Tour de France - Page 5

johnny · 07-15-2002, 07:34 AM

Of course i remember them, except i don't think anyone outside Holland does. And how about that sprinter Van Poppel ? Those were the good old days !

Grojlach · 07-15-2002, 08:06 AM

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Originally posted by johnny:
Of course i remember them, except i don't think anyone outside Holland does. And how about that sprinter Van Poppel ? Those were the good old days !

If only I was already alive to witness the golden days in Dutch cycling history, at the end of the seventies, with Zoetemelk's victory in 1980 as the absolute height. By the time I "discovered" cycling, even Breukink already had his best days behind him...

johnny · 07-15-2002, 09:17 AM

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Originally posted by Grojlach:

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Originally posted by johnny:
Of course i remember them, except i don't think anyone outside Holland does. And how about that sprinter Van Poppel ? Those were the good old days !

If only I was already alive to witness the golden days in Dutch cycling history, at the end of the seventies, with Zoetemelk's victory in 1980 as the absolute height. By the time I "discovered" cycling, even Breukink already had his best days behind him... [/QUOTE]Yep, i saw Zoetemelk win the tour, man that's a long time ago, my grandfather was still alive in those days. He was a real "tour nut". He even went to France a couple of times, so he could see the action live !

Ar-Cunin · 07-15-2002, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by johnny:
Yeah, that was nice, but in the end only the winner of the whole tour will be remembered !

I think that people will remember Erik Zabel if he wins his 7th(?) green jersey in a row.

Grojlach · 07-15-2002, 10:21 AM

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Originally posted by johnny:
Yeah, that was nice, but in the end only the winner of the whole tour will be remembered !

I think that people will remember Erik Zabel if he wins his 7th(?) green jersey in a row.[/QUOTE]*IF* he wins it this year. McEwen is better than ever. [img]smile.gif[/img]

johnny · 07-15-2002, 10:31 AM

I only hope my dad, who was at Wimbledon this year, doesn't plan on visiting the Tour !

I can't take any more humiliation ! [img]graemlins/showoff.gif[/img]

Aelia Jusa · 07-15-2002, 04:56 PM

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Originally posted by Grojlach:
Time to bring this one back to the top, close to the point in the Tour de France where the rankings get interesting... Anyone here still following it? The Aussie supremacy? The Dutch coup on the French National Holiday?

I am! Woo, go Aussies! LOL Stuey's riding pretty well but he's being upstaged by all the others. I think Zabel said Baden was a revelation, McGee won a stage and hopefully McEwen will take the green jersey from Zabel today before they go into the mountains [img]smile.gif[/img]

Grojlach · 07-15-2002, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:

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Originally posted by Grojlach:
Time to bring this one back to the top, close to the point in the Tour de France where the rankings get interesting... Anyone here still following it? The Aussie supremacy? The Dutch coup on the French National Holiday?

I am! Woo, go Aussies! LOL Stuey's riding pretty well but he's being upstaged by all the others. I think Zabel said Baden was a revelation, McGee won a stage and hopefully McEwen will take the green jersey from Zabel today before they go into the mountains [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]I doubt that will happen though (and by now, it's already clear it won't happen

), as scoring points is nearly impossible for McEwen during a time trial... We'll have to wait a few days I suppose. Let's just hope he'll survive the mountains. [img]smile.gif[/img]
btw, his Dutch is more fluent than that of many other native Dutchies. He even got rid of his Australian accent, and exchanged it for a Belgian accent... [img]smile.gif[/img]

johnny · 07-15-2002, 05:29 PM

I wouldn't wanna call that an improvement Groj.

Aelia Jusa · 07-15-2002, 05:30 PM

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I doubt that will happen though (and by now, it's already clear it won't happen ), as scoring points is nearly impossible for McEwen during a time trial... We'll have to wait a few days I suppose. Let's just hope he'll survive the mountains. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Oh

. I watch the highlights show at night since we don't get the actual stages televised so I didn't know what happened today... nevermind. After the mountains then [img]smile.gif[/img]

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johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	Of course i remember them, except i don't think anyone outside Holland does. And how about that sprinter Van Poppel ? Those were the good old days ! __________________

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johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	I only hope my dad, who was at Wimbledon this year, doesn't plan on visiting the Tour ! I can't take any more humiliation ! [img]graemlins/showoff.gif[/img] __________________

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johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	I wouldn't wanna call that an improvement Groj. __________________

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