Paris-Roubaix Last Kilometer!!!

HC said:

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That Boonen guy's something of a badass, huh.

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Hobbes@spnb&s.com said:

HC said:

http://media.vrtnieuws.net/2008/04/170136696ONL0804133426770_wmvhi.wmv

That Boonen guy's something of a badass, huh.

I think he has a real future in cycling.

Jokes aside, he buried one of the best cyclists around like it was
nothing. The final km hardly told the tale: by then, you expected
Boonen, the sprintiest classics rider around, to win. But in the
previous 20 km, he never let Cancellara, the best TTist on the planet,
get away.

Boonen is like the second coming of Eddy Merckx, except without the TT,
mountains, or GC capabilities.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

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Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Hobbes@spnb&s.com said:

HC said:

http://media.vrtnieuws.net/2008/04/170136696ONL0804133426770_wmvhi.wmv

That Boonen guy's something of a badass, huh.

I think he has a real future in cycling.

Jokes aside, he buried one of the best cyclists around like it was
nothing. The final km hardly told the tale: by then, you expected
Boonen, the sprintiest classics rider around, to win. But in the
previous 20 km, he never let Cancellara, the best TTist on the planet,
get away.

He seems to have known he had a good chance even with Cancellara in the break with
him (from TWCOC):

"When I attacked I didn't feel like I was the strongest man of the three, but
while we were getting closer to the finish that feeling tilted towards confidence,
and in the end I wasn't at all scared to show up on the velodrome with these guys.

"They were dead tired," he added of his two companions. "Cancellara had cramps up
until his ears, and Ballan was happy that he wasn't dropped on the Carrefour de
l'Arbre. If you know that, you need to be a realist, you shouldn't be the smart-ass
that attacks them."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/apr08/roubaix08?id=results

Quoted message said:

Boonen is like the second coming of Eddy Merckx, except without the TT,
mountains, or GC capabilities.

Yep, exactly the same only different.

--
tanx,
Howard

Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Howard Kveck said:

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Ryan Cousineau said:

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 Hobbes@spnb&s.com wrote:

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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:33:10 -0800, "HC" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>http://media.vrtnieuws.net/2008/04/170136696ONL0804133426770_wmvhi.wmv

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Quoted message said:

That Boonen guy's something of a badass, huh.

Quoted message said:

I think he has a real future in cycling.

Quoted message said:

Jokes aside, he buried one of the best cyclists around like it was
nothing. The final km hardly told the tale: by then, you expected
Boonen, the sprintiest classics rider around, to win. But in the
previous 20 km, he never let Cancellara, the best TTist on the planet,
get away.

He seems to have known he had a good chance even with Cancellara inthe break with
him (from TWCOC):

"When I attacked I didn't feel like I was the strongest man of the three, but
while we were getting closer to the finish that feeling tilted towards confidence,
and in the end I wasn't at all scared to show up on the velodrome with these guys.

"They were dead tired," he added of his two companions. "Cancellarahad cramps up
until his ears, and Ballan was happy that he wasn't dropped on the Carrefour de
l'Arbre. If you know that, you need to be a realist, you shouldn't be the smart-ass
that attacks them."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/apr08/roubaix08?id=results

Quoted message said:

Boonen is like the second coming of Eddy Merckx, except without the TT,
mountains, or GC capabilities.

Yep, exactly the same only different.

--
                              tanx,
                               Howard

Whatever happened to
                        Leon Trotsky?
                        He got an icepick
                        That made his ears burn.

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Merckx was also a very good sprinter

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Andre said:

Howard Kveck said:

In article <rcousine-DB101C.18161314042008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
 Hobbes@spnb&s.com wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"They were dead tired," he added of his two companions. "Cancellara had
cramps up
until his ears, and Ballan was happy that he wasn't dropped on the
Carrefour de
l'Arbre. If you know that, you need to be a realist, you shouldn't be the
smart-ass
that attacks them."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/apr08/roubaix08?id=results

Quoted message said:

Boonen is like the second coming of Eddy Merckx, except without the TT,
mountains, or GC capabilities.

Yep, exactly the same only different.

Quoted message said:

Merckx was also a very good sprinter

Just like Boonen!

Only their mothers can tell them apart,

--
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"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

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Only their mothers can tell them apart,

That and the fact that Tom is 4" taller than Eddy and 30 lbs heavier.