Bunch Sprint??

[Davey Crockett]

Gonna come down to a mass charge for the line, right?

Wrong?
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Davey Crockett

 

[The Black Adder]

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> Gonna come down to a mass charge for the line, right?

Nah, looks like Frigo & Co. are going to blow the peloton apart. I predict this will split the
field, then there will be a regrouping of mostly top riders and super-domestiques around lap 17
or 18, then a final attack with a small group of 3-4 going across the line within seconds of
each other.

Hoping Boonen can get himself a podium spot, authough the course isn't exactly ideally suited to his
strengths.

- BA

> Wrong?
> --
> le vent a Dos
>
> Davey Crockett

 

[The Black Adder]

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> > Gonna come down to a mass charge for the line, right?
>
> Nah, looks like Frigo & Co. are going to blow the peloton apart.

Ok so I was wrong.

- BA

I predict
> this will split the field, then there will be a regrouping of mostly top riders and
> super-domestiques around lap 17 or 18, then a final attack with
a
> small group of 3-4 going across the line within seconds of each other.
>
> Hoping Boonen can get himself a podium spot, authough the course isn't exactly ideally suited to
> his strengths.
>
> - BA
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> > Wrong?
> > --
> > le vent a Dos
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> > Davey Crockett

 

[B. Lafferty]

Van Petegem was of the opinion that it would come down to a mass sprint finish. Time and laps
will tell.

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> Gonna come down to a mass charge for the line, right?
>
> Wrong?
> --
> le vent a Dos
>
> Davey Crockett

 

[Davey Crockett]

"B. Lafferty" <[email protected]> writes:

> Van Petegem was of the opinion that it would come down to a mass sprint finish. Time and laps
> will tell.
>
Steve Bauer just came on.

He doesn't think it will be a mass sprint.

And let's face it, Steve knows. He's a master tactician.

Witness him putting the boots to Criquelion in Ronsse in 1988 so that Fondriest could sneak by
for the win.

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Davey Crockett

 

[Kurgan Gringion]

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> > > Gonna come down to a mass charge for the line, right?
> >
> > Nah, looks like Frigo & Co. are going to blow the peloton apart.
>
> Ok so I was wrong.

Dumbass -

Ya you were wrong, because the peloton is not likely to blow itself apart with 115 km to go.

 

[Kurgan Gringion]

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> "B. Lafferty" <[email protected]> writes:
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> > Van Petegem was of the opinion that it would come down to a mass sprint finish. Time and laps
> > will tell.
> >
> Steve Bauer just came on.
>
> He doesn't think it will be a mass sprint.
>
> And let's face it, Steve knows. He's a master tactician.
>
> Witness him putting the boots to Criquelion in Ronsse in 1988 so that Fondriest could sneak by for
> the win.

Dumbass -

Don't forget him losing to Eddy Planckaert in Paris-Roubaix by 1 millimeter when Eddy threw his bike
and he didn't. Or letting Alexi Grewal sit on for 5 miles before the finish at the 1984 Olympics.
Finally there's the 60 degree seat tube angle.

Bauer clearly is the smartest rider ever.

 

[The Black Adder]

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> > > > > > Gonna come down to a mass charge for the line, right?
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> > > > > Nah, looks like Frigo & Co. are going to blow the peloton apart.
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> > > > Ok so I was wrong.
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> > > Dumbass -
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> > > Ya you were wrong, because the peloton is not likely to blow itself
apart
> > > with 115 km to go.
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> > Minor details...
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> Dumbass -
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> You can start getting excited after they've covered 200km, when most of
the
> support riders have been used up.

Too much coffee this morning.

Such a shame there is no televized coverage. I expected better from OLN after their great TdF
showing and decent Vuelta coverage.

- BA