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Good man!
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Good man!
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If Froome or countador were confident in their abilities they would still be in le tour
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blue gunslinger
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And i mean they want to win only not to place
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Whats the question? IF they were injured but thought they could still win - yes they would still be in the race.
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My question is if they knew they couldn't win could they fight thru the pain and finish? Are they that hurt?
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Whats the point? Could Ablett have played on through a dislocated shoulder, probably, is it a stupid pointless thing to do, definitely.
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Sounds a lot like a PR exercise
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You miss the point. And comparing to ablest is stupid this is not bay 13
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His team release said minor fractures
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Yeh... right. Perhaps dont ask a question if you dont want people to have a different view?
Edit* Anyway, what was your point? If i missed it.
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imagine trying to ride cobbles with broken wrist and hand....
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greenedges team is the wrost I have ever seen, I no bling went down prior to the tour but gee there light on for talent . would of loved to see howard an co given ago
What?
Froome with 2 fractures, Contador with a ******* fractured tibia. And you ask if they are 'that hurt'? I know this is BigFooty, but come on.
Sounds like you hate Froome and Contador.
GreenEdge have only been around for a few seasons, so that's not saying a lot.
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They have no real GC contender on the list. Gerrans and Albasini are clearly there for stage wins. With Matthews being such a late withdrawal, it would've been hard to cover, especially as he would've essentially been the team leader. Couple that with the announcement of Impey's positive test and subsequent withdrawal, OGE had to make two changes in a really short time frame.
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Also Gerrans form probably heavily effected by that crash - which largely kills any chance they have at winning any stages unless a guy like Clarke can get in a break.
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agree they have no GC guys yet, an bling was a late out.. but in a team where you have 20 riders on the books I would of thought you have 15 of them fit an fireing for a spot on the tour, guess I just really like howard an Hepburn.. docker too
Whether you agree or not, the TdF is not the only race of the year. Certainly it's the highest profile one, but OGE have much wider goals for the season (including dominating the Giro this year) across grant tours, classics and other events.
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agree with you on they have goals all year an wow did they not have a awesome tour of Italy best team performance of all the teams, but I guess with the Gc battle boring greenedge is the only thing worth watching an with yates gonna pull out before stage 15 there been abit dull...
but there la vuelta team will b wicked weening,bling,chaves,goss? docker,meyer so maybe I'm just trying to be greedy haha
agreed, I don't think anyone should begrudge contador for putting on the red vest
he did climbing one mountain with a broken leg. jeez. tough crowd.
really feel for him.
in non-stage specific news cancellara has pulled out of the tour, I find this surprising, I would have thought tonight's stage could have really suited him, figured it would happen a little later in the tour.
glad I didn't put him in my fantasy team.
I'm hoping Gerrans has recovered enough to be in with a chance tonight, I think it could suit the likes of Gerrans, Sagan, Van Avermaet and obviously the bigger sprinters if they can stay in touch over the climbs.
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Odds on Rogers getting a stage win from here on? Whats left of Tinkoff must be fighting one another to decide who goes in the break.
