Tour de France - Page 13

Aggie · 26-07-2007, 09:48

Rasmussen misinformed the team and was fired by Rabobank. I guess that otherwise the Dane would have won the Tour.

Vino doped and Rasmussen lied. Moroni brings shame to the French teams. They are killing cycling and probably this time for real.

socralynnek · 26-07-2007, 09:57

And Sinkewitz brought shame to the German teams and Kessler to the German riders even further, suh that T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner (the sponsors) are thinking about stopping their investment.

And who is left then? The Spanish and Italian teams plus Discovery Channel... but they are probably worst of them all...

Maybe, at the start of eah rae day, diretly in front of the starting line, all drivers get their own blood pumped out and get artificial blood from the Tour organisation...that way all have equal conditions...

Or maybe the Tour should only be open to teams who do many controls themselves (or pay someone for it), even if that means the Tour would be dropping out from the UCI...

Shabbaman · 26-07-2007, 10:16

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And who is left then? The Spanish and Italian teams plus Discovery Channel... but they are probably worst of them all...

True.

Well, in any case, this is good for Rabobank. They won the tour, and they fired the suspicious guy. They had the media attention, and they do what the french teams and media want them to do. Only upsides.

The downside of this is that the media now know they can get rid of anyone they don't want in the yellow jersey. Now I just hope Cadel wins, I greatly dislike Contador.

Kingreno · 26-07-2007, 10:17

This is Fubar. Then to imagine I took a day off yesterday to watch the Aubisque climb... I do not know where it will end. Last years tour had no winner and this year will not have a real winner either. It's devastating. The tour is the climax of cycling, imagine the FA cup or the super bowl without a winner in the end (or the sucky team that was knocked out in the quarters becomming winner because all others cheated ...).

Aggie · 26-07-2007, 10:28

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[br... Now I just hope Cadel wins, I greatly dislike Contador.

Cadel did ride for Mapei and T-Mobile, teams with a past...

Shabbaman · 26-07-2007, 11:19

Good one, yet Tom Boonen says that Evans is clean, so it has to be true

Aggie · 26-07-2007, 11:28

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Good one, yet Tom Boonen says that Evans is clean, so it has to be true

Indeed, Boonen is the new Museeuw and therefore as clean as can be!

grahamiam · 26-07-2007, 15:22

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quote:Originally posted by socralynnek

And who is left then? The Spanish and Italian teams plus Discovery Channel... but they are probably worst of them all...

True.

Well, in any case, this is good for Rabobank. They won the tour, and they fired the suspicious guy. They had the media attention, and they do what the french teams and media want them to do. Only upsides.

Fuck Rabobank. They should have made this decision before the race started, not 4 days before the end! All they did by waiting was make things worse.

Darkness · 26-07-2007, 15:28

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quote:Originally posted by socralynnek

And who is left then? The Spanish and Italian teams plus Discovery Channel... but they are probably worst of them all...

True.

Well, in any case, this is good for Rabobank. They won the tour, and they fired the suspicious guy. They had the media attention, and they do what the french teams and media want them to do. Only upsides.

Fuck Rabobank. They should have made this decision before the race started, not 4 days before the end! All they did by waiting was make things worse.

I agree with grahamiam... Rabobank fucked up, and now they're trying to fix things.

This is just another example of a beautiful sport (one that I really enjoyed watching 10 years ago) is going down the drain fast...

Shabbaman · 26-07-2007, 15:53

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And who is left then? The Spanish and Italian teams plus Discovery Channel... but they are probably worst of them all...

True.

Well, in any case, this is good for Rabobank. They won the tour, and they fired the suspicious guy. They had the media attention, and they do what the french teams and media want them to do. Only upsides.

Fuck Rabobank. They should have made this decision before the race started, not 4 days before the end! All they did by waiting was make things worse.

They fired him because he lied to the team, not because he failed to fill his forms. At least, that's what De Rooij says.

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26-07-2007, 09:48	#121
Aggie Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N/A Posts: 4,490	Rasmussen misinformed the team and was fired by Rabobank. I guess that otherwise the Dane would have won the Tour. Vino doped and Rasmussen lied. Moroni brings shame to the French teams. They are killing cycling and probably this time for real.