Why No Team TT This Year?

Bill Sornson wrote:

> Is it due to the doping scandal, or just not scheduled this Tour?
>
> Sorni
>
>
The TTT comes and goes, this year's course was announced last fall and
didn't include the TTT. Nothing to do with current scandal.

When fans make criticisms of the course, saying it's designed to favor
(or hinder) any particular rider, the inclusion or exclusion of the TTT
is one of the things they'll site. Cynics would say that Basso's team
would do better than Ullrich's team in the TTT so the organizers tweaked
this year's course (last fall) to favor Basso.

Bill Sornson wrote:
> Is it due to the doping scandal, or just not scheduled this Tour?
>
> Sorni

The TTT isn't always part of the TdF and the change in the rule that
limited the time a team could win or lose on a TTT has made it almost
superfluous. BTW, some of the same cynics that D. Scott (sorry but I
refuse to call any human "Diablo"... <g>) says suspect the absence of a
TTT this year was intended to boost Basso's chances believe that rule
change was meant to hurt Armstrong last year. If they are right both
were exercises in futility.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

Bob wrote:
> Bill Sornson wrote:
>> Is it due to the doping scandal, or just not scheduled this Tour?
>>
>> Sorni
>
> The TTT isn't always part of the TdF and the change in the rule that
> limited the time a team could win or lose on a TTT has made it almost
> superfluous. BTW, some of the same cynics that D. Scott (sorry but I
> refuse to call any human "Diablo"... <g>) says suspect the absence of
> a TTT this year was intended to boost Basso's chances believe that
> rule change was meant to hurt Armstrong last year. If they are right
> both were exercises in futility.

Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about that rule change. Thanks.

Bob wrote:


> BTW, some of the same cynics that D. Scott (sorry but I
> refuse to call any human "Diablo"... <g>)

"Diablo" is a regional identifier in my case - like "Pecos Pete" or
"Amarillo Slim".

http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/

In article <[email protected]>,
Diablo Scott <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bob wrote:
>
>
> > BTW, some of the same cynics that D. Scott (sorry but I
> > refuse to call any human "Diablo"... <g>)
>
> "Diablo" is a regional identifier in my case - like "Pecos Pete" or
> "Amarillo Slim".
>
> http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/

Huh. Whaddya know. You know why I don't use a regional identifier?
Because I live in Port Moody.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Diablo Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Bob wrote:
>>
>>
>>> BTW, some of the same cynics that D. Scott (sorry but I
>>> refuse to call any human "Diablo"... <g>)
>>
>> "Diablo" is a regional identifier in my case - like "Pecos Pete" or
>> "Amarillo Slim".
>>
>> http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/
>
> Huh. Whaddya know. You know why I don't use a regional identifier?
> Because I live in Port Moody.

LOL

Diego Bill

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> Huh. Whaddya know. You know why I don't use a regional identifier?
> Because I live in Port Moody.
>
A.
What and where the hell is a Port Moody?
B.
Anybody else see the outrageous upset in the T.dF. today?

Without Lance I think it is going to be a big free for all.

The guy that won by such a big margin must have had one hell of a tailwind.

WOW!

Bill Baka

In article <[email protected]>,
Bill <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> > Huh. Whaddya know. You know why I don't use a regional identifier?
> > Because I live in Port Moody.
> >
> A.
> What and where the hell is a Port Moody?

I should probably tell you to Google it, but Port Moody is a suburb of
Vancouver (Canada), named for Col. Moody, the Royal Engineer who was
responsible for surveying the area.

Historically, it was most famous for briefly being the western terminus
of the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental line. Then the line was
extended to Vancouver a year later, and the city lapsed into
unimportance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Moody

It's a lovely little bedroom community on the shore of Burrard Inlet,
and its port is host to the world's largest sulphur export facility
(sulphur comes from Saskatchewan and goes around the world).

> B.
> Anybody else see the outrageous upset in the T.dF. today?

Not that I knew beforehand either, but Gonchar/Honchar is a TT
specialist: he's won four TT stages in various Giros d'Italia, and I
think one TT world championship.

> Without Lance I think it is going to be a big free for all.

Yes.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos