gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Pro Racing - Classics/Giro/Tour.... » Tour 2009 Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic    Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:19 pm lofter Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 1162 true wisey ,but you could see it coming.LA keeps getting stronger by the day , he cant wait forever, he has to show em hes the man , but like u said could have pissed the team off tho . i think hes going to have to win it now all by himself. ah the drama lol. and what a great ride by wiggins although i dislike him tho.tommorrow will be another good day   Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:47 am nicolas Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 543 Location: Paris, France Well said. Armstrong is very good at driving people nuts...the way he has been teasing Contador since he announced his come back...he knew the teenager could not resist. _________________ "Ooooh Putain !!! C'est vous ?" -Greg LeMond www.greglemondfan.com   Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:24 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California I hope this is as exciting as you guys say it is (the Astana/Caise team intrigue)! _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:33 am lofter Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 1162 who on caise can help him?sanchez? being a fellow spaniard. piniero dropped out. who the other horses on that team? valverde isnt there either   Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:34 am lofter Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 1162 happy birthday to me happy birthday to me joyeux anniversaire   Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:39 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area lofter wrote: happy birthday to me happy birthday to me lofter, Let me be the first on the Forum to wish you: Joyeux anniversaire (for the TdF) Feliz cumpleaños (for the Spanish riders) Buon compleanno (for the Italian riders) Crikey! Ahoy mate! Have a happy sappy birthday! (for the OZ riders) Happy BDay and may the new year bring you another great Gitane (from Chas.)   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:02 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California The lull before the Alps.... Cavendish is a freak. _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:30 pm nicolas Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 543 Location: Paris, France lofter wrote: happy birthday to me happy birthday to me Sorry i missed that...no piece of cake for me ! _________________ "Ooooh Putain !!! C'est vous ?" -Greg LeMond www.greglemondfan.com   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:05 pm Wisey Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 631 Location: Brisbane, Australia Happy birthday Lofter. I had a nice glass of SA Cab/Merlot in your honour. Speaking of the Aussie vine. We have a wine glut here, so if you see cheap aussie plonk on the shelves in your local, pick up a bottle, it's likely to be half decent. I picked up some very drinkable clean skins the other day for $3 / bottle. Easilly a $15 wine. I've always been bored by the two or three transitional stages between the alps and pyrenees. This year we have a whole week of them. And Cavendish will probably win all of them. Got to admire his ability, but booorrrrrrrrrring!! _________________ Kind Regards, Wisey Delta Dreamin'   Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:35 am scozim Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 629 Location: Ellensburg, WA So, is it just me or is Cavendish one of the most irritating/annoying riders to watch? Maybe it's the cockiness - although with his success maybe I'd be a little cocky too. _________________ 1984 Gitane Sprint 1984 Gitane Tour de France mid-1970's Gitane Olympic Plus many more http://eburgcycling.blogspot.com   Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:09 am nicolas Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 543 Location: Paris, France Wisey wrote: Happy birthday Lofter. I had a nice glass of SA Cab/Merlot in your honour. Speaking of the Aussie vine. We have a wine glut here, so if you see cheap aussie plonk on the shelves in your local, pick up a bottle, it's likely to be half decent. I picked up some very drinkable clean skins the other day for $3 / bottle. Easilly a $15 wine. I've always been bored by the two or three transitional stages between the alps and pyrenees. This year we have a whole week of them. And Cavendish will probably win all of them. Got to admire his ability, but booorrrrrrrrrring!! Problem being...the pyrenees were already transitionnal stages... _________________ "Ooooh Putain !!! C'est vous ?" -Greg LeMond www.greglemondfan.com   Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:16 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Amen, Nicolas. Cavendish is unreal...absolutely untouchable. I like watching him, precisely because of his cockiness. Remember, my favorite rider of all time is (by far) Laurent Fignon! I have never been an Armstrong fan, but am rooting for him this year because of the crap he has pulled at Astana. Besides, I hate Spanish riders (Contador). No panache. _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:19 am scozim Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 629 Location: Ellensburg, WA sandranian wrote: Amen, Nicolas. Cavendish is unreal...absolutely untouchable. I like watching him, precisely because of his cockiness. Remember, my favorite rider of all time is (by far) Laurent Fignon! His kick is definitely something to watch. I give so much more credit though, to his team, especially Renshaw, for placing him in the ideal position to win. They're awesome at keeping the other teams at bay in the final km's of a race. Farrar tried hard the last two days but ended up with nobody on Garmin around him when it mattered. _________________ 1984 Gitane Sprint 1984 Gitane Tour de France mid-1970's Gitane Olympic Plus many more http://eburgcycling.blogspot.com   Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:44 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Farrar went the wrong way (or was forced to go the wrong way) around today. So close. I want Garmin to win a stage. You are right about his team, but he has really been taking it to people in the last 200 meters....of course the others have had to spend energy fighting for position, but geeze he is fast! _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:42 pm Wisey Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 631 Location: Brisbane, Australia Renshaw is another product of the Aussie track squad. Like Vogels, and O'Grady before him. These guys have incredible skills, and all train like Armstrong on a hyper motivated day. The program worked so well a few years back that the Brits copied it lock stock and barrell. At the same time the Aussies had their funding stripped. Hence the collapse of the Aussies at Bejing and the complete dominance of GB. Watch for the British riders coming to the road as Pro's in the next 5 years. It's great to watch someone who is so much better than the competition (Merckx, Hinault, Indurain, Armstrong, Cipolini, Cavendish), but it's far less exciting than watching a battle between evenly matched riders (LeMond/Fignon, or McEwen and Cooke battling for the Green jersey all the way to the finish line in Paris a few years ago). I'd really like to see Lofter up against Chas in a TT, and Sandman vs. Scozim on a mountain stage. I volunteer to sit in the Directors seat in the team car with my faithful AD Nicolas. _________________ Kind Regards, Wisey Delta Dreamin' Tour 2009     gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Pro Racing - Classics/Giro/Tour.... 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