Another winner today

Bob Schwartz said:

Petacchi.

And speaking of Italian sprinters that have sucked so far, I
suppose this gives Cipo a chance to show us he's still alive.

I had totally forgotten about him. How about that! When he
announces his retirement I wonder if he will back date it.

Bob Schwartz
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Peta needed medical attention and might DNS tomorrow.

Bart Van Hoorebeeck said:

Peta needed medical attention and might DNS tomorrow.

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It's a shame I don't gamble.

Bob Schwartz
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Quoted message said:

Petacchi.

Brioches La Boulangere will ride until they explode to keep Voeckler
in yellow for as long as possible. Fdjeux.com also has an interest
in discouraging breakaways, both to assist Cooke and on the theory
that Voeckler and O'Grady will both fade in the climbs before Casar
leaving Casar in yellow for a time.
This means Petacchi should get a couple of breakaway free days to
show that he's still a top sprinter when other top sprinters are
also in the race.

Schwartz--it's your intellect and insight as to why you
should be on of the Top Leaders of RBR over the years.
It's the way you can see things clearly and cut through the BS.

How can we reward you?

Quoted message said:

Bob Schwartz
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-Ken

Bob Schwartz <[email protected]>...

Quoted message said:

Petacchi.

Brioches La Boulangere will ride until they explode to keep Voeckler
in yellow for as long as possible. Fdjeux.com also has an interest
in discouraging breakaways, both to assist Cooke and on the theory
that Voeckler and O'Grady will both fade in the climbs before Casar
leaving Casar in yellow for a time.
This means Petacchi should get a couple of breakaway free days to
show that he's still a top sprinter when other top sprinters are
also in the race.

Schwartz--it's your intellect and insight as to why you
should be on of the Top Leaders of RBR over the years.
It's the way you can see things clearly and cut through the BS.

How can we reward you?

Quoted message said:

Bob Schwartz
[email hidden]

-Ken

(K. J. Papai) said:

Bob Schwartz <[email protected]>...

Quoted message said:

Petacchi.

Brioches La Boulangere will ride until they explode to keep Voeckler
in yellow for as long as possible. Fdjeux.com also has an interest
in discouraging breakaways, both to assist Cooke and on the theory
that Voeckler and O'Grady will both fade in the climbs before Casar
leaving Casar in yellow for a time.
This means Petacchi should get a couple of breakaway free days to
show that he's still a top sprinter when other top sprinters are
also in the race.

Schwartz--it's your intellect and insight as to why you
should be on of the Top Leaders of RBR over the years.
It's the way you can see things clearly and cut through the BS.

Yeah, the OP was one of the more thoughtful bits of race analysis here
in a quite a while.

JT

(K. J. Papai) said:

Bob Schwartz <[email protected]>...

Quoted message said:

Petacchi.

Brioches La Boulangere will ride until they explode to keep Voeckler
in yellow for as long as possible. Fdjeux.com also has an interest
in discouraging breakaways, both to assist Cooke and on the theory
that Voeckler and O'Grady will both fade in the climbs before Casar
leaving Casar in yellow for a time.
This means Petacchi should get a couple of breakaway free days to
show that he's still a top sprinter when other top sprinters are
also in the race.

Schwartz--it's your intellect and insight as to why you
should be on of the Top Leaders of RBR over the years.
It's the way you can see things clearly and cut through the BS.

Yeah, the OP was one of the more thoughtful bits of race analysis here
in a quite a while.

JT

"Bob Schwartz" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Petacchi.

Brioches La Boulangere will ride until they explode to keep Voeckler
in yellow for as long as possible.

Sure, but being not a very strong team Brioches La Boulangere is certainly
not capable to controll the race. So they will be quite happy if a few
riders are taking a couple of minutes, forcing the teams of the sprinters to
lead the pursuit.

Benjo Maso

Bart Van Hooreb said:

Peta needed medical attention and might DNS tomorrow.

Where did you get this info? I was wondering why we hadn't seen
more of him...

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Bart Van Hooreb said:

Peta needed medical attention and might DNS tomorrow.

Where did you get this info? I was wondering why we hadn't seen
more of him...

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Gosh, I'm blushing.

But I missed the damage from Petacchi's fall. In my defense
we don't have cable so all I'm working on is the audio feed
from Eurosport over the internet. I should have placed that
bet on 'None'.

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How can we reward you?

Well, if anyone really feels indebted they could kill Bill Z
and Guy's computers. I'm sure we'd all appreciate it.

My plane tickets are on Tuesday, we'll be in the Pyrenees
and the Alps. I have some ideas for getting to Alpe d'Huez
via telepherique and mountain bike but I'm still not sure
how I'm going to do it. If I had enough daylight after the
finish I'd ride trails back to where we are staying but
that's not an option.

I'll be sure to take pictures of the food for heather.

Bob Schwartz
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Bob Schwartz said:

Quoted message said:

I'll be sure to take pictures of the food for heather.

yes! many many pictures- food and beer and mountains and maybe even a
bike racer if you're feeling generous.

just no porno shots please, not into your kind of perversions-

("OK, just to make some of you people happy, here is a [censored] link:
http://www.pbase.com/image/22198722
That one's for you heather <kiss><kiss>"😉

heather

Bob Schwartz said:

Quoted message said:

I'll be sure to take pictures of the food for heather.

yes! many many pictures- food and beer and mountains and maybe even a
bike racer if you're feeling generous.

just no porno shots please, not into your kind of perversions-

("OK, just to make some of you people happy, here is a [censored] link:
http://www.pbase.com/image/22198722
That one's for you heather <kiss><kiss>"😉

heather

Quoted message said:

This means Petacchi should get a couple of breakaway free days to
show that he's still a top sprinter when other top sprinters are
also in the race.

If his shoulder is Ok after the crash and Xray done today. he said it was
dislocated. according to velonews.com

Quoted message said:

This means Petacchi should get a couple of breakaway free days to
show that he's still a top sprinter when other top sprinters are
also in the race.

If his shoulder is Ok after the crash and Xray done today. he said it was
dislocated. according to velonews.com

Quoted message said:

My plane tickets are on Tuesday, we'll be in the Pyrenees
and the Alps. I have some ideas for getting to Alpe d'Huez
via telepherique and mountain bike but I'm still not sure
how I'm going to do it. If I had enough daylight after the
finish I'd ride trails back to where we are staying but
that's not an option.

Have fun! Enjoy!.
As curiosity, what telepherique are you going to take? From Vaujany?

Quoted message said:

My plane tickets are on Tuesday, we'll be in the Pyrenees
and the Alps. I have some ideas for getting to Alpe d'Huez
via telepherique and mountain bike but I'm still not sure
how I'm going to do it. If I had enough daylight after the
finish I'd ride trails back to where we are staying but
that's not an option.

Have fun! Enjoy!.
As curiosity, what telepherique are you going to take? From Vaujany?

Shussbar said:

If his shoulder is Ok after the crash and Xray done today. he said it
was dislocated. according to velonews.com

No fracture. Says he is going to continue. However, can't see
him getting to full sprint pace with the pain of a recently
subluxed shoulder.

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Bob Schwartz said:

My plane tickets are on Tuesday, we'll be in the Pyrenees
and the Alps. I have some ideas for getting to Alpe d'Huez
via telepherique and mountain bike but I'm still not sure
how I'm going to do it. If I had enough daylight after the
finish I'd ride trails back to where we are staying but
that's not an option.

Quoted message said:

I'll be sure to take pictures of the food for heather.

Yes please. I really liked your Ronde van Vlaanderen page.

Also, if you can take down a Cutter on the Alpe, I'll double
Trdina's fifty bucks.