Tejay Van Garderen

Brad Anders

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Jun 12, 2010, 1:08:36 PM6/12/10

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Who is this guy?

Brad Anders

Amit Ghosh

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Jun 12, 2010, 2:39:49 PM6/12/10

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On Jun 12, 1:08 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who is this guy?
>
> Brad Anders

dumbass,

he's one of many kids better than taylor phinney.

Scott

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Jun 12, 2010, 3:28:34 PM6/12/10

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Really, how would you back up that conclusion? What has he won, even
now, or especially back when he was only T Phinney's age, that
supports your assertion?

Brad Anders

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Jun 12, 2010, 5:06:34 PM6/12/10

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You know, I can google him, but I thought someone here might have some
better insight into this kid, maybe someone who even rode with him and
raced with him up through the cats. I'll just google.

Brad Anders

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Jun 12, 2010, 5:09:11 PM6/12/10

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Good short article I found on him right away. Kid is a "10 time
National Champion" and still fairly anonymous?

Brad Anders

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Jun 12, 2010, 5:09:32 PM6/12/10

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Link

http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/06/news/the-other-young-american-a-conversation-with-tejay-van-garderen_92868

A. Dumas Fred

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Jun 12, 2010, 5:39:42 PM6/12/10

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Brad Anders wrote:
> You know, I can google him, but I thought someone here might have some
> better insight into this kid, maybe someone who even rode with him and
> raced with him up through the cats. I'll just google.

His English wiki page is freshly written:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejay_van_Garderen

K. Fred Gauss

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Jun 12, 2010, 5:49:17 PM6/12/10

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Brad Anders wrote:
> Who is this guy?
>
> Brad Anders

Also, isn't it now obvious that Janez Brajkovic is going to kick ASS in
the TdF? He's beating "The Best Stage Racer in the World" (TM) in a
stage race, there is no other conclusion that can be reached.

cur...@the-md-russells.org

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Jun 12, 2010, 5:52:23 PM6/12/10

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Well, that was true of the kid that raced on the Eastern seaboard that
had the parents that were UCF officials. I think he started winning
'national championships' as soon as he found an age grade to win in.
Can't remember his name (or theirs) and he was only briefly really in
the national spotlight. Hoping someone else has a better memory for
names. Back in the 80s, 90s.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Scott

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Jun 12, 2010, 6:18:43 PM6/12/10

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On Jun 12, 3:52 pm, cur...@the-md-russells.org wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:09:11 -0700 (PDT), Brad Anders
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>
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Ever look at how many 'national championships' YMC won?

z, fred

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Jun 12, 2010, 6:21:27 PM6/12/10

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Donnelly?

Brad Anders

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Jun 12, 2010, 7:13:04 PM6/12/10

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Looks pretty impressive, hopefully, he'll continue to develop.

Brad Anders

Keith

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Jun 12, 2010, 7:43:05 PM6/12/10

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On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:49:17 -0700, "K. Fred Gauss" <N...@This.Planet>
wrote:

Except he's not scheduled to ride the TDF this year...just as well
since he would likely put his boss to shame in both the ITT and in the
mountains, the MD had enough problems as it is with AC last year.

Not sure what Bajkovic did to himself to come back like this after
being the next big thing in 2006 and then losing foot after the 2006
Vuelta where he led the race for a while if memory serves. Wasn't he
involved in some shady stuff, or was that Gusev ?

Fred Flintstein

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Jun 12, 2010, 8:58:57 PM6/12/10

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Brad Anders wrote:
> Good short article I found on him right away. Kid is a "10 time
> National Champion" and still fairly anonymous?
>

They give out a lot more stars 'n' stripes jerseys
than they used to.

Fred Flintstein

Andy Coggan

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Jun 13, 2010, 8:36:31 AM6/13/10

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Phinney himself has previously tipped Van Garderen as the best young
US rider at present.

Andy Coggan

RicodJour

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Jun 13, 2010, 10:17:40 AM6/13/10

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On Jun 12, 7:43 pm, Keith <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
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> Not sure what Bajkovic did to himself to come back like this after
> being the next big thing in 2006 and then losing foot after the 2006
> Vuelta where he led the race for a while if memory serves. Wasn't he
> involved in some shady stuff, or was that Gusev ?

Remember that scene in Blazing Saddles with "Authentic Frontier
Gibberish?" Well, here we have an excellent example of Passive
Aggressive Doping Innuendo.

Gee, Keith, wasn't it your mother that got that dirty love from her
poodle, or was that someone else?

Yeah, it's really amazing how a 22 year old improves with only four
more years of training and experience.

R

Andy Coggan

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Jun 13, 2010, 10:44:16 AM6/13/10

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How he is being coached might also play a role.

Andy Coggan

RicodJour

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Jun 13, 2010, 10:50:16 AM6/13/10

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I'd prefer an unsubstantiated "Doper! Doper! Doper!" allegation than
the weaselly way Keith couched it.

R

Amit Ghosh

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Jun 13, 2010, 11:42:18 AM6/13/10

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dumbass,

last year they raced a lot of the same events as part of the US
national team. phinney could win the a prologue or a flat stage but
lose a lot of time on the hilly stages. van garderen was almost as
fast on the flat but he is maybe 30 lbs. lighter - at the protour
level that equates to better.

Scott

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Jun 13, 2010, 12:30:38 PM6/13/10

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Yeah, and LA and Ullrich used to fawn all over each other, declaring
the other the most talented.

Taylor was most likely just being gracious.

Amit Ghosh

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Jun 13, 2010, 12:45:43 PM6/13/10

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dumbass,

where do you think taylor phinney would've finished on the alpe d'huez
stage ?

Kyle Legate

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Jun 14, 2010, 2:38:18 AM6/14/10

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On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:17:40 -0700, RicodJour wrote:

> On Jun 12, 7:43 pm, Keith <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not sure what Bajkovic did to himself to come back like this after
>> being the next big thing in 2006 and then losing foot after the 2006
>> Vuelta where he led the race for a while if memory serves. Wasn't he
>> involved in some shady stuff, or was that Gusev ?
>
> Remember that scene in Blazing Saddles with "Authentic Frontier
> Gibberish?" Well, here we have an excellent example of Passive
> Aggressive Doping Innuendo.
>

Well, he did switch bikes during the time trial. Does he ride the same
size as Cancellera?