Hey, Petacchi won three classifications!

Ryan Cousineau said:

And if I understood what the Azzuri d'Italia (translates as "blue of
Italy" or something...not going to make that joke...) was, I'd be even
more impressed.

And how did a sprinter win the combativity classification? I thought
that was the "best suicide breakaway" contest. Or was that just the
organizers taking a shot at the piano-to-sprint style of flat Giro
stages?

I think they've got a point system for that in the Giro unlike the Tour's award
for grand and futile gestures.

Ron

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RonSonic said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

And if I understood what the Azzuri d'Italia (translates as "blue of
Italy" or something...not going to make that joke...) was, I'd be even
more impressed.

And how did a sprinter win the combativity classification? I thought
that was the "best suicide breakaway" contest. Or was that just the
organizers taking a shot at the piano-to-sprint style of flat Giro
stages?

I think they've got a point system for that in the Giro unlike the Tour's
award
for grand and futile gestures.

If they had used a system that was more akin to that in the Tour, I'd imagine that
one of the Tinkov riders would have won it. They did go off the front a lot.

--
tanx,
Howard

Never take a tenant with a monkey.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Howard Kveck <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

If they had used a system that was more akin to that in the Tour,

I'd imagine that one of the Tinkov riders would have won it. They did go
off the front a lot.

Quoted message said:

That was because they told the team that each day, the first 12 guys to
the feed zone got vodka bidons. A Russian team will do anything for free
vodka.

--
Bill Asher

RonSonic said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

And if I understood what the Azzuri d'Italia (translates as "blue of
Italy" or something...not going to make that joke...) was, I'd be even
more impressed.

Quoted message said:

And how did a sprinter win the combativity classification? I thought
that was the "best suicide breakaway" contest. Or was that just the
organizers taking a shot at the piano-to-sprint style of flat Giro
stages?

I think they've got a point system for that in the Giro unlike the Tour's award
for grand and futile gestures.

Dumbass -

It must be what they used to call the combined points 'cause the only
time Pettachi ever feels wind in his face is during TTs and the
sprints of flatter stages.

thanks,

K. Gringioni.

Ryan Cousineau said:

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William Asher said:

Howard Kveck <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

If they had used a system that was more akin to that in the
Tour,

I'd imagine that one of the Tinkov riders would have won it. They did
go off the front a lot.

Quoted message said:

That was because they told the team that each day, the first 12 guys
to the feed zone got vodka bidons. A Russian team will do anything
for free vodka.

Really? I would have thought that was not the marginal value
proposition for Russians. As in, coals to Newcastle.

Mmm...Newcastle brown ale...

Russians will drink anything. Soviet pilots don't count on there being de-
icing fluid in their aircraft, for instance. The daily wine ration for
scientists on Soviet research vessels was two bottles a day per person
when at sea in the tropics, god knows how much they put away on polar
cruises. It was cheap Bulgarian white, they would take the corks out by
slamming the bottle against a bulkhead, or smacking the bottle bottom using
a hard-soled shoe. Your typical Russian liquor cabinet wouldn't be nearly
as impressive as Mark-Pawl Gosselahr's in terms of variety, but I'm
guessing if M-PG went toe-to-toe with the average Russian male downing
shots, M-PG would die. Even undergrads at RPI couldn't keep up with
Russians.

--
Bill Asher

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Quoted message said:

It must be what they used to call the combined points 'cause the only
time Pettachi ever feels wind in his face is during TTs and the
sprints of flatter stages.

The only time you feel wind in your face is when your partner passes gas.

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William Asher said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

William Asher said:

Howard Kveck <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

>
> If they had used a system that was more akin to that in the
> Tour,
I'd imagine that one of the Tinkov riders would have won it. They did
go off the front a lot.
>

That was because they told the team that each day, the first 12 guys
to the feed zone got vodka bidons. A Russian team will do anything
for free vodka.

Really? I would have thought that was not the marginal value
proposition for Russians. As in, coals to Newcastle.

Mmm...Newcastle brown ale...

Russians will drink anything. Soviet pilots don't count on there being de-
icing fluid in their aircraft, for instance. The daily wine ration for
scientists on Soviet research vessels was two bottles a day per person
when at sea in the tropics, god knows how much they put away on polar
cruises. It was cheap Bulgarian white, they would take the corks out by
slamming the bottle against a bulkhead, or smacking the bottle bottom using
a hard-soled shoe. Your typical Russian liquor cabinet wouldn't be nearly
as impressive as Mark-Pawl Gosselahr's in terms of variety, but I'm
guessing if M-PG went toe-to-toe with the average Russian male downing
shots, M-PG would die. Even undergrads at RPI couldn't keep up with
Russians.

LIVEDRUNK favours quality over quantity. For example, right now
LIVEDRUNK has just enjoyed a half-glass of cheap French Rosé, since
LIVEDRUNK is saving the other half for the apple pie he is letting cool.

Cheap apples plus cheap wine = losing weight can wait until tomorrow. Oh
dear.

Oh, back to the question: MPG is dead to me, as he refused my Facebook
friend request.

Two bottles a day? I have no words...

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Oh, back to the question: MPG is dead to me, as he refused my Facebook
friend request.

That is almost as bad, no, it is worse, than the stories told of Mickey
Mantle rolling up limo windows in the faces of little boys asking for his
autograph. On the other hand, it could also be that MPG lurks here and
figures that if he accepts your Facebook friend request, then he has to
accept everyone's. But if it makes you feel any better, if I had a
Facebook account and I had sent MPG a friend request and he accepted mine
and I knew he refused yours, I wouldn't rub your nose in it. Much.

--
Bill Asher

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William Asher said:

Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote in
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<snip>

Quoted message said:

Oh, back to the question: MPG is dead to me, as he refused my Facebook
friend request.

That is almost as bad, no, it is worse, than the stories told of Mickey
Mantle rolling up limo windows in the faces of little boys asking for his
autograph. On the other hand, it could also be that MPG lurks here and
figures that if he accepts your Facebook friend request, then he has to
accept everyone's. But if it makes you feel any better, if I had a
Facebook account and I had sent MPG a friend request and he accepted mine
and I knew he refused yours, I wouldn't rub your nose in it. Much.

I don't know by what tortured byways the deranged ravings of rbr might
reach the senses of mid-cat movie-star bicycle racers, but whether it be
a friend of a friend who tells him about it on the start line, or a
fortuitous ego-surf, I desperately hope that Mark-Paul Gosselaar reads
this, and at least garners some small amount of entertainment from us.

It would make it all worth it.

Personal to MPG: add me to your Facebook. I'll send you a LIVEDRUNK
jersey.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos