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 13th July 2008 | #351 | |
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just reminds me of Vino staggering out in the morning all bandaged up like the mummy's revenge , hardly able to move, then winning. the deck of a grimsby trawler couldn't have been more fishy.. | |
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| 13th July 2008 | #352 |
 | must say highlights at eurosport is so much better than itv4. seems like the coverage on itv is equal to the amount of commercials...pissed me off when i was on itv yesterday. didnt see evans' crash but he seemed ok staying in the first bunch. was rico really on the big ring when he kicked ahead? |
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| 13th July 2008 | #356 | |
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| 13th July 2008 | #358 |
| | "I'm not angry about the rumours, I'm just disappointed. I've had these blood values ever since I was a child," said Riccò, who has a naturally high hematocrit level of 51 although the highest allowed level is 50. "The UCI knows my situation, and I have a certificate to prove it," said Riccò. "I'm following the UCI regulations and I hope that people can appreciate my performances as I've got a natural high hematocrit level." |
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| 13th July 2008 | #359 |
| | Evans crashed over the top of a Euskaltel rider about 105 km into the 224 km stage. "I don't know what happened," Evans said immediately after the finish. He is being treated by his team and is expected to continue racing Monday. "Don't touch me on my left side," he yelled as the press scrum swarmed around for any snippet available. Evans was whisked straight into his personal minivan and gone before he could be interviewed. But before he left, he did pass his helmet to Australian journalist Rupert Guiness and said, "This is your interview." The helmet explained a lot. It was badly damaged and had received a severe impact on the left side. The front left corner of the helmet was completely crushed and there was little doubt that without the helmet Cadel would be out of the race and maybe even this world. Sports Director Roberto Damiani was quite relieved after the finish. "It was a very bad moment, but Cadel is a man of strong character so he will be ok. But what could have been a disaster, in the end was a good day." "Apparently he touched the wheel of an Euskaltel rider," explained Sergeant. Evans' team-mate Christophe Brandt believed it was an object from a spectator. "He had some sort of bag in his front wheel and it blocked it," he said. "It was not a musette, but something from along the street." |
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| 14th July 2008 | #360 |
 | dodgy frenchies trying to ruin evans chances. thinking bout this on the weekend. with the abolishment of time bonuses for stage wins, there is no reason for the favourites to go for stage wins. they just need to stay in the peloton. not sure if i like the rule or not!?? |
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| 14th July 2008 | #364 |
| | it's the etape du tour stage today. would be interesting to see the pro's times on this one. mate did it in 7hrs40mins. on paper, the profile doesnt look that bad but there are two HCs. maybe it kicks up to a stupid gradient. hopefully mountain stages like this would break up the team riding patterns of the previous stages to make it more interesting. unless of course the team's got a lineup full of climbers (eg euskatel). |
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| 14th July 2008 | #370 |
 | Where are you heading jonny? I'm having similar thoughts and was going to go to this place; http://www.cosbar.co.uk/ |
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| 14th July 2008 | #380 |
 | other links are here http://www.cyclingfans.com/ the eurosport feed is up... not commenting on the smoothness... |
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