"trg" <trg@world.REMOVETHIS.std.com> wrote in message news:44b7afb1$0$11710$636a55ce@news.free.fr...> Looks like it. Freire refused to chase Popovich. And then didn't even> contest the sprint for second.> There must be an echo in here. I just heard Fignon say the same thing.
"Tuschinski" <loknor@gmail.com> a йcrit dans le message de news: 1152889180.351259.280690@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... | | trg wrote: | > Looks like it. Freire refused to chase Popovich. And then didn't even | > contest the sprint for second. | | Maybe he was tired?
Mike Jacoubowsky 14 July 2006 19:07:37 [ permanent link ]
Looks like it. Freire refused to chase Popovich. And then didn't even> contest the sprint for second.
Popovych's strategy was perfect. He attacked repeatedly, and repeatedly Freire just sat in, saving himself for the sprint. Ballan finally got fed up chasing Popo down each time, and refused to chase with Freire on his wheel. Oscar kept positioning himself to get onto Ballan's wheel; Ballan must have been furious.
"matabala" <matabala@yahoo.com> a йcrit dans le message de news: 44b7b298$0$897$ba4acef3@news.orange.fr... | | "trg" <trg@world.REMOVETHIS.std.com> wrote in message | news:44b7afb1$0$11710$636a55ce@news.free.fr... | > Looks like it. Freire refused to chase Popovich. And then didn't even | > contest the sprint for second. | > | There must be an echo in here. I just heard Fignon say the same thing. | |
Les grands esprits ...
Freire looked strong to me. He was the one attacking up until a little after Le Mevel was dropped. BTW, on Velo Club, Jaja also said it looked like Freire and Popovich were riding for the same team...
Obviously you don't have Eurosport. Either that or you have a higher threshold of being able to tolerate Sannier and Goddart than I do to be able to hear Jaja and Fignon.
Mike Jacoubowsky 14 July 2006 19:27:14 [ permanent link ]
Looks like it. Freire refused to chase Popovich. And then didn't even>> contest the sprint for second.>
That's because as mean as it is to hang on while another guy does the> chasing, it's even meaner to do it for second place.
Yep. When words were exchanged between Ballan and Freire, I have a feeling Freire fessed up that Ballan was right, he'd screwed things up for both of them by being greedy. Well, he might have said he was just too blown to cover anything, and thus wasn't going to contest the sprint for that reason. Either way he wasn't going to look like a total jerk and risk issues in stages down the road. Such things do come back to haunt you.
"Mike Jacoubowsky" <mikej1@ix.netcom.com> a йcrit dans le message de news: ZqOtg.172145$F_3.4272@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net... |> Looks like it. Freire refused to chase Popovich. And then didn't even | > contest the sprint for second. | | Popovych's strategy was perfect. He attacked repeatedly, and repeatedly | Freire just sat in, saving himself for the sprint. Ballan finally got fed up | chasing Popo down each time, and refused to chase with Freire on his wheel. | Oscar kept positioning himself to get onto Ballan's wheel; Ballan must have | been furious. | | Great strategy.
It was the only strategy he could have. There is no way he could beat either Freire or Ballan in a sprint.
BTW, It was reported in the press today in France that there was an agreement between Rabo and Disco.
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