radioshack
atriage
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atriage
> Still getting plenty of crash practise in I see.
Another one, looks like Wiggins is out, Horner's on the ground too.
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RicodJour
I didn't see the Horner crash, but he's five minutes back or
something.
RadioShack's gremlins are working overtime.
R
atriage
been me I'd have lost it completely, toys could have been hurled a great
distance out of the pram.
atriage
>> On 08/07/2011 16:07, atriage wrote:
>>
>>> Still getting plenty of crash practise in I see.
>>
>> Another one, looks like Wiggins is out, Horner's on the ground too.
>
> I didn't see the Horner crash, but he's five minutes back or
> something.
>
He finished 12.41 down, that's gonna take some getting back, I wouldn't be
surprised to see him abandon in the next few days. That was a crash with
consequences.
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Ben Trovato
Bad things always seem to happen to YouKnowWho's former teammates...
Randall
Levi will not drop out because he is a professional and has
responsibilities to the team and the sponsors. Horner probably will
drop out because he broke his nose. RS needs to make the best of the
TDF to look good to the sponsor.
Randall
organization or strength. If Lance was still riding this never would
have happened. I can't believe that RS was not protecting it's leaders
better. In the 1995 TDF Indurain was riding slightly off the front to
avoid the crashes. I am even more astonished that Bruyneel did not
take more steps to avoid these crashes. After all we are talking about
one of the best teams in the sport now.
RicodJour
>
> Radioshack's recent spate of crashes show a surprising lack of
> organization or strength. If Lance was still riding this never would
> have happened. I can't believe that RS was not protecting it's leaders
> better. In the 1995 TDF Indurain was riding slightly off the front to
> avoid the crashes. I am even more astonished that Bruyneel did not
> take more steps to avoid these crashes. After all we are talking about
> one of the best teams in the sport now.
Gee...I wonder why nobody else thought to stay in the front to stay
out of trouble. Or why the other five riders on Radioshack couldn't
form a protective ring around RS' 4 GC hopefuls. Maybe they could
have held hands to keep other riders out. But I see your point.
LANCE's magical aura created a force field around anyone riding on his
team. I wonder if that's allowed under UCI rules? Maybe they changed
the rules since LANCE retired.
R
Randall
No the rules have not changed. My only guess is that the pace was to
fast and RS was not strong enough.
Frederick the Great
atriage <atr...@notvalid.net> wrote:
Did you see those teenage girls jumping and screaming at
being right next to a rider? Meanwhile LL is waiting for
the mechanic to change the wheel. Hilarious.
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Old Fritz
atriage
tranquillo...like he always does in fact.
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Simply Fred
> Bad things always seem to happen to YouKnowWho's former teammates...
And BL has been lurking on rec.witchcraft and alt.binaries.spells when
he's not on alt.binaries.sexy.grandmistresses. He also alleges that
Harry Potter is a doper.
Simply Fred
> But I see your point. LANCE's magical aura created a force field around anyone riding on his
> team. I wonder if that's allowed under UCI rules? Maybe they changed
> the rules since LANCE retired.
The force field is created by dope developed by the aliens. It needs to
be delivered in a blue cooler box attached to a motorbike.
Frederick the Great
atriage <atr...@notvalid.net> wrote:
> On 09/07/2011 09:11, Frederick the Great wrote:
> > In article<BMKdnZbmX-CMtorT...@brightview.co.uk>,
> > atriage<atr...@notvalid.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 08/07/2011 16:43, RicodJour wrote:
> >>> On Jul 8, 11:18 am, atriage<atri...@notvalid.net> wrote:
> >>>> On 08/07/2011 16:07, atriage wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Still getting plenty of crash practise in I see.
> >>>>
> >>>> Another one, looks like Wiggins is out, Horner's on the ground too.
> >>>
> >>> I didn't see the Horner crash, but he's five minutes back or
> >>> something.
> >>>
> >>> RadioShack's gremlins are working overtime.
> >>>
> >> Yeah and Levi had a mechanical a few minutes after the big crash, if that had
> >> been me I'd have lost it completely, toys could have been hurled a great
> >> distance out of the pram.
> >
> > Did you see those teenage girls jumping and screaming at
> > being right next to a rider? Meanwhile LL is waiting for
> > the mechanic to change the wheel. Hilarious.
> >
> I doubt if Levi thought it was very funny
Duh
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Old Fritz
thirty-six
Uh, 4 hopefuls. Methinks there are too many Chiefs and not enough
Indians. Who is supposed to protect who?
Randall
>
> > > Gee...I wonder why nobody else thought to stay in the front to stay
> > > out of trouble. Or why the other five riders on Radioshack couldn't
> > > form a protective ring around RS' 4 GC hopefuls. Maybe they could
> > > have held hands to keep other riders out. But I see your point.
> > > LANCE's magical aura created a force field around anyone riding on his
> > > team. I wonder if that's allowed under UCI rules? Maybe they changed
> > > the rules since LANCE retired.
>
> > > R
>
> > No the rules have not changed. My only guess is that the pace was to
> > fast and RS was not strong enough.
>
Levi and Horner had the best potential of possibly winning. So they
should have been protected. But it's really up to Bruyneel to decide
which riders are protected. I think that RS will probably go for some
stage wins if possible. At this point I think a podium placing is
unlikely.
The real question what races RS will try for in the summer & fall
season. My guess is that RS will try for a possible win in the Vuelta
or try for a win in the fall classics.
Well RS
RicodJour
>
> Levi and Horner had the best potential of possibly winning. So they
> should have been protected. But it's really up to Bruyneel to decide
> which riders are protected.
Short of circling the wagons around the protected riders for the
entire race, how do you suggest protecting them? No one takes a
nature break, goes back for bidons, no other riders are allowed
anywhere near the protected riders?
Your paradigm needs shifting. Perhaps your cables are too loose.
R
Randall
Go back and look at Indurain in the 1995 TDF and Lance when he was
riding. You will see that they had team mates around them especially
on the flat stages.
atriage
Yeah, LA had team mates around him when he fell off twice last year.
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