Sausalito Swallows
by Jimbo... on Feb 16, 2009 6:04 PM EST
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PrintRain.... cold... grumble... frown... harumph... that pretty much sums up the start today in Sausalito. 44 degrees and raining. 8:30 AM. Yep. Ass conditions...
But, I did get to see a few riders as they rolled out to the start and managed to grab a few photos and one video of the start. None of the riders looked happy in the slightest. They cancelled the normal parade laps around Sausalito and just got to it...
Before the race I asked Jens! if he was going to attack today. "Today is a Jens! day!", yelled I. But sadly, Jens just grumbled something gutteral and angry sounding. So I backed away... Then I asked Big Schleck to smile for his fans, but Frank said "not much to smile about today, grumble, grumble, I want to cry..." Kirk O'Bee was cool to me "good luck Kirk" says I... Kirk says "thanks man!"... and Pieter Weening signed autographs in the rain. Classy.... Then I retired to my waterproof and sound proof suite above the posh Poggio Trattoria to drink wine, eat bacon, and talk cycling with my cycling club buddies. Good times... And it turns out one of them had a VIP pass, which he gave to me. Now I have a VIP pass. Working photog one day, bacon eating VIP the next... imagine what could happen tomorrow?
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Nice
Another few sectors worth of potential advertisers go by the boards…
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 16, 2009 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
Good point
I’m sure there is some great untapped reservoir of evangelical churches looking to advertise here that none of us know about.
Where the #@&$ is my Time?
Hey
If this isn’t a religion, I don’t know what is.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 16, 2009 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
Or male prostitutes?
Not sure they are a group that is easily offended though
Where the #@&$ is my Time?
occupational hazard?
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
That is a rider on the Rabobank squad
who won a stage in the TdF once upon a time. And he is Dutch so he has a silly sounding name. Don’t hate the brother cause he’s Dutch…
Where the #@&$ is my Time?
Yes!
Solo act into the Vosges or something? 2006 or 07??
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 16, 2009 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
Some journalist
Predicted him to be the Tour 2008 winner. A lot of media copied the hoax. Funny.
The man couldn’t even win a mountain stage on a derny.
I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate the the brother.
But, he definitely got a silly sounding name. What’s he gonna do? Brother’s Dutch.
But is he...
the foot-fucking- master?
I could use a foot massage!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
Pieter Weening
sounds a little cooler when said by a dutch guy
thx for the photos/post
formerly known as cyclingchallenge
Weening
Does it work for writing too?
You should pronounce the ‘ee’ part as ‘ai’ as in mail. Waining.
Begrepen?
His first name
Is pronounced as the English Peter.
Peter Waining.
Maybe we should rewrite all cyclists names to make sure you languistically-challenged Norther Americans pronounce them correctly.
:-)
To tell you the truth
“Peter Waning” isn’t any better—sounds like the reason one would reach for Viagra.
Google is my domestique.
As long as you pronounce it correctly
you can think what you want ;-)
Stretch the a in waning and you come pretty close to genuine Dutch.
LMAO
I’m wondering if they would have been that way if a lady was chatting to them ;-)
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
Only one way to prove your hypothesis ;-)
Get yourself to California – pronto
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
I've been thinking about it,
BUt the time i get there i’d miss at least two stages..
But the ToC will be on my too see list now… I
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
Swallows
I thought they returned to Capistrano? I could be mistaken…
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 17, 2009 10:14 AM EST reply actions
The swallows is a reference to the bacon I was eating
in case that was not clear to anyone…
Where the #@&$ is my Time?
I'm intrigued by this bacon you speak of
could you post a picture?
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Turbackonducken...
And yes… I already regret having posted it, even though I haven’t posted it yet…
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
No, but at Sakura Sushi in Long Beach... you can get sushi in the shape of a Pokemon Ball...
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
Yikes
is that a dog’s head under there?
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 17, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, I kinda see where Chris was going with that...
… I’m not happy that I see it now… and will not be able to see anything else at this point… but I can picture it…
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
Wellsie...
… I think I love you. I love you exclusively for your bacon, not your mind.
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
If only it came with
a shaving kit shaped like a sausage………….
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Well, I've got
shaving cream that’s made of sausage so this isn’t much of a stretch.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
As in WWTDD? One of my favorite sites.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
YOU'RE THE MAN NOW DOG!
I’ll take “The Penis Mightier” Aleksh…
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.
I'll take Jap anUS Relations for $400 Trebek
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
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