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Old 17-01.-2008, 02:45 AM   #46
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...somebody stop me before i curse another team...

Could you please post some nice things about Astana.
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Old 17-01.-2008, 04:17 AM   #47
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I think the Valenciana team will win the Tour. Not Belda's team, I mean the lab
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I think the Valenciana team will win the Tour. Not Belda's team, I mean the lab

That's is why we need slovakguy to curse Astana.
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I think the Valenciana team will win the Tour. Not Belda's team, I mean the lab
that's a big question... will the teams still be doing business as usual in their preparation and during the Tour? Will they limit the secret sauce for just some riders on the team, and the domestiques left high & dry?
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that's a big question... will the teams still be doing business as usual in their preparation and during the Tour? Will they limit the secret sauce for just some riders on the team, and the domestiques left high & dry?
Not sure if that will work though, since the domestiques have to pull their leaders up the hills. Unless you are contending on tagging along with a group being pulled by the juiced domestiques of another team.
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Old 17-01.-2008, 08:09 AM   #51
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Not sure if that will work though, since the domestiques have to pull their leaders up the hills. Unless you are contending on tagging along with a group being pulled by the juiced domestiques of another team.
I agree, but I think the teams want to limit their public exposure, the less guys go to 'clinics', the less risky it is.
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I think the Valenciana team will win the Tour. Not Belda's team, I mean the lab
That was funny...but it probably isn't that far from the truth. I can imagine the lab celebrating a sportman's victory as a victory for their lab.

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"Yeahhhhh!!!! Nobody mixes blood like we do!!! We're number one!!!! We're number one!!!"
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I agree, but I think the teams want to limit their public exposure, the less guys go to 'clinics', the less risky it is.
Very good point IMHO.
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If CONI succeeds to go after Puerto riders we might see a pretty clean Tour. It becomes to unpredictable for teams and riders if anti-doping authorities of all countries can go after them...
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That was funny...but it probably isn't that far from the truth. I can imagine the lab celebrating a sportman's victory as a victory for their lab.

Scene: [Lab guys watching the race after their rider/cross-country skiier wins]

"Yeahhhhh!!!! Nobody mixes blood like we do!!! We're number one!!!! We're number one!!!"
Do you remember Fuentes'phone tape?
"We have one and 2! Yeahh" or something like that... and then
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