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  1. Original post
    Howard Kveck
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    Bradley McGee wins the overall on this short stage race, mostly by
    staying near the front on the climbing stages and winning the ITT (a truly
    surprising tactic, that). This race is another one that is thought of as an
    indicator of form for the TdF, and, if so, David Millar needs some work on
    his climbing. He lost 32:40 on the first (and longest) stage.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/jun04/routedusud04/?id=stages/routedusu
    d044

    I think Cédric Hervé needs a name change:

    36 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
    37 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com
    38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
    39 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenho0
    40 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover
    41 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Crédit Agricole
    42 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover

    --
    tanx,
    Howard

    "The fickleness of fame and fortune's caprice
    Together changed the life of Mason Reese"
    Alice Donut

    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

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  2. Sonarrat
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    Howard Kveck said:

    Bradley McGee wins the overall on this short stage race, mostly by
    staying near the front on the climbing stages and winning the ITT (a truly
    surprising tactic, that). This race is another one that is thought of as an
    indicator of form for the TdF, and, if so, David Millar needs some work on
    his climbing. He lost 32:40 on the first (and longest) stage.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/jun04/routedusud04/?id=stages/routedusu
    d044

    I think Cédric Hervé needs a name change:

    36 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
    37 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com
    38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
    39 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenho0
    40 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover
    41 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Crédit Agricole
    42 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover

    This, by the way, is the first race Paolo "Il Falco" Savoldelli has
    raced in since his injury several months ago. He got caught behind the
    first-day split which put many riders a half-hour behind, came in close
    to last in the ITT and abandoned on the last day. All forgivable, of
    course, since he's on the comeback trail...

    -Sonarrat.

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  3. warren
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Howard Kveck said:

    Bradley McGee wins the overall on this short stage race, mostly by
    staying near the front on the climbing stages and winning the ITT (a truly
    surprising tactic, that). This race is another one that is thought of as an
    indicator of form for the TdF, and, if so, David Millar needs some work on
    his climbing. He lost 32:40 on the first (and longest) stage.

    Have you learned nothing?! He and Lance are mates. Millar has put
    himself in perfect position to surprise all in the Tour.

    -WG

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

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Howard Kveck said:

    Bradley McGee wins the overall on this short stage race, mostly by
    staying near the front on the climbing stages and winning the ITT (a truly
    surprising tactic, that). This race is another one that is thought of as an
    indicator of form for the TdF, and, if so, David Millar needs some work on
    his climbing. He lost 32:40 on the first (and longest) stage.

    Have you learned nothing?! He and Lance are mates. Millar has put
    himself in perfect position to surprise all in the Tour.

    Correct sir. Losing 32 minutes is a very good way to get your
    opponents to drop their guard.

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  5. Ilan Vardi
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    warren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:


    Have you learned nothing?! He and Lance are mates. Millar has put
    himself in perfect position to surprise all in the Tour.

    Come to think of it, Armstrong said that Millar was too much of
    a rock star to join the USPS squad (rest is left to the reader).

    -ilan

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  6. Howard Kveck
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    #6

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    (Amit) said:

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

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Howard Kveck said:

    Bradley McGee wins the overall on this short stage race, mostly by
    staying near the front on the climbing stages and winning the ITT (a
    truly
    surprising tactic, that). This race is another one that is thought of as
    an
    indicator of form for the TdF, and, if so, David Millar needs some work
    on
    his climbing. He lost 32:40 on the first (and longest) stage.

    Have you learned nothing?! He and Lance are mates. Millar has put
    himself in perfect position to surprise all in the Tour.

    Correct sir. Losing 32 minutes is a very good way to get your
    opponents to drop their guard.

    Ahh, the Rasmussen trick. But I'm not sure that losing 32 minutes in
    Route du Sud is going to gain Millar anything in the TdF - nobody's going
    to remember that it happened.

    --
    tanx,
    Howard

    "The fickleness of fame and fortune's caprice
    Together changed the life of Mason Reese"
    Alice Donut

    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

    Report
  7. Howard Kveck
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    #7

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    warren said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Howard Kveck said:

    Bradley McGee wins the overall on this short stage race, mostly by
    staying near the front on the climbing stages and winning the ITT (a truly
    surprising tactic, that). This race is another one that is thought of as an
    indicator of form for the TdF, and, if so, David Millar needs some work on
    his climbing. He lost 32:40 on the first (and longest) stage.

    Have you learned nothing?! He and Lance are mates. Millar has put
    himself in perfect position to surprise all in the Tour.

    -WG

    Maybe - hopefully he'll remember to put a front derailleur on his bike
    this time. You know, I like Millar as a rider - he's strong as hell and has
    a lot of 'talent' on the bike, but he's **so** sketchy. He's almost as much
    of a headcase as VDB.

    --
    tanx,
    Howard

    "The fickleness of fame and fortune's caprice
    Together changed the life of Mason Reese"
    Alice Donut

    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

    Report
  8. Stewart Fleming
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    #8
    warren said:

    Have you learned nothing?! He and Lance are mates. Millar has put
    himself in perfect position to surprise all in the Tour.

    Reading RBR after a week's absence, this is quite amusing...

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