Freddie has his day! w00t!

Richard Adams

From CN:

Results

1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acquea & Sapone
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
5 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze

Tom Schulenburg

"Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:c2352af0.0405170715.362da3f7@posting.google.com...
> From CN:
>
> Results
>
> 1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acquea & Sapone
> 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
> 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
> 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
> 5 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze

And he came around Petacchi and McWhiner to do it! That's a quality win.

-T

Bob Schwartz

Richard Adams <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote:
> From CN:

> Results

> 1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acquea & Sapone
> 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
> 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
> 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
> 5 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze

Please show a little courtesy and list the entire
podium in the header, not just the stage winner.

Thanks,

Bob Schwartz
cvcc@execpc.com

Dan Connelly

Tom Schulenburg wrote:
> "Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote in message
> news:c2352af0.0405170715.362da3f7@posting.google.com...
>
>>From CN:
>>
>>Results
>>
>>1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acquea & Sapone
>>2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
>>3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
>>4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
>>5 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze
>
>
> And he came around Petacchi and McWhiner to do it! That's a quality win.
>
> -T

Unbelievable.... what's up with that? The guy's been getting like 9th in
the sprint stages.

Amazing.

Dan

Tom Schulenburg

"Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
news:Zk6qc.68027$Wl4.17991@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
<SNIP>> >
> > And he came around Petacchi and McWhiner to do it! That's a quality win.
> >
> > -T
>
> Unbelievable.... what's up with that? The guy's been getting like 9th
in
> the sprint stages.
>
> Amazing.
>
> Dan
>

Sounded like he showed some nuts and jumped early. He had 2 bike lengths on
Petacchi and Peta couldn't close the gap fast enough. I think it helped that
it was uphill into the wind.

-T

Dan Connelly

Tom Schulenburg wrote:
> "Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
> news:Zk6qc.68027$Wl4.17991@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
> <SNIP>> >
>
>>>And he came around Petacchi and McWhiner to do it! That's a quality win.
>>>
>>>-T
>>
>>Unbelievable.... what's up with that? The guy's been getting like 9th
>
> in
>
>>the sprint stages.
>>
>>Amazing.
>>
>>Dan
>>
>
>
> Sounded like he showed some nuts and jumped early. He had 2 bike lengths on
> Petacchi and Peta couldn't close the gap fast enough. I think it helped that
> it was uphill into the wind.
>
> -T
>
>
>

Usually headwind means to go late, but uphill complicates matters.

Video (currently only a short one) is up at:
http://www.raisport.rai.it/raiSport...23_7354,00.html

Russ Baxter

Dan Connelly <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message news:<%17qc.68062$rz4.26960@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>...
> Tom Schulenburg wrote:
> > "Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
> > news:Zk6qc.68027$Wl4.17991@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
> > <SNIP>> >
> >
> >>>And he came around Petacchi and McWhiner to do it! That's a quality win.
> >>>
> >>>-T
> >>
> >>Unbelievable.... what's up with that? The guy's been getting like 9th
> >
> > in
> >
> >>the sprint stages.
> >>
> >>Amazing.
> >>
> >>Dan
> >>
> >
> >
> > Sounded like he showed some nuts and jumped early. He had 2 bike lengths on
> > Petacchi and Peta couldn't close the gap fast enough. I think it helped that
> > it was uphill into the wind.
> >
> > -T
> >
> >
> >
>
> Usually headwind means to go late, but uphill complicates matters.
>
> Video (currently only a short one) is up at:
> http://www.raisport.rai.it/raiSport...23_7354,00.html


There is a pretty good clip (including an overhead replay) linked to this page:

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Gir...ita/index.shtml

Follow the video archive link a little was down the page.

Richard Adams

"Tom Schulenburg" <tschulenYOUR@HATpacbell.net> wrote in message news:<oQ5qc.49921$p_.13321@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com>...
> "Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote in message
> news:c2352af0.0405170715.362da3f7@posting.google.com...
> > From CN:
> >
> > Results
> >
> > 1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acquea & Sapone
> > 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
> > 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
> > 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
> > 5 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze
>
> And he came around Petacchi and McWhiner to do it! That's a quality win.
>
> -T

Indeed, nothing cheap about it, a very prestigious win.

A shame for Petacchi he had to feel annoyed about making tactical
errors rather than congratulate Fred on doing something few so far
have done. I guess graciousness doesn't come easy to him.

h squared

Richard Adams wrote:
>
> "Tom Schulenburg" <tschulenYOUR@HATpacbell.net> wrote in message news:<oQ5qc.49921$p_.13321@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com>...
> > "Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote in message
> > news:c2352af0.0405170715.362da3f7@posting.google.com...
> > > From CN:
> > >
> > > Results
> > >
> > > 1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acquea & Sapone
> > > 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
> > > 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
> > > 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
> > > 5 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze
> >
> > And he came around Petacchi and McWhiner to do it! That's a quality win.
> >
> > -T
>
> Indeed, nothing cheap about it, a very prestigious win.

i, er, fell asleep until the very end of the race today, and waking up i
was very surprised to see petacchi getting beat. i'm glad i held off
reading rbr until i watched the video! anyway, after i woke up, i
watched the slow mo a few times cause it's so cool to see him just come
out of fourth position and hold everyone off to win

heather

Benjamin Weiner

Richard Adams <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote:

> Indeed, nothing cheap about it, a very prestigious win.

It was unfair because McEwen was under scrutiny after
yesterday, so he wasn't allowed to cheat.

> A shame for Petacchi he had to feel annoyed about making tactical
> errors rather than congratulate Fred on doing something few so far
> have done. I guess graciousness doesn't come easy to him.

Comments I've seen from Petacchi have rarely (ever?) been arrogant.
From http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/200...=results/stage9

"Well once in a while, anyone makes a mistake. Fred was smart to
jump early and I probably should have gone earlier and risked a loss -
but I waited and Rodriguez got two bike lengths on me. I came back
really fast but it wasn't enough. He took the risk and he won."

Duking it out in that kind of melee requires a level of self-confidence
that must border on arrogance anyway.

Ben
Not a Sprinter

Howard Kveck

In article <40a958a9$1@darkstar>, Benjamin Weiner <bjw@mambo.ucolick.org>
wrote:

> Richard Adams <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote:
>
> > Indeed, nothing cheap about it, a very prestigious win.
>
> It was unfair because McEwen was under scrutiny after
> yesterday, so he wasn't allowed to cheat.

How he figured he'd get away with that one...

>
> > A shame for Petacchi he had to feel annoyed about making tactical
> > errors rather than congratulate Fred on doing something few so far
> > have done. I guess graciousness doesn't come easy to him.
>
> Comments I've seen from Petacchi have rarely (ever?) been arrogant.
> From http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/200...=results/stage9
>
> "Well once in a while, anyone makes a mistake. Fred was smart to
> jump early and I probably should have gone earlier and risked a loss -
> but I waited and Rodriguez got two bike lengths on me. I came back
> really fast but it wasn't enough. He took the risk and he won."

I read that as Petacchi giving Rodriguez credit for doing what he may
have known he should have. Petacchi seems to be a pretty good winner, but
he's not so bad a loser.

--
tanx,
Howard

"Moby Dick was a work of art, What the hell happened?"


remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Dan Connelly

Howard Kveck wrote:
>>It was unfair because McEwen was under scrutiny after
>>yesterday, so he wasn't allowed to cheat.

I'm not sure FF would agree:
Then as Fassa came back up to the front, the last guy to come around
me going into the corner was Petacchi. So coming out of the last corner
I found myself on Petacchi's wheel, but right away McEwen - the little
boxer that he is - fought for the wheel. Now in the past, I'd wasted way
too much energy fighting for Petacchi's wheel, so I just settled in on
McEwen's.

from:
http://www.velonews.com/diaries/rid...les/6097.0.html

(BTW, I actually won the VeloNews "pick the stage winner" contest
for Saturday. My pick? Petacchi. Impressive, eh?)


>
>
> How he figured he'd get away with that one...
>

derby

wrote:
> Originally posted by Richard Adams
> A shame for Petacchi he had to feel annoyed about making tactical errors
> rather than congratulate Fred on doing something few so far have done. I
> guess graciousness doesn't come easy to him.



Nothing rivals the well aged wine of Cipollini..."I wanted to come here
with different teamates."

They must love that guy at the team dinners.



--

derby

wrote:
> Originally posted by Richard Adams
> A shame for Petacchi he had to feel annoyed about making tactical errors
> rather than congratulate Fred on doing something few so far have done. I
> guess graciousness doesn't come easy to him.



Nothing rivals the well aged wine of Cipollini..."I wanted to come here
with different teamates."

They must love that guy at the team dinners.



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