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Stage 12 Live Thread

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Chris here -- I had a live thread ready to go; forgot to click "front page" -- thanks Drew. 

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"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 8:56 AM EDT   0 recs

nikki says

Go C.. she has no internet connection today.

by rose on Jul 17, 2008 8:56 AM EDT   0 recs

I think

she is watching on tv. but total withdrawl from you all today. so much to talk about.

by rose on Jul 17, 2008 9:05 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Man, do I even care about the race right now?

No – but I suspect that will change in an hour or two.

Fucking Ricco. You broke my heart.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 8:57 AM EDT   0 recs

AKA Rico Suave...

I agree…guess he just wanted to emulate his idol Pantani. What a ridiculous waste of talent. It’s bad enough to see a couple of domestiques doping, but to have a rising star do so and shame his team is terrible, after all of the progress that the sport has made…

by tonyver45 on Jul 17, 2008 9:09 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hang in there, buddy. I know how you feel....

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. - George Carlin

by Ruthann on Jul 17, 2008 9:45 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Another Barlo out

Cookie abandons w/ sore knee

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 8:57 AM EDT   0 recs

4, I think

by Katiek on Jul 17, 2008 9:32 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yep, 4

and 2 at least are young climber guys (Froome and Augustyn), so not like Hunter will have much (any?) help for the sprints. If there is any motivation whatsoever left at that team at this point, that is…

by guidemd on Jul 17, 2008 10:26 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he's never been the same

since he won the green jersey in ‘03

181 & 165

by callmecayce on Jul 17, 2008 9:02 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I blame it on Il Grillo Diabolico

putting him into the barriers at the Giro in … what, ‘04 or so…

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:06 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

2005

an Aussie friend of mine still hates Bettini with a vengeance for that… we use it as an example for non-cycling friends about how awful crashes can look (Cookie skidded an awful long way on the overhead view :-( ).

by guidemd on Jul 17, 2008 10:27 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Tell your pal

That I got his back on that one.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 10:28 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

drew

Nikki is feeing so very bad for you right now. she is speechless.

by rose on Jul 17, 2008 8:58 AM EDT   0 recs

Tell her not to worry Rose

It would be bad form to hang oneself at work. Plus the elevator shaft is only 3 stories and that wouldn’t properly do the job either.

Ricco’s girlfriend better dump his ass quick or I’m through with her too.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:05 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks, Drew.

Keep your chin up, little fella. This sport we love is bigger than a few douche-tards.

by itswells on Jul 17, 2008 8:59 AM EDT   0 recs

+5

Don’t let the dooche tards bring you down. We have echelons today!

by Hons on Jul 17, 2008 9:20 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm back baby!

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:21 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks, Drew!

Looks like the break is doomed,
92k’s gap down to 1.32

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 17, 2008 9:00 AM EDT   0 recs

Awwww - you guys are the bestest!

I’m starting to feel better already. I get a kick out of pure rage…...I’ll need to channel that onto the bike.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:04 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Stage check

All I got is the Eurosport feeds. I have a Cofidis & an FDJ about 1:30 ahead of the peleton. Does that sound about right?

by itswells on Jul 17, 2008 9:01 AM EDT   0 recs

yep

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:01 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Regrets for you Drew

You should have damn well known better though… I mean, the guy idolized Pantani for cryin’ outdoors.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:01 AM EDT   0 recs

didn't like the guy at all

but I’m still hugely dissapointed…

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 17, 2008 9:02 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I know dude, I know

I just didn’t think he would take it all the way. Kind of Like Cory Haim during his Michael Jackson period.

Ye Gods but these guys are fucking idiots. Prepare yourselves….I’m going to be saying ‘Fuck’ today more times than DeNiro did in Midnight Run.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:07 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Roll with it big guy!

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:15 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Jack, you're a grown man, nobody can put words in your mouth.

You’re goddam right, now here are two words for you – shut the fuck up!

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:22 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Announcement

it’s profanity-laced tirade day here at the Podium Cafe. I’m going to make a separate post for this.

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

by Chris... on Jul 17, 2008 10:01 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No, that's not necessary

I’m pretty calm now. Everyone talked me off the ledge.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 10:03 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dumoulin going for another stage win

looks pretty doomed though

by Capisce on Jul 17, 2008 9:03 AM EDT   0 recs

That's OK.

It looks like he’s riding in the back of the Rabo car to get back on.

by itswells on Jul 17, 2008 9:04 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not content with a stage win

Dumoulin is trying to outdo Tinkoff. By himself. Seriously, credit where credit is due, they’ve got no hope today but he’s at it again anyway. Chapeau!

by Rothko on Jul 17, 2008 9:03 AM EDT   0 recs

He's so a contradiction

Just about the smallest guy in the Peloton, but only does well on flat stages

by Capisce on Jul 17, 2008 9:04 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

McPinarello

Valverde’s new ride reminds me of Ketchup & Mustard.

by itswells on Jul 17, 2008 9:06 AM EDT   0 recs

new GC

General classification after stage 11

1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence – Lotto 46.42.13
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC – Saxo Bank 0.01
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.38
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.46
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.57
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC – Saxo Bank 1.28
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 1.56
not8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott 2.10
not9 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott 2.29
8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.32
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 3.51
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.18

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:11 AM EDT   0 recs

Time to get on the Nibali train

for Best Young Rider.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:14 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good morning, fellow doping fans!

Because really, what else can we be at this point? Suckered over and over and over again.

by Sui Juris on Jul 17, 2008 9:11 AM EDT   0 recs

We are True Believers aren't we?

In every sense of the term.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:13 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

We loves us some doping news!

I am so glad that little shit got busted. Damn I hate an egotistical, cheater… I could go on a political rant here but I wont.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:14 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, don't (pleeeeeease)

I’m pretty sure I’d agree with you but I can’t take it right now. If you can hold your venom until tomorrow (or even later today in the post race) that’d be great. mmmm, yeaaaaaaah.

And I’m gonna have you to come on in on Sunday as well, ok? Thaaaaaaaanks Peter.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:16 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hi Sui, whaaaat;'s happenin?

I’m going to need you to move your desk down into sub-storage room B, ok? If you could take care of that as soon as possible that’d be great.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:19 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"I wouldn't say I been missing it."

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:17 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So, what's your favorite

Michael Bolton song?

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:20 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Anything with lots of "Flair"

Wait, wait… Drew is trying to distract us from the REAL news of the day…!

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:21 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Egoat, I noticed you only have

the minimal amount of flair on your shirt today.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:22 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice try

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

For me...

it just doesn’t get any better then When a Man Loves a Woman.

by itswells on Jul 17, 2008 9:21 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, yeah that's a good one

I’d have to say I pretty much like them all.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:23 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

... and then there's na... naga... nagana... uh...

nagana-be-working-here for much longer

After a hard day of watching a Tour stage, I like to unwind with Verbotene Liebe

by crashdan on Jul 17, 2008 9:24 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe my

favorite line in the movie.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:26 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

My favorite movie and I miss helping out on the quotes... so sad :-(

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

by nikki on Jul 20, 2008 1:44 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

oh, believe me

you won’t get this kind of satisfaction in that arena.

by Sui Juris on Jul 17, 2008 9:16 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So, test everyone today

Seriously. Get every tech out there after the stage and line them up at control. Every single one.

by Sui Juris on Jul 17, 2008 9:17 AM EDT   0 recs

+1

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

+3

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And get those passports implemented ...

MA: What the AFDL have done very well is target particular riders. I don’t think their tests themselves are any more rigorous, though. They’ll be adopting the same criteria for positive tests as WADA. I would say, though, that if the UCI’s biological passports had been ready, which they should be soon, Riccò would never have started this Tour.

ARGH—perhaps get this implemented today too :| Sadly, I suspect the Vuelta may be the earliest.

by hkbirke on Jul 17, 2008 9:35 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Green (apre le deluge)

1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 138 pts
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 128
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 117
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 99
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 96
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 86
NOT 7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott 85
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 82
8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 70
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence – Lotto 70
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 68

Oh how I wish I could make html strikethrough work…

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:18 AM EDT   0 recs

As stated on July 14th by CrashDan...
I am really fighting the urge to like Ricco…he hasn’t inserted his foot in his mouth yet. Can I get at least one solid bike toss out of him so i can go back to feeling secure in my loathing?

Thanks Ricco. Fuck you. Go away now and never come back.

After a hard day of watching a Tour stage, I like to unwind with Verbotene Liebe

by crashdan on Jul 17, 2008 9:23 AM EDT   0 recs

Morning Buddy

Great wayt to start the day eh? Go up thread a bit, there are some comments that will cheer you up. It worked for me anyhow.

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:24 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah... I can pretty much guarantee that.

After a hard day of watching a Tour stage, I like to unwind with Verbotene Liebe

by crashdan on Jul 17, 2008 9:30 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Please let it be Ricco

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:24 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Polky

NOT 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott 77 pts
NOT 2 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott 65
1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 56
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC – Saxo Bank 46
NOT 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott 41
NOT 7 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott 36
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 31
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence – Lotto 30
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 27
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 24

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:24 AM EDT   0 recs

I'm still partially bitter

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

by Drew... on Jul 17, 2008 9:24 AM EDT   0 recs

Did SDV pull out of the race entirely?

After a hard day of watching a Tour stage, I like to unwind with Verbotene Liebe

by crashdan on Jul 17, 2008 9:25 AM EDT   0 recs

Like you read about

in the magazines.

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 17, 2008 9:26 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

CSC, Columbia and Garmin have independent testing right?

So I can be relatively secure in my love for Jens!, Cancellara, Cavendish, Hincapie, Kirchen, Sastre, Schlecks, Vande Velde, Frischkorn, Dean, O’Grady, Gerald Ciolek, Maggy and Maskant?

After a hard day of watching a Tour stage, I like to unwind with Verbotene Liebe

by crashdan on Jul 17, 2008 9:30 AM EDT