Open Thread

by Chris... on Nov 18, 2008 10:40 PM EST in The Feedbag

Wife on travel?

Check.

Nanny out sick?

Check.

House full of boys all day?

Check.

Kids bike up on the trainer?

Check.

Update: If you're looking for something more substantive, hop on over to the Cycling Examiner. James Raia has set up shop there, and has an unexpected take on Lance's Tour aspirations.

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I see a number on that pixie bike.

Does he race that thing? You have him in winter training? Watch out, here comes the next Sven Nys.

by brunopitton on Nov 19, 2008 12:09 AM EST 0 recs

IN his mind

he’s already a cat-2. But the number was, well, it was more like a parade. Don’t tell him I said that.

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by Chris... on Nov 19, 2008 12:49 AM EST up 0 recs

oy

now we’ll never get him upstairs for dinner.

by chris's wife on Nov 19, 2008 12:32 AM EST 0 recs

Chavanel injured in oyster incident

The hapless Sylvain has apparently sliced his finger while trying to open an oyster. He will not have feeling in it for several months but it is not expected to hinder his training. Woops. And ouch. CN

by Albertina on Nov 19, 2008 4:54 AM EST 0 recs

Oysters? Hmmnnnn…

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 Nov 19, 2008 6:18 AM EST up 0 recs

Ewww! Was that really necessary....?

by Albertina on Nov 19, 2008 7:48 AM EST up 0 recs

Yes.

It was a necessary reminder to get working on the roster for Team Red Shorts, my VDS team for next year. Thanks, fmk.

by majope on Nov 19, 2008 8:03 AM EST up 0 recs

lol

That’s one way of picking a team I suppose!

by Albertina on Nov 19, 2008 9:08 AM EST up 0 recs

Nice confussion of the wife of Fuentes.. Or probably ex wife..

‘I can ruin Spanish’ cycling’

Does she say Valverde? Aah nah.. Not nice from me but I want to hear what she’s going to say. We eventuallt get closer to a clean sport.. We are definetly close to …. the begin!

p.s. I will take a look if I can find the official link from La Provenca

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

by Frinking on Nov 19, 2008 9:26 AM EST 0 recs

Off course I can't find it..

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

by Frinking on Nov 19, 2008 9:36 AM EST up 0 recs

Doesn't look like she's going to say anything....she's just toying with us for fun!

by Albertina on Nov 19, 2008 9:47 AM EST up 0 recs

I can't even get into La Provincia's website

by Albertina on Nov 19, 2008 9:55 AM EST up 0 recs

Here's an English language report

From AFP. She claims she won’t name names, but says

“I know what happened at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.”
Perez said “many Olympic medals” were won by Spain thanks to her husband. Spain won a record 13 gold medals at the Barcelona Games.

For the record, Spain won a total of 22 medals (note that she didn’t specify gold, at least in what they quote in that version). Full list of 1992 Spanish medalists here.

by majope on Nov 19, 2008 12:40 PM EST up 0 recs

OMG! No! She’s gonna reveal that Freddy Mercury was juiced! No!

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 Nov 19, 2008 3:24 PM EST up 0 recs

Whoa

José María van der Ploeg — talk about a Spanish Flandrian…

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by Chris... on Nov 19, 2008 4:47 PM EST up 0 recs

In regards to HWMNBN

Yeah I hope he skips the Tour. I think of it this way:

Lance and the Tour are like a formerly married couple. You know the kind. Their last couple of years together were not happy at all and in retrospect the split should have come earlier. Now they are looking to get back together again and we can see that hooking up would only lead to more unhappiness. They should just stay apart and remember the good times they had and move on.

DON’T DO IT!!!!!

by ursula on Nov 19, 2008 11:06 AM EST 0 recs

great analogy!

by nickel17 on Nov 19, 2008 11:43 AM EST up 0 recs

Hmm yes. I've been there and done that, though not with a married partner....

….say goodbye Lance, it’s for your own good in the long run!

by Albertina on Nov 19, 2008 12:02 PM EST up 0 recs

Yes very good analogy

and I might ad that it would be really tough for lance to get back together with the Tour, when he is cheating on her, at the same time, with the Giro.

"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt

by Phil H. on Nov 19, 2008 12:05 PM EST up 0 recs

Victoria Pendleton – all dressed up and with somewhere to go

by Katiek on Nov 19, 2008 11:41 AM EST 0 recs

bad link??

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by Chris... on Nov 19, 2008 11:50 AM EST up 0 recs

No, no!

We haven’t started the Bad Fashion thread yet!

(Chris—click on the link and then hit enter. That worked for me, anyway.)

by majope on Nov 19, 2008 12:42 PM EST up 0 recs

There must be a bad fashion thread soon, there simply must.

by Albertina on Nov 19, 2008 4:59 PM EST up 0 recs

Ivan Basso says ...

… let’s look inside my shoe closet:

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 Nov 19, 2008 5:43 PM EST up 0 recs