Hinsights Claims: "It's Obvious Klödi Would Go to the Shack!"
While the UCI spends the next two years debating whether Team RadioShack can be ProTour or not, controversial Brüno-sounding German Andreas Klöden is confirmed for the Shack; this transfer has also been posted as "The truth!" on CyclingNews.com, Laola.at, and Radsport-News.com.
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I hope he enjoys his 8th place at the Tour
and podium finish at TdS, cause that will be it.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Honestly I thought he showed his age this year, especially on any climb.
And so things like 8th at the Tour and a podium at Suisse or T-A would be quite good for him in 2010 regardless of what team he’s on.
by ursula on Oct 2, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
he was the 4th best for most of the day on the toughest stage at the Tour, looked better than Armstrong for a lot of the climbing at le Tour, Ventoux was too steep. He may have been a bit lacking at some earlier races but I thought he looked as good as usual for the Tour. Actually he had a very good year this year, not many wins but very solid in almost every race he entered.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still, he's probably doing what he should be doing right now.
Good pay, a few chances for himself, and superdomestique roles.
No horn, watch for finger.
by sminer on Oct 2, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well he was doing that even when he should have been looking to lead
thus I have been disappointed with his ambition at times throughout his career.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, all the ambition in the world
will get you what kind of results on a bike?
No horn, watch for finger.
by sminer on Oct 2, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can't be telling me that being ambitious doesn't matter
look at all the top athletes in the world, they have that ambition, they thrive to achieve their goals. Maybe Kloden wouldn’t have had better results had he looked to lead a team, but it couldn’t have hurt to try.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some guys are driven
more than others. His fans should’ve stopped banging their heads against the wall about him ages ago. I like the guy, and would guess that he appreciates life outside cycling.
ABRUZZIAM...uh oh
by Chris... on Oct 2, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
"It looks like talking, but it’s just words that comes out"
~ Andy Schleck
by Hons on Oct 2, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+the number of twitter updates LA did during le Tour
Wenatchee Wonder FTW
by dees ees en drama on Oct 3, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kloden at the Tour
The Tour, like the Giro, was dumbed down. His best climb of the Tour, and his best effort for the whole year, was up Verbier, which wasn’t the toughest of climbs. Still, that was his best effort of the year. Every other major climb he was-sooner or later-dropped.
His time trialing remained first rate.
by ursula on Oct 2, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kloden's ambition as it turns out can be defined by his watching Landis give Pereiro the Yellow jersey in the 2006 Tour.
Instead of forcing Landis to defend his yellow jersey and stay in second he just watched. He must have been thinking that if he deserved to win the race then somebody would come along and give it to him.
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
by flying dog on Oct 2, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1000
The 2006 Tour is where I began to think of Klodi as another Haimar Zubeldia, E-E’s then-perpetual Tour hope. Kinda funny that they ended up on the same team.
Speaking of 2006, Klodi gave away the Tour about three times I think: first, he let Pereiro get 30 minutes; second, he failed to chase on stage 17; third, he failed to do any damage to Pereiro on stage 17. I thought to myself then that if you can’t outclimb Oscar Pereiro, you really aren’t a Tour contender. (I still think that, by the way.)
by Softie on Oct 2, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not saying that at all.
Just that it takes a great deal more. I think he has the ambition, just lacks the little extra needed to get ’er done.
No horn, watch for finger.
by sminer on Oct 2, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, fair enough
I think he could have won the Tour with a bit more but maybe 2nd was all he had(not that that’s shabby at all)
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry you can't dream big
I’m sorry you don’t believe in miracles
by Jens on Oct 2, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just read the forum over on the shack website
and now I have a headache…
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 6:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I still can't figure out why you guys torture yourselves over there.
Don’t you have any more self-control than that?
No horn, watch for finger.
by sminer on Oct 2, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
First time I was even on the website
I went over looking for some good “AC is a fucking moron…Lance is God!” posts but there was only insulting from both Lance fans and non-fans, not even funny dumb comments.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that's because they are all crazed lunatics on both sides of the aisle.
“First time”, yea right. It’s the “I only tried it once” defense.
No horn, watch for finger.
by sminer on Oct 2, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really see no reason to lie about the times I visit the Shack website
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm confused...
the shack website on my computer doesn’t have forums — or anything but a place to sign up for emails. where are these forums of which you speak?
George bunny-hopped my bike somehow. He's like a cat. -- cvv
by cg. on Oct 3, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Next two years debating?
Don’t think so. With BBox and Cofidis getting the boot, I think it’s obvious how the ProTour license story is going to turn out.
by ManBicycleThing on Oct 2, 2009 6:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Yes sure, but its a UCI obligation
to unnecessarily debate something for an extended amount of time.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Snark!
But.. Why exactly wants ¡Shack! a PT license?
by Frinking on Oct 2, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I even think they don't can line uo 9 riders for PR
Are they even under the PT license?
by Frinking on Oct 2, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are quite a few teams in the PT worse off in P-R than Shack
plus P-R is not a PT race anyway.
The Shack has not yet received a PT license but surely will.
(I think you were trying to say they won’t be able to put a squad together for P-R but I can’t tell without the Frinking-English dictionary in hand)
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
by Phil H. on Oct 2, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aren't we all tempted to use the Frinking in every sentense we use ?
The other day I was riding up a hill close to my house and I couldn’t help but subconsciously exclaim that I didn’t know how I was going to get to the top of this Frinking hill. At this point I don’t think any of us can help it.
I waited a half an hour to give my two toddlers breakfast until I had my Eneco tour coverage sorted, then made sure I got them fed before the sprint. --- Bought With Blood. ..... Hmmm, my kinda people. If only they could explain to my wife why my bike belongs in the house and not the garage. --- Thevaro
by thevaro on Oct 3, 2009 2:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My, Klödi causes such divisiveness!
Meanwhile, this amuses since he rides around on bike in suit: 2007 T-Mobile Klödi Profile.
"As you can imagine, there are better places to have your birthday party than in some village called Mushny Mush Mishme." --The Wisdom of Jens
by Josenka on Oct 2, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Those cycling shoes are "To die for".
The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.
by flying dog on Oct 2, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I noticed too...hmmm
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
by Seahorse on Oct 3, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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