I just don't know what to think of this

by ursula on Jul 1, 2009 6:10 PM EDT

According to The Accountant's website, Ricardo Ricco is about to have a baby boy. No, that's not the weird part, reading about that on Bert's site. The weird part is that Roicco is naming the kid after Bert. Alberto Ricco.

in honor of his “great rival and friend, Contador.”

Words. I have no words for this. Images of waving a banana do come to mind though.

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"friend?" seriously...

"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 Jul 1, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions

Alberto Ricco?

Bwahahaha!

I wonder if Ricco has any friends in the peloton, highly doubt Contador would be one….
The banana incident was priceless!

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 1, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions

I remember Saunier D riders saying his only friend was Piepoli and look how that ended

Perhaps he hates his baby, since he seemed to hate Alberto?

"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.

by Helsy33 on Jul 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Hate his own child?

Even for Ricco, I think that would be impossible, or then he is not human.

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 1, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I've seen him talk about his girlfriend

and affectionate wouldn’t describe it. Even though she was sitting beside him at the time.

by Monty. on Jul 1, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah didn't he say something about "i did what i had to" regarding sleeping with her during the Tour?

Romantic.

"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.

by Helsy33 on Jul 1, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes. I'm sure that made her swoon good and proper.

Adrenalina Italiana!

by Albertina on Jul 2, 2009 7:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Sadly she's a pretty good bike rider herself

so we could see an awful lot more of little Alberto in the future. Is attitude determined genetically?

by Monty. on Jul 2, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes she is...Italian cross champ and all that.

But Ricco apparently prefers her to stay at home. Makes me think of Mahler preventing his darling Alma from composing….

Adrenalina Italiana!

by Albertina on Jul 2, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

No, no, no

You can’t compare Ricco with Mahler! Thelma and Louise on the other hand. Ricco’s girlfriend has got a shitty boyfriend who wants her to stay at home. But she want to ride the Giro Donne, and leaves Riccardo to do that. During the Giro she meets Benna (who left the Tour to fulfill his dream, becoming a podium girl… sorry, podium boy). It all ends well, they drive off a… takes a swim in the Fontana di Trevi, while everyone forgets that the shitty boyfriend ever existed.

Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.

by TheFigurehead on Jul 3, 2009 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions

lol, very nice!

Of course, Mahler and Ricco are in no way alike, apart from both being quite small and weedy….

Adrenalina Italiana!

by Albertina on Jul 3, 2009 4:34 AM EDT up reply actions

i think his inhumane tendencies

were established a while back no?

by Ben Shave on Jul 1, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Helsy put this on Twitter a couple of days ago...but the humour will never grow old!

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

Adrenalina Italiana!

by Albertina on Jul 1, 2009 6:43 PM EDT reply actions

Okay here's a thought

I for one would love Ricco to come back strong just to read his thoughts.

by ursula on Jul 1, 2009 6:46 PM EDT reply actions

That's not actually Bert's official website, it's his fan's site

but still credible. The quote is great, talk about trying to suck up to Bert. Yeah of course when you were doped and in top form and bitching that you were losing to an off-form Bert at last year’s Giro you were surely just kidding with your good buddy huh cobra? Him naming his kid after him? That’s just plain freaky.

by Phil H. on Jul 1, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions

Oh and he isn't a rival

he’s on a 3rd flight team while Bert is preparing to go for the win at Le Tour, have fun racing the Giro Trentino Ricco.

by Phil H. on Jul 1, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep, even when he was doped up and Bert was fresh off the beach and suffering he still couldn't beat him

so he was hardly a “rival” so now he’s on a team that never enters the same races, he’s merely some dude that’s creepy enough to name his kid after him

"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.

by Helsy33 on Jul 1, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions