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4 Dec 2001, 20:27 (Ref:182279)
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Michelin Race of Champions
The international teams are set for the Michelin race of Champions this weekend. Each team is made up of a rally driver, pavement racer, and motorcycle racer.
Group A UK Alister McRae, Johnny Herbert, Jamie Dobb Italy Miki Biasion, Emanuele Pirro, Valentino Rossi Spain Jesus Puras, Fernando Alonso, Ruben Xaus All Stars Harri Rovanpera, Tom Kristensen, Troy Bayliss Group B USA Rhys Millen, Robby Gordon, Shaun Palmer France Gilles Panizzi, Paul Belmondo, Olivier Jacque Germany Armin Schwarz, Frank Biela, Katja Poensgen Finland Marcus Gronholm, Heikki Kovalainen, Kari Tiainen Good luck to them all! |
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4 Dec 2001, 23:41 (Ref:182353)
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I think my money's on the Finland team, followed by the AllStars
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5 Dec 2001, 08:57 (Ref:182422)
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I reckon it will be the Spanish team - good rally and Motorbike racers, and a current F1 star!!
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5 Dec 2001, 21:07 (Ref:182730)
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I wonder how the US team will do. Rhys Millen has peformed quite well in our lesser SCCA rallies. He has bags of talent although not on WRC level by any means. Robby Gordon is a decent pavement racer and super dominant in off road race vehicles. Shaun Palmer is one of those freak athletes. He is fast on dirtbikes even though he does not race them, he won the Toyota Long Beach GP celebrity race outright(beating out the pro racers as well), won the luxury class(?) at Pike's Peak and is dominant in snowboarding, freestyle skiing, skicross and other extreme sports. He has a knack for winning in everything he does.
One thing for certain, they are an ecelectic mix. |
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6 Dec 2001, 11:34 (Ref:182886)
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 dMeanwhile back on the subject, the Germans don't look too bad either. And they've been brave enough to pick a girlie too
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7 Dec 2001, 17:43 (Ref:183375)
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ROSSI! THE GUY DOESNT LOSE...
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7 Dec 2001, 22:56 (Ref:183519)
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I always liked the quote from Nigel Mansell when asked if he thought he was very lucky...
"It seems the more I practice the luckier I get." 
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8 Dec 2001, 11:12 (Ref:183629)
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I must remember to watch this on Eurosport 22:00 Sunday evening.
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9 Dec 2001, 00:11 (Ref:183801)
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9 Dec 2001, 10:54 (Ref:183873)
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On my eurosport, its on at 9.00pm english time, just in case...
I thought it was live... doh |
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9 Dec 2001, 11:41 (Ref:183891)
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TV guide say 22:15, but I'll look on Eurosport's site and the sky tv guide.
I do know that Spain won the nations cup. |
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10 Dec 2001, 12:18 (Ref:184251)
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About all we got of the event on the box down here was Robby Gordon taking a big tumble
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10 Dec 2001, 16:27 (Ref:184312)
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Instead of the Gran Canaria Rally of Champions on eurosport at 9.00pm as listed on NTL I got football until 10.15pm when there was some news wrap program until 11.00pm and then some other wierd ****. No rally or anything. Thats NTHell for you... *******s.
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10 Dec 2001, 17:21 (Ref:184327)
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For those that don't want to know the result, look away now
From www.motorsport.com " Finnish WRC ace, Harri Rovanpera was duly crowned 2001 Champion of Champions after defeating Germany's Armin Schwarz in the Final of the prestigious Michelin Race Of Champions event at the Circuito Ciudad Deportiva Islas Canarias today. The Peugeot driver triumphed two heats to one with less than a second between both drivers in every race." Apparently Marcus Gronholm and Alister McRae didn't make the semis. And in the Team's event Spain beat the All Stars team |
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10 Dec 2001, 19:16 (Ref:184380)
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Here are results, winner decided on best of 3.
Quarter Final: M.Gronholm v H.Rovanpera. result: 2-0 Rovanpera S.Blomqvist V F.Duval. result: 2-0 Duval A.McRae v V.Rossi. result: 2-0 McRae R.Gordon v A.Schwarz result: 2-0 Schwarz Semi Final: Rovanpera v Duval result: 2-1 Rovanpera McRae v Schwarz result: 2-0 Schwarz Final: Rovanpera v Schwarz result 2-1 Rovanpera visit www.raceofchampions.com for all the results. Last edited by Speedworx; 10 Dec 2001 at 19:17. |
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10 Dec 2001, 21:58 (Ref:184488)
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ROSSI WAS AWESOME!!!! HE LOST TO ALISTAR MCRAE BY LESS THAN A SECOND! AND HE LOOKED MORE STYLISH THE WAY HE WAS DRIVING. I CAN BELIEVE IT WHEN HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO GIVE UP BIKES IN A FEW YEARS FOR RALLY. A FEW YEARS PRACTICE AND HE WILL BE SPECIAL.
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