WOW! is all I can say - Robbie McEwen came out of nowhere to win that sprint, and in amazing form, especially considering he crashed earlier in the race. He said in an interview that he hurt all over, especially his right wrist. Hopefully it won't bother him going forward - he might be really sore tomorrow. George H. is my perennial fave, but I loved the end of that sprint today!
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07-08-2007, 02:08 PM #1
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07-08-2007, 02:18 PM #2
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YES! what a performance!
Great stuff on the last leg of the stage, he really did appear from no-where
with such power too!
Can't wait for tommorrow
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07-08-2007, 03:49 PM #3
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Are we sure he's not some sort of witch? WTH did he come from, must be teleportation!
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07-08-2007, 05:54 PM #4
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Didn't Paul Sherwen or one of the other Versus guys say last year that Robbie had popped out of another rider's pocket during one sprint? I'm just waiting for the UCI to slap him with a fine because teleporting's just gotta be against one of their many silly restrictions
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07-08-2007, 07:01 PM #5
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and fer heaven's sakes.....
....would someone please 'splain to Bob Roll that it isn't the Tour DAY France??
ok...it's a little thing, but after all these years....sheesh!
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07-08-2007, 07:42 PM #6
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Originally Posted by Popoki_Nui
....would someone please 'splain to Bob Roll that it isn't the Tour DAY France??
ok...it's a little thing, but after all these years....sheesh!
He's committed to continue that now...as he's been razzed about it for years...he came to Bike Expo in Seattle a couple of years ago and grinned BIG when someone asked him about it, saying that 'if that's what gets you riled, buddy, then there is more bugging you in your life than lil ol' me'...
don't let him get to you, as I doubt he'll quit that annoying habit anytime soon...and also, I heard him kidding that he assumed he'd be able to understand everyone in for the first couple of days this year, since the TdF is currently in England and he still made a joke about not understanding the Queen's English...oh well, that's Bob!
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07-08-2007, 07:44 PM #7
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Bobke does that on purpose, I believe he actually speaks French very well.
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07-08-2007, 07:55 PM #8
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Nope, he's just from Down Under. Originally Posted by snapdragen
Are we sure he's not some sort of witch? WTH did he come from, must be teleportation!
We're all like that there.
And did you see the lead-out New Zealander Julian Dean gave Thor to get him into second over the line!
A brilliant day - watched every second of the pre-race and stage itself. London was perfect and the English countryside "green and pleasant".
At 20 km Robbie fell, at 10 km he was still stuck with 3 teammates in amongst the team-cars and written off by the commentators. Then 5 seconds from the line he appears at the bottom of the screen and just ate them up like Pac-man. Bet he puked once he got back to the bus
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07-08-2007, 08:00 PM #9
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So you're all wizards then? Originally Posted by margo49
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07-08-2007, 09:00 PM #10
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'specially the cyclists
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07-08-2007, 07:46 PM #11
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Originally Posted by emily_in_nc
WOW! is all I can say - Robbie McEwen came out of nowhere to win that sprint, and in amazing form, especially considering he crashed earlier in the race. He said in an interview that he hurt all over, especially his right wrist. Hopefully it won't bother him going forward - he might be really sore tomorrow. George H. is my perennial fave, but I loved the end of that sprint today!
Emily
Yep, Robbie is amazing...he comes out of nowhere all of the time! Never count him out, for sure!
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