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Oli
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 Posted: Thu 12th Jun 10:33am Post subject: 2008 Tour De France Thread |
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Voila! 
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Joel
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| Posted: Thu 12th Jun 10:34am Post subject: |
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love your work
although now do we have to repost all our chit chat from the boonen thread? 
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Oli
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Picks, pics and general punditry welcome, as we roll towards this juggernaut of world cycling. In the Boonen thread I have stated that I won't pick my favourite until after the Tour de Suisse, but feel free to put your favourites forward.
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Joel
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| Posted: Thu 12th Jun 10:42am Post subject: |
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| Oli wrote: | | Picks, pics and general punditry welcome, as we roll towards this juggernaut of world cycling. In the Boonen thread I have stated that I won't pick my favourite until after the Tour de Suisse, but feel free to put your favourites forward. |
surely you have an early favourite your thinking about.. come on, spit it out man!
despite evans rep as a wheel sucker, i think he is a very very smart rider will be up there again this year. although thats not exactly a groundbreaking statement! 
who is going to pick the break through rider this year?
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Oli
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No, I genuinely don't have a pick. I think it's Wide Open, hence wanting to see how things go over the next couple of stage races. I think Devolder will do well, but I don't see him winning. I think Valverde and Evans look good so far, but apart from that it's hard to tell...
I don't have any Woman's Weekly emotional favourites to hang my hopes and fears on like you do. 
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Joel
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| Posted: Thu 12th Jun 10:48am Post subject: |
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| Oli wrote: | | I don't have any Woman's Weekly emotional favourites to hang my hopes and fears on like you do. |
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Fergie
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Cunego is such a knups, I will just die if he doesn't win!
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Gordio
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Jacky Durand will win 2 hour lead before the mountains (he's making a comeback)
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jeremyb
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| Posted: Thu 12th Jun 11:04am Post subject: |
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Dang, must get my sky decoding pc up and running again
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jeremyb
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| Posted: Thu 12th Jun 11:06am Post subject: |
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| Oli wrote: | No, I genuinely don't have a pick. I think it's Wide Open, hence wanting to see how things go over the next couple of stage races. I think Devolder will do well, but I don't see him winning. I think Valverde and Evans look good so far, but apart from that it's hard to tell...
I don't have any Woman's Weekly emotional favourites to hang my hopes and fears on like you do. |
My moneys on Valverde as well, his time has come
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Tugboat
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I think this is Valverde's year.
Great form through spring and looks to be the rider to beat at the Dauphine.
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Dazzle
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Can you garrantee that they will put Le Tour on Sky Sport 1 and not Sky Sport 2/3/ESPN etc?
Afterall it is not Golf, or Thugby.
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Tugboat
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| Oli wrote: | No, I genuinely don't have a pick. I think it's Wide Open, hence wanting to see how things go over the next couple of stage races. I think Devolder will do well, but I don't see him winning. I think Valverde and Evans look good so far, but apart from that it's hard to tell...
I don't have any Woman's Weekly emotional favourites to hang my hopes and fears on like you do. |
With no prologue it's set to be a more attacking first week possibly. In which case I'm with you on Devolder to do well. I'm torn between him and Voigt to wear the maillot jaune until the hills.
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Joel
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| Posted: Thu 12th Jun 11:09am Post subject: |
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good on sky for getting the extensive coverage that they do. and probably will shuffle it around depending on what else comes on. but thats life.
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Tugboat
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| Dazzle wrote: | Can you garrantee that they will put Le Tour on Sky Sport 1 and not Sky Sport 2/3/ESPN etc?
Afterall it is not Golf, or Thugby. |
I don't care which channel... I just care that its on in all its live gloriousness!
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