Lampre team in the Tour

by DZI on Jun 30, 2008 10:48 AM EDT

LAMPRE

	BALLAN Alessandro	Italy
	BONO Matteo	Italy
	BRUSEGHIN Marzio	Italy
	CUNEGO Damiano	Italy
	MARZANO Marco	Italy
	MORI Massimiliano	Italy
	RIGHI Daniele	Italy
	SZMYD Sylvester	Poland
	TIRALONGO Paolo	Italy

Shame that Napolitano is out, seems that the top in Italian sprinting is now out completely, with Petacchi, Bennati and Napolitano missing out on the 2008 edition of Le Tour.

So it's all on Cunego, basically. Let's see how he does. He's got a good support team though, Bruseghin, Marzano, Szmyd and Tiralongo can really help in the mountains. Still fear that his TT will be his achilles.

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seems better know

okay the 2 is fair enough Chris, i forgot Bono and Marzano, they climb well too.

by semprenaroda on Jun 30, 2008 11:36 AM EDT reply actions

remember know

Where is Napolitano?!!Still sleepping… my wasted 14 VDS points (i’m joking with somebody :P)

by semprenaroda on Jun 30, 2008 11:50 AM EDT reply actions

He

is riding the Tour of Austria

by lucybears on Jul 1, 2008 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Or as it is known in VDS-terms : Tour of Siberia

by Jens on Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Napolitano

Yes, very surprised he was left out; kind of a wasted season for him. And yes, this team is doing al they can to back Happy Puppy. Well that kind of single-mindedness is a good thing.

by ursula on Jun 30, 2008 12:22 PM EDT reply actions

Well maybe....

This is what happens to puppies in the Tour de France

by Jens on Jun 30, 2008 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

so...

angry… right now…

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 30, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Whenever this happens at any race

the closes armed authority figure should shoot the owner in the ass, as a lesson. And if that seems to harsh then replace gun with taser and ass with face. After a season of corrective measures we’d 100% less incidents of this type.

I dunno what you’d do about horses running into riders (see Zabel, Erik).

"Hey, hey, settle down boys and girls or Krusty will have to bring out his old friend Corporal Punishment again."

by Drew Davis on Jun 30, 2008 1:01 PM EDT reply actions

Replace "ass" with "face" ; Check!

by Jens on Jun 30, 2008 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Very Astute ;-)

"Hey, hey, settle down boys and girls or Krusty will have to bring out his old friend Corporal Punishment again."

by Drew Davis on Jun 30, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Boy, I really hate

not having an edit button. Reading the above post it’s hard to believe English is my mother tongue. Good god…..............

"Hey, hey, settle down boys and girls or Krusty will have to bring out his old friend Corporal Punishment again."

by Drew Davis on Jun 30, 2008 1:02 PM EDT reply actions

Hey!

Don’t go blaming your mother. It’s that lousy education you got.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 30, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Now wait a minute on that one mister....

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jun 30, 2008 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I blame you

for not getting editing settings for the new site. This is totally, totally your fault.

"Hey, hey, settle down boys and girls or Krusty will have to bring out his old friend Corporal Punishment again."

by Drew Davis on Jun 30, 2008 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions

J'accuse

So …. many…..stones…in…..glasshouse

Drew dismisses editfunction

by Jens on Jun 30, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Sure, but

when has anyone here ever taken what I have to say seriously? You’re just setting yourself up for disappointment ;-)

(Note to self – Jens knows to much!)

"Hey, hey, settle down boys and girls or Krusty will have to bring out his old friend Corporal Punishment again."

by Drew Davis on Jul 1, 2008 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Might as well announce the Caisse team here:

The nine will be: David Arroyo (ESP), Arnaud Coyot (FRA), Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP), Ivan Gutierrez (ESP), David Lopez (ESP), Oscar Pereiro (ESP), Nicolas Portal (FRA), Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP), Alejandro Valverde (ESP).

Coyot gets the last available spot, in aid of Valverde’s quest for yellow.

You can't lose against Italy, we can only fail to win - Johan Cruijff

by DZI on Jun 30, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions