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"benjo maso" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:The situation was a bit different in the cases of Merckx and Indurain,
but they had already been beaten before they stopped.Benjo
Neither of them were beaten by someone who had ever been second behind
them. Riis was 3rd in 1995, so that might encourage Ullrich a bit.How's this for a repeating history:
In 2006, Ullrich wins the tour before Basso and Leipheimer. It's a tense
and rather uneventful race except for an extremely high number of nasty
falls which take out a few competitors, like Mancebo, Landis and Cunego.
2006 will be the last tour Ullrich wins. In 2007, Ullrich fails utterly
and the tour is a duel between Basso and a few climbers like Cunego and
Rujano. First is Basso, followed by Cunego and Rujano. Both years,
Rasmussen wins the polkadot jersey. The green jersey belongs to Boonen
both these years. The protour is won by Vinokourov in 2006 and Boonen in
2007.In 2008, the [censored] hits the fan when a in a car from Liberty Seguros some
sophisticated equipment for autologous blood transfusions is found. It
seems that a procedure for storing, replicating and then re-injecting an
athlete's blood has been in use for several years now. Many riders
abandon, among them Rasmussen whose team completely folds because of a
scandal, although Liberty continues sponsorship for a few years. The tour
is won by Cunego before Basso and Tyler Hamilton (riding for Saunier
Duval) . Boonen wins the green, Chavanel the mountains classification.
There is an incident when McEwen, disappointed with not winning a stage
that year and the year before, punches Hamilton in the face in Paris.2009 is a bit early, but the next few years the GC favorite will be called
[censored] Xeixu and he'll be from team Subaru. His main rivals will be Basso
from CSC, Cunego from DeLonghi-Liquigas, Dekker from TNT-Presto (with
Veneberg as DS), Popovych from Yukos, and Gilbert from Cofidis point com
(with Bruyneel as DS). Ullrich is DS for Yukos and much praised for his
tactical insight, although the tour eludes him every time except in 2011
(1. Popovych 2.Dekker 3.Cunego). The polkadot will go to Rasmussen a few
times more, although Vinokourov wins it in his final season, 2010. From
the year 2012, there will be medical preparation regulations which can be
checked through a biological passport system. Riders are allowed to
'recuperate' by using medicines and blood transfusions which evens out the
differences between some of the teams and secures sponsorship deals.
Sponsors know that if they invest in a big talent, he'll probably win the
tour at some point in his career because the winner changes quite
regularly and time differences are very small. The UCI learns how the
passport system can be used to ensure a surprise winner will appear when
needed. Armstrong's record isn't broken, but it is equalled by [censored] Li in
2028, but he does not win his 7 tours consecutively. At that time it is
generally believed that racing was much more dangerous in the past because
it was without good medical supervision, so most people consider Lance
Armstrong to be better than Li. Luke Armstrong, keeper of his late
father's foundation and chairman of the UCI (after a short cycling
career), says he is not concerned with who is the best of all time and
congratulates Li with his incredible performance.
Candyass.