Can Simoni put 2:10 into Savoldelli?

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Surprised to see Simoni do so well in today's TT: he only lost a bit more
than a minute to Savoldelli.

I'm picturing an "American Flyers" kind of ending where Savoldelli can't
quite hang on, Simoni escapes and goes balls out for maximum time gap and
then has to wait to see what the clock says when Paolo crosses the line -
will it be 2m9s or 2m11s??

Maybe a Fignon moment too, complete with bike throwing and crying on the
asphalt.

Robert Chung said:

Surprised to see Simoni do so well in today's TT: he only lost a bit more
than a minute to Savoldelli. Rujano can go uphill, but he's too small to
be a good flat TT'er. I have nightmares where my legs are moving through
molasses; that's how DiLuca must've been feeling. If Basso comes down with
an upset stomach tomorrow, suspect Tiralongo's water bottle.

He has a big mountain stage tomorrow which is ideal for him, if he's
going to gain on the leader that is the place to do it. THat's the
thing with the giro,there aren't as many time trials. IF you don't get
time in the mountains, then you won't have many tts to do it, but
there's always a huge mountain stage on the last weekend. The Sting in
the Tail, as Phil and Paul would say.

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Surprised to see Simoni do so well in today's TT: he only lost a bit

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than a minute to Savoldelli.

I'm picturing an "American Flyers" kind of ending where Savoldelli can't
quite hang on, Simoni escapes and goes balls out for maximum time gap and
then has to wait to see what the clock says when Paolo crosses the line -
will it be 2m9s or 2m11s??

Maybe a Fignon moment too, complete with bike throwing and crying on the
asphalt.

I suspect that Simoni will be doing the crying. Paolo is riding a little
"Lance-ish" in this Giro, i.e. defensively, and will only work as hard as he
must. Boy I tell you it sure would make for one awesome last day if Basso
would not have had that one horrible day in the mountains.

Kurgan Gringioni said:

If Basso wouldn't have gotten sick he'd be far in the lead, and, being
the best climber in the race, there'd be no suspense tomorrow.

It's better the way that it is.

thanks,

K. Gringioni.

For Basso? You think?

On 5/27/05 6:43 PM, in article
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Robert Chung said:

Surprised to see Simoni do so well in today's TT: he only lost a bit more
than a minute to Savoldelli. Rujano can go uphill, but he's too small to
be a good flat TT'er. I have nightmares where my legs are moving through
molasses; that's how DiLuca must've been feeling. If Basso comes down with
an upset stomach tomorrow, suspect Tiralongo's water bottle.

Savoldelli lost 39 seconds to Simoni in Stage 4 - behind a crash in the
last few km, I think. It could turn out be important. Or not.

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Potemkin potholes:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/27/MNG9UCVOCH1.DTL

It's well known that the streets of California are so crisp and smooth
that they had difficulty finding a real pothole in San Jose.
But anyway, you're not thinking big, you're still trapped in the
reality-based community. Gov. Ahnold is an expert at creating his
own reality.

http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/05/23/daily34.html

San Jose's roads are judged second worst in the entire country. In all,
five California metropolitan areas rank in the worst 10 in TRIP's report.

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Robert Chung said:

Surprised to see Simoni do so well in today's TT: he only lost a bit more
than a minute to Savoldelli. Rujano can go uphill, but he's too small to
be a good flat TT'er. I have nightmares where my legs are moving through
molasses; that's how DiLuca must've been feeling. If Basso comes down with
an upset stomach tomorrow, suspect Tiralongo's water bottle.

Savoldelli lost 39 seconds to Simoni in Stage 4 - behind a crash in the
last few km, I think. It could turn out be important. Or not.

Quoted message said:

--
Potemkin potholes:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/27/MNG9UCVOCH1.DTL

It's well known that the streets of California are so crisp and smooth
that they had difficulty finding a real pothole in San Jose.

I commute to San Jose daily. 101 was crisp and smooth at one point, but
when they expanded it to 4 lanes they dug trenches where the lane
markers used to be, then moved the lane markers. So it's ruined...

In article <[email hidden]>,

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Robert Chung said:

Surprised to see Simoni do so well in today's TT: he only lost a bit more
than a minute to Savoldelli. Rujano can go uphill, but he's too small to
be a good flat TT'er. I have nightmares where my legs are moving through
molasses; that's how DiLuca must've been feeling. If Basso comes down with
an upset stomach tomorrow, suspect Tiralongo's water bottle.

Savoldelli lost 39 seconds to Simoni in Stage 4 - behind a crash in the
last few km, I think. It could turn out be important. Or not.

The crash time loss could be a factor. Savoldelli would be kicking
himself for being in the wrong place if that happens. It'll be interesting
to see if Simoni has it in him to bury himself two days in a row to win the
GC. I can't help thinking that he gave everything in the TT today.

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Potemkin potholes:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/27/MNG9UCVOCH1.DTL

It's well known that the streets of California are so crisp and smooth
that they had difficulty finding a real pothole in San Jose.
But anyway, you're not thinking big, you're still trapped in the
reality-based community. Gov. Ahnold is an expert at creating his
own reality.

I've noticed that once a pothole is repaired, it needs to be fixed again
and again. Nice to see they took an apparently functioning road and made it
into a perpetual problem. For a photo op. Good work, Gov. 43% Approval...

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tanx,
Howard

Butter is love.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

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Potemkin potholes:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/27/MNG9UCVOCH1.DTL

Quoted message said:

It's well known that the streets of California are so crisp and smooth
that they had difficulty finding a real pothole in San Jose.
But anyway, you're not thinking big, you're still trapped in the
reality-based community. Gov. Ahnold is an expert at creating his
own reality.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/schwarzenegger_ad.html