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| Who will win the World's this Sunday? |
| Valverde |
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26% |
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| Bettini |
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16% |
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| Freire |
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15% |
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| Boonen |
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2% |
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| Sanchez |
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4% |
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| One of the Schleck brothers |
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15% |
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| Kolobnev |
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6% |
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| An Italian rider |
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11% |
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| A French rider |
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1% |
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nellyp
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Davey C
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I think Valverde will be cooked. Bettini, past it and marked? Freire, if the Spanish can keep him in contention over the last hill, he's the man for the job.
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Roy Gardiner
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| Davey C wrote: |
| Freire, if the Spanish can keep him in contention over the last hill, he's the man for the job. |
Can't disagree.
Who has won 3? Van Looy I know - Binda & Merckx? If Friere takes his 4th it'll be a bit of a devaluation won't it? He's not the giant they were.
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Always a chance one of the Schleck brothers may slip away on the climb and hold 'em all off. Much depends on:
a) who is in which pro team now.
b) which team will they ride for next season.
c) is the win bonus from the national federation attractive enough to sort out a and b above?
d) how many deals are done by the final selection in the last 50km.
Cynical old thing, I am, must be to do with being about so long!
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fatface
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| Can you add an option for no effin idea |
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Davey C
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| Roy Gardiner wrote: |
| Davey C wrote: |
| Freire, if the Spanish can keep him in contention over the last hill, he's the man for the job. |
Can't disagree.
Who has won 3? Van Looy I know - Binda & Merckx? If Friere takes his 4th it'll be a bit of a devaluation won't it? He's not the giant they were. |
True - but we've sort of covered this in Armstrong v Merckx arguments, in that it simply can't all be done these days.
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Good call! |
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Good call! |
Yeah and he is easy on the eye also  
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Good call! |
Agreed - got to be a good outside bet
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| Schumacher for the TT |
He's not down to ride the TT
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SteveO
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| Des wrote: |
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| Schumacher for the TT |
He's not down to ride the TT |
Oh, I would have thought he stood a better chance of a medal in the TT. |
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Des
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So would I, but then I also know the German's are not always as logical as most assume 
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| Des wrote: |
| So would I, but then I also know the German's are not always as logical as most assume |
Ja. |
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dockeca
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Fatface - no 'effin idea? Anyone who is a regular on here can assure you I have very few ideas about anything, and even less knowledge or sense...which is why I'm writing this..[/quote]
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Ridley
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Top four
Valverde
Chavenel
Boasson Hagen
Bettini
... but the order behind Valverde I wouldn't put money on |
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Youve all forgotten the upstarting outsider who is Plants Farmsgone.
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David Millar... 
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: Who will win ? |
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| If Valverde wins will the title be devalued because of the mysterious blood bag 18 a la Operation Pueto. Just a thought..... |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Who will win ? |
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| If Valverde wins will the title be devalued because of the mysterious blood bag 18 a la Operation Pueto. Just a thought..... |
if he wins it clean - who cares!
like this 1 2 3
2007 Paolo Bettini, Ita Alexander Kolobnev, RUS Stefan Schumacher, GER
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