Tour de France 2005

Saterday 2 Juli, the biggest annual sporting event of Europe will commence.

Any bicicle racers/lovers on the forum?

I'm playing a pool, so any recomendations for cyclist I need to put on my list will be welcome.

I need 15 names, there are some rules, that don't allow each renner to be in the list (maximum number of points to spend, and some cyclist are a bit more expensive)

also during the game there are transfer possibilities (the resting days, and theusday on the chrono race for teams)

rules are explained in dutch over here

my list so far

Name	value	Actief?	team	sell/buy
Lance Armstrong	11000000		Discovery Channel	Verkoop
Robert Hunter	7300000		Phonak	Verkoop
Robbie McEwen (Kopman)	10100000		Davitamon-Lotto	Verkoop
Tom Boonen	9900000		Quick Step	Verkoop
Baden Cooke	8600000		Francaise des Jeux	Verkoop
Jean-Patrick Nazon	8000000		AG2R	Verkoop
Bernhard Eisel	6400000		Francaise des Jeux	Verkoop
Jens Voigt	6700000		Team CSC	Verkoop
Thor Hushovd	8400000		Credit Agricole	Verkoop
Sebastian Lang	2700000		Gerolsteiner	Verkoop
Stuart O'Grady	8800000		Cofidis	Verkoop
Jose Luis Rubiera	4200000		Discovery Channel	Verkoop
Wilfried Cretskens	2300000		Quick Step	Verkoop
Laurent Lefevre	2800000		Bouygues Telecom	Verkoop
Mauro Facci	2600000		Fassa Bortolo	Verkoop

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Every year we play such a game, I never won anything so far, so I need some help, especially since my father won two bicicles already over the last 6 years (funny since he's in a wheelchair, so he has no use for it, sold both of them) 

anny why, anybody interested in cycling

I'm a cyclomanic!!

Well obviously Lance is gonna win. It's his last Tour (probably?) and he must be pretty determined to win it. Jan will be a tough opponent , but he's cracked under pressure from Armstrong and his team so many years through the years, I'm afraid it'll happen once more this year.

I don't see much opposition from the other riders..

Ullie fell the other day, could have been worse, but he lost more than a minute today

And I'm a big fan of unser Jan

tuxon wrote: Ullie fell the other day, could have been worse, but he lost more than a minute today And I'm a big fan of unser Jan

But unfortunately Lance will obviously win.

TOUR DE LANCE!

Lance Armstrong is really an extraordinary champion...

I guess he's going to win his last Tour de France.

philippe wrote: silvertree wrote: Lance Armstrong is really an extraordinary champion... I guess he's going to win his last Tour de France. yes for sure but for that he needs drug into his vein!

He already has enough I think...

utah_man wrote: - NOW... at the risk of being shot at, here goes... (4) i am REALLY sick and tired of hearing all the media hype & fluff about lance armstrong in the american press. a) IMO... he's nothing more than a doper...perhaps he won the first few tours w/o "enhancements" - however, i agree with those in the pro cycling community there in europe that he is cheating... only he's very clever at it, and wealthy enough to hire someone to develope a "super drug"

You're just jealous, I think.

Lance Armstrong is the greatest athlete ever IMO, coming through cancer to win 7 (well, it's pretty sure already, isn't it?) Tours, and I'm certainly a big fan of his.

As what comes to doping; well Lance has been in a doping test for like a million times already, yet he has never given a positive test result, so you can just forgive it. Guys like Rumsas and Millar are cheaters, and they deserve to be punished, yet no one is guilty until proven so.

Super drug my ass.