Good. Little sod looked to be flying the other day and when I heard his idol was Pantani - I was not surprised. [...]I hope they catch more and more of the cheating bastards.
Good. Little sod looked to be flying the other day and when I heard his idol was Pantani - I was not surprised. When are the Italians going to learn?I hope they catch more and more of the cheating bastards.
Did Rocco's ride remind anyone of Landis', er, miraculous ride in 2006?
Quote from: GruB on 17 July, 2008, 09:12:06 pmGood. Little sod looked to be flying the other day and when I heard his idol was Pantani - I was not surprised. When are the Italians going to learn?I hope they catch more and more of the cheating bastards.Did Ricco's ride remind anyone of Landis', er, miraculous ride in 2006?
I'll get back to rooting for Cav (who may make a record by getting stage wins AND the lanterne rouge!)
Quote from: andygates on 17 July, 2008, 03:25:05 pmI'll get back to rooting for Cav (who may make a record by getting stage wins AND the lanterne rouge!)Yeh, the fastest/slowest sprinter in the world
I feel sorry for all the clean riders too.
Quote from: Adrian on 17 July, 2008, 10:13:35 pmQuote from: andygates on 17 July, 2008, 03:25:05 pmI'll get back to rooting for Cav (who may make a record by getting stage wins AND the lanterne rouge!)Yeh, the fastest/slowest sprinter in the worldHe still has to lose 15 mins over the slowest guys....d
Cav can easily lose 15 minutes, there are big lumpy Alpy things up ahead and I don't think he's looking forward to them!As for making Brits look bad, I disagree but even if you were right the media has a short memory. Get Vicky P hauling back a barrowload of Chinese gold and we'll be in love again. Not that I've ever been out.
Quote from: David Martin on 17 July, 2008, 10:40:31 pmQuote from: Adrian on 17 July, 2008, 10:13:35 pmQuote from: andygates on 17 July, 2008, 03:25:05 pmI'll get back to rooting for Cav (who may make a record by getting stage wins AND the lanterne rouge!)Yeh, the fastest/slowest sprinter in the worldHe still has to lose 15 mins over the slowest guys....dCould be tricky, balancing losing time to a lantern rouge rival whilst avoiding elimination. I don't suppose that he will cross The Alps anyway
Quote from: eck on 17 July, 2008, 09:19:36 pmQuote from: GruB on 17 July, 2008, 09:12:06 pmGood. Little sod looked to be flying the other day and when I heard his idol was Pantani - I was not surprised. When are the Italians going to learn?I hope they catch more and more of the cheating bastards.Did Ricco's ride remind anyone of Landis', er, miraculous ride in 2006? No, not at all. Landis rode a hard race from the start, effectively a long time trial. By the time people realised that he had paced himself properly it was too late to bring him back. It wasn't a spectacular performance in absolute terms, just everyone else let him go as they didn't want to chase (periero anyone?)Ricco just rode away from the others at the same time, same place. Just like some of Panatani's amazing performances. ..d..d
Look at Cunego - suffering. Perhaps he is NOW clean?There are others too.This year look at the time gaps. They are so close.I hope Frank Schleck is clean.Evans is too much of a goody goody two shoes to be anything but clean.
<snip> People on epo always seem to look incredibly healthy.
, but Piepoli was fired for violations of the team's ethical code..