Blijlevens quits

Ewoud Dronkert said:

From Dutch teletext, my translation:

Jeroen Blijlevens will put his bike aside as of now.
Blijlevens, multiple stagewinner in the Tour (4), Giro (2)
and Vuelta (5), doesn't feel fit and does not see any
opportunities to return to his top level.

It's a pity to see him go. But it happens to them all sooner
or later unfortunately.

But cycling is going to the dogs. There just aren't any
classy sprinters around any more. I mean like Kelly duking
it out with Vanderaerden in, I think, Avignon, or Abdu
trying to cheat by going airborne 100 meters out.

What we need is a sprinter to pull in the tifosi. Shoot;
every race has a winner, but we need someone we can love
like we loved Kelly, or someone we can hate like we
hated Abdu.

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nice guy, but he did run out of the "JUICE". without it he
wasn't the same.

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Quoted message said:

From Dutch teletext, my translation:

Jeroen Blijlevens will put his bike aside as of now.
Blijlevens, multiple stagewinner in the Tour (4), Giro (2)
and Vuelta (5), doesn't feel fit and does not see any
opportunities to return to his top level.

Blijlevens was a world-renowned sprinter in his TVM days
(1994-1999). Ever since he left for the Italian Polti he
went to seed. Good results never returned with Lotto, Domo
or BangiroLoterij, where he rides now.

"In the Scheldeprijs I just got blown off the back. Then
it's no use riding on anymore. I can look back on a nice
career and now want to leave it at that", says Blijlevens.

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649 Teletekst do 22 apr ******************** WIELRENNEN
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**Jeroen Blijlevens zet per direct zijn fiets aan de
kant.Blijlevens,meervoudig etappewinnaar in de Tour de
France (4), Giro (2) en Vuelta (5) voelt zich niet fit en
ziet geen mogelijkheden meer om op zijn oude topniveau
terug te keren.

Blijlevens was in zijn TVM-tijd (1994- 1999) een
sprinter van wereldfaam.Sinds zijn vertrek naar het
Italiaanse Polti raakte hij in de versukkeling.Ook bij
Lotto,Domo en Bankgiro,waar hij nu voor rijdt,bleven
goede resultaten uit.

"In de Scheldeprijs werd ik er gewoon vanaf gereden.Dan
heeft het geen zin om door te blijven rijden.Ik kan
terugzien op een mooie carrière en wens de eer aan mezelf
te houden",aldus Blijlevens.

Davey Crockett <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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It's a pity to see him go. But it happens to them all
sooner or later unfortunately.

But cycling is going to the dogs. There just aren't any
classy sprinters around any more. I mean like Kelly duking
it out with Vanderaerden in, I think, Avignon, or Abdu
trying to cheat by going airborne 100 meters out.

What we need is a sprinter to pull in the tifosi. Shoot;
every race has a winner, but we need someone we can love
like we loved Kelly, or someone we can hate like we
hated Abdu.

while we'll most likely be speaking about him in the past
tense soon enough, wouldn't 'super mario' count as someone
you'd love or hate?

Davey Crockett said:

It's a pity to see him go. But it happens to them all
sooner or later unfortunately.

But cycling is going to the dogs. There just aren't any
classy sprinters around any more. I mean like Kelly duking
it out with Vanderaerden in, I think, Avignon, or Abdu
trying to cheat by going airborne 100 meters out.

What we need is a sprinter to pull in the tifosi. Shoot;
every race has a winner, but we need someone we can love
like we loved Kelly, or someone we can hate like we
hated Abdu.

?????? Just last year Petacchi won 15 (fifteen) stages in
the 3 Grand Tours and you say that nowadays every sprint has
a different winner? Do you live on Mars?

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Davey Crockett at [email hidden] wrote on 4/22/04 5:09 AM:

Quoted message said:

Ewoud Dronkert said:

From Dutch teletext, my translation:

Jeroen Blijlevens will put his bike aside as of now.
Blijlevens, multiple stagewinner in the Tour (4), Giro
(2) and Vuelta (5), doesn't feel fit and does not see any
opportunities to return to his top level.

It's a pity to see him go. But it happens to them all
sooner or later unfortunately.

But cycling is going to the dogs. There just aren't any
classy sprinters around any more. I mean like Kelly duking
it out with Vanderaerden in, I think, Avignon, or Abdu
trying to cheat by going airborne 100 meters out.

What we need is a sprinter to pull in the tifosi. Shoot;
every race has a winner, but we need someone we can love
like we loved Kelly, or someone we can hate like we
hated Abdu.

Petacchi is a bit like an obnoxious kid in a candy store
right now.

Count me as someone who would love Hincapie if he won more
often, and will certainly come to love him if he figures out
how in the future.

Danilo Hondo is great fun. Even his name is fun. He just
hasn't been able to do much as a lead-out man for Zabel;
that should change now that he's on Gerolsteiner.

Alejandro Valverde is incredible. He's already had 10 wins,
and it's only April. In fact, he accounts for all but one of
Kelme's 11 victories so far this season.

And what's wrong with Erik Zabel? If you have to ride
alongside another Poulidor-style eternal second place
(Ullrich), then at least you can do it graciously and
with style.

Fabian Cancellara shows promise to do some great things,
maybe in the near future, maybe a couple of years off. But
he's already a grade-A rider.

-Sonarrat.

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(TritonRider) said:

Quoted message said:

From: [email hidden] (Davide Tosi)

Quoted message said:

Just last year Petacchi won 15 (fifteen) stages in the 3
Grand Tours and you say that nowadays every sprint has a
different winner? Do you live on Mars?

Petacchi excites who? Mario has more charisma and appeal
finishing 10th than he does winning.

Petacchi does seem to be somewhat charisma challenged
until the last few hundred meters in a race - he'll never
be known as a "showman". But he will be known as a
"winner", and, in the long run, that's probably better.
He does seem to have a fairly unassuming and slightly
unconfident personality.

Quoted message said:

Zabel isn't real exciting, but over the years he has made
himself a name by ALWAYS being there.

I think he's the closest we have to Sean Kelley (or
Jalabert) right now.
Always tries for the win and is pretty regularly in the top
three or four.

--
tanx, Howard

Q: Can we call it a quagmire yet?

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

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nice guy, but he did run out of the "JUICE". without it he
wasn't the same.

why would he have to go off the juice ?

Amit said:

why would he have to go off the juice ?

Changed teams.

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Quoted message said:

From: [email hidden] (Davide Tosi)

Quoted message said:

Just last year Petacchi won 15 (fifteen) stages in the 3
Grand Tours and you say that nowadays every sprint has a
different winner? Do you live on Mars?

Petacchi excites who? Mario has more charisma and appeal
finishing 10th

than

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he does winning. Zabel isn't real exciting, but over the
years he has made himself a name by ALWAYS being there.
Petacchi might be able to do that but it's way to early
to crown him. Udo is what a racer should be if you're not
THE man.

Maybe you didn't watch the Green Jersey competition for the
Tour last year. There seemed to be a pretty good sprint
contested there on several occassions.

If Petacchi doesn't excite you how could Cipolini do so
while coming in nowhere?

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Davey Crockett said:

It's a pity to see him go. But it happens to them all
sooner or later

unfortunately.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

But cycling is going to the dogs. There just aren't any
classy sprinters

around any more. I mean like Kelly duking it out with
Vanderaerden in, I think, Avignon, or Abdu trying to cheat
by going airborne 100 meters out.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What we need is a sprinter to pull in the tifosi. Shoot;
every race has a

winner, but we need someone we can love like we loved Kelly,
or someone we can hate like we hated Abdu.

Quoted message said:

Just last year Petacchi won 15 (fifteen) stages in the 3
Grand Tours and you say that nowadays every sprint has a
different winner?

I've been wondering where this group is getting people so
stupid. I've come to the conclusion that they are a bunch of
footballers putting us on.

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Quoted message said:

From: [email hidden] (Davide Tosi)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Just last year Petacchi won 15 (fifteen) stages in the
3 Grand Tours and you say that nowadays every sprint
has a different winner? Do you live on Mars?

Petacchi excites who? Mario has more charisma and
appeal finishing 10th

than

Quoted message said:

he does winning. Zabel isn't real exciting, but over the
years he has made himself a name by ALWAYS being there.
Petacchi might be able to do that but it's way to early
to crown him. Udo is what a racer should be if you're
not THE man.

Maybe you didn't watch the Green Jersey competition for
the Tour last year. There seemed to be a pretty good
sprint contested there on several occassions.

Wow -- i agree

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If Petacchi doesn't excite you how could Cipolini do so
while coming in nowhere?

maybe petacchi doesn't have enough crazy outfits, blond
streaks and 5 o'clock shadow to excite everyone

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If Petacchi doesn't excite you how could Cipolini do so
while coming in nowhere?

maybe petacchi doesn't have enough crazy outfits, blond
streaks and 5 o'clock shadow to excite everyone

Not to mention that jaw worthy of a Bugg's Bunny
cartoon villain.