Giro stage 4: Simoni dominates

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I saw some of the stage 4 this morning, but Simoni was
quite impressive. It's really suprising to see a mountain
stage so early in a Tour. I think the 1989 or 1990 tdf had
a mountain stage early in the tdf. It was a day after the
Futuroscope TT. Adding a mountain stage early in the race
really livens up the race. I like the idea of having
cobbles in the prologue this year. I think adding a pave
stage to this years tdf is a good idea. The tours were
becoming far to predictable. This forces the racers to
become more complete riders. Heck even Cippollini has
become slightly more well rounded over the years.

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I saw some of the stage 4 this morning, but Simoni was
quite impressive. It's really suprising to see a mountain
stage so early in a Tour. I think the 1989 or 1990 tdf had
a mountain stage early in the tdf. It was a day after the
Futuroscope TT. Adding a mountain stage early in the race
really livens up the race. I like the idea of having
cobbles in the prologue this year. I think adding a pave
stage to this years tdf is a good idea. The tours were
becoming far to predictable. This forces the racers to
become more complete riders. Heck even Cippollini has
become slightly more well rounded over the years.

Oh, I dunno about Cipo, he's slinking around 29 minutes down
while Peta is only 19 minute down, so far. I'm predicitng
between the two that Cipo will be the first to drop back an
hour. I wonder how many tifosi were pushing their favorite
sprinters up the mountains today.

After looking at the results I find out someone else is the
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[censored] post the results in the header. Congradulations
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"Charles Hizark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I saw some of the stage 4 this morning, but Simoni was
quite impressive. It's really suprising to see a
mountain stage so early in a Tour. I think the 1989 or
1990 tdf had a mountain stage early in the tdf. It was a
day after the Futuroscope TT. Adding a mountain stage
early in the race really livens up the race. I like the
idea of having cobbles in the prologue this year. I
think adding a pave stage to this years tdf is a good
idea. The tours were becoming far to predictable. This
forces the racers to become more complete riders. Heck
even Cippollini has become slightly more well rounded
over the years.

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Originally posted by Charles Hizark
I saw some of the stage 4 this morning, but Simoni was quite
impressive. It's really suprising to see a mountain stage so
early in a Tour. I think the 1989 or 1990 tdf had a mountain
stage early in the tdf. It was a day after the Futuroscope
TT. Adding a mountain stage early in the race really livens
up the race. I like the idea of having cobbles in the
prologue this year. I think adding a pave stage to this
years tdf is a good idea. The tours were becoming far to
predictable. This forces the racers to become more complete
riders. Heck even Cippollini has become slightly more well
rounded over the years.

I wouldn't really call Simoni's victory today dominant. He only has ~20 secs on Popovych after one of the steepest climbs in the Giro. He got away but that was about it. And Cunego dropped off the pace but we'll never know if that was because Cunego couldn't keep up or if Saeco ordered him to fall back and let Simoni win.

I to like to see the mixed variety of stages and hope to see more of it.

By the way, it doesn't matter to me if you post results in the title. I want to know who wins what as soon as possible. I also want to discuss it as soon as possible.

Stage 4 ??

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I saw some of the stage 4 this morning, but Simoni was
quite impressive. It's really suprising to see a
mountain stage so early in a Tour. I think the 1989 or
1990 tdf had a mountain stage early in the tdf. It was a
day after the Futuroscope TT. Adding a mountain stage
early in the race really livens up the race. I like the
idea of having cobbles in the prologue this year. I
think adding a pave stage to this years tdf is a good
idea. The tours were becoming far to predictable. This
forces the racers to become more complete riders. Heck
even Cippollini has become slightly more well rounded
over the years.

Oh, I dunno about Cipo, he's slinking around 29 minutes
down while Peta is only 19 minute down, so far. I'm
predicitng between the two that Cipo will be the first to
drop back an hour. I wonder how many tifosi were pushing
their favorite sprinters up the mountains today.

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Stage 4 ??

They just messed up with the stage numbers. 4th day of
racing instead of stage 4.

Does anyone know what that Pink strip is that runs down the length of Simoni's left leg? I've never seen anything like it.

Here's an image of the strip in question: http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/updateframesetcall?openform&04giroSt5

Scroll down through the list of images and you'll see it...sorry for the confusion.

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JDM said:

Here's an image of the strip in question: grahamw-grahamw-Open ↗
atson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/updateframesetcall?openform&0-
4giroSt5

Specifically:ttp://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/photos/04giroSt5-
008000

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Does anyone know what that Pink strip is that runs down
the length of Simoni's left leg? I've never seen anything
like it.

I suspect it is some kind of product along the lines of that
medically suspect wristband he endorsed last year. The Giro
as infomercial.

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Does anyone know what that Pink strip is that runs down
the length of Simoni's left leg? I've never seen anything
like it.

I suspect it is some kind of product along the lines of
that medically suspect wristband he endorsed last year.
The Giro as infomercial.

Looks to me like tape to help support the knee.