Vote for the 2009 Race Day of the Year!
One more poll, this also compiled from your suggestions. Incidentally, I won't poll Memorable Moments, our third nominations category. Since it's totally subjective, a poll adds nothing. Anyway...
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I actually voted for Gerrans/ Giro stage 14
because that was the most fun to me. If I added in Most Important, I’d say Evans at the Worlds or Gilbert/Lombardia.
That was a hard decision. Chose Evans World Champ.
My mouth was opened in shock & awe for at least 2 minutes.
I think I'm going to vote for the PN ECHOLOOONS! stage.
why?
Because there were ECHOLOOOONNNSSS!
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
Mos Def
Thor showing Cav what a dirty jersey looks like in Stage 17.
Validating that your legs should do the talking, not your pie-hole.
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?
Lemme guess
You picked Cav for rider of the year?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 27, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Busted....oops!
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?
by CannonDowell on Oct 28, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Dirty Jersey...
… is actually a dance mix.
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
I put Roubaix just because of how much it got my heart going watching the crashes and Thor losing his first chance
to score a big one. I was also thinking of voting for the Giro ITT or Mancebo’s escape in Cali
I'm in for other -
A busted and broken George burying himself on the last stage of the Tour to snatch the victory for the team from (evil) Garmin.
George bunny-hopped my bike somehow. He's like a cat. -- cvv
Mancebo's "escape"?
The race was neutralized, so the peloton wasn’t chasing, as I recall. He did manage to drop those other two guys, which was impressive for sure given the ass weather conditions, but it’s not like he fended off a chasing peloton. Anyone want to read my story?
Not one vote for Flanders.
Somewhere, a Chris, is weeping… somewhere, a Race, has not vote.
And the wind, cries, Flanders…
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
"You can hear happiness staggering on down the street"
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
Sniff
I don’t wanna talk about it…
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 27, 2009 9:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
hey, chris -
isn’t ‘faster, better, stronger’ the 6 million dollar man?
George bunny-hopped my bike somehow. He's like a cat. -- cvv
I probably would have picked the World Road Race
but I was travelling that day and didn’t get to watch it live. It wasn’t quite the same tivo’d when I already knew the result.
I picked Gilbert at Lombardia
probably because it’s the freshest in my memory and because of it’s historic significance.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
Winning both Paris-Tours and Lombardia in the same year
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
Ok.. No clue why the historuc significance is important in a race of te year competition but it's your vote.. :)
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
Because it's a great accomplishment, and he had to win a great race to do so
and the way he won it was very impressive.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
Also haven't seen this race live unfortunatelly.
But it was a good win for him. I’m curious to find out if he can do that next year too
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
If you had seen it
You might agree. I picked Lombardia: drama, aggressiveness, great cast at the end, and Gilbert won with flair. It had it all.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 27, 2009 9:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It really really really sucked
missing as many races as I did this year. The outlooks about them is not nearly the same as when I was glued to my computer, split screen – race in one section, PdC in the other. Let’s hope 2010 is much better and live streams are flowing!
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Santa!!!!
I swear I’m working on some things to open up some more time. I wish I hadn’t enjoyed officialling as much as I have but that schedule is probably not going to get much lighter. Good times and very awesome peeps. :-) Still don’t compare to you guys though! LOL!
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
thirded
everything you could hope for from a monument.
"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."
--Dino Buzzati
Um
Nice one. Just the most hallowed plaque and statue in the sport.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 28, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
That is Jimi at his most poetic
‘The traffic lights, they turn of blue tomorrow/And shine their emptiness down on my bed./
The tiny island sails downstream;/ ’cause the life that lived is dead’
I have no idea what he is rabbiting on about – but by goodness, it’s beautiful.
oh yeah - and I voted WC RR
Haussler at the Tour was a good one, too – Gerrans’ Giro win was very well done; Gilbert at Lombardia; Contador’s collapse at P-N; Valverde and Contador holding off Evans at the Dauphine -
so many good races this year. It really was a fantastic year of bike racing.
Oh some more good picks there!
Bert’s Bonk, plus Evans facing the Spanish Inquisition at the Dauphine are two more great days!
yup
this was my reaction when reading the list.
"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."
--Dino Buzzati
Tour of California, come on!!
i remember a stage very excting with Karpets, that new talent from Cofidis and Kreuzziger, with a exciting finish, i believe Kreuziger won…but maybe i am wrong, but it was a great stage. i believe it was Tour de Romandie, and Valverde was in yeallow, remember that Caisse was doing the work.
For example this was much more exciting that ToC. :P
I picked MSR, but not too sure.
Well.. He didn't ride the ToC this year so probably not..
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
seeing as paris-roubaix
was the only race i didn’t watch on a grainy internet feed, it’s stuck in the memory more. i’ll always remember my dad watching thor crash, and saying “why the hell would you get up after that? he’s not even going to win now.”
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
I'm missing Paris - Nice
- even though the winner now looks dubious, that was the best one-week stage-race I have ever seen, and probably the best I will see for many, many years.
This will be the second big thing Cuddles has won this year :)
Touching wood to ward off jinxes…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I can read... but I don't think you can separate the two
Have a look at Chris’s descriptions of each moment… they’re about racers Jens. It’s the nature of sport.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I was joking (hence the :-) )
but only half joking.
For me a category like Best race is absolutely more than about a single rider.
Seahorse disease...I know you were joking, but although you are a purist
I suspect that many votes were cast with people’s hearts. But hey, I don’t mind either way. Mendrisio was first and second for me
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
The Porter in 'Macbeth' works better for me ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Damn you people!
Now I have to read the collected works of Shakespeare to know if i have been offended. Did he write a lot?
Hey! I was kind... the porter brings the funny... and 'Macbeth' is short
That wimpy Hamlet goes on and on…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
He brings the funny
but he also makes a damning admission. Not sure I’d put my hand up for that.
Keeper of the gate to Hell?
Other than that I’m lost…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
No, the drink gave him the lie last night
therefore it made him stand to, and not stand to, etc.
And you've read them before haven't you... :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hamlet is one of my all time favorite characters in literature, next to the Count of Monte Cristo.
The only one to best Hamlet in the art and wit of word play and “absoluteness”, was the lowly Gravedigger.
No horn, watch for finger.
Well you said elsewhere you wee a fence sitter :)
‘King Lear’ for me every time…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I have sat 'atop' many fences
but I am pretty sure I said I am ‘not’ a fence sitter
No horn, watch for finger.
It wasn't meant to a putdown...
Another thread … maybe sitting on the fence with Lance and Bert? Anyway, sorry for a joke gone wrong. Lear and Macbeth are my men. Hamlet it appears is yours… do you want to throw in Othello?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Edgar
from Lear is great. Until he becomes an arse, of course. But until that point… Edgar, mark 1. Might match Jens quite well, too.
whoops, I meant Edmund
the ‘excellent foppery of the world’ bloke.
Nothing wrong with your joke, I got it.
Othello is good, a bit over teh top puritanical though. Iago, man what a snake. I like Macbeth too, hell I love all Shakespears tragedies.
No horn, watch for finger.
Same... but Lear is king in the pantheon... IMHO
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
for the record
i just happened to read sminer’s fence sitting comment moments ago and he indeed said he was not a fence sitter regarding lance and bert – just that he didn’t know enough about either to hate them. ok, carry on ….
thanks yeehoo
now Jens, c’mon. you’ve had a day, haven’t you finished those plays by Shakespeare yet?
No horn, watch for finger.
Awwww man, I only had to read the plays ?
I started with the sonnets. Thanks a frickin bunch for telling me now.
I'm so excited I mis the freaking Question Mark
???? so
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
I was wildly happy with the Mendrisio win, initially for Cadel
but what lasted longer was my pleasure that all those good guys on the Cyclones team had had a win too. But you realise that by saying his name, I’ve probably jinxed this win anyway :(
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Cancellara's Mendrisio Time Trial - The race of truth.
The Swiss invented the clock and then cheered wildly along with him when he utterly destroyed the clock.
Formerly known in some circles as flying dog.

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