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Tour de France 2010: Stage 1 Rotterdam - Bruxelles
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 03-07-2010 19:10
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So, shall we continue then?
This one should see the old favourite return, wind.
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Fun fact of the day: Brussels is the most frequently visited international city on the Tour
Fun fact 2: We pass through Eddy Merckx's home town of Mese
And expect to see the Brussels monuments dressed up in suitable attire. The atomnium will have the french flag, and the Mannekin Piss will have a maillot jaune.
Edited by doddy13 on 03-07-2010 19:15
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 03-07-2010 19:13
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Tyler Farrar will win it!  |
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 03-07-2010 20:07
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I'll bet on Alessandro Petacchi! |
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| NORSPEED |
Posted on 03-07-2010 20:09
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Im sad that Thor did not make a good prolouge..
But great by Edvald
Im on the edge... of glory
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-07-2010 22:29
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Hoping for a true breakthrough for Farrar - let it start tomorrow  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-07-2010 22:34
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I hope anyone but Cav wins (just because then its too predictable) but I wouldn't mind Arashiro or Rojas winning.
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| Deda |
Posted on 03-07-2010 22:49
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Cavendish will win 
If offense is the best defence, does it mean that defence is the worst defence?
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-07-2010 23:14
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In other news, Mathias Frank (BMC) has abandoned from the race due to injuries. |
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| BouBBox |
Posted on 03-07-2010 23:16
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CrueTrue wrote:
In other news, Mathias Frank (BMC) has abandoned from the race due to injuries.
BMC : same bases as the Giro 
Team Europcar !!
RIP Wouter
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| BB95 |
Posted on 03-07-2010 23:17
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Arashiro! |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 04-07-2010 00:09
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Definitely a stage for Arashiro
Given how fresh everyone is, I'll expect a very chaotic stage with the winds (hopefully), but I expect HTC will be strong enough to get Cavendish in the front group.
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| Goalie92 |
Posted on 04-07-2010 00:11
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100% a stage for Oscarito Freire...(even with his painfull ass at the moment)
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| ponka00 |
Posted on 04-07-2010 00:21
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Goalie92 wrote:
100% a stage for Oscarito Freire...(even with his painfull ass at the moment)
Why? The last "hill" is merely a speed bumb. None of the sprinter will be even effected by it |
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| Christer |
Posted on 04-07-2010 00:38
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Voeckler will win it. In front of Arashiro. Cavendish will get sad and abandon.
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| Goalie92 |
Posted on 04-07-2010 00:57
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ponka00 wrote:
Goalie92 wrote:
100% a stage for Oscarito Freire...(even with his painfull ass at the moment)
Why? The last "hill" is merely a speed bumb. None of the sprinter will be even effected by it
Not beacause of the profile, but more of the fact that he seems to be in shape, and also the fact that it´s kind of ´homerace´ (because of rabobank)
so guys like Freire and Roelandts will sprint 10% harder 
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| Goalie92 |
Posted on 04-07-2010 00:57
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Christer wrote:
Voeckler will win it. In front of Arashiro. Cavendish will get sad and abandon.
1st 2 are wrong, the third (i hope) is 100% true 
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| ponka00 |
Posted on 04-07-2010 01:01
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Goalie92 wrote:
ponka00 wrote:
Goalie92 wrote:
100% a stage for Oscarito Freire...(even with his painfull ass at the moment)
Why? The last "hill" is merely a speed bumb. None of the sprinter will be even effected by it
Not beacause of the profile, but more of the fact that he seems to be in shape, and also the fact that it´s kind of ´homerace´ (because of rabobank)
so guys like Freire and Roelandts will sprint 10% harder
The way you said it implicated that you meant that the profile suited him better than his opponents  |
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| Goalie92 |
Posted on 04-07-2010 01:03
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i understand now
those stage will also come! haha
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 04-07-2010 08:28
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The inevitable crosswinds could cause chaos today. This could become a nightmare stage for one of the overall contenders. Denis Menchov anyone?
I'm setting off to France now and will arrive in Cambrai later this evening to await the arrival of the Stage 4 finish there. A few stages in North West France and then to the Pyrenees. Can't wait! What a holiday
EDIT: rather stage 4 begins in Cambrai. Stupid me
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 04-07-2010 08:54
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Goalie92 wrote:
and also the fact that it´s kind of ´homerace´ (because of rabobank)
But it's not a home race. The tour will have left the Netherlands by this stage's mid point.
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