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owi
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 09:11 am
When Virenque wins yellow today, Aldag will wear the polka-dotted jersey tomorrow. Great work!
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 09:31 am
We'll wait and see.

But it really was a great day - for all of them!
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frolic
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 09:58 am
Great race by Richard Virenque, and the first man since Eddy Merckx in 1971 to seize both the yellow and polka dot jerseys in a single day of riding.

Respect for Aldag. 34 years old and 1.91 m(6.2ft) Quite a performance.
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owi
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 10:05 am
...a typical climber ;-)
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 10:05 am
(Eddy's son didn't that good at all)
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frolic
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 10:13 am
Walter Hinteler wrote:
(Eddy's son didn't that good at all)


No, He wants to win a stage this year. So the overall result doesn't interest him. (his explanation, if he wins a stage everybody will say he was right to do so. We'll see)

Another surprise was the bad performance by Simoni (& Garzelli) . I really thought he was ready to compete with the best.

This proofs the Tour is not comparable with the Giro (and Vuelta,...)
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owi
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2003 01:23 pm
frolic wrote:
Walter Hinteler wrote:
(Eddy's son didn't that good at all)


No, He wants to win a stage this year. So the overall result doesn't interest him. (his explanation, if he wins a stage everybody will say he was right to do so. We'll see)

Another surprise was the bad performance by Simoni (& Garzelli) . I really thought he was ready to compete with the best.

This proofs the Tour is not comparable with the Giro (and Vuelta,...)


It's hard to drive/win Giro and Tour in one year. Simoni had a really bad day but he is better than what he showed today. Garzellis performance was not that bad. He reached the goal in position five.
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frolic
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 04:45 am
Garzelli was not that good on the Col de la Ramaz. He just was lucky there was a long descend after that col and the peloton took it very easy after the Ramaz. I dont think he will be in the top5 on the top of l'Alpe D'Huez.

some news about Merckx
Merckx targets Alpine success

A bit too optimistic, i think.

And what about Fasso Bortolo. They lost 4 man so far(Aitor Gonzalez(winner of the Vuelta), Sven Montgomery, Alessandro Petacchi & Volodymir Gustov)
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 05:11 am
Let's see, how it looks like in 4 hours (Merx still in the leading group).
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 05:11 am
Maybe 5 hours for some.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 09:29 am
Armstrong will be in "yellow" tomorrow, but I wonder, if this will be so in Paris as well.

Ulrich was better than I thaught!
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owi
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 10:52 am
frolic, what do you think of Beloki today, he was definitely stronger in comparison to Armstrong than in the last few years. Ulrich did perform quite well but I expected him to be stronger.

This race was definitely one of the most exciting races I saw in the last years with an outstanding Iban Mayo as winner.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 11:14 am
Ulrich said in a tv-interview that he hadn't felt good the last three days and was glad, he did so good as he did.

Fully agree on MOST EXCITNG RACE OF THE LAST YEARS!
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frolic
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 02:51 pm
So i missed the MOST EXCITNG RACE OF THE LAST YEARS! Great!!! Rolling Eyes

I was on my bike myself, challenging some local cols in this plat pays ;-)
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2003 03:06 pm
Regarding that Aldag lives just 12 km from me, the local "Beckumer Berge" ('Beckum mountains') there reach the immense heigh of 120 m, you should be excellent for - at least one day - doing the Alps! :wink:
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jul, 2003 09:03 am
Vinokourov's first Tour de France victory.

But I sincerely do hope that nothing serious happened to Beloki, that he will stay in the tour ...
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owi
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jul, 2003 09:14 am
Beloki is out :-(
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frolic
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jul, 2003 10:19 am
And Armstrong should be disqualified for not sticking to the official route. :wink: Razz Razz Razz

Sad news Beloki has to leave the tour.

But what about Tyler Hamilton! He is incredible.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jul, 2003 11:24 am
Looking through the papers, it seems to be rather serious with Beloki. But obviously no-one definately knows how this happenedhttp://www.lequipe.fr/Xml/Cyclisme/Titres/Media/1407_accident.jpg
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owi
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jul, 2003 11:54 am
It was a really ugly fall. Belokis' left femoral is broken.


You can see a video of the fall at: www.eurosport.com
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