Podium Cafe: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:

Around SBN: The Georgia Bulldogs and the Presidential Election Year Jinx Bar-right-arrows

AFLD-Day Open Thread

Copy_of_pineapple_face_tiny by Chris... on in News

Supposedly today we will learn the names of a few riders who have turned up positive samples for CERA during or shortly before the Tour de France. Only Cycling could make the economic bailout seem fun. Anyway, L'Equipe's headline so far is Frank Schleck's "tourmente" so maybe today won't be so eventful. But if/when anything breaks, post it here.

1 recs | Comment 218 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

I don't want to rain on anyones parade/funeral

but everywhere I’ve read they say the first test will be completed Friday, not announced. But perhaps everyone is confident in the labs inability to keep the results confidential for more than five minutes? They did say that the riders would be notified first though (I know, I know, laugh at my innocence, I’m just a blue-eyed boy from the country.).

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Oct 3, 2008 11:09 AM EDT   0 recs

lol

I thought it was announced between Friday and Monday for the first set, next week for the final seven.

Hmm, I’m thinking this evening European time, at the earliest.

by gavia on Oct 3, 2008 11:42 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yep, read that too.

“The first results of blood tests to detect CERA in ten samples taken during this year’s Tour de France could be known on Friday, with other results some time next week, according to French newspaper L’Equipe.”

by Bruce Suomi on Oct 3, 2008 12:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Announcing

Only those riders who produce a non-negative or the names of all the riders that were subject to further testing?

by marian on Oct 3, 2008 12:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

First round

The first round of announcements is supposed to be 3 positives. The following round, seven more sometime next week.

Eh, we wait.

by gavia on Oct 3, 2008 12:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

But I want to know yesterday!

by marian on Oct 3, 2008 12:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

3 + 7 = 10. Where’s the other 34? We were promised 44 and I want 44!

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 12:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

lol

Like I know that? ;-)

by gavia on Oct 3, 2008 12:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Math is hard!

by marian on Oct 3, 2008 2:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Convenient

that they know the number of positives before they complete the testing. . .

by Katiek on Oct 3, 2008 2:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Popcorn? Check!
Deckchair? Check!
Lynching rope? Check!

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 11:33 AM EDT   0 recs

just sittin' here

hitting refresh on l’equipe…

by gavia on Oct 3, 2008 12:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Burn their bandwidth baby! Make those Frenchies pay for making us wait.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 1:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

lol, yeah

actually l’equipe auto-refreshes, so i just leave that thingy open.

by gavia on Oct 3, 2008 1:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I have that turned off in Firefox, I think. It’s a naughty way some sites pump up their PIPMs.

Ctrl+F5 just feels more … refreshing.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 1:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Speculative TdF 2009 route and schedule

posted at Velonews: http://www.velonews.com/article/83958/new-aso-boss-to-unveil—09-tour-route

POTENTIAL ROUTE FOR 2009 TOUR DE FRANCE

July 4: Stage 1, Monaco TT (15km)
Hilly time trial

July 5: Stage 2, Monaco—Sisteron (210km)
Hilly stage

July 6: Stage 3, Sisteron—La Grande Motte (225km)
Flat stage

July 7: Stage 4, Montpellier—Perpignan (190km)
Flat stage

July 8: Stage 5, Amélie-les-Bains—Barcelona (Spain) (225km)
Hilly stage

July 9: Stage 6, Barcelona—Andorra (210km)
Mountain stage with summit finish at Pal

July 10: Stage 7, Andorra—St. Gaudens (185km)
Mountain stage via Port d"Envalira, Col de Port, Col de la Core and Portet d’Aspet

Advertisement
July 11: Stage 8, Tarbes—Bordeaux (220km)
Flat stage

July 12: Stage 9, Bordeaux—Limoges (225km)
Rolling stage

July 13: Rest day

14: Stage 10, Limoges—Issoudin (180km)
Rolling/flat stage

15: Stage 11, Vartan—Åuxerre (185km)
Rolling stage

July 16: Stage 12, Chablis—Vittel (205km)
Rolling stage

July 17: Stage 13, Vittel—Colmar (190km)
Mountain stage in Vosges via Ballon d’Alsace and Grand Ballon

July 18: Stage 14, Colmar—Besançon (185km)
Rolling stage

July 19: Stage 15, Pontarlier—Verbier (Switzerland) (175km)
Mountain stage in Alps via climb to Champex with summit finish at Verbier

July 20: Rest day

July 21: Stage 16, Martigny—Les Arcs (190km)
Mountain stage via Grand St. Bernard and Petit St. Bernard with a summit finish at Les Arcs

July 22: Stage 17, Moutiers—Le Grand Bornand (170km)
Mountain stage via Cormet de Roselend, Col des Saisies, Col de l’Épine and Col de la Croix-Fry

July 23: Stage 18, Annecy TT (40km)
Time trial around Lake Annecy

July 24: Stage 19, Belley—Aubenas (210km)
Rolling stage

July 25: Stage 20, Montélimar—Mont Ventoux (130km)
Summit finish on Mont Ventoux

July 26: Stage 21, Fontainebleau—Paris (140km)
Flat stage

by dheadrick on Oct 3, 2008 1:11 PM EDT   0 recs

Fun goodies to start pondering a trip....

Hey – has work been slowing down for you? Not normal to see you on here during the day… :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Oct 3, 2008 1:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I usually only read during the day,

but this was big news! We cancelled a trip to Hautacam last year, so I’m really interested in the route for 2009.

And no, work has not slowed down. People keep suing my clients (thank goodness)!

by dheadrick on Oct 3, 2008 3:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL - it's fun to read from you more often :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Oct 3, 2008 7:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Isn't that the wrong way around the country?

Shouldn’t next year be Pyrenees last and Alps first?

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Oct 3, 2008 1:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I like the way Wilcockson is claiming the credit for working out the route.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 1:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

All Lance, all the time ...

He’s to Velo News what Princess Di was to British tabloids and U2 are to Hot Press. Circulation viagra.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

But

Lance got it “from a blog post”. Which means we are the source. Which means this post has come full circle.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 3, 2008 1:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was thinking of that blogger guy who’s been collating all the route gossip for a while now.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Right

who we’ve been borrowing from and linking to. Seriously though, that guy deserves some credit.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 3, 2008 2:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

http://www.steephill.tv/2009/tour-de-france/

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 6:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yes

He definitely deserves credit. Keeping track of all the course-related rumors is no easy task. I totally don’t have the patience for it, though the Giro course is always floating around the Italian forums.

by gavia on Oct 3, 2008 8:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It was Steephill??

I thought there was another site devoted to tracking the Tour. Didn’t CyclingChallenge come up with something in France?? My memory totally sucks.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 4, 2008 1:47 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was just reading Steephilltv

    Steve mentions that he got the information from another site but wouldn’t name it because they don’t share the love.

I googled it, it must be true.

by flying dog on Oct 4, 2008 9:51 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So there’s at least three blogs that Velo News got their exclusive breaking news from. Cool.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 4, 2008 4:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes!

That’s the one I was thinking of.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 4, 2008 1:48 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

Looks like that’s where the real work is done

by JFS_PGH on Oct 8, 2008 11:27 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He's a friend of CycleGirl's, that guy.

Has he told you anything else CG? (if you read this!)

by Albertina on Oct 3, 2008 8:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Pyrenees, Alps, Vosges AND Ventoux

Naaahh , I don’t believe. All the details make it look convincing though.

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Oct 3, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

This

needs its own post.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 3, 2008 1:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That seems implausibly low on time trial kilometers.

55 total time trial kilometers? That sounds more like a Vuelta route than a Tour route.

by Tifosa on Oct 3, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

and no TTT, damn….

by Bruce Suomi on Oct 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Two words

stop lance.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 3, 2008 2:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You have to love the speed of the French when it comes to re-ogranising the Tour to stop Lance, don’t you?

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 3:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm thinking a trip to the Ventoux.....

Plannage will commence shortly :-)))))

by Albertina on Oct 3, 2008 8:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Or you could just, you know, wave from a distance....

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Oct 4, 2008 3:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You could also doff your cap in Merckx-style

but I would actiually suggest pelting him with small rocks for disrespecting the british cycling-legend.

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Oct 4, 2008 4:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Heh heh!

I just tricked Albertina into climbing Ventoux with rocks in her pockets!

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Oct 4, 2008 4:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bet she’d still beat you up the climb though …

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 4, 2008 4:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't know how you have such a positive image of my climbing ability.

I’m more of a sprinter (that’s my excuse anyway…!)

by Albertina on Oct 4, 2008 5:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

don’t worry, we’ll nobble jens’ bike, just in case :)

and we might have to send you to a blood bank in austria, just to be sure to be sure

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 4, 2008 5:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I had already thought of that one Jens. You can't trick me, oh no.

I shall pick them up on the approach to said memorial rather than carrying them all the way from the bottom. Either that or I shall drive up with my rocks in the boot.

by Albertina on Oct 4, 2008 5:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Armstrong. Est-Se Sérieux?

velomagazine.fr’s banner ad on L’Equipe is amusing me no end. I could watch that little cyclist darting left and right for … oh … seconds.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 3, 2008 1:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Huh What do L'Equipe report now.

(Free translation. Pardon for all the mistakes. Send complains at WhyGermanifyoucanbeDutch@hotmail.com)

A new dope has been entered in profesionel cycling. It’s based on the same sources as CERA. The only difference are the side effects. They are not as begign as CERA. The symptons are starting at the end of the season. After a whole year of great perfomances their is a switch in the head of them who used it. Suddenly their all Centaurs in their head. The squad of Podiumcafe have been guilty on the new drugs. How they could be infected is a mystery. Stay tuned!

Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.

by Frinking on Oct 3, 2008 1:30 PM EDT   0 recs

heh, heh

well played sir, well played :-)

by gavia on Oct 3, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

As evidenced, I only had one post in that thread

I made a mistake and turned to these people for centaur-advice. Friends and colleagues advised me not to pursue it further and as the PdC-search program shows I haven’t posted about centaurs since.

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Oct 3, 2008 1:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dude...

… you should really check out that cuttingedgecentaurs website… apparently there’s a new “perparation” to make your hooves glossy…

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Oct 3, 2008 2:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So you put E7000,- on the bank-accounts of

Crashdan Lyne Albertina Drew Dheadrick Veloki Gavia Katiek Rockepress and the one how were to far to the bottom for some advice?

That doesn’t just feel right… (Rich bastard!) So I looked for some evidence Jens.. Explain this please for me.

Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.

by Frinking on Oct 3, 2008 3:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

OMG! What that hell is that warped photo.

Ruthann… do not click that link. Just don’t do it.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Oct 3, 2008 3:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs