Tour Only VDS: 27 Hours To Go

by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 2, 2009 12:16 PM EDT in FSA Directeur Sportif

Tourbecco_eye_medium Just a reminder. Of what, you ask? Go here and ye shall be enlightened.

Reminder: Use the tourbecco@yahoo.com address for submissions. Not the usual PdC[at]Yahoo.

Also, there are some last minute substitutions afoot, like Dan Martin's withdrawal for an injury (Martijn Maaskant, anyone?). And of course the Boonen/Davis saga hangs in the balance.

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The DC Field Office

is waiting for beer to arrive before making selections (holiday weekend starts in a few hours). There may well be a live team presentation involved. Still working on the rights.

by Sui Juris on Jul 2, 2009 12:26 PM EDT reply actions

Yes!

Megabeth’s Man Meat Menagerie Electric Boogaloo VDS team will be formed tonight. Live! Right here on this here site! Stay tuned, everyone!

by Megabeth on Jul 2, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions

What's with DiGregorio?

He was announced for le Tour, but I can’t find him on any of the starting lists…

Ô col Bayard, Ô Tourmalet, à côté du Galibier, vous êtes de la pale et vulgaire bibine !

by ton_oncle on Jul 2, 2009 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

cyclingfever's seems highly accurate to me...

by Ed K on Jul 2, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

He was never announced for the Tour

He was one of two -Joly being the other-who their team decided on after the national Championships. They picked Joly and DiGregorio is staying home.

by ursula on Jul 2, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks

I guess I just thought he was a lock for le Tour because he’s on my year-long VDS and because he was supposed to compete for the KOM…

Ô col Bayard, Ô Tourmalet, à côté du Galibier, vous êtes de la pale et vulgaire bibine !

by ton_oncle on Jul 2, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions

i just sent my team

Leader: Kreuziger, Sastre!!

i felt the temptation to choose Cav…shame on you!!

by semprenaroda on Jul 2, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions

I've gone sprinter light

on team Rapha Contador….leader, er, Contador.

Adrenalina Italiana!

by Albertina on Jul 2, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions

no Rui Costa?

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
Roll on Columbia, Roll on!

by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 2, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

no...:(

by semprenaroda on Jul 2, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

The Creepy Horned Cartoon Donkeys

Have been submitted.

Go Carlos!

"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!

by jsallee00 on Jul 2, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions

Only went with a cheap sprinter

Definitely GC heavy as that is where the points are. Take a shot at getting the winner plus a podium guy and go with a cheap sprinter, i.e. Farrar, who will get some points for high stage finishes and potentially a stage win.

by ncmussell on Jul 2, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions

Team Bikery

Pulling for Bert, Evans and Andy. Hoping Wiggo or Grabsch can win the opening TT and hold the jersey for like 6 or 7 stages.

by ncmussell on Jul 2, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Team Aprés nous le dèluge

Passed the line within the time cut too. Half of my team is French so this really can’t go wrong.

"Where there’s a will, there’s a way.": Alberto Contador, shortly after waking up from brain surgery.

by Lopex on Jul 2, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

Got a pretty solid team

Should be able to take the lead after Stage One, as I did after the Prologue 2 years ago, and hopefully keep a solid lead/standing for most of the Tour. Picked a cheap sprinter who should do fairly well, a few middling/potential contender GC guys, and a few stage hunters, along with a metric fuckton of good time trialists (stage 1 and stage 4 are hopefully going to catapult my team up to the top, which is my goal).

by BDBrian on Jul 2, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions