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Edit: I see Fignon won at 23. Then the next year at 24. I think he was done mentally by then. It wasn't the tri-bar vs the pony-tail that done him in '89, I reckon his metal was gone.

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scotty, on 07 February 2012 - 02:49 , said:

Ouch

Yeah, but he's a ginger. My expectations of that breed is always low.

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TNT1, on 07 February 2012 - 02:50 , said:

Edit: I see Fignon won at 23. Then the next year at 24. I think he was done mentally by then. It wasn't the tri-bar vs the pony-tail that done him in '89, I reckon his metal was gone.

Hmm, maybe differant times as well. Modern tours have become as much of a promotional extravaganza as a sporting one, long tv talks, sponsor requirements, etc............I dont know, I just remember 'Berto's words at the last tour he won "some tours are won in the bedroom" - kinda puts the stress management required into perspective.

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GrumpyOldGuy, on 07 February 2012 - 02:58 , said:

Hmm, maybe differant times as well. Modern tours have become as much of a promotional extravaganza as a sporting one, long tv talks, sponsor requirements, etc............I dont know, I just remember 'Berto's words at the last tour he won "some tours are won in the bedroom" - kinda puts the stress management required into perspective.

Yeah, I guess you have a point. That said, the Tour started as a PR/marketing exercise. It was invented to sell newspapers, and ad space in said newspaper, so the burden of promotion has been there from the start.

[Puncheur]

Yip!
In time for the Tour Of Spain whose 2012 route is made for mountaingoats again this year...

Berto is gonna come out firing two pistols in that Grand Tour on home soil.
WHICH TEAM is the big question.

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' Dale, on 07 February 2012 - 03:28 , said:

WHICH TEAM is the big question.

Saxo. He's not gonna move. And they wont want him to.

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TNT1, on 07 February 2012 - 03:09 , said:

It was invented to sell newspapers, and ad space in said newspaper

and said newspaper was yellow paper, hence the yellow jersey

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fandacious, on 07 February 2012 - 03:32 , said:

and said newspaper was yellow paper, hence the yellow jersey

Any newspaper from over 100 years ago is going to be yellow(ish) by now.

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Hierdie is bull***t. Skuldig of nie, die proses is verkeerd. Dis soos die Waterkloof vier. Teen die tyd wat hulle gevonnis is, kon hulle al vry gewees het mits hulle aanvanklik skuld erken het.............

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Garfield2010, on 07 February 2012 - 03:35 , said:

Hierdie is bull***t. Skuldig of nie, die proses is verkeerd.

That is full of win.

Post of the day!

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Gman365, on 07 February 2012 - 03:46 , said:

Ullrich not 23 when he won ?

Sorry, yes, I was working on remembered birth years, not actual birthdays, and the ginger, being a Dec baby, makes him 23.
Still, makes the point even more this way.

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Contador's ban has no effect on sponsorship, bank says
Saxo Bank will continue to sponsor Bjarne Riis's team, even without Alberto Contador. The Spaniard's two-year ban for doping “is not something that affects our attitude toward sponsorship,” the bank said Monday.

http://www.cyclingne...pport-riis-team

[Puncheur]

On cyclingnews:

http://www.cyclingne...dors-suspension

A list of all the updated winner lists with Berto ruled out.
What a list!

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' Dale, on 07 February 2012 - 05:43 , said:

On cyclingnews:

http://www.cyclingne...dors-suspension

A list of all the updated winner lists with Berto ruled out.
What a list!

Fock. Do you ride your bike that slowly. I posted that (with specific reference to your hero Nibali) about two pages ago...

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Riis continues to support Contador despite ban


He referred to the written CAS decision, saying that the appearance of clenbuterol in Contador's system most likely was the result of a contaminated supplement and "was unlikely to have anything to do with conscious cheating".

based on that statement in the CAS ruling, what did he get banned for?

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Merckx deplores "excessive" punishment in Contador ban
By: Cycling News Published: February 7, 17:42, Updated: February 7, 17:44 Edition: First Edition Cycling News, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Legendary Belgian surprised and upset at CAS verdict
On Monday, the news of Alberto Contador's two-year ban spread quickly across the globe and triggered a variety of reactions. At the Tour of Qatar in the Middle East, race organiser and all-time champion Eddy Merckx was baffled at the CAS decision, blaming not Contador but sporting authorities for the bad news.
"It's very sad for him and for cycling in general. It's as if somebody wanted to kill cycling," Merckx told Eurosport. "I'm very surprised and disgusted. It's bad for everyone, for the reputation of cycling, for the sponsors."
He continued by insinuating that cycling's efforts to combat doping were excessive and that other sports did not apply the rules in the same way. "I think it's going too far - when a test result is like this one, 0.0000... it's only in cycling that this sort of thing happens.
"I'm the first to say that we need controls, but I think that we are going too far in cycling."

Edited by TNT1, 08 February 2012 - 06:54 .