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Post by bram on Jul 11, 2007 15:57:14 GMT -5
Any cycling fans here?
I'm personally rooting for the Quick Step team, Boonen getting Green Sweater obviously, he is the best sprinter around in the Tour.
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Post by flamegon on Jul 12, 2007 5:27:41 GMT -5
We are the second best cycling country ! Only France has won more tours than we.
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Post by bram on Jul 12, 2007 17:04:49 GMT -5
Bad news for Boonen, he lost the Green Sweater to Zabel. I hope he's able to win it back...
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Post by Consonant*** on Jul 15, 2007 0:16:00 GMT -5
Anyone who is willing to sacrifice their fertility to go after their goals has earned my respect.
I'm not so into the Tour de France anymore after Landis got screwed over.
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Post by bram on Jul 15, 2007 6:45:06 GMT -5
Anyone who is willing to sacrifice their fertility to go after their goals has earned my respect. I'm not so into the Tour de France anymore after Landis got screwed over. Landis getting screwed over sucked, most of the modern day cyclists use stimulating drugs, just the unlucky few get caught. BTW: Boonen gut his green sweater back, Zabel in close second.
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Post by Lt. Dan on Jul 16, 2007 6:26:01 GMT -5
Landis getting screwed over sucked, most of the modern day cyclists use stimulating, just the unlucky few get caught. I've actually heard this in a number of places.
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Post by Ignite on Jul 22, 2007 10:35:20 GMT -5
I don't always get the chance to see the tour the france. But I try to stay updated as much as possible. My favourite team is the rabobank cycling team. Talking of which, today's stage was brilliant! It was spectacular and the final made my jaw drop to the floor. I was also quite surprised by rabobank in today's stage. They handled the pressure that comes with holding the yellow well, even more, they were quite dominant! Did you see how thomas Dekker, my favourite cyclist, was able to pull the peloton on the mountains? Anyone who is willing to sacrifice their fertility to go after their goals has earned my respect. I'm not so into the Tour de France anymore after Landis got screwed over. Landis getting screwed over sucked, most of the modern day cyclists use stimulating drugs, just the unlucky few get caught. I don't think Landis got screwed, for what I know, he brought it on upon himself. As mora already said, almost every cyclist uses enhancement drugs. But Landis won a stage all by himself. He was super human! And that made everyone suspicious. And testing which followed proved or at least pointed towards what everyone thought: doping. And well... if you want to break the rules then do it with out being caught. Well he got caught but that's the risk he took. To bad, but I don't miss the guy. grtz, Ignite
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Post by lunachaos on Jul 22, 2007 13:51:33 GMT -5
I haven't been watching it but my brother has. *sigh* I liked watching Lance Armstrong when he was in the race the last few years.
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Post by bram on Jul 22, 2007 16:59:52 GMT -5
I don't always get the chance to see the tour the france. But I try to stay updated as much as possible. My favourite team is the rabobank cycling team. Talking of which, today's stage was brilliant! It was spectacular and the final made my jaw drop to the floor. I was also quite surprised by rabobank in today's stage. They handled the pressure that comes with holding the yellow well, even more, they were quite dominant! Did you see how thomas Dekker, my favourite cyclist, was able to pull the peloton on the mountains? Landis getting screwed over sucked, most of the modern day cyclists use stimulating drugs, just the unlucky few get caught. I don't think Landis got screwed, for what I know, he brought it on upon himself. As mora already said, almost every cyclist uses enhancement drugs. But Landis won a stage all by himself. He was super human! And that made everyone suspicious. And testing which followed proved or at least pointed towards what everyone thought: doping. And well... if you want to break the rules then do it with out being caught. Well he got caught but that's the risk he took. To bad, but I don't miss the guy. grtz, Ignite Yeah, I'm happy to see a Belgian winning and all that, but Boonen isn't really that good of a cyclist, he relies to much on his teamates and I must say Rasmussen really earned a big applause this saturday. I watched the reruns and, wow, brilliant, Rabobank was pretty dominant but Discovery gave it's whole and it payed off. Contador is a great cyclist and he has a beautiful future ahead of him as a athlete. I hate to say it, but Vinokoerov seems to have no chance of winning, really sad because he really acomplished something saturday. Going from 19th to 9th place is a great acomplishment! You're right about Landis Ignite, it was pretty obvious, but I still hate it that most of the professionals use stimulating drugs! I haven't been watching it but my brother has. *sigh* I liked watching Lance Armstrong when he was in the race the last few years. Lance Armstrong was a great cyclist, most people call him second best of all time (right after Merckx, ofcourse)! He was a great allrounder, and he really did deserve his titles.
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Post by Ignite on Jul 28, 2007 10:07:38 GMT -5
tomorrow! Final stage everyone! =D So did we had an exciting round of france this year or what... pfff It was like a big soap opera!
Ey mora what do you think? Should we post our arguments regarding Rasmussen in this thread?
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