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VDB will he comeback strong
Top 10 in Classic/Semi Classic
8%
 8%  [ 4 ]
Win a Classic/Semi Classic
8%
 8%  [ 4 ]
Gets not beyond March & retires
65%
 65%  [ 31 ]
Cracks before first race
17%
 17%  [ 8 ]
Total Votes : 47

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Andy V
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:13 pm    Post subject: VDB Reply with quote

Just watching a programme about Frank he was good had forgotten a lot of his rides.

Get a feeling he will do a ride in one of the classics/semi classics this coming spring.

New team,Belgian based mainly Belgian riders & staff is flying in training & looking very fit.

VDB watch out for him this spring Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd love to see him make a lasting comeback but I feel sure its all going to end in dissapointment again.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd love to see it happen, but I don't think it will. Sad
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Has he still got that dru g addict dog?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well not very postitive so far Crying or Very sad

http://www.frankvdbroucke.be/index.php check out the forum Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ik kan niet nederlands sprecken

wot does it say?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not a chance.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Always had a soft spot for him , when I first started taking an interest in road ridding in 99 he was storming that spring looked so cool droping boogard in liege.... but he has had so many 2nd chances I dont really know what he will do
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sadly, I can't see a successful return for the Pete Docherty of pro cycling.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

El Chico Ingles wrote:
Always had a soft spot for him , when I first started taking an interest in road ridding in 99 he was storming that spring looked so cool droping boogard in liege.... but he has had so many 2nd chances I dont really know what he will do


Yes he was going like a Thorough Bred Race Horse (turns out they were using the same trainer). What a waste of a talent Shocked Being hailed as the next Eddy Merckx was too much to bear.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flabio Chubbolinni wrote:
El Chico Ingles wrote:
Always had a soft spot for him , when I first started taking an interest in road ridding in 99 he was storming that spring looked so cool droping boogard in liege.... but he has had so many 2nd chances I dont really know what he will do


Yes he was going like a Thorough Bred Race Horse (turns out they were using the same trainer). What a waste of a talent Shocked Being hailed as the next Eddy Merckx was too much to bear.


Ah yes the good old days Laughing VDB banging over to breaks on 56x11 Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SteveO wrote:
Sadly, I can't see a successful return for the Pete Docherty of pro cycling.


Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Such a waste of talent. Can't see him getting it together again at his age.

I always remember seeing him at the finish of the Tour of Majorca back in 2001/2002. He was just sitting there alone in the back of the team car staring at my bike. No wonder he suffered from depression later.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good luck to him but he is too fragile not in body but mind .

But we love riders like Frank because they show that they are not robots .
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stem wrote:
Good luck to him but he is too fragile not in body but mind .

But we love riders like Frank because they show that they are not robots .


Just drug mules. Sad
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Classic case of someone with wonderful physical gifts, but unable to cope with the pressure mentally. I actually feel quite sad for him, if he does make something of this season then I'll be pleased, but I think it will probably end sooner rather than later just like other "comebacks".
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He reminds me of Supersonic Sid Little
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