Armstrong is annoying...

"Keith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

maybe he is just asking out of courtesy....e.g. it might be considered
impolite if he just took-off without giving them a chance.

Laz

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:53:10 -0400, "Laz" <[email hidden]>

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"Keith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

maybe he is just asking out of courtesy....e.g. it might be considered
impolite if he just took-off without giving them a chance.

Hinault or Merckx would never have done that...

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Laz

Keith said:

...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

That is what they were hired and paid to do; nothing more nothing
less.

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From what I could see, he did this exactly when the climb became

less steep, and would pull again on the harder parts. Seems to
help the other guys more than anything.

-ilan

Keith a écrit :

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...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

Earl Camembert said:

Keith said:

...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

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That is what they were hired and paid to do; nothing more nothing
less.

Who? Mancebo, Rasmussen, Valverde? Because that's who Keith was
talking about.

Wow, if Discovery is paying those guys too, maybe Lafferty really
is right, the team is an evil criminal conspiracy cooked up by
Bruyneel, Tommy Weisel, Carmichael, Ferrari, Roll, and Verbruggen.
Did I forget anybody?

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Earl Camembert said:

Keith said:

...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

Quoted message said:

That is what they were hired and paid to do; nothing more nothing
less.

Who? Mancebo, Rasmussen, Valverde? Because that's who Keith was
talking about.

Wow, if Discovery is paying those guys too, maybe Lafferty really
is right, the team is an evil criminal conspiracy cooked up by
Bruyneel, Tommy Weisel, Carmichael, Ferrari, Roll, and Verbruggen.
Did I forget anybody?

How about Kirsten, maybe she is the "special" incentive?
Bill C

Keith said:

...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

Dumbass -

Really good bike racers, ones that have the entire "package", are able
to manipulate interpersonal relations with other competitors to their
own advantage.

It's one of the fascinating things about the sport.

thanks,

K. Gringioni.

Kurgan Gringioni said:

Keith said:

...asking the other guys to ride for him, talk about being the boss...

Dumbass -

Really good bike racers, ones that have the entire "package", are able
to manipulate interpersonal relations with other competitors to their
own advantage.

You ask Valverdi if he's happy that he "helped" Lance?

And last I saw, Ras is in second place because he "helped" Lance.

They helped because it was in their interest to help.