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Pettachi is definately bad ass, and as much as I have liked
Cipo over the years, the torch does seem to have passed, the
Tour should be interesting as long as Cipo is healthy and
fit and his train is working, it could be a good battle in
the sprint stages. As classy as Cipo is, I look for him to
somehow cerimoniously (sp) pass the torch to Ale Jet at some
point during the tour. On another note Robbie McWhiner today
left the Giro to prep for the tour saying " Petacchi is
beatable" to which I would respond, "THEN BEAT HIM"

Dave

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Dave,

Any idea what Sella was yelling as he crossed the finish
line the other day?

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. As classy as Cipo is, I look for him to somehow
cerimoniously (sp) pass the torch to Ale Jet at some
point during the tour. On another note Robbie McWhiner
today left the Giro to prep for the tour saying "
Petacchi is beatable" to which I would respond, "THEN
BEAT HIM"

Dave

The only question I have about Petacchi is the level of
competition he is sprinting against, seems to me that
he's competing with quite a few once greats, a batch of
legends in their own minds,, and a few decent younger
riders. I don't see anyone beating him regularly soon,
but I think the level of competition isn't what Cipo
faced for years. Bill C

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. As classy as Cipo is, I look for him to somehow
cerimoniously (sp) pass the torch to Ale Jet at some
point during the

tour.

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On another note Robbie McWhiner today left the Giro to
prep for the tour saying " Petacchi is beatable" to which
I would respond, "THEN BEAT HIM"

Dave

The only question I have about Petacchi is the level of
competition he is sprinting against, seems to me that
he's competing with quite a few once greats, a batch of
legends in their own minds,, and a few decent younger
riders. I don't see anyone beating him regularly soon,
but I think the

level of

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competition isn't what Cipo faced for years. Bill C

That may be, but look at some of the speeds he's hitting at
the line. Pretty impressive.

-T

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On another note Robbie McWhiner today left the Giro to
prep for the tour saying " Petacchi is beatable" to which
I would respond, "THEN BEAT HIM"

that's pretty much the deal isn't it? If you can than do. If
you can't then SHUT THE F*&$ Up Robbie.....

Oh July promises to be fun with Al, Erik, Mario, Baden,
and the rest.

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He's got the speed, but does he have it when there are
other sprinters almost as fast throwing elbows and
leaning on him? Great sprinters have a whole lot more
guts than brains to go with their speed. Anybody with a
little sense wouldn't be doing what they do.

It seemed last year at the Tour tht he was fast enough to
ride away from the elbowing and leaning (which seemed to
be Robbie and Badens part of the game). Wonder what would
have happened if he had been ablee to stay in and compete
as things got later in the race and guys got more tired
and as a consequence more "sloppy"? Perhaps this year we
can find out.

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David N. Welton said:

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And no one's talking about it here, busy with the Lance
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Dave,

Any idea what Sella was yelling as he crossed the finish
line the other day?

Probably something like, "It is good to be the king, but
better to be an all-arounder."

jesseth@removethis_gwi.net (Jesse Thompson) said:

David N. Welton said:

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Any idea what Sella was yelling as he crossed the finish
line the other day?

No:-( I haven't been able to watch the Giro on TV this year,
and haven't bothered taping it (I'm too curious about the
results and peek from the office:-)

That was quite a ride though. I think it would be cool to
see more stages like that one... those are in some ways even
better than the high mountain stages, as they are so
unpredictable. Much as Petacchi is a great sprinter, I'd
certainly rather see the hilly stages than yet another
sprint finish.

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jesseth@removethis_gwi.net (Jesse Thompson) said:

David N. Welton said:

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And no one's talking about it here, busy with the
Lance chatter...

Quoted message said:

Any idea what Sella was yelling as he crossed the finish
line the other day?

No:-( I haven't been able to watch the Giro on TV this
year, and haven't bothered taping it (I'm too curious
about the results and peek from the office:-)

Taping is the best. A little discipline at work lets you
skip all the commercials at home.

And this Giro, taping the last 20 minutes of 90% of the
stages has worked really well for me.

It's getting hard to sustain the blackout these days during
the Tour. The Lance thing has gotten big enough that people
who don't care anything about bike racing still ruin the
suspence for you.

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That was quite a ride though. I think it would be cool to
see more stages like that one... those are in some ways
even better than the high mountain stages, as they are so
unpredictable. Much as Petacchi is a great sprinter, I'd
certainly rather see the hilly stages than yet another
sprint finish.

I'm looking forward to the Belgian stages at the Tour for
just that reason... One can always hope.