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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 28-10-2008 22:17
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stemple wrote:
Anybody think that Gesink can overhaul the 3'21" that Mancebo has on him. It is a short TT, but one can hope.
Thats roughly 1.75 seconds per kilometre I think. Its certainly a tough ask, so good luck Gesink.
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 28-10-2008 22:31
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Fecking typical of the Virgin team to piss it up on the last vital stage. i knew this would happen. im not just saying they will balls it up for the sake of it. Well done Plaza you frickin asshole...  |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 28-10-2008 22:34
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Smoothie wrote:
Fecking typical of the Virgin team to piss it up on the last vital stage. i knew this would happen. im not just saying they will balls it up for the sake of it. Well done Plaza you frickin asshole...
Such an asshole for getting a top 3 overall... How about we agree to disqualify Plaza so all those ranked below him can move up a position?
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| SotD |
Posted on 28-10-2008 22:36
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Samuel Sanchez must be slightly injured for sure... 16th here is noway near good enough. Last year he was 5th or so...
So. Caruso was injured in the Giro, giving him 0 points, he should've been in top 8.
Yaroslav Popovych got injured in the Tour, he was on his way to top 5, and should've done top 10.
Samuel Sanchez should've done top 8-10, but got slightly injured getting 16th at best!
The GT's have cost me the chances of top 5, and are now looking to cost me the top 10 in the PT aswell! My budget is decreasing heavily next year due to this! SHIT! |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 28-10-2008 22:41
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Honestly, I doubt that Sammy Sanchez was injured. With 77 MO he is always going to be at a disadvantage in the mountains, and there were quite a few tough mountain stages this year. His crash cost his time yes, and his tactics for the few hilly stages werent the best, but it was a strong climber field this year.
Nevertheless, you do seem to have bad luck in GTs, (Although Popovych wasnt injured in the Tour either) maybe not as costly as it were for some teams, but consistent across all 3.
Still, Im sure youll have better fortune in the GTs next season.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 28-10-2008 23:23
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So the Vuelta is over. Accumalux get 5 stages and a points jersey from Freire, but a rider I sold in the transfers won it, and another I sold won the King of the Mountains
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| stemple |
Posted on 28-10-2008 23:58
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I have never had a single rider go for a KOM competition the entire time we have run the MAN game. I wonder what the standings look like now. After the Deutschland tour, the Vuelta and Paris bruxells. It is gonna be close. I can't even venture to take a guess as to who is on top at the moment. Are we going to run the world championships before the final 3 races?
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 29-10-2008 07:29
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This season is going so well 
I always got a top10 at a GT and now with two riders 
Let's see if i can climb in the classification a little bit...
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 29-10-2008 07:54
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I think that this Tour is the one with the worst results for me 
I don't think that Sastre would have done much better, though. It was a very strong field, so to compete here you'd have to have much of luck ... and a good rider. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 29-10-2008 08:48
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Honestly, I doubt that Sammy Sanchez was injured. With 77 MO he is always going to be at a disadvantage in the mountains, and there were quite a few tough mountain stages this year. His crash cost his time yes, and his tactics for the few hilly stages werent the best, but it was a strong climber field this year.
Nevertheless, you do seem to have bad luck in GTs, (Although Popovych wasnt injured in the Tour either) maybe not as costly as it were for some teams, but consistent across all 3.
Still, Im sure youll have better fortune in the GTs next season.
Hopefully...
I'm pretty sure Popo was injured. He was riding top 3 untill his crash. That was after 2 or 3 mountain stages I think...
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 29-10-2008 09:16
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pff i missed a goal for 4 seconds
damn it, i think i lost the first place in the rankings 
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| Crommy |
Posted on 29-10-2008 10:16
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11 minutes 
Gil loses 11 minutes on the pneultimate stage, that's just annoying
Anyway, I'll be updating the rankings now, with just one month (3 classics) to go!!!
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| Crommy |
Posted on 29-10-2008 10:52
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September Rankings Update
The Vuelta is over, just one month of racing to go and some very tight contests will be decided
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Magenta hold onto their lead, but the lead is down to only 9 points as France TV overhaul the Accumalux team, thanks to Danilo Napolitano's 40 point win in Paris - Bruxelles.
Down the bottom, and Nintendo put in a buffer of points over Mapei.
1 Magenta All Stars 839
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2 France Televisions 830
3 Accumalux-Formex 798
4 Erste 568
5 Credit Lyonnais 567
6 La Gazetta Dello Sport 545
7 Virgin Media Pro Cycling Team 537
8 Festina 499
9 Wikipedia 498
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10 Carlsberg 468
11 Eurosport 434
12 Domina Vacanze 428
13 Philips-Hummel 419
14 Warner Brothers 344
15 American Suzuki 308
16 Nintendo-Honda 278
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17 Mapei 229
18 Sony Ericsson 214
Individual
Devolder still leads, but a big leap by Fothen makes for an interesing final month.
1 Stijn Devolder France Televisions 250
2 Frank Schleck Accumalux-Formex 246
3 Markus Fothen Magenta All Stars 220
4 Danilo Di Luca La Gazetta Dello Sport 209
5 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers 203
6 David Zabriskie Wikipedia 187
7 Ricardo Ricco' Magenta All Stars 179
8 John Gadret Credit Lyonnais 178
9 Robert Gesink France Televisions 177
10 Franco Pellizotti Accumalux-Formex 176
Coming up: A team by team preview to the final month, who's going to win those key position battles?
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 29-10-2008 10:54
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wow i'm still in lead and Fothen 3rd in Individual is amazing.
The season final will be very interesting
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-10-2008 11:38
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Schlecks gotta be favourite for the individual rankings now
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 29-10-2008 11:40
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I'll probably end 13th - 10 places worse than last season |
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| stemple |
Posted on 29-10-2008 11:57
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Schlecks gotta be favourite for the individual rankings now
How many races does frank have left.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-10-2008 11:59
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stemple wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Schlecks gotta be favourite for the individual rankings now
How many races does frank have left.
He has got both Lombardia and Japan to do
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 29-10-2008 12:17
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Hes bound to win it. |
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| t-baum |
Posted on 30-10-2008 01:14
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Well i was a bit disappointed with serpa...on paper he seems like he would be much better then eighth, but ow hell
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