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Yah
been meaning to post about this. I can’t tell how I’m supposed to feel about it. So it’s closer to the worlds… do you want to be in SC a few days before the worlds start, assuming they’re in, oh, Europe or Melbourne?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris... on Oct 30, 2009 10:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There was an interesting comment...
by Hincapie…he stated that he is real excited to be racing again in SC, ToM, the pro tour races in Canade, and lastly the world championships….
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
by TRDean on Oct 30, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure
he rolls out his front door in Greenville. But what does this do for, say, Farrar? Is he supposed to go from Belgium to Greenville to Melbourne?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris... on Oct 30, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you are saying...
but for me the surprise was him basically saying he was going to worlds.
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
by TRDean on Oct 30, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well when your as good as he is, you don't really have to fight for a spot.
Usually a spot has your name on it
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 30, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed on the statement. Are the US top riders finally going to go to World road race?
by lyne on Oct 30, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well when the course isn't climbing like 15k feet, they have a much better chance of winning
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 30, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I personnally think that's its lame that they've been skipping for the past years
by lyne on Oct 30, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
very lame!
And very lame that Interbike conflicts with worlds.
by gavia on Oct 30, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
si... of course most (all?) of the other big national federations offer up $$ incentives to their riders
by lyne on Oct 30, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Spain was offering like 6,000 Euro to start
and then more if they medalled
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 30, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
might have been more helpful for the past two seasons.
The courses were hillier and more like Greenville.
I would hope that some of the competitors would actually show up at worlds instead of skipping. The US team has not been very well represented. And hopefully they make an effort to help Tyler if it is going to be a sprinters course.
As far as the transfers go from Europe to South Carolina to Australia, pffft. They just need to do the Giro this year, it’ll be a piece of cake after that mess.
Formerly known in some circles as flying dog.
by Mark Frank on Oct 30, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And hopefully there's no Football game or parent's weekend at the college that weekend either.
Formerly known in some circles as flying dog.
by Mark Frank on Oct 30, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What chance would Farrar have in Greenville? El Zippo.
No horn, watch for finger.
by sminer on Oct 30, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I don't know how this will make things much better...
The Elite Men’s race is 2 weeks after this so even if they flew straight to Melbourne after this I don’t think they would be on top form
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 30, 2009 10:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i'm just glad it's not in may as originally rumored...
that wouldn’t have worked in my schedule!
George bunny-hopped my bike somehow. He's like a cat. -- cvv
by cg. on Oct 30, 2009 10:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If it's the same weekend as the Fall for Greenville weekend it will be a blast.
No horn, watch for finger.
by sminer on Oct 30, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry if confused
isn’t there a week when every country does their championships …. and the USA was only major outlier last year …. and next year?
I know …. travel …..
Moo
by Willj on Oct 30, 2009 5:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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