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.

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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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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?

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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

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Originally posted by Bart Van Hooreb
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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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

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 [email hidden]

Bob Schwartz said:

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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-

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heather

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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

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Originally posted by Shussbar
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.

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.

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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.

Shussbar said:

As curiosity, what telepherique are you going to take?
From Vaujany?

Vaujany is a possibility, I think the ride to Alpe d'Huez
from Alpette could be very nice. But Oz Station is more
direct and their web page says they will be running all
day that day.

Getting back is going to be more interesting since everyone
will want to leave at the same time. I think that's where
the mountain bike has the most value if I can just ride back
over the ridge that separates Alpe d'Huez and Oz Station.

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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.

Is that who .... nevermind.

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

I only studied German, Latin and Klingon. Is a
'telepherique' some sort of matter transporter? Is it FTL?

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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.

Goddam have fun -- we're all jealous here man.

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

Bob Schwartz [email hidden]

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