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Alle Strade Bianche!

Italy_mediumPausing briefly from my steady stream of worship for cycling's traditional races, it's actually kind of cool that the sport also continues adding new routes. Tradition is nice, particularly where the years of experience have shown, for example, that the hellingen of Flanders make for good racing. But there are traditions that haven't held up as well (Paris-Brussels, anyone?). The roadmaps look nothing like they did in 1900. And there are storehouses of knowledge on what makes a good course... all of which is an open invitation to make a cool new event. For more, read the 275 posts we've written celebrating the Tour of California.

Monte Paschi Eroica -- now lengthened out to Montepaschi Strade Bianche Eroica Toscana -- is probably the new race that has drawn the most attention. Its signature white gravel roads make it Tuscany's version of Paris-Roubaix, even if the only thing those races have in common is dust. But apart from the visual spectacle, it's a well-planned course, touring the rolling hills of Italy's most celebrated region, and making for a Breton-style classic course. Much as I hate profiles of mountain courses, in the case of the classics they're of some use. Check it out:

Monte Paschi Eroica course

Not going to kill anyone, but I count about 17 discernible inclines. After a while this is going to get hard, and the last 2km include risers of 9% and 16% before the finish in the Piazza del Campo in Siena. Whoever wins will earn it, which is what you expect in a classic. Frankly, it's not clear to me what type of rider this favors, but I'll go with the Flanders climber-types until experience proves otherwise. Assuming its funding and calendar spot are secure, this race should be around for a while.

CSC have won both editions so far, with autumn warrior Kolobnev taking the original (October) version and Fabian Cancellara last spring. Cance is nursing his wounds at home, and Kolobnev undoubtedly won't see his shadow for another month or so. But from the startlist you can see Riis is bringing plenty of mettle to the race: Andy Schleck, Kurt-Asle Arvesen, and Stuart O'Grady, among others. Getting most of the attention will be world champion Alessandro Ballan of Lampre, racing at home in his beautiful jersey for the first time in a major race. Other notables from the home country (who will be looking to hold serve, for once): Giovanni Visconti, Francesco Ginanni, Daniele Bennati, Manuel Quinziato, Filippo Pozzato, and a succession of continental pros. The foreigners include favorites like Aurelien Clerc, Roger Hammond, Andreas Klier, Martyn Maaskant, Svein Tuft, Linus Gerdemann, Gerald Ciolek, and a stacked Columbia team including Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Mick Rogers and Thomas Lovkvist.

Great startlist. Beautiful scenery. Excellent course. We'll be here tomorrow morning, live, as long as there is a video source to be had. Oh, and my pick: Filippo Pozzato. He's very hungry, was on form last weekend, and will have plenty of support.

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Bellissimo !

It’s a great race and becoming an instant classic, thanks to its beauty but also some practical elements: bringing some aspects of the Northern Classics to Italy for the weekend, allowing riders to fine tune for the classics on the eve of Tirenno-Adriatico.

Amateurs should note the Eroica

by TheInnerRing on Mar 6, 2009 1:17 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Live feed?

Since I missed both races last week, I’m running on empty and need a fix. (No, Murcia is not enough).

Bork, bork, bork!

by TheFigurehead on Mar 6, 2009 1:22 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Doubt you will have any luck with video

Rai is showing only highlights, plus Rai hates international exposure and geo-restricts its content(yes that was intended to be a snarky comment, because I really want to watch Rai sport….every day!)

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 6, 2009 1:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

i saw in myp2p forum
Eroica / Montepaschi Strade Bianche 7.3.2009

16 35 rai3 with flv player and 19 45 raisport+ with tvants – only highlights, final maybe 16 00

by semprenaroda on Mar 6, 2009 6:53 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Hm

Worth trying/hoping.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Mar 6, 2009 7:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

most likely georestricted to italy

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Mar 7, 2009 7:37 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

if raisport is giving live

isn’t georestricted, because i saw last year T-A and some Giro stages through a program named SopCast.

by semprenaroda on Mar 7, 2009 8:04 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I need to find a 12 yearold to teach me some of this tech stuff

Is it really true the computer can be used as more than a fancy typewriter?

by Jens on Mar 7, 2009 8:20 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Gazzetta reporting Ballan possibly out with fever

Ballan has a 38 degree fever. He went out to preview the course, but felt really bad and returned to the hotel after 30 kilometers. Gazzetta’s comment is that though Lampre entered him on the start list, his participation looks to be “only a dream.”

by gavia on Mar 6, 2009 1:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Well that guarantees it then

Leenooos will win!

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 6, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Gazzetta also says weather is looking good

Bennati, Pozzato, Breschel, Schleck and OGrady named the favorites.

by gavia on Mar 6, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Is the finishing-straight still the same as last year?

Anyone know?
It seems to me that in a square the should be able to make a better finish.

by Jens on Mar 6, 2009 1:28 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The approach to Piazza del Campo in Siena will be different this year

But I don’t know whether it will be an improvement.

According to a press release I got from RCS a few weeks ago:

“L’ingresso in Siena avverrà non più da Porta Pispini ma da Fontebranda, con pavimentazione lastricata dai 900 metri all’arrivo e ingresso in piazza del Campo con curva a destra, a 70 metri dal traguardo.”

Translation: The entrance in Siena will no longer be from Porta Pispini but from Fontebranda, with [some sort of pavement, perhaps cobbles?] from 900 meters to the finish, and entrance into the Piazza del Campo with a curve to the right, at 70 meters from the finish line.

by Tifosa on Mar 6, 2009 6:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

VDS Points

Is this a top 15 or top 10 for VDS points? I like O’Grady to contend. Bennati has also been going well so he should be right up there.

by ncmussell on Mar 6, 2009 1:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

It's a Category 5

Top 10 are scored thusly: 150-125-100-80-60; 50-40-30-20-10

VDS races and scoring here.

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 6, 2009 2:29 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I have a doubt

the grey color under the patch norally means coobles. But the photos that i saw from this race mainly was land roads, not cobbles, at least i can’t remember. So, the grey colour in this race means cobbles roads, or land roads like the BTTs tracks?

by semprenaroda on Mar 6, 2009 2:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

land roads

It’s white gravel. Someone remind though, is the finish on a cobbled road? Anyway, it’s not like Flemish races.

by gavia on Mar 6, 2009 2:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

It's sort of cobbled in Siena

but pretty smooth. It’s more like flagstones, paving slabs, or whatever you call them.

by Monty. on Mar 6, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Lane roads

they don’t put tarmac over lots of these little roads because the snow and frost destroys it too quickly. Instead they use little stones, gravel.

by Monty. on Mar 6, 2009 2:04 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

loosely translated it is:

Mountain Paschi Roads White Heroic Tuscany

 The nickname “L’Eroica” is “The Heroic” in english

So if you win you are the Hero of Tuscany. Yeah!

by ZoeRochelle on Mar 6, 2009 2:11 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Eroica = Beethoven's Third Symphony...

as conducted in this oddly creepy video by Herbert von Karajan.

Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?

by crashdan on Mar 6, 2009 2:53 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I thought you had to remove your T

before it got erotic? anyone?

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by Jimbo... on Mar 6, 2009 11:21 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Not if your name is Michael Rasmussen

Did your favourite rider just win Montepaschi Strade Bianch Eroica Toscana? OK then.

by Jens on Mar 8, 2009 4:34 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

sounds like a great race
hope someone finds a live feed
too bad for Ballan

by plinytheelder on Mar 6, 2009 3:41 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Actually has anyone ever raced on gravel? Way back when I was pretending to be a bike racer, there was a race in my hometown that was partially on gravel – man, some weird things happened on there – becomes very difficult to catch breaks, for example, I remember that people stayed away who really should not have stayed away. Anyways blah blah blah

by plinytheelder on Mar 6, 2009 3:46 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

never raced on gravel

But I have rode many many miles on roads with gravel. Where I grew up, there was a packed gravel road just like the one pictured above that was on top of a levee that went alongside the Mississippi River. Dead flat and dead straight for miles, and you were above any trees, buildings or hills, so completely exposed to the wind. God, I hate that road thinking about it now. But, the gravel wasn’t that big of a deal.

by PopUp Rolen on Mar 6, 2009 4:06 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey...

When do you leave for your trip over yonder?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Mar 6, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet! ....so jealous!

Are you sticking to your dual sport thingy or thinking of any bike racing this year? We’ve got a week of crits coming up in 2 weeks. Hard to do after work but I’m checking to see if I can guarantee getting out to help officiate.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Mar 6, 2009 5:20 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be there!

Not sure if I’m going to race every day, but at least two or three days. Then, racing in Beloit the following Saturday.

by PopUp Rolen on Mar 6, 2009 5:27 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Ooooh, good to know. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Mar 6, 2009 5:51 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I have

but it was a short stretch, maybe a mile, and everyone just lined up and rode cautiously. There was a nasty right-hander going into it, and huge puddles, so everyeon was in survival mode.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Mar 6, 2009 4:54 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

tunis-roubaix

a couple of years ago—flatted lap two in the nasty rocky dirt road section (with wet sandy gravel sections that functioned like quicksand if your line was wrong). Finished, stupidly, although it was fun watching Pat McCarty stop to help the cat5s who’d flatted change their tires . . .

by R Mc on Mar 6, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I've raced on gravel and it's fun.

You need to know how to handle the bike. Gravel filled road races are my favorite.

by brunopitton on Mar 7, 2009 8:27 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, I really really wanna watch this race.

I hope video shows up. It sounds like it’ll be one very cool spectacle.

by Ed K on Mar 6, 2009 3:46 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Awesome!

Who got second, Bruce?

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Mar 6, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Followed up the the stealthy (yet to be seen) Garmin.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Mar 6, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Ditto

Time for Pippo to blossom.

Flahutes: Harden the F--k Up!

by bobgade on Mar 6, 2009 5:54 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

times

not that we can see it, but it’s listed here as being
Monte Paschi Eroica, RAI Sports Più, Sat, 07 Mar 2009, 1945-2040 CET.

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
says that means starting
13:45:00 Saturday March 7, 2009 (EST)

by JFS_PGH on Mar 6, 2009 5:21 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Unless they've started fitting lights to pro bikes

that’s almost definitely a highlights show. The actual finish should be around 4 hours earlier.

by Monty. on Mar 6, 2009 6:15 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

How about

Tron style costumes as well

by Monty. on Mar 6, 2009 6:32 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

And it has begun....

Sharks with Lasers 2009.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Mar 6, 2009 6:41 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

America's Queen of the Classics

    Tour of the Battenkill All this talk of dirt roads reminded me that this race is due. April 19 Salem, NY
BMC, Bissel and Jittery Joes are among the pro teams that will be there.

Speed on the descent can easily be lost when you slam into a tree.

by flying dog on Mar 6, 2009 8:18 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Jittery Joes?

I thought they shrunk down? Or is this the smaller team who made it?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Mar 6, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Lövkvist wins infront of Wegmann

shut your fucking mouth Jens, I don’t want to hear it!

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 10:13 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Well I'm happy for you

and I’m pleased myself for Wegmann taking second. There will probably be video of the fin al kim’s later in the day, or tomorrow, I want to see this as well.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Last year someone was very quick to post the RAI coverage

on Dailymotion. I will be searching for sure.

by Jens on Mar 7, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Post it if you find it.

Yay, Lovkvist! Martin Elmiger was third.

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Elmiger

best 2 point value ever? The season will say.

by JFS_PGH on Mar 7, 2009 10:44 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Dear Lord Baby Jesus!

Let me watch the RAI summary in an hour. I will be nice to everyone for a year.

by Jens on Mar 7, 2009 10:17 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

I just realized I got 2nd,4th, and 5th for my VDS

Wegmann, EBH, and Leenooos getting me some points.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 10:41 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Where are you finding full results?

Please post! I have Lovkvist, EBH and Leenooos.

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 or so posted on CN

and another note, Milram had 3 in the top 10 whule no one else had more than 1, this team is outting together a really nice team.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 10:44 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Outting no, putting yes

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

and whule should be while.....one can tell I just woke up an hour ago

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks!

All right—4 in the top 10, including the winner. Makes up for my zero in KBK.

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

RAI 3 is showing something right now

if you can find it I had thought it was live but obviously not.

by Monty. on Mar 7, 2009 10:46 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

how deep we scoring this one?

I have
3. Elmiger (2 pt)
10. Hesjedal (2 pt)

This will be my “year of the 2 pointers”!

by JFS_PGH on Mar 7, 2009 10:50 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Top 10 get VDS points:

1. Thomas Lovkvist: 150
2. Fabian Wegmann: 125
3. Martin Elmiger: 100
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen: 80
5. Linus Gerdemann: 60
6. Giovanni Visconti: 50
7. Peter Velits: 40
8. Andy Schleck: 30
9. Daniel Lloyd: 20
10. Ryder Hesjedal: 10

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

320 for me. :-D

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

80 for me...

Will nobody give me a measly little point for 11th place? No? Humph.

by Albertina on Mar 7, 2009 11:45 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Same here

with Leenoos and Dan Lloyd.

by Monty. on Mar 7, 2009 11:46 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

170

Boasson Hagen, Gerdemann, Lloyd, Hesjedal

You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.

by nicknorco on Mar 7, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Good lord

a German-Scandinavian wipeout! Not sure what to make of that. Was the prize a giant sausage?

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Mar 7, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

answers self

Final Results (top 10): 150-125-100-80-60; 50-40-30-20-10

by JFS_PGH on Mar 7, 2009 10:52 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

7kms to the final

in the highlights from RAI

by semprenaroda on Mar 7, 2009 10:58 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Link?

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Lokvist

seemed Contador in that climb!!

by semprenaroda on Mar 7, 2009 11:08 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

He just flew past Gerdemann

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Team Columbia

does revenge

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Mar 7, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Just wait tell Ciolek gets a peace of Cav head to head

I will now lie down and think very deeply of what the hell I just said and come to the conclusion that I’m clearly delirious.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 2:13 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks!

He even had a victory salute. Who knew?

by Jens on Mar 7, 2009 11:13 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

nice one!

i like Lokvist – so wanted to fit him in…

You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.

by nicknorco on Mar 7, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

and...

i learned a valuable lesson which is to stick with my boys through thick and thin – if i had i would have fared better over at the CyclingFever comp…

You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.

by nicknorco on Mar 7, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

See Jens?

That’s why I put him on my team. I knew he’d come around this year and get over your jinx.

"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

by Drew... on Mar 8, 2009 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

troll

Did your favourite rider just win Montepaschi Strade Bianch Eroica Toscana? OK then.

by Jens on Mar 8, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He looks so happy on the podium.

They do love it when they win me points.

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

the shape that he shows here

seems he will be at podium in T-A like last year…

by semprenaroda on Mar 7, 2009 11:14 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

That ending is nasty

18% on the last gravel section, then a 14% climb in the final k. And surprisingly Cav was up there with the frontrunners right until the 18% bit, not at all what I was expecting. Benna hung on even longer, but the finish killed him off. Cervelo yet again put on a good show, with Dan Lloyd in 9th, plus two others in the top twenty. I think that Hammond was one of them.

by Monty. on Mar 7, 2009 11:24 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

the last 10km that i saw

many times Benna was at front leading the group!!

by semprenaroda on Mar 7, 2009 11:28 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I was sure

that when there was a little leading group of Benna, Visconti, Schleck and Hesjedal that they would be pretty certain to stay away. Or at least not be caught so soon.

by Monty. on Mar 7, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Killer

Fab win for Lökvist. So dig that kid. Awesome!

by gavia on Mar 7, 2009 11:46 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

He's doing the Giro right?

dark horse for the win if he is.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

well there's that thing with the high mountains......

or the three weeks or whatever. But today I do.not.care.

by Jens on Mar 7, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

ja

He hasn’t been overly successful at that yet.

But this was a very nice ride for sure!

by gavia on Mar 7, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Well he will have to eventually step up to that next level

but yes, winning is probably over reacting on my part, maybe the young rider jersey..if he’s still eligible for it.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey--anybody know what's up with Ciolek?

VeloNews says he didn’t take the start today.

Ballan didn’t either, but I read somewhere he had a temperature of 38 (bad enough if that’s Celsius, but if it’s Fahrenheit he’s been dead for a couple of days).

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 12:28 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Ballan had a nasty fever, yes

and wasn’t expected to start. Odd about Ciolek, Milram doesn’t say anything, nor the German press. I wonder if the VN report is correct.

by gavia on Mar 7, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

CN resports Ciolek didn't start as well

I hope he is just not taking any chances before T-A, maybe he’s sick as well. He wasn’t injured before so unless something happened in training, injury shouldn’t be the problem.

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Video here

Ultimo chilometro

Did your favourite rider just win Montepaschi Strade Bianch Eroica Toscana? OK then.

by Jens on Mar 7, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Beautiful finish there

They so know how to throw a bike race there in Italy. Lökvist looked fabulous, such smooth style. Bulba and Cassani approved.

by gavia on Mar 7, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah they were loving his style

anche stilistichamente molto bello da vedere questo Lovkvist

I also like the 5 foreigners for the 5 top spots, netto dominio strangero

by plinytheelder on Mar 7, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

wow. who do i need to send a check to

to get live video of this race next year. That final kilometer looked soul crushingly hard.

by PopUp Rolen on Mar 7, 2009 2:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah, the first Leenooos Gerrrrrrdemann call of the year

hopefully many more to come

I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff

by Phil H. on Mar 7, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Those Italians

certainly don’t like to waste a good R. And vowels are something to be savored individually, not lumped together in endless strings like the Dutch and Flemish would have them. Nice to find a country with a clearly-defined linguistic philosophy.

He has no charisma--Thomas Dekker, on Cadel Evans

by majope on Mar 7, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

and my personal favourite

rrrrraaaaaaaaaaiiiiderrrrrr essschedall

Did your favourite rider just win Montepaschi Strade Bianch Eroica Toscana? OK then.

by Jens on Mar 7, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

+2

Very funny guys!

And thanks SO much for the link!

by racerboy on Mar 8, 2009 4:23 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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