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Old 06-18-2006, 11:28 AM
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How is that a "spoiler"?
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
Bizzarre race. I hope Melandri's OK.. he looked pretty bad as they carried him away.

Nicky, we're waiting for you to dominate one of these...
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
I didn't see the crash fest at the beginning, hope everyone is ok as well. I picked up about a lap before Stoner crashed.

Edwards lost ground for any excuse he had for blaming equipment.
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Duc needs to look into a BarkBusters sponsorship....
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I didn't see the crash fest at the beginning, hope everyone is ok as well. I picked up about a lap before Stoner crashed.

Edwards lost ground for any excuse he had for blaming equipment.
It wasn't just the beginning. That was the most I've seen crash in one race that wasn't being rained on.
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
That crash was seriously ugly. A complete endo by Sete - not a highside, at the end of the front straight, causing a massive pileup and red flag situation. Melandri and Capirossi both took trips to the hospital, but apparently nothing too serious, thankfully.

Still more crashes after the restart took several of the main top riders. If you think about it, some of the best riders of the year were DNF, leading to kind of a yawner finish after what we've seen at Mugello, Istanbul, etc. No Capirossi, Melandri, Stoner, Pedrosa, Giberneau, leads to a fairly dull result.

I'm still happy for Nicky, who in times past would have definitely binned it in pursuit of Rossi. I'm sure he's not happy with second place, but 20 more points on top of Loris didn't suck, despite Rossi's victory.
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
That was seriously FUBAR'd. Hope nobody was seriously injured.
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
Danica had a rough day....
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
Did you guys see the news that Sete's ambulance was in an accident on the way to the hospital as well?
Dude has some serious negative energy around him.
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
That was one of the ugliest wrecks in a long time. If any of the three, Marco, Sete, or Loris make it back for Assen, I would be surprised. I did not hear about Sete's ambulance crash, bad Ju-ju in deed!

A yawner, but at least it was the first time that Rossi paid respect to Nicky and actually said his name and not, "The other guy". Nicky gave it right back, so that was just a weird race from start to post race interview.
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
Did anyone see the footage of Pedrosa trying to pick up his bike, then having a marshal come along and help him start it up, then drop it again in the dirt within 5 seconds? Couldn't help laughing...

As for the big crash, that looked real nasty - seeing Melandri not moving for so long was a real worry. Good to know he will be OK.

I'm willing to bet Sete an dMelandri may both be out for the next race.



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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
I still find it funny that he couldn't pick up his own bike. I forget how sinfully large I am sometimes, but I still laughed for a bit watching him struggle than wave to a corner worker for help.

I saw when they were trying to restart Pedrosa, he couldn't touch the ground without actually sliding his butt off the seat to one side. Yet another chuckle.
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I saw when they were trying to restart Pedrosa, he couldn't touch the ground without actually sliding his butt off the seat to one side. Yet another chuckle.
Yeah, ****in' hilarious...

Occasionally I have to remind my outsized, freakishly gigantic friends that you only need to have one foot on the ground when you're riding a motorcyle, playing snooker, or screwing in a hammock.

And what else is important in life, really?

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I still find it funny that he couldn't pick up his own bike. I forget how sinfully large I am sometimes, but I still laughed for a bit watching him struggle than wave to a corner worker for help.

I saw when they were trying to restart Pedrosa, he couldn't touch the ground without actually sliding his butt off the seat to one side. Yet another chuckle.
But size tears up tires faster. Also he just had a get off (didn't see it so not sure how). I know on my recent paint remodeling I got the wind knocked out of me bad and there is no way I could pick it up
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Nicky is gonna come out on top this year. I see World Champion
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Sheep, your avatar is seriously disturbing.
Are you saying that you didn't know he was a cross-dresser? He did wear a thong from the pics I see from last year's Grattan trip.

To me the thong was more disturbing; even over the leather.
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Sheep, your avatar is seriously disturbing.
The disturbing thought is the sites he's actually visiting to find that shyte.
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Re: SPOILER - Catalunya 2006:
Give KR some props . i would love to see an all roberts 2 bike team. I hope they keep it up and get an american corperate sponser Like GE, microsoft, or HP. somthing so the boys could get paid. yea if the young guns would have stayed up he might be back in 8th but he wasn't and they didn't.

great job from an over wieght american. well by motogp standards.
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