J-me question?

"alex g" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Why doesn't J-me do the euro six-days like Farty's been doing for the last couple of years?

I would guess it is because:

1) w/o Nothstein's palmares, he's unlikely to get invited to participate, at least not at a price
that makes it worth his while, and
2) he's got a great winter (for us) gig Down Under, where he is generally a crowd favorite and
usually makes some decent $$ (although based on the cyclignnews.com reports, he doesn't seem to
be raking it in this year).

Andy Coggan

3) he sucks against international competition (what has he or Jonass done in world-class events like
world champs or olimpics?) they don't win when they can't buy a result

4) who would partner with him?

5) if he pulled the [censored] against euro riders, that he pulls with the local riders, he would get his
head bashed in

6) when he and his brother go whining to the organizers about "calling a lawyer, the police, etc.",
they would laugh in his face and tell him to go crying to his mother

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Subject: Re: J-me question? From: "Andy Coggan" [email hidden] Date: 1/11/2004 9:19 AM
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"alex g" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Why doesn't J-me do the euro six-days like Farty's been doing for the last couple of years?

I would guess it is because:

1) w/o Nothstein's palmares, he's unlikely to get invited to participate, at least not at a price
that makes it worth his while, and
2) he's got a great winter (for us) gig Down Under, where he is generally a crowd favorite and
usually makes some decent $$ (although based on the cyclignnews.com reports, he doesn't seem to
be raking it in this year).

Andy Coggan

wow? is he a friend of yours?

Ronde Chump said:

3) he sucks against international competition (what has he or Jonass done in world-class events
like world champs or olimpics?) they don't win when they can't buy a result

4) who would partner with him?

5) if he pulled the [censored] against euro riders, that he pulls with the local riders, he would get
his head bashed in

6) when he and his brother go whining to the organizers about "calling a lawyer, the police,
etc.", they would laugh in his face and tell him to go crying to his mother

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Subject: Re: J-me question? From: "Andy Coggan" [email hidden] Date: 1/11/2004 9:19 AM
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"alex g" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Why doesn't J-me do the euro six-days like Farty's been doing for the last couple of years?

I would guess it is because:

1) w/o Nothstein's palmares, he's unlikely to get invited to participate, at least not at a price
that makes it worth his while, and
2) he's got a great winter (for us) gig Down Under, where he is generally a crowd favorite and
usually makes some decent $$ (although based on the cyclignnews.com reports, he doesn't seem
to be raking it in this year).

Andy Coggan

"alex g" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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wow? is he a friend of yours?

Ronde Chump said:

3) he sucks against international competition (what has he or Jonass

done in

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world-class events like world champs or olimpics?) they don't win when

they

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can't buy a result

No one is a friend of his.

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"alex g" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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wow? is he a friend of yours?

Ronde Chump said:

3) he sucks against international competition (what has he or Jonass

done in

Quoted message said:

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world-class events like world champs or olimpics?) they don't win when

they

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can't buy a result

No one is a friend of his.

I like J-Me.

The backwater of US track cycling would be a real sport if there were more like him. And while he
may not have had the results at the international level some of you wish he'd had, so that you could
somehow identify with it just cause he was born in the same country as you, he has been 5th in the
Oly. points race. That's pretty cool.

The fact that the goons of track cycling don't like him is a point in his favor if you ask me.

R-naldo

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The USOC hands out money for medals and Marty produced a medal in track sprinting at the last
Olympics. Since it seems unlikely that any track medals will come to this country from Athens I'd
say the picture for US track racing is looking pretty grim.

The fact that someone like Mari Holden (4:06 at nationals, the three fastest qualifiers at Worlds
went 3:32, 3:32, 3:34) is apparently seriously training for the pursuit is an indicator of this.

Keep in mind that T-town is approximately 3 s slower per kilometer than your typical indoor wood
250 m track such as Stuttgart (a fact that even USAC now recognizes: see
usacycling.orgtrack worldcup selection.pdfOpen ↗). That said, I agree with you:
Holden would have to be able to go at least 15 s faster to even have a shot of making it into the
medal round.

Andy Coggan