So, was he diagnosed in late April, or did he contract mono in late April with a later date of diagnosis? If the former, what the hell was he doing in the Giro? If the latter, how should Simoni have known Cunego had mono?
Dumbass -
Mono or no mono, it's lame to blame a teamate for your own failings. It's all the worse now that it's known Cunego was sick.
Simoni lost because he can't time trial. Maybe that's Cunego's fault too.
The thing for Simoni to do would be to follow Basso's example and do 100k/day on the TT bike. That won't happen though and next time Simoni doesn't win, he'll blame something else. Everything but himself. God forbid that.
My problem with him in the Giro is that his team, and the other forces of the race, put him into position to win. He was virtual pink with one descent and one climb to go on the last meaniful stage. All he had to do was fly down one pass and follow a wheel up one the next climb and he would have had the GC locked. If you are a team leader at some point you have to lead. He claims to be a great climber but he couldn't climb with Rujano, even after DiLuca towed him up the second to last climb. I seems to me that the most that you can ask of your team is to put you in position to win, and his team did.
This year Simoni simply didn't have the legs to win. It's as simple as that. And he was bitter about it, but reluctant to admit it. He even claimed that Savoldelli, who clearly had the weakest team in the Giro, got more help in the peloton than he did. He should have been more objective in his statements. m
He even claimed that Savoldelli, who clearly had the weakest team in the Giro, got more help in the peloton than he did. He should have been more objective in his statements.
"Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news: [email hidden]... | mario wrote: | > He even claimed that Savoldelli, who clearly had the weakest team | > in the Giro, got more help in the peloton than he did. | | That's a paradox; it *seems* to be a contradiction, but it actually isn't. | Ask Ardila and Van Huffel. |
Not true. Ask DiLuca, who burnt himself out dragging Simoni (and Rujano!) up la Finestre when it was in his best interest to let others wear themselves out on that climb.
"Di Luca basically just switched jerseys that day and put on a Lampre jersey. "
but that doesn't happen. the boy wonder doesn't end up in contention for the win. your team is beaten by a team that on paper looks weaker than yours. you say that you were hoping for more help from a rider like last year's winner, but it didn't happen. are you blaming your teammate, or are you explaining where the team tactics didn't work out as planned?
Me, personally? I t would be sour grapes and vindictiveness tempered by a general lack of sportsmanship. And the team motto is, "If you don't kick a man when he's down, just when the hell would you kick him?"
Don't have a clue about what happened at the Giro though.
Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels...
Me, personally? I t would be sour grapes and vindictiveness tempered by a general lack of sportsmanship. And the team motto is, "If you don't kick a man when he's down, just when the hell would you kick him?"
lol!
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Don't have a clue about what happened at the Giro though.
can't say that i do either, but i couldn't let henry go without biting, he likes (or used to) when i get all worked up over his stuff (and it's fun to argue with him).
h ps today at work i collided with a grocery store beer display and knocked over a bunch of sierra nevada ale- thought you'd be someone who'd want to know that i was a Beer Wrecker and Spiller..
On 06/17/2005 05:33 PM, in article [email hidden], "h
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ps today at work i collided with a grocery store beer display and knocked over a bunch of sierra nevada ale- thought you'd be someone who'd want to know that i was a Beer Wrecker and Spiller..
You, you [censored], you!
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ps today at work i collided with a grocery store beer display and knocked over a bunch of sierra nevada ale- thought you'd be someone who'd want to know that i was a Beer Wrecker and Spiller..
If ale can't stand on its own legs and walk to the door, it isn't worth worrying about.
Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels...
