How The Race Was Won - Paris-Tours 2009

(from cyclocosm.com)

Can radios really be ruining cycling if the *real* Sprinters' Classic goes to a rouleur for the second straight year? QuickStep shoulders the chasing load, while in the break, a Skil-Shimano rider sees too much soft-pedaling and makes the leap for freedom. But it's all together with 8k to go as a very unlikely group threatens to force the selection.

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Sports

Tags:

• cycling
• paris tours
• classic
• Tom Boonen
• Philippe Gilbert
• Silence Lotto
• Quick.Step
• Borut Bozic
• sprinters classic
• Filippo Pozzato
• bike racing
• road biking

[Maosluna]

great stuff, cosmo - let's hear more from you during the 2010-season.

[Soulja41boy]

boonen best!

[tigerarmyrule]

Good clip. Interesting analysis.

[Keelan929]

nice this was very enjoyable and interesting

[grimpyms]

those where the 3 best riders of the day

now you can see that tom boonen is changing his priorities from sprinting to attacking. he said on belgian media that he will set his priorities to the time trial to beat fabian cancellara;)...

follow boonen on time trials next year the last time trial of boonen in spain gives you a good idea of his time trial qualities(was second on 9 seconds of fabian cancellara)

[prettyshady]

Good job cosmo,

[speedoflite1]

Another subperb job, Cos. ....tho your analysis of the finale sounded needlessly intellectual (your style), minus the Liggett-excitement.

"When u think, u lose!" or Former winner's experience wins the day! ~ is how I saw it.