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Official - Tour de France 2003 - thread (pg. 2)
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| Ruben_Dubbink |
thats what they call 'fair play' :)
What would you have done in Ullrich's situation? Taking the lead and after winning the stage hearing all those ppl about your fair play?? Don't think such action could be appreciated by everybody.
I think, in formula one it's something else; about a mistake during fuelling it's the mistake of the team. Don't think you can compare these things...
GreetZ RubDub |
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| tor8024 |
| how about when schumacher hits a rabbit and has to come in for an extra pitstop? you won't see anybody wait for him to come back! this has nothing to do with fair play, it is just bad luck, it comes with the sport.. if i were lance armstrong, i wouldn't be at all happy with my victory yesterday! |
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| Ruben_Dubbink |
but did Jan help him to win? He only put it right, like the standings were before Lance fall. To win the stage, Lance did it all himself. I think he can be proud of himself by doing this after he fell. I can only give Jan a great compliment by waiting for him, this made the stage more interesting.
In Formula 1 it's not possible to do such thing. You have only 20 drivers which is impossible to wait of one of them of course :D |
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| Aendy |
| quote: | Originally posted by tor8024
back to 1 minute now.. i don't understand why they waited for lance to come back after he fell.. "a fair fight" my *$$! he just had bad luck.. when the crew has problems refuelling michael schumacher's formula one car because something got stuck in the hose, you don't see his rivals wait for him to come back either?! |
If you know your cycling and your Tour you ought to know that Lance has done the same thing a earlier Tour when Jan went of the road. How can you critizize that action? If you are going to make parallells with Formula 1 you should in that case be critisizing the rivals to Schumacher. But you cant compare a sport where the pitstops are a part of the tactics to a sport where crashes aren´t a part of the tactics. More sportsmanship in professional sports godamn! |
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| CygnusX |
| quote: | Originally posted by CygnusX
Tons of respect for Hamilton! |
OMG, I have to say this again!
This guy is just incredible, he's my hero :)
This tour de france is the best one ever! |
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| Trance Plant |
The big showdown, of course, will happen this Saturday.
Who the hell knows what will happen! Personally, I think Lance will
come out on top after the time trial.
Will Hamilton be able to shave off almost 4mins from Vinokourov to get a podium finish? Tall order.
I hope he still has strength in those legs.
GO LANCE!
TP |
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| PeacefulWarrior |
one thing to keep in mind is that armstrong has won 6 of 8 time trials when in has counted.
GO LANCE! |
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| Gladius |
maybe ullrich can win the time trial tomorrow but it will be a matter of seconds, cuz armstrong now is waaaaaay better then he was 2 weeks ago...
but after all, go jan!! =>
-Glad
ps: tor, bout the 'fair play', i dont think you can really compare those 2 sports. and Jan didnt help him to win, cuz lance was speeding up big time at that time and was leaving Jan behind... |
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| Gladius |
| quote: | Originally posted by PeacefulWarrior
one thing to keep in mind is that armstrong has won 6 of 8 time trials when in has counted.
GO LANCE! |
jup mostly in days when Jan wasnt at his prime. but now he is so... let the gamessss begin! |
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| dj Zevan |
| what wil happen if the diffenrence between jan and lance will slink to about 10sec, will they sprint tomorrow for victory on the champs elysees ? |
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| Aendy |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj Zevan
what wil happen if the diffenrence between jan and lance will slink to about 10sec, will they sprint tomorrow for victory on the champs elysees ? |
I dont know but I find it hard that it would happen. The green jersey is also up for grabs tomorrow so the sprinters will be in front to pick some points (as always in the Paris stage). The 100 years jubilee prize is up for grabs aswell so Hushovd and O´Grady will be aiming for top positions aswell. I have no idea how it will develop but it would undoubtfully be cool to see Jan and Lance sprinting for points and the win. |
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| CygnusX |
Well, Armstrong wins this tour de france, but it wasn't as convincing as the previous 4 years.
Armstrong was very lucky this tour and his opponents weren't :
- Hamilton's fracture
- Ullrich's flu during the first week and his fall during the last time trial
- Beloki's fall
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So I think this is Armstrong's last tour-de-france-victory, unless the old (strong) Lance returns. |
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