GOD OF THUNDER
!!!!
― the brostep hump (haitch), Sunday, 3 October 2010 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
<3
― yuoowemeone, Sunday, 3 October 2010 06:55 (thirteen years ago) link
v exciting finish
Just watched it. I thought Evans was fantastic.
― Running the Gantelope (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 3 October 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
THOR!!!
(just catching up now)
(idiot BBC commentators aided by idiot aussie OB team managed to miss Gilbert being caught)
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
A good comment piece on the Contador clenbuterol thing
― Running the Gantelope (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Amgen Tour of California stage cities announced: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages.html
I'll definitely be at the stages within driving range (Solvang, Baldy, Thousand Oaks).
― sous les paves, Thursday, 7 October 2010 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
the funniest thing is the Leipheimer holds a Gran Fondo to help Santa Rosa raise $175k to secure Santa Rosa as a stage in the tour.
registration alone for the event totals $680k which is massive.
so i was quite surprised to see the tour skip Santa Rosa this year, where is that money going exactly?
no sf stage, closest thing is livermore to san jose (no thanks).
are you in the 805 sous les paves?
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 October 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I have put thursday through sunday in my calendar and currently flights into Santa Barbara and out of Burbank look reasonable. Might book this on payday.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 7 October 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Question: Is it possible to do this European style and camp out beside the road, at least on the mountain stages?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 7 October 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Of the three SoCal stages, the only mountain stage is the Claremont to Mt. Baldy stage, which appears to be a HC TT as that is only about 12 miles long. That is a pretty remote area so they will more than likely allow camping but I can't guarantee that. Solvang is will be the site of the ITT, leaving the Santa Clarita - Thousand Oaks finale the only proper road stage. There are a couple hills on that route (I assume they'll head out toward the coast along the 126 and then cut through either Moorpark, Fillmore or Santa Rosa Valley to get to TO) but nothing too dramatic.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 October 2010 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm figuring on a nice long weekend of good food, good wine with occasional bursts of cycling. Proper TdF style.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 7 October 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, well, this area is a bit of step down culinarily from France but there is decent wine to be had.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 October 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
step up from Pittsburgh, step up.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 7 October 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Quite frankly I crave the novelty of Trader Joe's two buck chuck and a salad without french fries in.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 7 October 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I bought an amazing bottle of wine in Solvang about 5 years ago. Sorry, that's not much help, is it.
― Mark C, Thursday, 7 October 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Levi has gotta be half happy / sad with the route. On one hand Santa Rosa gets punked, on the other, the course looks very much like it was designed to get Levi the jersey again. Looks like the strategy will be: 1) Win Solvang TT, 2) cover attacks on Baldy the next day, 3) win.
xxp shasta: I'm in North San Diego County so it'll be a long drive, but doable nonetheless.
― sous les paves, Friday, 8 October 2010 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice. I spent 3 years in North SD County close to 20 years ago.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Friday, 8 October 2010 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
when i was growing up, my stepdad would go to solvang to ride in these centurieshttp://www.bikescor.com/solvang/ha, this looks kinda like shastahttp://www.bikescor.com/solvang/images/century-rider5.jpg
went up to santa ynez last year to wine taste and ate at this restaurant. it was pretty amazing.http://www.ballardinn.com/
― jaxon, Friday, 8 October 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Loved the Commonwealth Games road race (men's) - anyone else see it? No spoilerz just in case.
― Mark C, Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Was at the in-laws' this weekend, so I saw about ten minutes of the road race on a TV in a giant Tesco's. I saw Millar in a small leading group and Cavendish leading some others up to them, but frustratingly there was no information on how much further they had to race so I had to call it a day there (otherwise my wife might have become frustrated if I stayed in the supermarket for three hours).
― Running the Gantelope (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 10 October 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i missed it - was entertaining the parents at that point of the evening instead!
― the brostep hump (haitch), Sunday, 10 October 2010 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
local paper has gone with 'alby beats hot dogs to take gold' as the headline. he was looking pretty out of shape earlier in the year, but jeez!
― the brostep hump (haitch), Sunday, 10 October 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ that headline
― yuoowemeone, Monday, 11 October 2010 06:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Interesting interview with Wiggins, basically admitting they fucked up this year:http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/feature-wiggins-year-of-wisening-up
― Running the Gantelope (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 11 October 2010 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140459433294&hlp=false&rvr_id=152033070195&crlp=1_263602_304652&UA=M*S%3F&GUID=13ede00e12a0a06c1b520492ff7e8280&itemid=140459433294&ff4=263602_304652
http://www.isleofman.com/img/news/normal/29760/1.jpg?v=468992
Loving the sportive club level kit Cav gets to wear for Team Isle of Man
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 11 October 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
he hung round to help the rest of the team after the road race, too.
saw the last hour or so of lombardy last night - gilbert just destroyed everyone in filthy conditions.
― battery hen fap (haitch), Sunday, 17 October 2010 12:42 (thirteen years ago) link
2011 Tour route published, TTT, Galbier Twice
http://road.cc/sites/default/files/images/Tour%20de%20France%202011%20stage%2018.preview_500.jpg
http://road.cc/sites/default/files/images/Tour%20de%20France%202011%20stage%2019.jpg
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Stage finish on the Galibier?
― Running the Gantelope (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Read something about how the Vuelta's influence is leading to a decline in the ITT as a component of le Tour. TTT is always nice though.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
No prologue either, with a sprinter unfriendly bump on the run in to the finish of the first stage.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
wanna see them copy the giro's weirdo itt from a couple of years ago in cinque terre - a looooooong (1.5 hrs), hilly, dodgy road course for road bikes. cancellara dropped out to avoid- rather than disrupt his preparations BAWK BAWK.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/05/news/menchov-wins-stage-12-time-trial-at-cinque-terre-and-takes-lead_92271
― my stomach is full of anger. and pie. (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Points system for sprints and KoM are radically different this year.
Sprints
45 points for a stage win up from 40Intermediate sprints now carry 20 points with points down to 15th place and only one intermediate per stage
KoM
Only mountaintop finishes will carry double points not last climb of the dayOnly top six get points for HC, 1, 2 and 3 category climbs Only first rider gets points for 4th cat climbs
Sprints is most interesting its going to shake up the breakaway dynamic on flat stages, either people wont' get away or big names will have to go if they want to wear green.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/10/news/jens-voigt-to-join-schleck-brothers-luxembourg-squad_147248?news
JENS
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Saturday, 23 October 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
giro '11 route. mt etna!
― for all, in tents and porpoises (haitch), Sunday, 24 October 2010 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
That is pretty savage. Colle delle Finestre on the penultimate day before a last day time trial is pretty savage. route should make for an interesting race and should dissuade anyone from thinking the Giro is good preparation for the tour.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 25 October 2010 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
al capone charged with tax evasion.
― potholes and esso assos (Hunt3r), Saturday, 30 October 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I <3 Ivan Basso
http://road.cc/content/news/27304-remember-your-first-bike-ivan-basso-does-and-he-wants-his-back
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 15 November 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Mario Cipollini thinks the current peleton is full of girly men.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cipollini-decries-modern-cyclings-lack-of-machismo
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 10 December 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link