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VDS: 2009- Have You been Thinking About It?

Face it.  You've been thinking of VDS next year.

Where is the bicycle and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. How did it come to this? Where is my VDS team?

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Have you thought about VDS in 2009 yet?
Dude- its 2008! Get a life! 'Course I haven't thought about VDS
11 votes
I sucked so badly last year I just want to forget about it.
6 votes
I have to admit- I thought about how to do it differently next year.
5 votes
Yeah I have to podium next year so I have a plan...
1 votes
Beating Jens is my One True Desire- so you can call me obsessed.
2 votes
I have to admit I have thought a little about this topic.
7 votes
VDS? Sure I've thought about it. I do have my priorities after all.
2 votes
I remember in 7th grade sex ed class thinking I had syphilis. OOOOOH! You mean VDS. I get it!
0 votes
Why think about it? I'll just take the opposite of what DREW takes and I'll be fine.
2 votes
Can't we include the Tour of California? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?
9 votes
Could you get out the 09 list before Thanksgiving? That way I don't have to talk to my relatives.
1 votes
My team is simple- I just put Lance on as many times as possible until I get to 150 points. Lance is 1 point, right?
3 votes
How much will I cost? -signed Floyd Landis
2 votes
I will base my VDS team on the latest gavia gossip.
5 votes
Did you know that the word "Kazakh" is related to the word "cossack"?
2 votes
Sigh. Without Ricco I just don't care anymore.
4 votes
Screw you VDS! You don't have enough Swedes!
0 votes
From my house I can see Washington state so I am too busy keeping an eye on them... do you know how many nukes Washington state has?
3 votes
Beavers and Ducks!
3 votes
The fact that you don't have the 09 VDS list out yet severely disappoints me. Dirty west coast hippies.
10 votes
No. I am much more concerned to see if France can squeeze by the Faroe Islands on Oct.10th to get into the World Cup.
4 votes

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Dang

our weapons arsenal made the list and the Apple Cup didn’t? Not good times.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Nov 21, 2008 6:13 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sorry

I just haven’t heard which State frat intermural touch team is playing this week so I can’t offer a prediction.

by ursula on Nov 21, 2008 8:11 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Did you know that the word "Kazakh" is related to the word "cossack"?

… only in the sense that people often assume that they are because it’s “that part of the world.” Google cossack vs. kazakh and you’ll see that they ain’t related…

Beavers/Ducks? Apple Cup? C’mon … what about the Big Game down in Berkeley?!?

by samboo on Nov 21, 2008 6:28 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Oh

Stanford’s got that covered.

by ursula on Nov 21, 2008 8:09 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

As in Stanford's 6 feet under

Like I knew who was gonna win….

by ursula on Nov 22, 2008 6:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

can include

Tour of Portugal, Tour of Algarve?
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?

lol

by semprenaroda on Nov 21, 2008 6:35 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

That is ALL I think about.

Team Los Doperos Imbatibles presented by Operacion Puerto

-Lance Armstong 1 pt
-Ivan Basso 1 pt
-Alejandro Valverde
-Tyler Hamilton 1 pt
-Frank Schleck

Is Jaschke riding too?

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Nov 21, 2008 6:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Rasmussen? He's not back...

yet

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Nov 21, 2008 9:39 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

But for Team BFE!

No way some Czech outfit is racing any VDS races, while Rock Racing just might.

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Nov 22, 2008 5:49 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Ursula, you need to change one.

The one where it’s choosing the opposite of you. We all know that it should say DREW. Review his team and remove anyone he has from your team or you suffer the bizzare ass diseases, issues, and crashes that comes with it.

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

by nikki on Nov 22, 2008 6:00 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Done and done!

Sorry- I just had a brain fart. OF COURSE we should do the opposite of Drew!

by ursula on Nov 22, 2008 6:35 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Just remember where I finished

I think it was mid to lower mid pack wasn’t it? Certainly not Dead Fucking Last.

But yeah, I wouldn’t draft your team the way I do – I draft strictly based on who I like and who I think will do well in the races I tend to watch. Not a good recipe for overall VDS supremacy but not a bad one for making Flanders, Paris Roubaix, the Giro and the Tour interesting. I also just don’t have the desire to spend more than 20 minutes putting my team together.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Nov 23, 2008 8:35 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

You did not come in dead last

BUT… you had a serious vodoo thing going on with some of your riders. Seriously, safer to check your list and be warned if any of us keep the same riders on our lists. ha ha! LOL!

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

by nikki on Nov 24, 2008 12:24 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Home Sweet Home State

Can’t we include the Tour of California? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?

BTW, I am heading to Tahoe tomorrow for 4 days with 6 teenagers. If I never ever post here again you’ll know its because I lost my mind (or the kids tied rocks to my feet and dumped me in Lake Tahoe.) Its supposed to snow Tuesday though. Yeehaw!

by ZoeRochelle on Nov 23, 2008 1:10 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

so sad

that we could only vote for 1! Many, many good choices here. :)

by cg. on Nov 25, 2008 12:36 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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