Bettini and the World's

Tom Kunich

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Sep 19, 2008, 8:27:13 PM9/19/08

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I'm hoping that Paulo Bettini will take the world's again this year setting
an all-time record of 3 world titles in a row!

GO PAULO!

Andre

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Sep 19, 2008, 9:02:17 PM9/19/08

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why?

Tom Kunich

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Sep 19, 2008, 9:12:55 PM9/19/08

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"Andre" <ANDREJA...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Because Paulo Bettini is one of the great riders of this last decade and I'd
like to see his name remembered far into the future since it ain't likely
that anyone will ever do that again even if he manages it.

MagillaGorilla

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Sep 19, 2008, 9:23:24 PM9/19/08

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Andre wrote:

Bettini won't win. It's basically a flat course - nowhere for the
cricket to get away without dragging coke addicts like Boonen along with
him.

Magilla

thef...@gmail.com

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Sep 19, 2008, 9:41:22 PM9/19/08

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On Sep 19, 7:23 pm, MagillaGorilla <magi...@sandiegozoo.com> wrote:

>coke addicts like Boonen

Nice.

Maybe coke is a gateway drug to older women.

tf

zzfra...@mac.com

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Sep 20, 2008, 7:19:15 AM9/20/08

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Bettini is a great racer but he's not so interesting that I want him
to win 3 in a row. Valverde would be more interesting.

zzfra...@mac.com

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Sep 20, 2008, 7:28:37 AM9/20/08

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On Sep 19, 6:12 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:
> "Andre" <ANDREJANSSE...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

His name will be remembered far into the future even if he oversleeps
and misses the race! You're right that it's not likely that anyone
will ever do that again because Bettini won't do it in the first
place. Boonen is going to win.

MagillaGorilla

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Sep 20, 2008, 10:01:38 AM9/20/08

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Both are bigtime dopers.

Magilla

Tom Kunich

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Sep 20, 2008, 10:30:58 AM9/20/08

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<zzfra...@mac.com> wrote in message
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Valverde has great ability but he falters too easily. Bettini is the MAN! He
rides like he knows what he's doing. And he'll make it three in a row unless
everyone else concentrates on shutting him down.

Donald Munro

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Sep 20, 2008, 11:32:04 AM9/20/08

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zzfranklin wrote:
> His name will be remembered far into the future even if he oversleeps and
> misses the race! You're right that it's not likely that anyone will ever
> do that again because Bettini won't do it in the first place. Boonen is
> going to win.

I'd pick Freire if this is now the WC picking thread.
Candyass pick: A Spaniard

MagillaGorilla

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Sep 20, 2008, 11:32:29 AM9/20/08

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Tom Kunich wrote:

Bettini is not only a doper, but a dope dealer:

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/valverde-sinkewitz-implicates-bettini-minister-freezes-funds-12592

But according to reports on German channel ZDF, Sinkewitz is quoted in a
document as naming 2004 Olympic road champion and defending world road
champion Bettini, plus retired Italian Davide Bramati, as his suppliers.

"I got the Testogel from Italian riders and I can also name them, they
were Davide Bramati and Bettini," he is quoted as saying.

Thanks,

Magilla

Michael Press

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Sep 20, 2008, 2:07:24 PM9/20/08

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In article
<ae456582-c3ea-4700...@25g2000prz.googlegroups.com>,
zzfra...@mac.com wrote:

Valverde has the attention span of a strobe light.
Good rider, though.

--
Michael Press

Michael Press

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Sep 20, 2008, 2:14:57 PM9/20/08

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In article <gb352d$7r8$1...@aioe.org>,
MagillaGorilla <mag...@sandiegozoo.com> wrote:

That Sinkewitz. What a guy!

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Michael Press

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Sep 21, 2008, 12:30:56 AM9/21/08

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On Sep 19, 5:27 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:

I'd have thought that a real supporter would at least get his hero's
name right... but then I remembered you're from the US.