Tour de Georgia is almost here !!!!!

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I hope everyone takes the time to see some of the event live!It will be
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Did he really use the word "grand"?

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I hope everyone takes the time to see some of the event live!It will be
grand!

Did he really use the word "grand"?

Tis grand indeed. Shortest road stage, 78.4 miles. Longest road stage,
139.4 miles. Average road stage length, 90 miles. Tis a grand little
American stage race sponsored by Bubba's favorite red neck vehicle
manufacturer, Ram Tough Dodge. Tis perfect preparation for that Grand Tour
in July.

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I hope everyone takes the time to see some of the event live!It will be
grand!

Did he really use the word "grand"?

Tis grand indeed. Shortest road stage, 78.4 miles. Longest road stage,
139.4 miles. Average road stage length, 90 miles. Tis a grand little
American stage race sponsored by Bubba's favorite red neck vehicle
manufacturer, Ram Tough Dodge.

Gotta have that Hemi.......Sweet......

"OMC"

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Did he really use the word "grand"?

Tis grand indeed. Shortest road stage, 78.4 miles. Longest road stage,
139.4 miles. Average road stage length, 90 miles. Tis a grand little
American stage race sponsored by Bubba's favorite red neck vehicle
manufacturer, Ram Tough Dodge.

Gotta have that Hemi.......Sweet......

"OMC"

I think you're going to see a wing-ding battle for Bald Mountain stage
between Lance and Chris Horner. And I think that Chris will win that
stage.

I think that's a sound prediction. Horner is just SOOO strong. I doubt
Armstrong would be ready even at this date to fight him on those climbs.
Would make for a great race if it happened that way!

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Tis grand indeed. Shortest road stage, 78.4 miles. Longest road

stage,

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139.4 miles. Average road stage length, 90 miles. Tis a grand little
American stage race sponsored by Bubba's favorite red neck vehicle
manufacturer, Ram Tough Dodge.

Gotta have that Hemi.......Sweet......

"OMC"

I think you're going to see a wing-ding battle for Bald Mountain stage
between Lance and Chris Horner. And I think that Chris will win that
stage.

Does anyone have any info about the logistics of this stage? We are
going, but cannot find any info about road closings etc. Any help would
be greatl;y appreciated.
Thanks
Chris

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Gotta have that Hemi.......Sweet......

"OMC"

I think you're going to see a wing-ding battle for Bald Mountain stage
between Lance and Chris Horner. And I think that Chris will win that
stage.

I think you're right but there will be a tag-team. Lance will crush
Horner in the tt, Julich will get a close second. Horner and Julich
will make up time by dropping Lance on the way to Brasstown but won't
be able to shake Julich, but will outsprint him for the stage.
Scarponi will be rocking on that stage too. Lance will hold on to
second with his tt cushion but will lose the race to Julich.

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Gotta have that Hemi.......Sweet......

"OMC"

I think you're going to see a wing-ding battle for Bald Mountain stage
between Lance and Chris Horner. And I think that Chris will win that
stage.

I think you're right but there will be a tag-team. Lance will crush
Horner in the tt, Julich will get a close second. Horner and Julich
will make up time by dropping Lance on the way to Brasstown but won't
be able to shake Julich, but will outsprint him for the stage.
Scarponi will be rocking on that stage too. Lance will hold on to
second with his tt cushion but will lose the race to Julich.

Errr, Jim, you have to see Horner riding to believe him. He is superhuman
these days. He's not one but TWO steps above the rest of the competition.
Even a motivated Lance ain't going to be able to hold Chris on any stage he
wants to win. Last year at the SF GP Horner blew EVERYONE'S doors right off.
And Saturday he just pulled away from everyone else so easily that it was
pitiful.

The SF Grand Prix was at a time when most of Horner's potential rivals
were well passed their peak for the season.

If he is two steps above the competition right now, why isn't he going
for the TDF?

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The SF Grand Prix was at a time when most of Horner's potential rivals
were well passed their peak for the season.

Maybe you should tell that to those other guys.

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If he is two steps above the competition right now, why isn't he going
for the TDF?

Good question. I don't think that Horner fit in well in his races over
there. He must have a pretty substantial ego and being made a domestique and
pack filler sure didn't set all that well with him. And he's gotten LOTS
better since then as well.

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I think you're going to see a wing-ding battle for Bald Mountain stage
between Lance and Chris Horner. And I think that Chris will win that
stage.

I think you're right but there will be a tag-team. Lance will crush
Horner in the tt, Julich will get a close second. Horner and Julich
will make up time by dropping Lance on the way to Brasstown but won't
be able to shake Julich, but will outsprint him for the stage.
Scarponi will be rocking on that stage too. Lance will hold on to
second with his tt cushion but will lose the race to Julich.

Errr, Jim, you have to see Horner riding to believe him. He is superhuman
these days. He's not one but TWO steps above the rest of the competition.
Even a motivated Lance ain't going to be able to hold Chris on any stage he
wants to win. Last year at the SF GP Horner blew EVERYONE'S doors right off.
And Saturday he just pulled away from everyone else so easily that it was
pitiful.

Errr, Tom, Who the hell was at Sea Otter that is even close to Horners ability ?
NOBODY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TDG is going to be a different story.

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Errr, Tom, Who the hell was at Sea Otter that is even close to Horners

ability ?

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NOBODY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TDG is going to be a different story.

Or not. I'm of the opinion that Horner has reached the ultimate state now.
I'd say there aren't a dozen racers in the world that could stay with him in
his kind of race.

To reiterate - I'm betting he and Lance get into it on Bald Mountain and
that Horner wins.

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Errr, Tom, Who the hell was at Sea Otter that is even close to Horners

ability ?

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NOBODY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TDG is going to be a different story.

Or not. I'm of the opinion that Horner has reached the ultimate state now.
I'd say there aren't a dozen racers in the world that could stay with him in
his kind of race.

To reiterate - I'm betting he and Lance get into it on Bald Mountain and
that Horner wins.

Errr, So am I. But I think Julich is a bit stronger than Horner in
the tt, and I think Julich and Horner will be sharper than Lance on
the climb. Lance will get dropped, "sit up" and say he's on a rest
week, or, if he isn't confident, he'll make up his mind before the
final climb and play the "good team-mate card" and ride for the next
best Postal guy.

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Does anyone have any info about the logistics of this stage? We are
going, but cannot find any info about road closings etc. Any help would
be greatl;y appreciated. Thanks Chris

Hi, If you go to www.tourdegeorgia.org and click on communities and
events and then select a specific community name, you'll get info on
road closings, etc. Some seem to be more complete than others. There is
other info on the tour de georgia site that you might find useful. Hope
this helps.

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To reiterate - I'm betting he and Lance get into it on Bald Mountain and
that Horner wins.

Errr, So am I. But I think Julich is a bit stronger than Horner in
the tt, and I think Julich and Horner will be sharper than Lance on
the climb. Lance will get dropped, "sit up" and say he's on a rest
week, or, if he isn't confident, he'll make up his mind before the
final climb and play the "good team-mate card" and ride for the next
best Postal guy.

Firstly, I think that you're selling Horner short. He's blazing fast now but
he's also riding really smart.

Secondly, Lance's racing is directly purely at the Tour de France. He might
be foolish to take any chances in the race as a whole. However, as important
as Bald Mountain is to him I think that he'd want to win it and will give it
a good shot. But I'm sure that if push comes to shove, the TdF is more
important than Bald Mountain and he won't push ultimately if he thinks that
Horner is too strong for him.

Thirdly, I really like Bobby, but he is his own worse enemy. Without Riis
blowing sweet nothings in his ear I don't know if he can perform up to his
potential. I'm still [censored] at him for not attacking Ullrich in what? '97?
Hopefully Riis got him eating real food and not that whole earth organic
stuff he thought of as food.

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To reiterate - I'm betting he and Lance get into it on Bald Mountain and
that Horner wins.

Errr, So am I. But I think Julich is a bit stronger than Horner in
the tt, and I think Julich and Horner will be sharper than Lance on
the climb. Lance will get dropped, "sit up" and say he's on a rest
week, or, if he isn't confident, he'll make up his mind before the
final climb and play the "good team-mate card" and ride for the next
best Postal guy.

Firstly, I think that you're selling Horner short. He's blazing fast now but
he's also riding really smart.

Secondly, Lance's racing is directly purely at the Tour de France. He might
be foolish to take any chances in the race as a whole. However, as important
as Bald Mountain is to him I think that he'd want to win it and will give it
a good shot. But I'm sure that if push comes to shove, the TdF is more
important than Bald Mountain and he won't push ultimately if he thinks that
Horner is too strong for him.

I think Lance will find the going on the Bald tough, and will sit up
and decide "not to lose" like Cipo did yesterday.

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Thirdly, I really like Bobby, but he is his own worse enemy. Without Riis
blowing sweet nothings in his ear I don't know if he can perform up to his
potential. I'm still [censored] at him for not attacking Ullrich in what? '97?
Hopefully Riis got him eating real food and not that whole earth organic
stuff he thought of as food.

I think Julich is brimming with confidence, and riding away from Lance
on the Bald will push him over the edge. He'll lead out the 2 up
sprint with Horner at the top and he'll lose the stage and win the
race.

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> that Horner wins.

Errr, So am I. But I think Julich is a bit stronger than Horner in
the tt, and I think Julich and Horner will be sharper than Lance on
the climb. Lance will get dropped, "sit up" and say he's on a rest
week, or, if he isn't confident, he'll make up his mind before the
final climb and play the "good team-mate card" and ride for the next
best Postal guy.

Firstly, I think that you're selling Horner short. He's blazing fast now

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he's also riding really smart.

Secondly, Lance's racing is directly purely at the Tour de France. He

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be foolish to take any chances in the race as a whole. However, as

important

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as Bald Mountain is to him I think that he'd want to win it and will

give it

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a good shot. But I'm sure that if push comes to shove, the TdF is more
important than Bald Mountain and he won't push ultimately if he thinks

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Horner is too strong for him.

I think Lance will find the going on the Bald tough, and will sit up
and decide "not to lose" like Cipo did yesterday.

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Thirdly, I really like Bobby, but he is his own worse enemy. Without

Riis

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blowing sweet nothings in his ear I don't know if he can perform up to

his

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potential. I'm still [censored] at him for not attacking Ullrich in what?

'97?

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Hopefully Riis got him eating real food and not that whole earth organic
stuff he thought of as food.

I think Julich is brimming with confidence, and riding away from Lance
on the Bald will push him over the edge. He'll lead out the 2 up
sprint with Horner at the top and he'll lose the stage and win the
race.

I would really love to see Bobby win a big race that might lead to a
champion performance in the Tour.

Actually, as I understand it Horner doesn't race in Europe primarily because
he doesn't want to make the family sacrifices necessary due to having small
children.

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The SF Grand Prix was at a time when most of Horner's potential rivals
were well passed their peak for the season.

Maybe you should tell that to those other guys.

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If he is two steps above the competition right now, why isn't he going
for the TDF?

Good question. I don't think that Horner fit in well in his races over
there. He must have a pretty substantial ego and being made a domestique

and

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pack filler sure didn't set all that well with him. And he's gotten LOTS
better since then as well.