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| Crommy |
Posted on 31-05-2008 20:08
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The first "proper" stage race of the season
In 2008, Valverde won by 39 seconds over Frank Schleck, but it was the doper himself, Alexandre Vinokourov who won in 2007, 45 seconds ahead of Thomas Dekker
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| stemple |
Posted on 31-05-2008 20:19
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Valverde has decided not to defend his Paris-Nice title this year. Instead, France Televisions will be lead by Dutch prodigy, Robert Gesink. With help from a trio of French climbers Sandy Casar, David Moncoutie, and Remy Di Gregorio we at France Televisions hope to repeat last year's success in the Race to the Sun.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 31-05-2008 20:31
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Good team choice there with 3 French climbers 
I've brought a surprisingly strong team here. In fact, I've brought along all my best climbers 
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 31-05-2008 20:32
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A solid squad! Gesink is damn good
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Posted on 05-12-2025 20:48
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| mrlol |
Posted on 31-05-2008 21:18
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I'm here with a few solid riders. I should be going for top 5's here. |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 01-06-2008 18:01
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Can I just say how stupidly strong this line-up is. Here are some of the team leaders, all from a different team:
Gesink, Dekker, Karpets, Contador, Menchov, Kashechkin, Sanchez G., Kirchen, Pereiro, Gil, Sastre, Intxausti, Rujano
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-06-2008 18:05
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Considering that Schleck only really gets one stage race other than a Grand Tour, Im glad I chose not to send him here. I thought there might be a fairly strong field.
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 01-06-2008 18:23
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Are you planning to do an insanely nice preview for this race as you done with Tour of California and so on, crommy?
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| Crommy |
Posted on 01-06-2008 19:00
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mattiasgt wrote:
Are you planning to do an insanely nice preview for this race as you done with Tour of California and so on, crommy?
Maybe after stage 1 (prologue) - I'll post that now
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| Crommy |
Posted on 01-06-2008 19:09
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This is also the first race where we have a full line-up, as Skittles (known as Mapei until they get a new jersey) field a squad
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 01-06-2008 19:34
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Hope Rubén Plaza can do well this year |
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| stemple |
Posted on 01-06-2008 19:37
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Nice ride for Gesink, hopefully he can turn the tables on Dekker in the longer TT.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 01-06-2008 19:43
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That is a hilly TT, and the stats are:
Gesink: 77 Hill, 80 TT
Dekker: 76 Hill, 79 TT
Should be close 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-06-2008 19:43
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Unexpected 3rd for Barth! Awesome
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 02-06-2008 09:56
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Thomas Dekker! Finally some success for my team! |
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| SotD |
Posted on 02-06-2008 12:36
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Samuel Sanchez should do top 10 GC here with the help from Gustov... Atleast that is my hope... |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 02-06-2008 13:08
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Watch out for my wild-card team, I put my top riders, Valjavec, Vansummeren, and Pereiro in the race, so I think I could manage some results. |
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| Setzel |
Posted on 04-06-2008 08:00
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Kirchen 
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 04-06-2008 08:11
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 Disappointed about Karpets place |
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| Setzel |
Posted on 04-06-2008 08:22
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Interesting prologue 
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