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[B. Lafferty]

"Davey Crockett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:41:17 GMT, "B. Lafferty" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"amit" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> tispectrum wrote:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/983h8
>>>
>>> what's not clear what the exact sticking points are. all the issues
>>> seem workable, not deal breakers.
>>>
>>> the big players all stand to gain from a protour franchise system, in
>>> the long term. it's the medium players that stand to lose the most.
>>>
>>> but we might be seeing the start of a separate big league circuit
>>> separate the the UCI. like the NBA and FIBA, or what i suppose the US
>>> sort of has with USPRO and USCF.
>>>
>>
>>The UCI will screw them by creating new classics in places like Ankara,
>>Tirane, Bratislava, Vilnius, Galway and Belfast. ;-)
>>
>
> Man have you ever been smokin' Bad Hash

Hey, the Rumsas family stands ready to organize a race in Vilnius.

 

[RonSonic]

On 9 Dec 2005 12:23:24 -0800, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hah. The best part is the UCI's reply
>(http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=1777). Hein Verbruggen is more
>out of touch with reality than I could possibly imagine. It's all
>****,"huh?" No one's buying the bluff.

I just love his casual and repeated use of the word "American" as a derogation.

Ron

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>,
Davey Crockett <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:41:55 +0100, "Robert Chung"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The ProTour was not a well thought out plan.
> >
>
> That has to qualify as the understatement if the millennium
>
> --
> Le Vent à Dos
> Davey Crockett

Davey! We thought you were dead! And you're just in time, too. The
Burnaby Velodrome is putting on a Six Day race:

http://www.burnabyvelodrome.ca/races/sixday_schedule.pdf

Sadly, no restaurant or disco is planned.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

 

[Donald Munro]

[email protected] wrote:
> Remember, a victory in the ProTour is a victory for freedom.
> And if you don't support the ProTour, the enemies of freedom win.

And if they don't the unknown knowns will (Is VDB an unknown known or a
known unknown ?)

 

[Davey Crockett]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:51:27 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]>
wrote:


>Davey! We thought you were dead! And you're just in time, too. The
>Burnaby Velodrome is putting on a Six Day race:
>
>http://www.burnabyvelodrome.ca/races/sixday_schedule.pdf
>
>Sadly, no restaurant or disco is planned.

Interesting, but the one in London was thinking of a Six-Day too.

I was out there. It' a killer track somewhat reminiscent of Gent but
smaller and 7 trips to the Klick.

Anyway, I wan't thinking of returning to the New World anytime in the
near future; the Old World suits me just fine.

--
Le Vent à Dos
Davey Crockett
--
Le Vent à Dos
Davey Crockett

 

[Ewoud Dronkert]

Davey Crockett wrote:
> Anyway, I wan't thinking of returning to the New World anytime in the
> near future; the Old World suits me just fine.

Nice is nice. Well, the backcountry is. Had a chance yet to try out the
circuit around the Col de Turini? I never have but it always seemed like a
must-do.

--
E. Dronkert

 

[Davey Crockett]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:09:41 +0100, Ewoud Dronkert
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Davey Crockett wrote:
>> Anyway, I wan't thinking of returning to the New World anytime in the
>> near future; the Old World suits me just fine.
>
>Nice is nice. Well, the backcountry is. Had a chance yet to try out the
>circuit around the Col de Turini? I never have but it always seemed like a
>must-do.

I'm in Antibes, not Nice actually but the weather has not been the
best the last month or so and currently I'm sticking to the local
area, like the Nice, Grasse, Cannes triangle

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Le Vent à Dos
Davey Crockett

 

[B. Lafferty]

"Davey Crockett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:09:41 +0100, Ewoud Dronkert
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Davey Crockett wrote:
>>> Anyway, I wan't thinking of returning to the New World anytime in the
>>> near future; the Old World suits me just fine.
>>
>>Nice is nice. Well, the backcountry is. Had a chance yet to try out the
>>circuit around the Col de Turini? I never have but it always seemed like a
>>must-do.
>
> I'm in Antibes, not Nice actually but the weather has not been the
> best the last month or so and currently I'm sticking to the local
> area, like the Nice, Grasse, Cannes triangle
>
> --
> Le Vent à Dos
> Davey Crockett

Life can be difficult at times, eh?

 

[Ewoud Dronkert]

Davey Crockett wrote:
> I'm in Antibes, not Nice actually but the weather has not been the
> best the last month or so and currently I'm sticking to the local
> area, like the Nice, Grasse, Cannes triangle

Ah well, the other side of Nice is nice too. Café au lait in Vence, pain
au chocolat in Châteauneuf and some wine and sunset in Juan les Pins.
Sounds like a good training round.

I always regret having taken the seaside N-road instead of the Col de
l'Evêque on my way to Antibes (between St Raphaël and Cannes). But hey, it
was the last day of 2 weeks in the mountains and the map showed a myriad
of double chevrons in the hinterland.

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E. Dronkert

 

[Davey Crockett]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:15:52 +0100, Ewoud Dronkert
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Davey Crockett wrote:
>> I'm in Antibes, not Nice actually but the weather has not been the
>> best the last month or so and currently I'm sticking to the local
>> area, like the Nice, Grasse, Cannes triangle
>
>Ah well, the other side of Nice is nice too. Café au lait in Vence, pain
>au chocolat in Châteauneuf and some wine and sunset in Juan les Pins.
>Sounds like a good training round.
>
>I always regret having taken the seaside N-road instead of the Col de
>l'Evêque on my way to Antibes (between St Raphaël and Cannes). But hey, it
>was the last day of 2 weeks in the mountains and the map showed a myriad
>of double chevrons in the hinterland.

The Bord de Mer is a better ride if it isn't too busy; that Massif de
l'Esterel is hotter than hell in summer and a much harder ride I
always think.

--
Le Vent à Dos
Davey Crockett