Olympic Men's Time Trial: Post-Race Thread
by Jen See on Aug 13, 2008 4:30 AM EDT
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I'm Just Glad...
...everyone went to bed so I could see the finish without all the buffering.
by Chief Commissaire on Aug 13, 2008 4:53 AM EDT reply actions
Tour Payback For Tony
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
Have to say the video feed has been awesome
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
Love it.
Tony 3rd in RR and 1st in TT. Awesome!
Huge congrats Levi!!! And Larrson!!!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
If i smoked, i'd be lying back on my bed taking a contented drag right now...
Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Perfect!!
I am out as well..
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
Okay gang have a great morning.
I am going to attempt a 2 hour nap. Catch you all in a few. :-)
Thanks for a fun night!!!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Freaking amazing!
If you are going to get second in a bikerace, the olympics is the place to do it. Medal, baby!
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
Still to give Larsson his due, he's been posting pretty good results
...all season it seems. Completely underneath my radar though!
Top 5 for those not watching:
Tony 1:02.11
Larsson 1:02.44
Levi 1:03.21
Contador 1:03.29
Evans 1:03.34
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Whoa
I had Tony, Larsson, Kirchen. I’m pretty good at this when I have nothing to gain from it!
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 13, 2008 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Was just going to compliment you on your swami-ness
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
As usual
I managed to compliment myself first.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 13, 2008 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I had ya congratulated on the other thread
so you aren’t vain yet…. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
well...
the battle was, indeed, for bronze and i would love to have seen Cadel there. but looking at the last two splits and seeing at the last one that it could have gone any of three directions, and then seeing how calm and focused he looked in the post-race footage, i’m satisfied… as he would say, that’s cycling!
congrats to the medallists, and good night all from the west coast!
Followed by
Sanchez
TUFT!!!!!!
Rogers
Clement
Gesink
Cummings
DZ!!!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Cancellara
Fabian is Dehydrated. That’s what the white foam around his mouth is all about. He couldn’t have been far from Bonking at the end. Another 5K and he wouldn’t have won.
Well, he did miss a water bottle at one point...
But in his favour that’s pretty much the perfect expenditure of effort.
If you couldn’t go another 100metres, then you’ve paced it perfectly
Yeah, but did you factor in the tool booths
... trying to find where you’ve put the change, adding it up, losing one of the coins between your legs, performing decidedly dodgy-looking manouvre to recover it, dropping the change as you try to hand it over, opening door, scrathing new paintwork on toll-booth, picking up coins, handing them over, getting back into car, waiting for toll barrier to rise, stalling car and then carrying on…
...and you have to do it once on each lap!
Could make it tight to beat Cance overall, i’m thinking
by grim grimpeur on Aug 13, 2008 5:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Not sure what a Tool Booth might be, sounds worrying - "Toll Booth"
by grim grimpeur on Aug 13, 2008 5:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't really care about Tool vs. Toll booth...
... I do like the new word “scrathing” new paintwork.
I know, it said "als" instead of "ist"... don't give me any crap...
Live Thread For Tour of Utah?
Is Lyne going to get one started for this morning’s race? GRINS
by Chief Commissaire on Aug 13, 2008 5:14 AM EDT reply actions
Sweet Ceremony to boot!
Great congratulations to all 3!!!
I’m officially going to bed now. Good Sleeps All!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Good night all!
Didn’t make the live thread today. The sofa was too appealing. Shame on me! Am now a zombie sitting at my desk. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
having fallen asleep so only the computer was watching
I am now watching again with non-bleary eyes. I notice that Gesink spent most of his race (except when he was out of the saddle, which was pretty often) hauling his ass back on the saddle after sliding up and nearly off the nose every 20 seconds or so. In some other cases, the fabric of the skin suits looks…somehow stuck on the seat, in that it sort of pouches slightly behind the rider’s ass.
Yes, I’m looking closely, now that we have really top quality video, but no, it’s not (in this case) prurient interest.
Is it legal to put glue, sticky tape, sharkskin, whatever, on the bike seat or the clothing, and if so, why doesn’t everyone do it? It has to be a distraction and an interference with cadence to keep shoving yourself back on the seat, no matter how good you are.
and on the countdowns, as noted, it's in your home language of choice to the Nth degree
Spartacus taking not Italian nor High German but Swiss-German dialect (“dru, tsvo,”) now that’s service!).
Yes I noticed that (not the Swiss German bit however)
So you have to be a polyglot to be a countdown person these days. Did anyone hear of he did it in Iranian? Or perhaps in Asturian for Samu?!
Tour of Portugal (live now)
you can see here
http://www.tvtuga.com/content/view/31/157/
Today is in my home town!!the prologue
Plaza leads, Guerra 2 seconds late
Ah thanks for this link!
I’ve just created a fanpost for this-please join me there. I’m a bit lonely at the moment :-(
Just watched the replay of the live video
Waiting for the medal ceremony to begin. Cancellara looked like he may need the doc for a little fluid replacement first.
So proud of Levi!
What a fantastic race. Followed your live commentary along with the video while watching at work. Thank you for keeping me company today.
Riis
is a happy man these days.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 13, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Until he remembers
that he only signed Larsson to a one year deal. Gustaf will probably wear the medal at the contract-negotiation….........
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
Immediately made me think about Mr Subliminal..
So about my “medal” contract. It seems “medal” I should be getting a whole “medal” lot more for my “medal” abilities.
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
nice
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 13, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Larsson looked so
bad I thought he was going to need medical when he finished.
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
Seriously dehydrated
Race time 1:02:44
Time to pee in the doping control 2:00:00 (around 2hrs according to swedish media)
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
Was watching it last night
and I’ve never seen a guy look like that and finish high up. He wore every kilometer on his face. That should be a primer to anyone who wants to take up TTing – there shouldn’t be one second of it that’s even remotely pleasurable.
Speaking of which, was there a greater segment than when Tony caught and dropped Schumacher?
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
His best quote after the race
“People don’t understand the suffering it takes. From 100 metres to the finish it was torture”
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
And anybody who follows cycling closely
knows that the last 100 meters probably seemed like an hour for him. He left every cell of his body out on that course – extremely inspirational.
Did anyone by chance (looking Dan’s way) happen to DVR the TT and if so, is there a way to say, burn that onto a disc? And if so, is there a way that someone who rides their trainer a lot during the winter (rolls eyes and whistles) could obtain a copy of such, strictly for training purposes?
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
And if I somehow miss a response to this
my email is in my profile ;-)
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Bad translation by me
What he meant was,: the torture started 100 metres after the start……….
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
Ah, ok
But my comments still hold. That must have been the worst hour of his life (so far).
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
speaking of schumi
check out this photo: what do you see unusual?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/olympics08/index.php?id=/photos/2008/olympics08/4/_DSC9210
Try the magic word for long links...
Check out THIS PHOTO.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Larsson thanks Barbie for the medal
Had to make a visor for his TT helmet so he made one out of the clear plastic from a Barbie package he bought in a local toystore. High tech stuff.
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
New Chrono Barbie?
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 13, 2008 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
They say you know pornography when you see it...
... and that’s just flat out pornographic.
I know, it said "als" instead of "ist"... don't give me any crap...
And what's with the medallion...
... is Tony a member of the Cobra Kai Dojo?
I know, it said "als" instead of "ist"... don't give me any crap...
Put him in a body bag Johnny! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
KK is a total guilty pleasure.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
si
i think he just won the hottitude classification for the olympics in one shot.
that is a beautiful photo.
Jennifer Beals is filing a lawsuit against him
as we speak.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
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