George Hincapie
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grindylow2000 posted 18 weeks ago.
domestiques have a tough job...george has been doing since lance joined postal and johan picked lance to lead the team. Plus, george, although he has so much experience with the tour is much better of a one-day rider. Races like Pars-Roubaix and leige-Bastogne-Leige suit him more than the grand tours, although he had a great showing at the tour of cali this past spring!!
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chekmarks posted 18 weeks ago.
i'm pretty sure he won the last tour of missouri.
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jsk85 posted 18 weeks ago.
He is perfectly capable of competing in many tours...just not the Tour. So he domestiques that race, but is paid back in turn when his team works for him at other races. He's a great example of a team cyclist. One of my favs
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beads1985 posted 18 weeks ago.
And so far he appears to be drug free!! ;-)
Nothing to it, but to do it
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Joe_H posted 18 weeks ago.
remember he won the Us pro championship in philly in early 00's
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jsk85 posted 18 weeks ago.
chekmarks wrote:
i'm pretty sure he won the last tour of missouri.
He did...I was there for the last stage..first time ever going to a cycling race and it happened to be the last day Team Discovery raced....it was awesome
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daveg posted 18 weeks ago.
Thanks for the info. I don't keep up with the other races so I wasn't aware of his roles in each.
Are the other "tours" televised? where can I find info/schedules?
I did check out his webpage and saw the results from previous races and checked the TDF website under riders history and this is what George did....
2003 47th 1 stage victory
Stage 4 : Joinville > Saint-Dizier
2004 33th 1 stage victory
Stage 4 : Cambrai > Arras
2005 14th 2 victoires d'étape
Stage 4 : Tours > Blois
Stage 15 : Lézat-sur-Leze > Saint-Lary-Soulan
nice job indeed. I wasn't doubting him and do understand the teamwork involved, just wanted to see the guys work for him in the big race.
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Tamara posted 18 weeks ago.
Cycling doesn't get huge coverage, but the Vs network has "Cyclysm Sundays" typically from 4-6 or 5-7pm on Sundays. They give good coverage, but I wish it would be more. 80hrs a week of Extreme Cage Fighting, you'd think they could show another hour or two of cycling/triathlon.
"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." ~George Sheehan
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DSmith posted 18 weeks ago.
I thought he got a shot two years ago of being the team leader and going for yellow but fell apart early in the race. Am I wrong?
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tri-ac posted 18 weeks ago.
Tamara wrote:
80hrs a week of Extreme Cage Fighting, you'd think they could show another hour or two of cycling/triathlon.
+1 (and, as cool as i think cycling is, it's just not a bruiser sport the way they advertise it with crashes "summer of red, black & blue")
and if it's not MMA, it's bullriding...uuggh (cool, too, but it's on too much)
AND, my cable group has VS sharing with the Golf Channel on the digital station so sometimes the VS lineup gets bumped
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Toothless posted 18 weeks ago.
tri-ac wrote:
Tamara wrote:80hrs a week of Extreme Cage Fighting, you'd think they could show another hour or two of cycling/triathlon.+1 (and, as cool as i think cycling is, it's just not a bruiser sport the way they advertise it with crashes "summer of red, black & blue")
and if it's not MMA, it's bullriding...uuggh (cool, too, but it's on too much)
AND, my cable group has VS sharing with the Golf Channel on the digital station so sometimes the VS lineup gets bumped
Yeah, we also have problems losing the Versus for Golf Channel, but only on HD.
I read an interview a couple of years ago with the CEO of whatever Versus used to be (sorry, I'm tired, it's midnight) and he said that they get 10x the viewers for pro bull riding over Tour coverage. How depressing is that? And now they have the trashy fighting shows for the frat boys and trailer parks.
Unfortunately cycling doesn't pull in the viewers in the States. I spent two years living in France and over there you get live coverage of every stage from start to finish plus panel discussions afterward. Of course, France is becoming so Americanized now that I'm sure the young French generation will prefer Dancing With the Stars over the Tour soon. The lowest common denominator is infiltrating all cultures. Please pass me a PBR.
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chekmarks posted 18 weeks ago.
"he said that they get 10x the viewers for pro bull riding over Tour coverage. How depressing is that? "
OT: I went to my first rodeo last night, it was AWESOME. now i understand why people watch.
my .02
It appears the BIG George never races for himself. He's always been working so others get the win...why dosen't he take a win...? is he not strong enough? He not in the top 50 after today. What's the deal??
thoughts?