Young American Duo Racing in the Grenoble 6 Day
by ZoeRochelle on Oct 28, 2009 12:45 PM EDT
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Guy East (TREK-Livestrong U23) and Austin Carroll (BMC) are competing as a team in the Grenoble 6 Day Race. They won the 6 Days of Dortmund U23 last winter. They are both 22 (I believe) and new to 6 day racing. It looks like they are competing in the regular race with the big boys, not the U23. Both are regular Twitter users and Austin Carroll blogs and vlogs about his experiences as a young up and coming cyclist. He enjoys video editing and film making. He's an affable guy and fun to follow and clearly excited about this race. He has already posted a video of their arrival in France yesterday. Check his blog link.
6DayRacing.ca did a story on them earlier this year.
I am hoping we will find some live video from Grenoble but I'm not holding my breath. The Grenoble 6 day race starts today tomorrow October 29th. Check them out.
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Hopefully somebody could have a live video of a 6-day...the Amsterdam 6 was last week and it had a lot of big names
from track and road and I was dying to see it.
Stand up!!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Stand up for! For the champions! For the champions! Stand up!
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
That has to be better than derny drivers playing the saxophone...
And who was that middle aged crooner who had us all in stitches?!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Oh me too...always up for a bit of ABBA ;)
Seriously though, who was the middle aged crooner? I hadn’t laughed so much in ages….
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Nah, he was Dutch
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
No, wasn't him. I'd know the name if I saw it.
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
(And I like to state I'm not proud being Dutch with ingers like him)
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
That's it!
(I had to search the 6-day threads to be sure—apologies for not remembering the name of the Netherlands’ greatest treasure on my own.)
Yes!!! That's him.
http://www.offstage.nl/files/u7/0174-frans-bauer-staat-erop_.jpg
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
I like the song...
mooi mooi mooi man!! good memories…
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
And me thinks they do fine if they end within 18 laps of the winner
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
Can someone...
explain the Derney race to me? I understand the basics…but how does one win?
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
That's basically cycling behind a motorbike.
Who is going the first over the line wins but there are some serious tactics involved!
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
I understand that...
but what kind of communication is involved between the derny driver and rider? Also, does having a great derny pilot give you a better shot at winning?
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
I think there isn't..
The derny rider has to know what the rider can do. It doesn’t seems extremely fast but if they have limited speed or something.. Shoot me..
There is only one rule if you are a deny rider.. Be as fat as possible to make a wind quiet/silence area
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
I'm no expert on the skills of derny drivers but I understand that it's a case of the fatter the better!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Thanks guys!!
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
After you have seen 2 derny races in a row
you will probably be able to predict the winner of the third race … Some post-Tour crit similarities there, for sure.
The derny drivers wear a sort of ear trumpet
just like all the great-aunts used to in hollywood films of the thirties, but pointing backwards. And the real star rider is Joop Zijlaard, who was apparently once a competitive rider himself (and anyone who has seen Ghislain Lambert will be smiling at the thought of one particular scene), and whose family also race.
Ooo, I never realised they were related!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Austin Carroll has a new video posted. He gives a tour of the race facility.
Here. Its cool to see a guy so excited about the enormity of it all.
OT (Unless your name is ZoeRochelle) ;-)
UCI Six Day calender from Cyclingnews.com
Formerly known in some circles as flying dog.
Hang on a minute...
It says that Rotterdam is in early December… but here it says early January. This is not good enough! Rotterdam involves horribly early mornings, for me – and I even plan to swap to the late shift at work, to ease the pain (and squeeze in another hour of viewing before work!).
I’ll stick with the organisers’ word on the matter, I reckon (especially since CN are saying that it goes for 7 days…)
CN has this race on their results calendar but yesterday's results are not posted.
Austin Carroll tweeted that Guy East was sick yesterday for the first day of racing with with an intestinal issue. Bummer.
I knew I've read it omewhere.
Day 1:
1. Marvulli – Roberts
2. van Bon – Vermeulen at 6 points
3. Keisse Meersman at ?
Day 2
1. van Bon – Vermeulen
2. Marvulli – Roberts at ?
3. Keisse – Meersman + 1round
4. Kreutzfelt – Madsen
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
An here is the whole result!
http://06.live-radsport.ch/details_15890/Sixdays_Six_Jours_Cycliste_Grenoble__2_Nacht.html
They are on 10 laps
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
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