"My teammates have worked through 10 possible scenarios. I'm not occupied by that. In principle, Milan-Sanremo is a fat, shitty race. Three hundred kilometres riding to do a sprint with fifty, sixty guys. It's a nice sight though.
"I won't be fighting to sit in Petacchi's nor Freire's slipstream. I will do my own sprint, intuitive. If I can ride that perfectly, there might as well be ten Freires and Petas around."
"My teammates have worked through 10 possible scenarios. I'm not> occupied by that. In principle, Milan-Sanremo is a fat, shitty race.
"Notes:
a) Tom Boonen really said MSR was a "fat, shitty race" (dikke strontkoers). By "fat", he meant "big", "wicked", or even "fully sick", i.e. slang for "good"."
Stewart Fleming 20 March 2005 00:33:39 [ permanent link ]
Morgan Fletcher wrote:
a) Tom Boonen really said MSR was a "fat, shitty race" (dikke> strontkoers). By "fat", he meant "big", "wicked", or even "fully sick",> i.e. slang for "good"."
Van Hoorebeeck Bart 21 March 2005 11:32:59 [ permanent link ]
Apparently his point is that it looks like a dull race from the outside, going in group up and down the hills and then the bunch sprint. But it is a hard race because of the permanent positioning from where they hit the coast. And the sprint after the Poggio is bound to be chaotic. That is what he finds shitty, apparently.
Boonen makes no sense "I took off, and then 4 guys closed me in." Errr..??? . The difference between Peta's kick and Boonen's was just enormous. How could he have been ready, riding those short and intense stages in P-N, and with no opposition for the sprints there, with a completely different pre-sprint racing . The only time its was chaotic, he got locked in there too. It is clear that without a leadout man like Zanini, he is nowhere. And bloody hell, with Bettini's manoeuvre IT WAS THEIR TACTIC to make it even more chaotic on the Via Roma.
I found "A. Merckx on Milan - San Remo" more interesting, as the helicopter images make it hard to follow how things went after the Poggio summit. "Celestino did the descent slower than expected. Then Rebellin sat back in function of Hondo. Only Kirchen wanted to carry on."
I understand that Rebellin fears a small group finish with Valverde, but still he shouldn't have worse chances than Hondo vs. Peta an Freire.
That Kirchen would want to carry the attack is really odd.
Van Hoorebeeck Bart 21 March 2005 16:48:32 [ permanent link ]
then "fat, shitty race" doesn't quite say it. But I admit the task isn't easy
the comma gives a twist that isn't there in the original. Because dikke refers to the strontkoers, not to koers on its own. Also fat gives a nuance which wasn't there. Beter something like 'total' or 'mega'.
Is it very bad? Agreed it is negative, but in Flanders the stront part is often added for something one simply dislikes. Our mobility Minister called 4X4's "shitty cars" because they annoy him in city traffic. Not as negative as the word sounds.
Ewoud Dronkert 21 March 2005 16:57:24 [ permanent link ]
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:48:32 +0100, Van Hoorebeeck Bart wrote:> called 4X4's "shitty cars" because they annoy him in city traffic. Not as> negative as the word sounds.
Maybe it's better when rooted in farming (strontkar, strontweg), or maybe it just sounds less hostile to Flemings (what say you, Stewart).
Van Hoorebeeck Bart <bart.vanhoorebeeck@wvc.vlaanderen.be> wrote:
Apparently his point is that it looks like a dull race from the outside,> going in group up and down the hills and then the bunch sprint. But it> is a hard race because of the permanent positioning from where they hit> the coast. And the sprint after the Poggio is bound to be chaotic. That> is what he finds shitty, apparently.>
Boonen makes no sense "I took off, and then 4 guys closed me in."> Errr..???> . The difference between Peta's kick and Boonen's was just enormous.
That was what was amazing, watching Petacchi stall out when Bettini pulled off to force him out, slow down, look back at the bunch, and then kick. And still leave everyone behind like they were nothing.
Before this, I thought Peta was too soft, only able to win with his perfect train, but this was different. He was far stronger than anyone else at the moment it mattered, and was able to win with only one teammate left for the last 2k.
Thanks again Mr. Raket, for the same day coverage on a.b.m.s. All files came through for me fine, didn't even need the PARs this time.
