Hincapie Win Amazing!

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 09:59:09 -0700, "Rude" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Much like Lance's remarkable recovery from cancer, Hincapie a self
proclaimed classics rider and NOT A CLIMBER wins a TDF mountain stage!

What next, cats and dogs living in harmony?

Ahhh.... as Lance said, the miracles of science!

equating surviving stage 3 testicular cancer with winning a TdF
mountain stage.

brilliant.

Quoted message said:

David Ferguson said:

equating surviving stage 3 testicular cancer with winning a TdF
mountain stage.

brilliant.

But which is the more unlikely occurrence ?

I'm not even going to continue to have any kind of discussion where
bicycle racing and beating cancer are compared.

Hopefully you will never know why it's in such poor taste.

Rude said:

Much like Lance's remarkable recovery from cancer, Hincapie a self
proclaimed classics rider and NOT A CLIMBER wins a TDF mountain stage!

What next, cats and dogs living in harmony?

They very often do. Deprived childhood, Rude?

Quoted message said:

Ahhh.... as Lance said, the miracles of science!

Nothing new:

<http://mrambaul.club.fr/coureurs/coureurs_p/poli.htm>

(Eros Poli wins Mt. Ventoux stage, '94 TdF) (Height/weight other place
stated as: 6'4", 85kg or ~187lbs) --TP

Actually, its not too surprising at all. George was always a super
talent and his form was super this year. I predict that George will
transform into a more all around rider like Jalabert. He won't win a
big Tour, but small stage races and even the other classics are well
within his ability. With Lance gone, he will be given more freedom and
should look beyond just Roubaix.

CH

Quoted message said:

David Ferguson said:

equating surviving stage 3 testicular cancer with winning a TdF
mountain stage.

brilliant.

But which is the more unlikely occurrence ?

Dumbass -

It's not that unlikely that GH could win this stage. He was in a break
w/ guys that were so far back in GC that they were allowed to gain 19
minutes.

Those guys are far back in GC for a reason. They're not the top guys.

thanks,

K. Gringioni.

On 7/17/05 10:43 AM, in article
[email hidden], "Kurgan Gringioni"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

David Ferguson said:

equating surviving stage 3 testicular cancer with winning a TdF
mountain stage.

brilliant.

But which is the more unlikely occurrence ?

Dumbass -

It's not that unlikely that GH could win this stage. He was in a break
w/ guys that were so far back in GC that they were allowed to gain 19
minutes.

Those guys are far back in GC for a reason. They're not the top guys.

thanks,

K. Gringioni.

Although I hate to agree with "Dumbass" Kurganoli.....
GH also did NOT take a single pull until the last couple k's.

That aside it was a great win that I am sure most in the peloton would want
to have

"David Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

David Ferguson said:

equating surviving stage 3 testicular cancer with winning a TdF
mountain stage.

brilliant.

But which is the more unlikely occurrence ?

I'm not even going to continue to have any kind of discussion where
bicycle racing and beating cancer are compared.

Hopefully you will never know why it's in such poor taste.

Oh for crying out loud. Lighten the F#$% up.

I got slammed by a teenager talking on a cell phone who was driving a
Saturn. Almost killed me. Months and months of painful rehab and recovery.
Saturn comes out with a commercial where all these things slam into Saturns
to show how dent-proof they are. The last one is a cyclist. I guess I
should be offended and write them letters and protest and be all whiny. I'm
sure you would.

Naw. It makes me laugh each time I see it.

Stop being such a wuss.
--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

David Ferguson said:

equating surviving stage 3 testicular cancer with winning a TdF
mountain stage.

brilliant.

But which is the more unlikely occurrence ?

Rude a écrit :

Quoted message said:

Much like Lance's remarkable recovery from cancer, Hincapie a self
proclaimed classics rider and NOT A CLIMBER wins a TDF mountain stage!

What next, cats and dogs living in harmony?

Ahhh.... as Lance said, the miracles of science!

Yup, it's impossible for a classics rider to do well in the Tour de
France. For example, Eddy Merckx is the most successful classics rider
of all time and he only won 5 tours, which is nothing compared to
Armstrong's
seven.

-ilan

David Ferguson said:

I'm not even going to continue to have any kind of discussion where
bicycle racing and beating cancer are compared.

Hopefully you will never know why it's in such poor taste.

And you've lasted how long in an NG that uses 'dumbass' as an
honorific ?

Nice bait.

Different time WAY different era.

Quoted message said:

Eddy Merckx is the most successful classics rider
of all time and he only won 5 tours, which is
nothing compared to Armstrong's seven.

Merckx has a virtual loss. Ocana crashed.

"David Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Didn't you say you weren't going to post here about this subject? We're
waiting for you to stop.

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Actually, its not too surprising at all. George was always a super
talent and his form was super this year. I predict that George will
transform into a more all around rider like Jalabert. He won't win a
big Tour, but small stage races and even the other classics are well
within his ability. With Lance gone, he will be given more freedom and
should look beyond just Roubaix.

George could still win Paris-Roubaix but in order to do so they'll have to
break Tom Boonen's legs.

"k.papai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Different time WAY different era.

Yeah, Merckx's competition wasn't as good as Ullrich or Basso.

Merckx for instance only had to compete against nobodies like

Roger Pingeon
Raymond Poulidor
Felice Gimondi
Joop Zoetemelk
Walter Godefroot
Gosta Pettersson
Marino Basso
Lucien Van Impe
Bernard Thévenet
Joaquim Agostinho
Cyrille Guimard
Vicente Lopez-Carril
Patrick Sercu

And a load of incompetents like those guys.

Breaking Tom Boonen's legs won't get George the win either.
At least it didn't when Museeuw broke his leg!!!!

"Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Actually, its not too surprising at all. George was always a super
talent and his form was super this year. I predict that George will
transform into a more all around rider like Jalabert. He won't win a
big Tour, but small stage races and even the other classics are well
within his ability. With Lance gone, he will be given more freedom and
should look beyond just Roubaix.

George could still win Paris-Roubaix but in order to do so they'll have to
break Tom Boonen's legs.

gwhite a écrit :

Quoted message said:

Merckx has a virtual loss. Ocana crashed.

But a virtual win the year he got punched.

-ilan

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:38:44 GMT, "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"David Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Didn't you say you weren't going to post here about this subject? We're
waiting for you to stop.

We who? You and your pocket mouse?

And no you're not. Or you wouldn't bother to read the post and then
reply to it.

OK -- you win!