, T Mobile will be a better unit. Vino
is a great individualist, but he isn't a team player.

Quoted message said:

But the team was good enough to win the team prize.

Not least because of the points Vinokourov brought home.

But I think he was the biggest disappointment this year. I really
thought he could have done well, but he was not at all inspiring.
Basso next year, I guess, since I can't see Ullrich doing it.

Guy
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"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken