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meb said:
No problem. The official 2004 rules (english) are here: http://www.letour.fr/2004/docs/reglement_us.pdf (That particular rule is on pg 18)
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Lance had said that although the TT up Alpe Duez is crucial, he believes
that the stages that lead up to this stage may well decide the outcome
of the tour. It seems quite prophetic.
Remember that TT a few weeks ago up mount (don't remember name)
when Mayo beat Lance by 2 minutes? Guess why..
Mayo can barely finish the tour, let alone be in contention to win. I mean
even Hincapie is doing better than Mayo.
Lance had said that although the TT up Alpe Duez is crucial, he believes
that the stages that lead up to this stage may well decide the outcome
of the tour. It seems quite prophetic.
Remember that TT a few weeks ago up mount (don't remember name)
when Mayo beat Lance by 2 minutes? Guess why..
Mayo can barely finish the tour, let alone be in contention to win. I mean
even Hincapie is doing better than Mayo.
My opinion:
Lance has been riding his pace. You all know your pace what you feel you can ride and still come home and change the oil in the car and clen the house, so to speak.
He will open up on Stage 16 the TT and kick butt (My Opinion) and put the nail in the coffin. Stage 15 in the Alps will set the stage for his masacre of his opponents as they attempt to make a final stand against the Blue Mailmen.By the final TT Lance will have a 2 min lead over his nearest rival and 6 mins over the so called original contenders, if any are left. It is too late to plan strategy now. The writing is on the wall.
Of course this is just my opinion and I could be full of ****. I thought I was wrong once before but I was mistaken. Go figure! On another note Voeckler is an animal the guy is ready to puke and is still going.Out gunned and outclassed in the climbs he shows a lot of heart and class. You know for a FRENCHIE!
Lance has been riding his pace. You all know your pace what you feel you can ride and still come home and change the oil in the car and clen the house, so to speak.
He will open up on Stage 16 the TT and kick butt (My Opinion) and put the nail in the coffin. Stage 15 in the Alps will set the stage for his masacre of his opponents as they attempt to make a final stand against the Blue Mailmen.By the final TT Lance will have a 2 min lead over his nearest rival and 6 mins over the so called original contenders, if any are left. It is too late to plan strategy now. The writing is on the wall.
Of course this is just my opinion and I could be full of ****. I thought I was wrong once before but I was mistaken. Go figure! On another note Voeckler is an animal the guy is ready to puke and is still going.Out gunned and outclassed in the climbs he shows a lot of heart and class. You know for a FRENCHIE!
If Jan and Andréas work together and attack Ivan Basso they might just make it to the podium and secure for themselves a third and second place finish. This is the only way I see Ulrich making it to the podium.izzodesh said:
The race is now for 2nd and 3rd place as 1st place has already been decided.
Just wondering if Jan can make time on Basso in the last two days in the Alps, enough to overcome him in the final TT which is quite long. Jan has a reputation of finishing very strong. What is Basso's results in other long TT (55 Km)? I would like to see Jan podium in second place. As a professional cyclist Jan is a fighter and won't go down easily. The battle for second will be the battle to watch in these final few days.David_Zen said:
From what I understand, Basso is not much of an ITT rider, and we all know Ulrich can be exceptionally good in those, so I fully expect Ulrich to gain some serious time on such a long ITT. I don't know about Kloden. Unfortunately for JU and Kloden, they are still too close to Lance for USPS to let them go out on their own too far without reeling them in, and CSC would definitely help USPS at that point to protect Basso's podium position, and I'm not sure that JU would get the support by team management to attack on his own at the expense of Klodens' podium spot.KGnagey said:
It's just a hunch, but I think that the stage today will feature breaks by guys like Virenque who are out of contention, but the major players will be fairly closely watched, which will leave the ITT to determine which of the three contenders will share the podium with Lance. Assuming, of course, that there isn't some sort of huge disaster....
I actually like Bob Roll! He makes fun of the french by saying it his way.
I don't think OLN should get rid of him. In fact, one thing OLN did well was to get rid of that blondie Kirsten or Krystin (don't remember her name now) they had in the past hosting with Bob. Now, she was pretty annoying....I guess, OLN got a lot of p.o viewers complaining about her lack of cycling knowledge.
I don't think OLN should get rid of him. In fact, one thing OLN did well was to get rid of that blondie Kirsten or Krystin (don't remember her name now) they had in the past hosting with Bob. Now, she was pretty annoying....I guess, OLN got a lot of p.o viewers complaining about her lack of cycling knowledge.
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