The Giro Thread
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Exciting finish.
Btw, I was very impressed with the Universal TV feed today. Sharp image and good commentary.
Btw, I was very impressed with the Universal TV feed today. Sharp image and good commentary.
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Impressive to see him win somewhat Robbie-style; used to seeing him win at the back of a long train of team support.
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Oh, and I want to visit Trieste now too.
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Not gonna happen next week though...
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Why did Armstrong show up at the front about 8K out? Was he serious but got stuck behind that small crash or was he just wanting to be at the front for awhile?
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The way Popo was hammering the train it looked like they were serious for a second there. I wonder if Levi was supposed to be up there with them? I think he is only 40 seconds down, but there are some serious GC threats up there that climb as well as he can, Vande Velde for one.
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Levi was in the second group, 0:13 behind the Lance/Cavendish bunch.
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I think Petacchi will have Cavendish's number in this race. I've always thought MC was winning mostly because of Ale-jet's absence.
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Actually I'm glad he's there, at least it's on TV. And (gasp) they had 30 minutes on the Tour of the Basque Country. They keep this up and I might have to get Tivo.
I thought the Gilbert/Pozzato move might work...both those guys race their bikes but just couldn't seem to get a good rotation going.
That was embarrassing for Cavendish. His team set him up perfectly (though LPR, especially DiLuca did a lot to get AP up there), I was thinking "Well, this is over", then my asthma inhaler kicked in. No. Way.
Way!
I guess once you get to 160 or so wins, they stop being flukes.
Going to be fun to watch from here out.
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I just noticed when I saw a shot of Columbia yesterday.
Where is Bert Grabsch? Does that guy even race his bike?
Where is Bert Grabsch? Does that guy even race his bike?