It's here! Paris-Roubaix: Live Coverage (1st thread)
by Mr Van P on Apr 12, 2009 7:18 AM EDT
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Good morning all. The day of my favorite race of the year is finally here. Brew up some coffee, find your most suitable webcast and enjoy.
Happy Easter too.
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Thanks Mr Van P
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And while we wait
Maybe someone can make sense of what is happening to Laurent Fignon’s hair:
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 7:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha. Think that started in the TdF he lost to LeMond....
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's trying to become more aero
Still looking for ways to find that eight seconds.
"....Up Sestriere on a rental clunker in jeans and loafers? Brother, lemme buy you a beer."
by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the little stripe that puzzles me
and the way it has been so carefully trimmed.
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If were on a different part of the anatomy, one might call something of a landing strip....
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At first I thought that was Phil Collins
"....Up Sestriere on a rental clunker in jeans and loafers? Brother, lemme buy you a beer."
by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sing wit meh now evehbawdeh:
“….because toNITE, toNITE, toNI-ITE….oh oooooooooooohhhhhhh”
"....Up Sestriere on a rental clunker in jeans and loafers? Brother, lemme buy you a beer."
by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can fell it coming the air tonight 'night 'night 'night
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
feel
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Fell it" may be approriate for today though
if the cobbles are wet!
"....Up Sestriere on a rental clunker in jeans and loafers? Brother, lemme buy you a beer."
by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL!
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maggy & Martin doing the TACX challenge on CTV. Maggy's wattage is unreal
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and i dont think he was even going full out!!
by rebeccactv on Apr 12, 2009 7:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's scary
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's up with the head on the coffee table?
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the guest head from the Interbike Media Center
We somehow acquired a head, and proceded to make everybody who entered the media center sign it. There’s some pretty famous names on there!
Taking a polystyrene head in my hand luggage caused me all sorts of problems when it went through the x-ray machines in the airport…
by CTV-ROLD on Apr 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"No worries, officer - it's just a head. I take it with me on all my journeys."
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"But officer, have you a wig I can borrow? I'll bring it back on my next pass through the airport."
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
CN now says it's Maarten Wynants, not Wouter Weylandt in escape group.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 7:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So it only took them an hour to get that wrong twice.
The’re drinkin’ again.
"....Up Sestriere on a rental clunker in jeans and loafers? Brother, lemme buy you a beer."
by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I will be shortly.
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why wait?
Begin.
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by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Waiting for the video to come on
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peloton should've navigated the 1st cobbles by now
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good morning, all.
The first cobbles: #27 Troivilles, 2.2k, 3 stars, with 98k to go.
(In case anyone wanted to know. I’ve got my trusty list of cobbled sections at hand :-))
by Ruthann on Apr 12, 2009 7:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mornin'. Did you bring the beer?
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Many religions use wine in their services; we use beer in the religion of cycling, right?
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew there was a reason I love cycling ^^
Thau shall not have other goods than cycling, beer, food, candy,..
by OctaBech on Apr 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'd better start without me, I'm afraid; I'm meeting my in-laws for brunch
after the race and have to drive! I’m with you in spirit, though! I could hardly sleep last night, I am so excited…
by Ruthann on Apr 12, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn't sleep either and was bummed that CN wasn't on at 4 am like they'd said they'd be.
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morning all. Enjoying Maggie talking about his win on CTV.
by ZoeRochelle on Apr 12, 2009 7:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sweet, huh?
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Current lead 2'55
and (for it wouldn’t be France otherwise) the peloton was briefly stopped at the start of the day by a demonstration in front of the Continental factory. All settled in good humour, no badger required.
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 7:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder how long they've had that tradition
A Sunday in Hell shows two demonstrations, and that’s 1976.
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They've had those demonstrations ever since people forgot...
…that the actual demand for what they make drives how many they make of it!
"....Up Sestriere on a rental clunker in jeans and loafers? Brother, lemme buy you a beer."
by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morning all.
I’m logging into ctv (or trying, at least) and watching “today at the Masters” on tv. But I was mislead! I don’t see any evidence that they’re going to golf in the mud and over some cobblestones while the crowds rush right up to them screaming.
by Katiek on Apr 12, 2009 7:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
morning
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Elmiger and Cedric Pineau crashed on the first pave
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 7:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Elmiger! Oh, no. Did he continue, I hope?
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I think so
watch for the ripped shorts
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Valverde wins Klasika Primavera
13:28 Victoria de Valverde
by FrankV on Apr 12, 2009 7:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
there was a group of twelve ahead
13:20 Nibali es cazado por un grupo de 11 corrredores con J. rodriguRz, Valverde, Herrada, Verdugo, Egoi Martínez, Astarloza, Vicioso, F. Schleck, Blanco, Mosquera, Cunego
by FrankV on Apr 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the top-20
TOP 20:
1º Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) 4.04:58
2º Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
3º Jose Herrada (Contentpolis AMPO) m.t.
4º Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
5º Vincenzo Nibali (ILiquigas) m.t.
6º Damiano Cunego (lampre) m.t.
7º David Blanco (Palmeiras) m.t.
8º Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
9º Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) m.t.
10º Angel Vicioso (Andalucía CajaSur) m.t.
11. Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank) a 11
12. Joaquín Rodríguez (Caisse d’Epargne) a 32
13. Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a 39
14. Jonathan Castroviejo (Orbea) m.t.
15. Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank) m.t.
16. Julián Sánchez (Contentpolis) m.t.
17. Antonio Piedra (Andalucía) m.t.
18. Iván Velasco (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
19. Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
20. Marcos García (Xacobeo) a 41
by FrankV on Apr 12, 2009 7:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
urgh
need cawfeey
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by Koppenberg on Apr 12, 2009 7:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can pour you a cup - but you'll need a long straw
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously you're not very religious
or you’d be drinking beer – at least I think that’s what I learned upthread.
by Katiek on Apr 12, 2009 7:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got 2 Blue Moon Winter ales in the fridge for the last 100K ;-)
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
alright, alright, alright!
Let’s get this thing going.
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
+ infinity x infinity squared
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Martin - please don't compare a holy bike race with going to Graceland.
It’s like comparing Belgian beer with horse pee.
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
zlol. I thought something similar. Garceland is so.... old.
by ZoeRochelle on Apr 12, 2009 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And was trash even when it was new
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Elvis could never have happened from a gated community.
"....Up Sestriere on a rental clunker in jeans and loafers? Brother, lemme buy you a beer."
by Rolls on Apr 12, 2009 7:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Guess I'm not a real man, but if drinking horse pee is a prerequisite, I'm happy being a fake man!
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wouldn't that be budweiser?
I know that is why they have so many clydesdales…..so many bottles to fill.
by bbnaz on Apr 12, 2009 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good Morning all!
Is there a bike race today?
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 7:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, Circuit de Ardennes
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 12, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No - go back to bed
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cloudy, not too windy, if I understand correctly
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweeet
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Less than 1 minute to go to live feed!
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
steph will definitely love today's commercial at ctv
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never look at your avatar without laughing E
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn't really need that visual
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A moment of silence as we await the live feed, please
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
great shot of the chain
bouncing around like mad as they ride the cobbles
by yeehoo on Apr 12, 2009 7:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ctv is live for me
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And there was video streaming from the Internet
and the lord saw that it was good
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by Koppenberg on Apr 12, 2009 7:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Shit - he's missing half his left ass
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
gawdammit
I’m going to wake up the house laughing!
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by Koppenberg on Apr 12, 2009 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HWG!
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 7:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cool - Cozza is in the front group. Slipstream won't have to chase
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
CN says Garmin's trying to destress the team a bit, that they'll be happy w/ a top 10 and MM coming back to win in the future
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if it works he will win. no pressure.
by ZoeRochelle on Apr 12, 2009 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, good psychology if it works.
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like father, not like son
Little Duclos-Lasselle has abandoned
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 7:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
morning all
yea!!,,,.I see bikes on ctv!!
by steph- on Apr 12, 2009 7:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and basso, eh?
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oohhhh the cannondale commercial
dang….that man is simply beautiful (smile)
by steph- on Apr 12, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i figured you'd just keep rereshing so you could see him again and again
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
btw, av won today
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
zThe Danish comentators says that the weather is as gentle as it can be
There was rain during night so there’s no dust and it’s so warm that the cobblestones aren’t slippery. :( for us splatter house fans and ;D for the riders.
by OctaBech on Apr 12, 2009 7:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What a shot
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gotta be embarassing to just fall over
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah! paris-Roubaix!
okay got that out of my system
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 7:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
loved that photo of the norcal cobbles yesterday
by bbnaz on Apr 12, 2009 7:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks, it's a fun race ina beautiful spot
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 7:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Linky to your website? Was looking for photos of that race.
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
podiuminsight.com
photos will be up today…
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thx
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why was it pouring (here) yesterday, and all nice and
sunny today? Very inefficient allocation of possibilities.
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 7:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Indeed
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That just had to be Alexandre Blain at the front
I love the way his hair comes out of all the vents in his helmet
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 7:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The break has pretty much all the big teams represented
Though I didn’t hear anyone from Silence……..
\o/ !
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
you seem suprised...
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's early still
Silence Lotto has all day to miss key breaks…
by Mr Van P on Apr 12, 2009 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and chase
as they are doing now… dummies.
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not surprised - just wanted others to confirm what I thought I so
Such a gimme
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't get it
The announcers aren’t speaking Basque! They’re speaking… I’ll get it in a sec… um… Engleeesch…. Anglooosh.. some obscure language. Anyopne know if any translators?
by ursula on Apr 12, 2009 7:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
excellent
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi all
Watching it on Belgian television. It is the first time actually and it is nice.
by Lopex on Apr 12, 2009 7:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They're having a long day so far (some of them anyway)
"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 Apr 12, 2009 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep, louder has a flat I think
still the boys were amped by this
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, as they should be :-)
But it’s a whole other animal to ride it, eh? This will be the highlight of their cycling lives for some of them.
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep amazing and they only found out 2 weeks after ToC - wow
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oooh - that's not much time to get mentally prepared.
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the Tour de Suisse
thing is a little interesting, eh?
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any livestreaming
that woks in the states?
by Mr Van P on Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
check out steephill.tv. Lots of links there
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
check
http://www.coolstreaming.us/channelmaxi/49511.html
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by Koppenberg on Apr 12, 2009 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good Garmin rep near the front
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Popo at the back of the peloton with a teammate, after a puncture.
He’s got a looo-oong way to go to get back to the front.
Next sector#22, Capelle sur Ecaillon, 1.7k, 3 stars.
by Ruthann on Apr 12, 2009 7:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
gave his tire to someone else, I would have done the same
I wouldn’t even participate in the race to begin with
by OctaBech on Apr 12, 2009 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He doesn't have much ass to begin with,
and he’s left 30% of it on french roads.
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Knaven
A former winner in the break. This should be huge. But I’m afraid it isn’t…
by Lopex on Apr 12, 2009 7:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Whew. Caught up reading and
was back from next door to catch some good chatting by Maggy.
Good Morning All!
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hola, Nikki!
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strong coffee is the word of the morning. :-)
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Switch to beer in 2 hours
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can do that. Naps this afternoon for sure!
Good to have you back! Hope all the walks went well!
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very, thank you
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
negative
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet, thanks.
Time to brush up on my French..
by Mr Van P on Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The NL one
feed has much better quality video, but you’d have to brush up on your Dutch
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by Koppenberg on Apr 12, 2009 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Needs many refreshes, Google Chrome, and a computer with good video.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's got
bottlefingers
Brooklyn Chewing Gum: Vlaanderens Mooiste
by Koppenberg on Apr 12, 2009 8:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Someone offered a long straw earlier. No coffee here, but do have beer
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Drew will share but you must supply your own straw.
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good Morning Chica!
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ditto. mucho coffee please
two mornings at 4am… ouch
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
never mind the salute, where's the coffee?
:)
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, so how many straws do I need to supply?
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OFFS, now you want colors?
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
such a girlie :)
oohhh can I have a twisty straw?
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fine.......
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wrong race
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Riders in the break, from ES
Kasper Klostergaard (Saxo), Angelo Furlan (Credit Agricole), Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step), Steven Cozza (Garmin), Greg Henderson (Columbia), Yoann Offredo and Wesley Sulzberger (Francaise des Jeux), Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), Servais Knaven (Milram), Steve Chainel (Bouygues) and Andreas Klier (Cervelo)
by Ruthann on Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Back to being Weylandt again? Wish they'd make up their minds...
First it’s Devolder, then Weylandt, then Wynants, now Weylandt again…do Belgians look that much alike?
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The giants explained (sort of)
apparently there are 157 giant figures by the side of the road today.
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 8:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
always good to see American fans out there.
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're over your head Donny
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phone's ringing dude...
(Donny’s voice is my ringtone)
Brooklyn Chewing Gum: Vlaanderens Mooiste
by Koppenberg on Apr 12, 2009 8:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't use the word 'Hero' much, but
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark it eight.
(M. was studying up, last night, with another showing.)
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark it fucking zero, Smokey
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you keeping an eye out for PopUp?
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wiggo on the front
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hello all!
Will be watching on TV away from the computer today. Have fun. Thanks a lot Drew , I’m now humming I"I left my heart in SF" with the words changed to “I left my ass, in Paris-Roubaix”
by Jens on Apr 12, 2009 8:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My pleasure :-)
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sector 22
for the peloton. 128 K to go?
More Muur...
by Jimbo... on Apr 12, 2009 8:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No sign of Chris yet?
Sleeping in today..
by Mr Van P on Apr 12, 2009 8:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe he crashed out early?
Mechanical?
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AFLD has suspended him for refusing to pee in the face of a drug tester
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
kidding right? sleeping today?
that would be blasphemous
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My mother even
kindly delayed Easter dinner an hour so I wouldn’t miss the end of the race :) (unless they ride realllllyyyyy slooowwwlly)
by Katiek on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here
just booting up. Internal alarm went off five minutes before the iPhone did.
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris... on Apr 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
totally missed the Maaskant crash, dude.
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no I didn't
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by Chris... on Apr 12, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
GM sir
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
;}
coo
feee
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris... on Apr 12, 2009 8:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thought it was cof.. eee
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sir?
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
good morning', all
george still on his bike??
by cg. on Apr 12, 2009 8:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cruel
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
just checking!
he is my pick for the day. :)
by cg. on Apr 12, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope he wins
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trivia note
this is Servais Knaven’s 15th P-R, and he’s finished the previous 14. He just need one more to catch up with thw all-time owner of the sorest ass, Belgian Raymond Impanis who also one one in 1954
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice trivia
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hincapie said he's done 14. Of course, he hasn't finished them all.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All shamelessly stolen
from the French announcers.
by Monty. on Apr 12, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK
who’s got the chardonnay ready?
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris... on Apr 12, 2009 8:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh, more Belgian beer
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dunno. But Jimbo's got the white zinfandel
probably some rose somewhere in there, too.
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I must break you
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
tough crowd
What have I done to encourage this?
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris... on Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Showing up late and pimping for white wine
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evening all!
Oooh… live streamage while I wait for the race coverage to start on the telly! But I left the speakers in the study :-(. Let’s see how long before I get off my arse and get the damn speakers, LOL… SBS with likely spend an eternity blathering on about why Cadel and Robbie aren’t riding, before they cut to the race – think I’m gonna need some sound with the live stream…
by Lou... on Apr 12, 2009 8:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it's showing pre-race stuff now
hopefully won’t be too long!
by rbjhan on Apr 12, 2009 8:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last year they blithered at length
I was tearing my hair out as the race was hitting Wallers and still no footage. Came through juuust in time for Arenberg. Oooh, we have Dave now!
by Lou... on Apr 12, 2009 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope someone tell them the race is on now
and shut the fxxx up
by rbjhan on Apr 12, 2009 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Told ya :-(
It get’s worse… they’ll be giving us ‘Bike Racing 101’…
by Lou... on Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pre race interview
HH says he’s not in top form. But you’ll never know.
There is a head wind today that makes it a nice course for followers. Could be a win à la Guesdon in these circumstances.
by Lopex on Apr 12, 2009 8:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Little cows are pretty cute - I kind of regret eating them
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If God didn't want us to eat animals
he wouldn’t have made them out of meat.
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO - and I eat vegan!
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OTOH, if he'd wanted us to eat meat, he wouldn't have made meat so bad for us....
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
now, now...
grass fed’s not bad…
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And so environmentally inefficient....
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And so icky to kill and prep
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's why I buy it in the store.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I immediately feel better - thanks
Wait – there’s a god?
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd say you're making baby Jesus cry, but
I understand he’s dealing with some other hangups today.
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
What a pun....
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
a fun thing to say when a child asks you “what makes it rain?” is to say “It’s god crying.” And I think another fun thing to say when they say “Why is god crying?” is to say “It’s probably because of something you’ve done.”
Jack Handy
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I nominate you to make god cry today.
I’m seeing shadows on the road—what’s up with that?
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ROTF!
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by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I usually save my weather appeals to the gods for when I'm racing
I can’t waste any on these guys today :-(
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
a few days late
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you needed to use that on friday...
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There a lots of them
you can google it
More Muur...
by Jimbo... on Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i've got streaming from somewhere...
is there free commentary in english anywhere?
by cg. on Apr 12, 2009 8:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Cozza
local boy makes good…
More Muur...
by Jimbo... on Apr 12, 2009 8:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't realize he was only 24 as well
Bodes well for the future
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep and a nice guy to boot
will talk to just about anybody :)
by lyne on Apr 12, 2009 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very much so! Yeah Steven!!!
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morning Girl!
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where's Giant Brewer? He's gotta be around somewhere
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's out behind the giant haystack
with giant milk maid
More Muur...
by Jimbo... on Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow - are they showing it on the giant tv screen?
"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 Apr 12, 2009 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
french announcers
saying chavanel needs to stop doing so much work as a domestique. There are others for that, he needs to think of himself as someone who has a chance of winning
by yeehoo on Apr 12, 2009 8:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't they understand the term, "team bitch"?
by ursula on Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I love you.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 12, 2009 8:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my alarm goes off, my wife asks me are you working today?
I quietly start singing the Jorgen Leth Paris-Roubaix choir song (really I did), she is like, not impressed, she goes back to sleep.
GOOD MORNING !
by peterfish on Apr 12, 2009 8:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is Thor riding today?
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
by ELVISGOAT on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As far as we know...
hasn’t crashed out yet has he? (Coffee’s brewing)
by Ed K on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where is CrashDan!?!?!?!?!?
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
by nikki on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I am with you Nikki....
where is my hero crashdan?
by steph- on Apr 12, 2009 8:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
g’morning, slept in, have live feed, thanks you guys with the links, must get coffee and omelet going now
by sminer on Apr 12, 2009 8:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
something that not *too* many of us have
really thought about before, I’m thinking.
by Sui Juris on Apr 12, 2009 8:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
\o/ team on the front. Imitating Rabo tactics today?
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Apr 12, 2009 8:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
justs showed a closeup of cobbles - NASTY!
and this is just a 3 star section !
by peterfish on Apr 12, 2009 8:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PLEASE SWITCH TO SECOND LIVE THREAD
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris... on Apr 12, 2009 8:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PLEASE SWITCH TO SECOND LIVE THREAD
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris... on Apr 12, 2009 8:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
major bunny hopping going on at right side of cobbles
I tried that in 1983 while training for amateur P-Roubaix with 3 team-mates, two in front of me bunny-hopped over a giant hole, I hopped, and caved in my rear wheel on far side of hole !
by peterfish on Apr 12, 2009 8:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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