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yeah, the blogs are crazy about this---almost certain, myself, that it's an accident. he'd literally have to be crazy to do something like that on purpose

http://cyclocosm.com/2009/04/the-bos-impey-crash/

i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link

having handled a few asses while getting pinched, dude is mostly right ^^^^. and what usually happens when push someone away hard is that they automatically lean back to you, or even swerve back into you. so you want to push steadily and not too hard ime.

what im less clear on (and this may be a track thing and the right thing to do) was bos' first touch on impey. he puts his arm around him. ive never seen that done in that situation. he quickly changes to a shoulder snatch and the rest is clear to see.

bos has forgotten 100x more than i'll know about handling a tight sprint, but i have a harder time believing his explanation. to me it looked like he knew he was fucked and wasnt going alone. (by the way, if you ever crash on top of someone--it can be surprisingly soft and easy.)

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link

Breaking news: Italian rider has tested positive for CERA (i.e. EPO) at last summer's olympics. Rumours that it is Rebellin.

Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link

More than rumours now. What a massive disappointment :(

Mark C, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:48 (fifteen years ago) link

and schumacher again

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:25 (fifteen years ago) link

double jeopardy

cutty, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link

Haha! I'm so glad Schumacher is the second one. Serves him right if he gets banned for life now, the cunt.

Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link

if you were on gsteiner and knew you needed a new k, i guess the pressure was high? or were they always cheats?

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link

Is any US TV showing the Giro or have it online?

Prince of Persia (Ed), Sunday, 10 May 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link

No worries: http://www.universalsports.com/

Prince of Persia (Ed), Sunday, 10 May 2009 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Spectacularly well timed launch of the sprint by Pettachi, just the right moment to block Cavendish against the barriers. However second day in Pink for him so it isn't all bad.

Prince of Persia (Ed), Sunday, 10 May 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link

and Boonen gets caught on the gak again....

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 10 May 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link

I think he must like having july off.

Anyone know if the Tour is doing bonus seconds for stage wins this year?

Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 12:57 (fifteen years ago) link

dunno - but the route sucks, they need to be going through north east France some more so we can go see it with free accomodation, they haven't been in 4 years or so.

problem chimp (Porkpie), Monday, 11 May 2009 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link

Next year is your year then, grand depart in holland and lots of flat through belgium and luxembourg.

this is my year though, Finish in Perpignan and Barcelona on consecutive days and that's where I can get free accommodation. (Also trying to get school to pay for the flights as I am going to a conference in Barcelona on the preceding weekend).

Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link

Also for this year, Valverde out because of the one stage that passes through italy where CONI have banned him.

Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/landis/instantmessage.html

remember when? ha, good times yall good times.

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 05:48 (fifteen years ago) link

I am eternally amused by the block of cheese riders get with their spumante for a stage win.

Prince of Persia (Ed), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link

I loved scarponi's slow down to the line and cheeky grin as he looked behind for the chasing group.

Prince of Persia (Ed), Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.theurbanshop.co.uk/multimedia/catalogue/images/OTHER/ynm0031.jpg

^crazy. in the wet too

wilter, Saturday, 16 May 2009 13:03 (fifteen years ago) link

http://cyclingnews.com/photos/2009/giro09/?id=/photos/2009/giro09/giro097/2_0038632_1_thumb2

lol meant that

wilter, Saturday, 16 May 2009 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8053657.stm

His bike was reportedly found around 60m away as paramedics recovered him from deep in a ravine.

Prince of Persia (Ed), Saturday, 16 May 2009 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link

Bradley Wiggins is still hanging on in there.

Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 16 May 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link

http://cycleto.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=973

i still think this is the best anglophone rider out there for race assessment.

im interested in hearing who's better tho.

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Monday, 18 May 2009 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link

Not pro, but pretty shitty:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8054215.stm

Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 18 May 2009 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link

i love chris horner

cutty, Monday, 18 May 2009 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link

juan pelota has better sense of humor about it than i figgered

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link

di luca trying to break away from menchov here on the vesuvius climb is pretty entertaining!

sous les paves, Friday, 29 May 2009 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link

Menchov looked pretty chuffed at the end there.

Prince of Persia (Ed), Friday, 29 May 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

I normally find Cadel Evans to be the Prince of Boredom in the mountains, just defensively grinding his way up at a steady pace, following wheels and limiting his losses, but he was fantastically aggressive and attacking in the last two stages of the Dauphine Libere (trying to shake off soon-to-be-banned Valverde).

Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 15 June 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah he's looking good hey.

happy moncoutie got that stage, always liked him.

wilter, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 08:02 (fifteen years ago) link

http://i44.tinypic.com/j5gy01.jpg

wilter, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 08:03 (fifteen years ago) link

everyone is expecting moncoutie to be nailed real soon

cutty, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link

do ur sources say millar is back on the sauce because garmin needs a gc rider?

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 13:15 (fifteen years ago) link

has VDV not recovered?

cutty, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link

ive a hard time believing he'll be ready in time, but maybe. dude sounded like a train wreck.

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link

columbia high road is srsly unstoppable this year

cutty, Sunday, 21 June 2009 02:14 (fifteen years ago) link

serious bullshit right here:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/horner/2009/06/astanas_chris_horner_explains.html

cutty, Friday, 26 June 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link

mmm. i like horner, he's a PRO. he does as ordered and spends 100% as asked. if contador wanted the strongest team with a guy who follows management's orders, he'd demand horner. i think horner's take is right--and contador doesn't trust bruyneel. with paulinho, ac will have a guy who'll follow his own commands. and if ac jumps teams, he'll take his flunky too, anyway.

cant help but believe that if youre serious about winning gc, you take a team to back one guy 100% to win gc, no concessions.

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Saturday, 27 June 2009 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link

I've started this:
Tour de France 2009
As it's the one race a year that people who don't look at this board might actually want to post about.

Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link

i'd venture to say anyone that cares about the tour, except ned, already reads and posts here!

cutty, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link

why was dekker doping in december? is that like the auto doping layaway plan? if he were to bag blood in january, how long would it keep, doc gbx?

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link

that's a good question, actually. i'm sure google could answer this, but: if he's banking blood, it's usually because the banked blood has a higher hematocrit (more RBCs), right? like from training at altitude or a course of EPO or something, yeah?

so basically the question is how well do RBCs age? their oxygen binding ability will degrade with time, as the hemoglobin denatures, which may be retarded by refrigeration (blood banks work, after all), but i dunno about 8 months. and freezing ~shouldn't~ work because the cells would lyse, i'm guessing. flash freezing, maybe?

basically i have no idea

i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link

getting caught aside, i can't believe these guys are ok with putting blood that's been frozen for so long back into their bodies \(O_O)/

wilter, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link

it's just blood

i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link

yuh true. do these dodge doctors typically have "commercial" (or whatev) grade storage for these guys' blood tho?

wilter, Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link

I'm guessing that if you are providing an illicit service to professional athletes with money or sponsor's money to spend then yes you have institutional grade storage available.

i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago) link

yeah and i think it was Kohl amongst others who was putting up his own cash for a centrifuge

wilter, Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link

from what ive heard, the coaches will ask their riders to buy their own spinners so they can monitor easily. no facility needed for that.

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Thursday, 2 July 2009 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link


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