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if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be kickin some ass.. he got 3rd in the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....

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Jtn
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10 February 2004, 19:00 UTC #1

if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be kickin some ass.. he got 3rd in the
tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....

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Tom Kunich
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11 February 2004, 05:16 UTC #2

"JTN" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be kickin

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ass.. he got 3rd in the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....
He could have been a contender. He may STILL be a contender. It's a long season.

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Carl Sundquist
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11 February 2004, 14:16 UTC #3

"JTN" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be kickin some ass.. he got 3rd in
the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....
Somehow I don't think Lieswyn or any of the Healthnet guys truly intended to go for GC, seeing as it
will ultimately come down to the Gentings Highland climb as it always has. Stage wins and sprint
jerseys are likely to be their goal for Langkawi, so the shoulda, woulda, coulda stuff is as
meaningless as ever.
The Gentings Highland finish is surreal: with the 95 degree heat and 90% humidity on essentially
flat stages, you have been cooking yourself and slathering on sunblock every 20 minutes (unless you
are a dumbass who thinks you'll tan by going from a winter climate north of the 45th latitude to the
equator). You climb this rather steep, 15 mile long hill to finish (quite thrashed from the effort)
in the clouds at a silvery castle-like mountaintop resort. The temperature is about 20 degrees
lower, and having felt like you have been on a rotisserie spit for the previous stages, is by
contrast a bit chilly. As you creep past the finish line you are greeted and cheered on by
Westerners dressed up in clown and jester costumes (they are the entertainers at the resorts).
Then back to reality as you are loaded up in buses and trucked back down the hill to the sweaty
tropics of KL.

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Jim Gravity
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11 February 2004, 14:46 UTC #4

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if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be kickin

some
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ass.. he got 3rd in the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....
He could have been a contender. He may STILL be a contender. It's a long season.
He should be going well by Georgia.

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Jtn
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11 February 2004, 16:16 UTC #5

yaaaaaaa, after reading his story your right on. until moninger wrecked he was the "gc" guy and the
rest were for gord. i just think they may have made a mistake in their gc selection...
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if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be kickin

some
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ass.. he got 3rd in the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....
Somehow I don't think Lieswyn or any of the Healthnet guys truly intended to go for GC, seeing as
it will ultimately come down to the Gentings Highland climb as it always has. Stage wins and
sprint jerseys are likely to be their goal for Langkawi, so the shoulda, woulda, coulda stuff is
as meaningless as ever.
The Gentings Highland finish is surreal: with the 95 degree heat and 90% humidity on essentially
flat stages, you have been cooking yourself and slathering on sunblock every 20 minutes (unless
you are a dumbass who thinks you'll tan by going from a winter climate north of the 45th latitude
to the equator). You climb this rather steep, 15 mile long hill to finish (quite thrashed from the
effort) in the clouds at a silvery castle-like mountaintop resort. The temperature is about 20
degrees lower, and having felt like you have been on a rotisserie spit for the previous stages, is
by contrast a bit chilly. As you creep past the finish line you are greeted and cheered on by
Westerners dressed up in clown and jester costumes (they are the entertainers at the resorts).
Then back to reality as you are loaded up in buses and trucked back down the hill to the sweaty
tropics of KL.

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Tom Kunich
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12 February 2004, 02:46 UTC #6

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if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be

kickin
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some
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ass.. he got 3rd in the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....
He could have been a contender. He may STILL be a contender. It's a long season.
He should be going well by Georgia.
I've been watching him for several years and I can't understand why he is sooo fast and never seems
to get that win.

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Jim Gravity
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12 February 2004, 23:22 UTC #7

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> if he could have stayed with em the first few stages he would be

kickin some
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> ass.. he got 3rd in the tt down in Malaysia.....what a ride....
He could have been a contender. He may STILL be a contender. It's a long season.
He should be going well by Georgia.
I've been watching him for several years and I can't understand why he is sooo fast and never
seems to get that win.
'cuz he's clean!

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Ronaldo Jeremia
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14 February 2004, 22:17 UTC #8

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He won Tour De Buece last year.
The adage that "bike racing makes you dumb" is forever proven, day after day after day.
Beauce.
Lieswyn.

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