Romandie stage 4 *spoiler*

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited May 2008 in Pro race
Ooh, that's Dekker out the back door with 25 km still to go :shock:

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I can't see anybody challenging Kloeden for the GC, now. :( Eyeballs out, today. Now, Kloeden is isolated......maybe I'm wrong....
    Thank goodness for cycling.tv. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    Dekker abandoned..
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Ouch. That's a lot of PTP points just gone up in smoke.

    This is one spectacular looking part of the world. The scenery's just as good as the racing.
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    afx237vi wrote:
    Ouch. That's a lot of PTP points just gone up in smoke.

    This is one spectacular looking part of the world. The scenery's just as good as the racing.

    I'm watching it on translated live ticker :( I'll have to take your word on the scenery...

    Big PTP "up in smoke" as you say.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Francesco De Bonis... wow. Never even heard of the guy, but that was amazing. 90 km out in the breakaway, gets caught by Beltran on the final climb, but hangs in there - then Gadret catches them both and attacks with 300m to go, but De Bonis keeps fighting and wins the sprint. Amazing.
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    De Bonis was the Gerolsteiner rider who had a dig off the front the other day in the closing kilometres (stage that McEwen won I think). Was the first time I'd heard of him!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Bit of info here:

    http://www.gerolsteiner.de/index.php?id=3278

    Been around for a few years... just done nothing notable until today.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Noodley wrote:
    Dekker abandoned..
    So what (apart from me causing him eternal damnation by picking him for PTP) caused Dekker to quit? No mention on the CyclingNews stage reports and nothing in the news pages I've been able to find so far.
    It's a Lifestyle! -+-+- Coggan Training Levels
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    I read on cycling news yesterday he was mentally exhausted.

    Rabobank lost out in Romandie
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... may05news2
    Winner: PTP Vuelta 2007 :wink:
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    scwxx77 wrote:
    I read on cycling news yesterday he was mentally exhausted.
    Me too the way my PTP picks have performed the last few weeks :x
    It's a Lifestyle! -+-+- Coggan Training Levels
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Bronzie wrote:
    Noodley wrote:
    Dekker abandoned..
    So what (apart from me causing him eternal damnation by picking him for PTP) caused Dekker to quit?

    Anne Gripper? :twisted:

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