Team Columbia's Centenary Giro Lineup
by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 7:12 PM EDT
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PrintOur own Tifosa, on assignment again to the Giro d'Italia, got a sneak preview of the Columbia-High Road Giro squadra when they sent around the invite to the pre-race pizza party. I am assuming that the nine riders she's invited to shmooze with will all make the start the next morning: 
- Michael Barry
- Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Mark Cavendish
- Thomas Lovkvist
- Marco Pinotti
- Morris Possoni
- Mark Renshaw
- Michael Rogers
- Kanstantin Suitsou
Girbecco says... "Stage wins! And maybe a stealth GC challenge..."
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If Cav Is Riding The Tour
Do you think he will finish the Giro? Kinda like last years tour trying to prepare for the Olympics? It seems like it would be awfully tough on Cav if he tried to finish both the Tour and the Giro, because we know he is going after the green jersey in the Tour.
IIRC
He probably won’t finish the Giro but will attempt to finish the Tour and go for the green jersey. I believe he has spoken about this, but my memory sucks.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
You are right though
He’s said he’s only riding the Giro thru stage 9 or 10 (which one is the Milano Crit?).
Frankly it will be interesting to see who wins the Points at the Giro.
Do you even have to ask?....Lance is looking oh so strong from his twit-pics
So he should be up for every jersey…
by Vlaanderen90 on Apr 21, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh oh
Don’t make Dan post Elpmo…
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh didn't see that in the earlier post, nice one, Dan
Dan and Elmo have stolen my idea and conspired against me.
I think
Dan can donate this one to you. Your concept.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I will give them a stealthy chance at the Giro GC
IF Lovkvist or Rogers are serious and the team rallies around them. They should do well in the TTT which does help in the long run.
I'd give Sivtsov a reasonable chance too
he might sneak ahead the way he nipped in and won the Tour of Cali last year.
Georgia
Hey, I have Sivtsov on both my VDS teams, so I like the tune you’re singing.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Right continent
that’s got to count for something. It explains why I do so badly in the quizzes, for sure.
I am kinda late on this thread (been busy with a sick child) but
I have Sivtsov so don’t get too excited. All my riders keep getting injured (Cancellara, Bennatti, F Schleck….) and I have determined I am bad luck.
by ZoeRochelle on Apr 22, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Ok.. Think you just made a mistake..
Podiumcafe vs sick child?! I know which one is more fun!
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
Hmm... That wasn't a nice post when you don't know how bad it is.. Sorry...
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
Ok Thank God!
Hope she’s better soon
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
was 20th in the Tour or somethin but maybe it's just warming up for the Tour for him
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
I tried to wait
honestly I did.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
If you pop one of these out...
for each team, every couple of days, you’ll barely have time to finish. No time to wait!
"I get paid to hurt other people. How good is that? How good is that?
I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, that's good." Jens!
wtf?
a box of Spanish doubloons?
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I was going to make another one
but I couldn’t make my way past all the fertility charts and the like. It’s not a male friendly site.
Girbecco the Transvestite Elk...
… looks like it snuck into the post from the lower right and is now just staring at me. Why Girbecco? Why?
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
What's the problem?
You don’t think actual goats are any less creepy, do you?
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by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 21, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Goats... too... creep me the fuck out.
but a goat in a maglia rosa with green, red and white socks on it’s horns… with that glint in it’s eye and the shining cheeks…
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Dude, you're missing the signals...
he just wants you.
by ManBicycleThing on Apr 21, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
No... that's the problem... I'm NOT missing the signals...
… the signals are all too clear.
Dear Freak Italian Transvestite Goat,
I respect your life style choice but I don’t roll that way. Sorry.
I’m keeping my eye on you.
Sincerely,
CrashDan
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
So Dan, just to be clear
are you saying that you prefer your goats to be straight? Or not Italian? Or both?
More Muur...
I prefer my goats only one way...
Cabrito Asado con una Quilmes.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Those pictures
made me remember this failblog entry
"I get paid to hurt other people. How good is that? How good is that?
I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, that's good." Jens!
Goats have pecs
Who knew.
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 22, 2009 2:57 AM EDT up reply actions
sheep go to heaven...
…goats go to hell. I think that sums it up pretty well. Oh, and isn’t the devil often portrayed as a goat? I rest my case.
He has a certain Anime look to him
And Anime is creepy. Kind of like how those old Speed Racer cartoons were creepy. Something about the eyes…
More Muur...
Sometimes... that Girbecco he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes.
And, you know, the thing about Girbecco… he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin’… until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then… you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Yep, that´s no ordinary mako-goat
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
That doesn't mean we have to serve them up as smörgåsbord!
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Who wins...
… in a fight between Il Girbecco and El Chupacabra?
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Scooby-Doo
that’s who wins. I know, I’ve seen the episode.
The American developer’s behind the chupacabra monster, and Claudio Chiapucci is Girbecco.
Right, but only because he was sick
and because he loved her so much that he couldn’t risk getting her sick and jeopardizing her season. Now she is gone and clearly Dan is heartbroken. Sure, he hides it well behind all the foolishness and fun and games, but do you really think that someone with an intact heart could produce that photochopped Elmo-strong monstrosity? That right there is a cry for help…
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Michael Barry
Good to see Michael in the Giro. He is always a class act, and I really wanted US Postal to get him on their TDF teams. He always did yeoman work for them at the Vuelta.
I had the privilege of meeting him at a book signing here in Durango a few years ago, Very gracious and humble, and a terrific writer to boot !
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