Some Big Race Starting Tomorrow?

B. Lafferty

I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at rbr
following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?

TritonRider

>From: "B. Lafferty" Magni@Italia.com

>I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at rbr
>following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?

To be honest, I'm just burned out on the crap that has surrounded the race for
the last few years. Two positives right up front this year. It's probably gonna
be a hell of a race between Simoni and Garzelli, the Tifosi will be crazed, and
it's dying.
For me Italy is the soul of cycling, and it's dying. Maybe a racer like
Schumacher will appear, racing for an Italian cycling team and revive the sport
the way Schumi has brought Ferrari back, but I'm afraid that the sport is
dying.
The GT's have always been almost mythical. The legends connected with the
common people, and their work ethic and craftsmanship. They could relate. Now
the disconnect is drugs, and they always suspect every performance.
Bill C

psycholist

"B. Lafferty" <Magni@Italia.com> wrote in message
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> I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at rbr
> following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?
>

You know the drill.

No Lance ... No Tiger Woods ... No stock car racers ... No pro wrestlers.

Nobody (stateside) cares.

Bob C.
P.S. I almost forgot ... No Marco. :-(

Richard Adams

B. Lafferty wrote:
> I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at rbr
> following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?

I'm probably gonna zip over the hill in the afternoon to catch that
Cat's Hill race in Los Gatos. There's a 23% grade and looks like some
decent teams are lining up for it.

http://www.catshill.org/

curt

"psycholist" <technico@wctel.net> wrote in message
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>
> "B. Lafferty" <Magni@Italia.com> wrote in message
> news:NGVmc.1304$KE6.1161@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at
rbr
> > following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?
> >
>
> You know the drill.
>
> No Lance ... No Tiger Woods ... No stock car racers ... No pro wrestlers.
>
> Nobody (stateside) cares.
>
> Bob C.
> P.S. I almost forgot ... No Marco. :-(


Excellent, and true.

Curt

Carl Sundquist

> > Bob C.
> > P.S. I almost forgot ... No Marco. :-(
>

Here is a rather eloquent tribute to Pantani:

http://www.ducati.com/clinica_mobil...rticle&periodo=

Carl Sundquist

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
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> > > Bob C.
> > > P.S. I almost forgot ... No Marco. :-(
> >
>
> Here is a rather eloquent tribute to Pantani:
>
>
http://www.ducati.com/clinica_mobil...rticle&periodo=
>
>

Don't ask me why, but the = did not take as part of the link. You need to
add the = to get to the exact article.

TritonRider

>From: "Carl Sundquist" carlsun@cox-internet.com

>Don't ask me why, but the = did not take as part of the link. You need to
>add the = to get to the exact article.
>

Worked fine for me. I'd never gotten to that part of the website before.
Bill C

Kirby Krieger

"TritonRider" <tritonrider@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >From: "B. Lafferty" Magni@Italia.com
>
> >I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at rbr
> >following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?
>
> To be honest, I'm just burned out on the crap that has surrounded the race for
> the last few years. Two positives right up front this year. It's probably gonna
> be a hell of a race between Simoni and Garzelli, the Tifosi will be crazed, and
> it's dying.
> For me Italy is the soul of cycling, and it's dying. Maybe a racer like
> Schumacher will appear, racing for an Italian cycling team and revive the sport
> the way Schumi has brought Ferrari back, but I'm afraid that the sport is
> dying.
> The GT's have always been almost mythical. The legends connected with the
> common people, and their work ethic and craftsmanship. They could relate. Now
> the disconnect is drugs, and they always suspect every performance.
> Bill C

Mythical implies a lack of information, doesn't it? Your common people gazing in wonder at the
high priests and their heretofore unknowable rites? Would you have burnt out on Anquitil? Which
is greater, your desire for truth or your desire for a set of fabrications and half-truths which we
call a "story"? What's new about, as you say, "now"? The connection was always chimeric; today
the goat-lion-snake evanesces. Would you have us whimper, "Long live the goat-lion-snake"?

Kirby.

TritonRider

>From: "Kirby Krieger" No.KirbyPublic2@Verizon.no.net

>Mythical implies a lack of information, doesn't it? Your common people
>gazing in wonder at the
>high priests and their heretofore unknowable rites? Would you have burnt out
>on Anquitil? Which
>is greater, your desire for truth or your desire for a set of fabrications
>and half-truths which we
>call a "story"? What's new about, as you say, "now"? The connection was
>always chimeric; today
>the goat-lion-snake evanesces. Would you have us whimper, "Long live the
>goat-lion-snake"?
>
>Kirby.
>
Heroes and stories are what make the sports world go round. Just take all that
has been written about "The Look", on tape it's not much in the fans minds it's
a huge event and will continue to grow with retelling. You can break the Jan vs
Lance battle down to a few critical spots, and a bunch of numbers, but that's
not what a lot of people are watching for, especially non racers. They are
watching a great story, with many chapters and twists unfold. The actual facts
of the race are only a small part of the story.
When the main part of the story becomes "How're they cheating?" this breaks
the bond between the people who could conceive and dream of doing these things,
and the drug driven reality.
I think that the response to the disconnect is that now people are doping in
citizen races. They want to be in touch with the dream.
If you think that the dream is not at least as important for continued public
support as the reality I say that your mistaken.
The sportswriters talk of an event "capturing the imagination" and that is the
connecttion.
Bill C

Chris

"psycholist" <technico@wctel.net> wrote in message
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>
> "B. Lafferty" <Magni@Italia.com> wrote in message
> news:NGVmc.1304$KE6.1161@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at
rbr
> > following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?
> >
>
> You know the drill.
>
> No Lance ... No Tiger Woods ... No stock car racers ... No pro wrestlers.
>
> Nobody (stateside) cares.
>
> Bob C.
> P.S. I almost forgot ... No Marco. :-(

And yet it will still be broadcast, most days including live coverage. Not
bad for a race nobody cares about but me. I guess they heard I wanted to
watch so they decided not to disappoint me.

alex

O.K. My prediction.


1. Simoni
2. Juanma Garate
3. Frigo.
4. Aitor Gonzalez
5. Stefano Garzeli


"B. Lafferty" <Magni@Italia.com> wrote in message
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> I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at rbr
> following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?
>
>
>

Davey Crockett

"alex" <alex.beascoechea@arcor.de> writes:

> O.K. My prediction.
>
>
> 1. Simoni
> 2. Juanma Garate
> 3. Frigo.
> 4. Aitor Gonzalez
> 5. Stefano Garzeli
>
>
> "B. Lafferty" <Magni@Italia.com> wrote in message
> news:NGVmc.1304$KE6.1161@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> I heard a rumor. Something about a big race in Italy. Anyone here at rbr
>> following it? Would it help it George Bush was following it?
>>

It must be some local Wanker race.

Shoot, even Cipo managed 10th spot in the opening Power-Trip

--
le Vent a Dos
Davey Crockett
Six-Day site: http://members.rogers.com/sixday/sixday.html

TM

"alex" <alex.beascoechea@arcor.de> wrote in message
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> O.K. My prediction.
>
>
> 1. Simoni
> 2. Juanma Garate
> 3. Frigo.
> 4. Aitor Gonzalez
> 5. Stefano Garzeli
>

Gonzalez @ 4 is showing big faith in a former Kelme man! I admire the
boldness of it.

I'm thinking pretty much of the daily special:

Simoni, Popovych, Garzelli in a trifecta wager!