yeah the 5k leading up to the pave/gravel will be a dangerous misery for the gc guys. countdown to evans crying about how unfair and ridiculous it is.
Jonathan Vaughters, Garmin-Slipstream: “It’s harder than last year. On paper, that’s better for Christian (Vande Velde) because he’s always stronger in the third week.
WIGGO TO SKY ALERT!!!
― honesty is not ordinary to the height of the bunny hop (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Doesn't look great for Wiggins or Cavendish, really
― Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
WHAT? VDB DIED? guess i hadn't really been following the news over the last few days.
Damn :(
― wilter, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 11:28 (fourteen years ago) link
saw a pic on some blog of a street corner with building painted in belgian tricolour and 'RIP VDB' sprayed on a wall!
cadel has quit big pharma-lotto and is reportedly off to either sky, or - one from left-field, i must say - BMC (who've snagged ballan, hincapie and others).
― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Sunday, 1 November 2009 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
lol hang on, this sez he's off to garmin, and wiggo to sky. that sounds more sensible. everybody but contador has got what they wanted for christmas!
― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Sunday, 1 November 2009 13:47 (fourteen years ago) link
uh wow wat
― cutty, Sunday, 1 November 2009 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i dreamt last night that christian v4nd3velde was eaten by a crocodile.
totally serious :/
also whoever gets contador wins until the next doping freakout
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Sunday, 1 November 2009 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
to the contrary:
http://www.cadelevans.com.au/cadelsdiary.aspx
― cutty, Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
lol was just about to post that. that's the last time i trust an australian broadsheet for cycling news!
― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Sunday, 1 November 2009 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link
cadel's website is hilarious
― how rad bandit (gbx), Monday, 2 November 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
that photo of him is so lol, what a ridiculous looking person
― cutty, Monday, 2 November 2009 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
he literally has a dick coming out of the bottom part of his face
― how rad bandit (gbx), Monday, 2 November 2009 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i do admire his persona, cycling needs more people like cadel, actually
― cutty, Monday, 2 November 2009 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
the good outweighs the whininess of cadel.
i spent like a half hour with him watching a road race in the middle of nowhere when he was a teenage mtbr with diamondback.
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Monday, 2 November 2009 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
awesome!
― cutty, Monday, 2 November 2009 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
you were like, cadel do it this way, on a road bike
i was like, i actually know how you are, what the hell are you doing here? something to do with weins iirc. i think weins was w/ db then too.
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Monday, 2 November 2009 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link
not "how" but "who you are."
"i know how you are, with that penis chin"
― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Monday, 2 November 2009 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
gotta add, what does it say about how big mtb was pre-96 olympics that jr upcoming mtb stars were like, pretty well known in the racing world. i mean, i raced a lot of mtb then, but domestically, that's where the money was. one of my pals who was semi-pro with aspirations was all, "man, the road scene is done. it wont even exist after 2000."
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Monday, 2 November 2009 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
pezcycling article on the 2010 giro:
"Once they hit the Zoncolan, if anyone has thoughts of Giro glory, it's here they'll have to stand up and show their cards. The first couple of kilometers are a nice 9% introduction, a warm-up if you will, then it's 5.9k at an AVERAGE of 14.9% with sections of 20 and 22%. It's mind-boggling. The final 2k ease off a bit to a measly 8% average with only an 18% bump."
seriously my respect for professional cyclists as athletes is off the chart
― coz (webinar), Sunday, 8 November 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=7676&status=True&catname=Latest%20News
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/fashion/05fitness.html?_r=4&ref=fashion
yeah yeah, not pro, not tour, mostly LOLZ, but still: cutty do you see this dude ever?
― how rad bandit (gbx), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
naw. he's only here for the length of his play. if it gets extended to the race season i'm sure i'll see him.
― cutty, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i just meant in the park or whatever
also i have touched his butt btw
― how rad bandit (gbx), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/10/bradley-wiggins-team-sky-transfer
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 10 December 2009 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
@stephenfarrand Smack my bitch up!bradwiggins 17hrs ago from mobile web
― cozwn, Thursday, 10 December 2009 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
tfg
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Thursday, 10 December 2009 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder what kind of deal they struck with Garmin. Much as I'd like to see the Sky team do well, I'm a bit concerned at the way they're going about poaching riders. The Ben Swift situation seems pretty dodgy.
― FIFA Brutish & Short (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/434544/vaughters-reacts-to-losing-wiggins-to-team-sky.html
― FIFA Brutish & Short (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2009/12/10/1260462336746/Cycling---Team-Sky-Press--001.jpg
― caek, Friday, 11 December 2009 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link
u just kno he is a big brit pop fan
― cozwn, Friday, 11 December 2009 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Good to see the Style Council have got back together again.
― The bugger in the short sleeves (NickB), Friday, 11 December 2009 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Wiggo is the most offensively rockist tool I've ever come across when it comes to music. Makes Geir seem charming and enlightened.
― Mark C, Friday, 11 December 2009 12:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I think he gets the joke, myself.
― caek, Friday, 11 December 2009 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess there was not enough fashion room in garmin for him and vaughters together
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Friday, 11 December 2009 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a good read:http://nyvelocity.com/content/interviews/2009/david-millar-interview
― FIFA Brutish & Short (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
his description of barcelona was so excellent. even if youre a scrub, being off the front alone coming into a finish is magic. i cant imagine how that was for him. sometimes i just assume pros are past that.
― should i lol or ;_; (Hunt3r), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
The Ben Swift situation seems pretty dodgy.
sky have rather amusingly submitted him as one of their riders for the tour down under, despite not having done the deal yet! lol.
― mississippi butt hurt (haitch), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
We might get a Sky Ladies team led by nicole cooke
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cooke-looks-to-sky-to-help-team-survive
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/sports/cycling/22iht-BIKE.html?hpw
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2009/12/23/astana-aurait-commis-une-infraction-penale-pendant-le-tour-2009_1284426_3242.html
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
would love to know the bruyneel secret - how do his riders keep dodging bullets??
― jon goin hamm (haitch), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
preferential treatment by the UCI
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
blowjobs
cache of pix showing UCI staff in compromising positions
― jon goin hamm (haitch), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/french-agency-targets-astana-for-illegal-transfusion-kit
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Is this a bad enough infraction to result in a Schleck Wiggins Schleck podium?
(I think not, but still)
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/mens-leader-brown-loses-yellow-jersey-and-his-cool-20100104-lq3e.html
^shit gettin mad heated at the bay crits - best 'oh u bitch' moment thus far probably robbie mcewen's "brown tends to leave his best form in australia in january" diss after stage one. shame i can't get to the finale today, i'm expecting a punch-up at some point!
― pyramid of geezer (haitch), Monday, 4 January 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/01/news/louisville-awarded-2013-%E2%80%99cross-worlds_103288
damn, i was stoked when i saw this because i thought it was louisville colorado.
i was never mocked as hard or with such hostility for lycra as i was the week i spent training in louisville, ky, circa 1993. also, aggressive driving.
still, great to have worlds in usa
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Friday, 29 January 2010 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link