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| Who's going to win Flanders? |
| George "Da Man" Hincapie |
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| Peter Van Petegem |
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| Stuart O'Grady |
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Billy Boy
T de F Winner
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Here's another dark horse... Nico Eeckhout... he's getting the results in at the minute.
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Pocket Rocket
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Here's another dark horse... Nico Eeckhout... he's getting the results in at the minute. |
today in fact  |
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erudite pete
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Richard wrote: |
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Plenty of light riders have won Flanders recently: Bartoli, Bugno, Sorenson. Is Bettini riding? Must have a chance, if he is. Unless a Belgian outranks him in the Quickstep pecking order. |
er if by recently you mean almost 7/8 years ago?
By memory it was Bugno in '94 (garish Polti kit)
Bartoli in '96 (MG-GB)
Sorenson in er, 98 ?
yep bettini is riding, just read his diary on cycling news where's he's fired up for the 'Ronde' |
3 lightweights in the last 10 years is a significant proportion. Besides, Museeuw, Van Petegem, Tchmil are hardly bunters, either. Much closer to 70 than 80kgs. |
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Mossy
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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which ones have got an MA?
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Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
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Stuart
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| Mossy wrote: |
| which ones have got an MA? |
Will an MSc do?
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SMB
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:32 am Post subject: |
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or a Spanish stage race Palmares 
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Chr!s B.
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Boonen will win... 
I think he is the most talented Classics rider at the moment.
Good luck to Rog and Jez though.
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Stuart
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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Boonen will win...
I think he is the most talented Classics rider at the moment.
Good luck to Rog and Jez though. |
Surprised out how Bettini lead him out in MSR though - he just sort of moved across and Petacchi et al seemed a bit surprised by it all to be honest
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Richard
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Results off cyclingnews today in the 13km TT
1 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 16.48
2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
3 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.07
4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.09
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.11
7 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.13
So that's Ekimov who's ALWAYS a good dependable bet in RVV and P-R and Leif Hoste (3rd in RVV last year) and Stijn all in good form as well as Backstedt for next weekend in P-R....
Wasn't there someone who suggested Wauters as an outside bet?
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Pablo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Tom Boonens the favourite for me out of that lot.
I have placed a couple euros on Flecha at 20/1 and Tom Steels who is in decent form at 45/1 as well. |
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Pablo
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| Chr!s B. wrote: |
Boonen will win...
I think he is the most talented Classics rider at the moment.
Good luck to Rog and Jez though. |
Surprised to see that Jeremy Hunt isn't riding. Mr Bookmaker look to have filled the team with belgians. This is disappointing. Jez has been in the results of late. |
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Megman
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| Surprised to see that Jeremy Hunt isn't riding. Mr Bookmaker look to have filled the team with belgians. This is disappointing. Jez has been in the results of late. |
Jez was a DNF in de Panne. Does anyone know why? |
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snakeeater
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Here's another dark horse... Nico Eeckhout... he's getting the results in at the minute. |
Yep Billy Boy, my money's on Eeckhout - too many favorites will be watching each other like hawks and I don't think Eeckhout was ever in to track racing when he was an espoir. |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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| snakeeater wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Here's another dark horse... Nico Eeckhout... he's getting the results in at the minute. |
Yep Billy Boy, my money's on Eeckhout - too many favorites will be watching each other like hawks and I don't think Eeckhout was ever in to track racing when he was an espoir. |
I heard that he went on holiday in Spain as a nipper as well...
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Pablo
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| Surprised to see that Jeremy Hunt isn't riding. Mr Bookmaker look to have filled the team with belgians. This is disappointing. Jez has been in the results of late. |
Jez was a DNF in de Panne. Does anyone know why? |
No idea, but this might explain his absence. His team manager talked about him being one of their key riders for the belgian races. Not heard that he crashed, so maybe he's picked up a virus. |
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Animal
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Stijn Devolder will be up front with Hincapie when big George cracks, go on to win, and then leave Discovery.
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Chr!s B.
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Apparently - T Mobile.. the second biggest / best protour team this year..
HAVENT WON A RACE IN 2005 
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Kirky
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I'd make Rabobank favourites with either Freire or Erik Dekker. If the favourites cancel each other out, a dark horse might have a chance. Devolder (discovery)  |
you know, I was tempted to put in a Robberbank rider but for all their strength in depth and their ability to win virtuall every other Classic out there, when was the last time a Rabobank/WordPerfect/Novell rider won Flanders? They never seem to get it right in this event.
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Sorensen in 98'!
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Chr!s B.
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wasnt Edwig van Hoydonck sp? in one of those teams...?
Or at least a permatation of one.. same manager etc.
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Rafiki
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Hammond... he's on form, knows the roads and is psyched up for next week... He'll be up there. Eurosport is getting more and more appealing with a Brit being there for the classics... |
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