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09-04.-2008, 01:29 PM	#31
Grater Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 87	Re: Paris Roubaix picks I'll have to think about it but my first thoughts are O'Grady to defend or Hincapie or Hammond to feature in the end. Anyway my tip for Gent-Wevelgem tonight is Cavendish.

09-04.-2008, 01:31 PM	#32
Grater Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 87	Re: Paris Roubaix picks For those in Australia - this race is live on SBS on Sunday night at 10:10 - not sure if it is live or it will be delayed but at that time it has to be live.

09-04.-2008, 02:12 PM

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Re: Paris Roubaix picks

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For those in Australia - this race is live on SBS on Sunday night at 10:10 - not sure if it is live or it will be delayed but at that time it has to be live.

yep cant wait.

09-04.-2008, 02:26 PM

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Re: Paris Roubaix picks

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Originally Posted by thoughtforfood

Boonen is the strongest followed by Cancellara. If Hincape is going to win, it will be now or never. He had pretty good form last week, but was probably 95% or so. He should pick that up this week (whatever the method) and because of the chaotic nature of P-R, he has a shot depending on how the chips fall. It may rain, so any of the top 25 riders have a shot in that instance. No rain or cold (forecast is for both of those), and Boonen creams the field in the most likely scenario.

I think George is going to pull the "Mickelson" and finally win a major.

Hincapie finished 5th by following wheels. There are 40 riders who could do the same if that was there objective. He will finish 8th and you guys will krap on about a great performance. Its those who take the chance and win against the possibility of finishing 40th - case in point O'Grady last year. Hincapie never backs himself and takes the chance therefore he'll never win.

09-04.-2008, 10:44 PM

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Uh yea, your powers of observation are broken. Let me see, Mussew and Boonen took "the chance and win against the possibility of finishing 40th." Brilliant observation there Ray Charles.

What was it he did to finish 2nd? You do remember that his best finish wasn't 5th...right? And he lost to a guy who took "the chance to win against the possibility of finishing 40th." Good one, a real knee slapper you have vetted there WBT. Just goes to show that sarcasm and wit (minimal as it is) does not a intelligent observation make.

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10-04.-2008, 09:28 AM

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if astana got an invite, I will go Goussev

PR=ASO=NO ASTANA....

I go for Boonen. But Thunder... as you probebly know by now Boonen is my pick but... I hope for Gilbert...

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10-04.-2008, 01:25 PM	#37
Malkmus Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 439	Re: Paris Roubaix picks Roubaix is a numbers game. O'Grady looked real strong today. I have to think that the combination of O'Grady and Cancellara make them the favorites. I know. Obvious choice. Boonen's team is not as strong this year. He will have to do it on his own and that will be tough.

10-04.-2008, 02:54 PM

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Roubaix is a numbers game. O'Grady looked real strong today. I have to think that the combination of O'Grady and Cancellara make them the favorites. I know. Obvious choice. Boonen's team is not as strong this year. He will have to do it on his own and that will be tough.

Was O'Grady let go in error last year because everyone was marking Cancellara?

10-04.-2008, 05:02 PM

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Was O'Grady let go in error last year because everyone was marking Cancellara?

I wouldn't say that. CSC had weight of numbers in the final and O'Grady was incredibly strong, it was one of the rides of the year IMO. Boonen was the most heavily marked rider in P-R last year.

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10-04.-2008, 06:46 PM

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PR=ASO=NO ASTANA....

I go for Boonen. But Thunder... as you probebly know by now Boonen is my pick but... I hope for Gilbert...

YEAH, i QUALIFIED THAT hEROES :P (damn caps)

on Heroes.com, I went with Flecha

10-04.-2008, 10:27 PM

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Re: Paris Roubaix picks

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Was O'Grady let go in error last year because everyone was marking Cancellara?

I thought Cancellara crashed and the green light was given to O'Grady to go for it.
If they help each other this year then one of them certainly has a good chance.
If it rains anything could happen.
Cancellara will play it safe I suppose with most support from the rest of the team and O'Grady will be allowed to go in breakaways (he often does).
That may be a copycat tactic of how Quickstep won last week.

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10-04.-2008, 10:38 PM

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Cancellara suffered with the weather

10-04.-2008, 10:45 PM	#43
Eldrack Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,007	Re: Paris Roubaix picks I really hope it does rain, the race is always more interesting when it does.... And if it does rain all Hincapies opponents might crash out where as he, deserving some luck by this point in his career, stays upright for the win! Hammond second, Stannard third. Now I just have to buy a sniper rifle to ensure this actually happens...

11-04.-2008, 05:03 AM

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I really hope it does rain, the race is always more interesting when it does....

And if it does rain all Hincapies opponents might crash out where as he, deserving some luck by this point in his career, stays upright for the win! Hammond second, Stannard third. Now I just have to buy a sniper rifle to ensure this actually happens...

LOL. And everyone will crash because their stem cracks...

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11-04.-2008, 02:13 PM	#45
Bro Deal Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Resting by the Tumtum tree Posts: 5,610	Re: Paris Roubaix picks Boonen: "I have shown [in Flanders] that I am once again at the top of the list of the favourites," warned Boonen. "I am good enough to do a number in Hell. I don't have to rely on my sprint on Sunday; I can do it with power." __________________ "You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

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