Tour Only VDS: 15 MINUTES TO GO
by Sui Juris on Jul 3, 2009 2:43 PM EDT
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Tour Only VDS teams are due by NOON PACIFIC TIME. Go here for the competition details. Please be kind to the folks running this thing and follow the directions for submission.
Reminder: Use the tourbecco@yahoo.com address for submissions. Not the usual PdC[at]Yahoo.
Also, in case you were sleeping, Boonen's in, Davis is out. And Crashdan still won't place.
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I'm kicking everyones behind in the TdF VDS this year!
Go Skil-Shimano!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
I guess I overstepped my assumptions
If you say Contador isn’t a rider then what is he? A dessert topping?
A mythical water creature that lives in the depths of Lake Annecy I think
saw it on monsterquest on the history channel…
Will a provisional list of these VDS team names be posted within, say, three days?
I expect them to be amusing.
Mon coeur appartient à les forçats de la route.
Los Vampiros Tambien Sienten aka The Vampires Also Feel
Cadel Evans
Mark Cavendish
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Robert Gesink
Frank Schleck
Juan Mauricio Soler
Jens! Voigt
Sandy Casar
Kenny Van Hummel
Fumi Beppu
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
That's a good side you got there...
Bah....Cavendish?!
Man
Here I was thinking I was going to kick ass with Soler- only 2 points!
by LurkerMcLurkerson on Jul 4, 2009 4:44 AM EDT up reply actions
BahCavendish is as ready as we can be.....
Bah....Cavendish?!
Team Come Back, Sarah!
Tom Boonen
Carlos Sastre
Denis Menchov
Andy Schleck
Bernhardt Eisel
Mark Renshaw
Sandy Casar
Johan Van Summeren
Serguei Ivanov
Sergio Paulinho
I shiver at picking Cav...but I want to win dammit!!!!
Team Contador: Kicking Lance’s Ass Since 2009 goes as follow:
Alberto Contador
Cadel Evans
Mark Cavendish
David Moncoutie
Bert Grabsch
Christian Knees
Fabian Wegmann
Yuriy Trofimov
Nicholas Roche
David LeLay
The Bouncing Cats
Alberto Contador
Cadel Evans
Denis Menchov
Thor Hushovd
Bradley Wiggins
David Le Lay
Jerome Coppel
Angelo Furlan
Jonathan Hivert
Kenny Van Hummel
I’ll have three from the top and lots of one-pointers please Carol.
The Tourettes
Alberto Contador
Cadel Evans
Thomas Dekker!!
Mark Cavendish
Riccardo Ricco!!
Thor Hushovd
Sylvain Calzati
Eufemiano Fuentes!!
Samuel Dumoulin
Christophe Moreau
Amets Txurruka
Raimondas Rumsas!!
Pierre Rolland
Jonathan Hivert
Lance!!
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Um, you know that there can be only 10 riders right?
And in my case, 9 since I for some unknown reason thought D Rollin was on Cervelo’s team…There goes my White Jersey!!! Ooopsies! Still not bad:
Cadel Evans
David Moncoutie
Andy Schleck
Roman Kreuziger
David Millar
Bradley Wiggins
Christophe Moreau
Dominique Rollin
Lance Armstrong
Tyler Farrar
I find it interesting how many teams so far did not pic Bert—30 points a little steep. Good move in Chris’ part as it will likely make for a better competition. I may regret it (or be ahsamed of it) but I can’t help thinking that LA will wind up in the top 10—of which I believe I have 4 on my team. And since I have absolutely zero Gar-man on my yearlong team I now have 3 on my Tour squad. I see stage hunting in their future…..
I still hope to be handing out asses at the door—maybe just smaller ones.
There's only Piepoli!! 10 riders on The Tourettes
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 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Well there you go.
Now you see the extent of my ability to focus. All those !!!!!!! just go me too excited to see through your cleverness.
Speaking of cleverness, we see to be the only ones so far to admit picking LA. Good? Bad? I dunno.
Uh Oh
Seeing all your teams makes me think I’ll never cut it as a DS…
Bah....Cavendish?!
+1
I can’t even remember who I picked…thought I’d go for the haphazard approach!
Adrenalina Italiana!
me too – I went for the “it’s quarter to noon, I think I’ll submit a vds team, these numbers seem to work” approach!
by plinytheelder on Jul 3, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Haphazard is more fun.
You don’t really care if your team does badly. And if you win, you can gloat at how little effort you put in.
Liver Invading Spleen
Alberto Contador
Mark Cavendish
Roman Kreuziger
Heinrich Haussler
David Moncoutie
David Millar
Roman Feillu
Rui Costa
Kenny Van Hummel
David De lay
Is there a medieval humor associated with the liver...
…or is the reference totally different?
Everyone else seems to have picked someone who can time trial.
I think having Roulston on my team was a token effort.
Andy Schleck
Robert Gesink
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
David Moncoutie
Chris Anker Sorensen
Mark Cavendish
Cyril Dessel
Kenny Van Hummel
Tyler Farrar
Hayden Roulston
Ah well. My team can climb, at least.
And sprint a bit.
Team Viva Le Rears
Andy Schleck
Frank Schleck
Heinrich Haussler
Mark Renshaw
Jens Voigt
Tom Boonen
Matty Lloyd
Roam Krueziger
Niki Terpstra
Filippo Pozzato
Now go forth boys and kick some Ass..
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
Roman Krueziger*
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
oops, just getting over being sick..
i’m starting the tour at 90%, but i’ll ride myself fit :-)
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
As I was told at school
It’s “fewer” if you can count the objects.
So let’s hope it’s not less rears. Could be pretty crowded in that team.
Ohh i don't know...
My head was hurting yesterday when it was being submitted..
So what should it be?? I’m sure chris would be happy to change name for me… LoL..only joking..
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
Thanks Chica
But i’m thinking it is too late.. so what’s done is done.
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
Equipe Biere Lao
Alberto Contador
Cadel Evans
Mark Cavendish
Tyler Farrar
Thomas Voeckler
Bert Grabsch
Cyril Dessel
Matt Lloyd
Peter Velits
Amael Moinard
Some for the GC, some for the sprints, some who can TT. This would be a disaster team in real life – too many chiefs. And the team sponsor’s product will go down might fine after a long day in the saddle.
Don’t know much about Moinard, but top 15 last year for 1 point – bargain!
Yeah, that is a bargain.
In a simiiar vein, I saw Oscar Pereiro was only 2 points. And he’s the Caisse team leader!
Didn’t pick him though…
AAAAGH!
I just opened up my file to post my team, and thanks to a save error I SENT THE WRONG TEAM! As in, I was switching out two guys, but must have forgotten to save after the second change so my team adds up to more than 100 points. Then I went to the movies and didn’t find out the error before the deadline…Chris? Mercy? Will you accept a fixed version?
I can't understand why people cheat--Mark Cavendish
“I can’t understand why people cheat” — Mark Cavendish
by plinytheelder on Jul 3, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, it went approximately the same time as my wrong one.
His is Team Ten Doctors—each rider shares the attributes of one of the incarnations of Doctor Who.
I can't understand why people cheat--Mark Cavendish
Whoever he is.
Peter Davison, on the other hand, says he approves.
Team Ten Doctors (bear in mind we were hampered by point values and start list so some fit much better than others, and that the descriptions of the Doctors are the kid’s interpretation):
First Doctor (grumpy, lovable, old): Jens! Voigt
Second Doctor (bumbling, subversive): Frank Schleck
Third Doctor (fashionable, tool of the Man): George Hincapie
Fourth Doctor (very eccentric): Dave Zabriskie
Fifth Doctor (young, but with experience): Heinrich Haussler
Sixth Doctor (cocky, brash): who else? Mark Cavendish
Seventh Doctor (enigmatic, manipulative) Lance Armstrong
Eighth Doctor (Byronic): Christophe Le Mevel (okay, we went from looks here—this is where he originally had “romantic and forgetful” but we ended up needing someone very cheap so he went with an alternate description)
9th Doctor (gritty, brooding): David Millar
10th Doctor (talks too much): Pippo Pozzato
I can't understand why people cheat--Mark Cavendish
I understand it's taking a bit of magic to make them all
appear in one place, soon. Don’t let the UCI catch you.
I would have thought that Hincapie
was more Una Stubbs than Worzel Gummidge.
Utterly fabulous!
We (me, gregm, and offspring) are as crazy about Doctor Who as we are about cycling. Now there needs to be a team of companions!
Love it! Love it! Love it!
Kirsten
Cool!
I’m still trying to get my son as interested in cycling as his parents are (hence the crossover Who/VDS team), but we all watch the Doctor (and even went to the Chicago TARDIS convention last fall). Yeah. Geeks. And proud of it.
I can't understand why people cheat--Mark Cavendish
ygm
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
sorry, this was suppose to be a response to sui juris
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
All Mod Cons
Andy Schleck
Cadel Evans
Carlos Sastre
Oscar Freire
Heinrich Haussler
Bradley Wiggins
Ryder Hesjedal
Carlos Barredo
Leonardo Duque
Mikhail Ignatiev
yep :-)
I figure even if Bert wins, I’ve got a good shot at getting three riders in the top five.
It’s quite a luxury having an average of ten points per rider to play with; you can really pick up a lot of top guys.
by Susie Hartigan on Jul 3, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Rapha Contador
Contador
Leipheimer
Frank Schleck
Moncoutie
Egoi Martinez
Nocentini
Dessel
Astarloza
Barredo
Pozzato
I took the 30 point Bert plunge….
Adrenalina Italiana!
I keep looking and looking at that roster...
and I just don’t see
anywhere. What have you done with the real Albertina????
I can't understand why people cheat--Mark Cavendish
I decided that sprinters don't pay their way, unless they're Cav, and he was too pricey.
So no room for his perfect complexion. Though he would look pretty mean in the pink and black team kit I have ordered for them. Better than he does with bubbles on his sleeve.
Adrenalina Italiana!
I had Benna on twice
But just couldn’t keep him.. For once his rear lost out.. Not sure what is happening with me..
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
Team Astanot
Now with 100 percent more Boonen (sorry Cav, but this is my “I’ll be happy if they win” team, and you’ve been a punk of late)
Tom Boonen
Andy Schleck
Kim Kirchen
Tony Martin
Sylvain Chavanel
Filippo Pozzato
Nicholas Roche
Thomas Voeckler
Chris Anker Sorensen
Bradley Wiggins
Ah, technically you should pick people you hate
at least then you have some points-based consolation when they win.
That's my yearlong team...
…sorta. But I don’t have to be too upset if the favorites win this thing.
team also ran
contador
cancellara
armstrong
koldo fernandez
casar
grabsch
haussler
farrar
rui costa
ivanov
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Speaking of make believe
I’m watching “Ride the Dream”, which tracks that contest from a few years ago in which a couple of contest winners were flown around and trained to ride a Tour stage (can’t recall which). One of them is a bit overweight. Watching him deal with talking to Bruyneel, riding with TD, GH, and LL? Cringe inducing in that there’s nothing he can do quick enough.
I think that is with discovery, discovery channel competition
I’m a friend with the other guy on facebook.. Actually the guy was given a bike and lot’s of team gear, and lost all of it in a house fire a year or so ago.. He was devstated..
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
The greater the risk taken then the greater the opportunity to gloat...if successful.
Basically, I have (heartlessly) shunned Contador.
Könungs Skuggsjá Kajugü
Menchov
Cancellara
Gesink
Farrar
Pozzato
Voigt
Martinez
Clement
Eisel
Hutarovich
Mon coeur appartient à les forçats de la route.
Team Bikery
Contador
A. Schleck
Evans
Farrar
Moncoutie
Astarloza
Wiggins
Grabsch
Voeckler
Hivert
The Creepy Horned Cartoon Donkeys
I only picked guys not on my full-season team. Also excluded were riders that Phil has a manscrush on.
Andy Schleck
Tyler Farrar
Carlos Sastre
Mark Cavendish
Heinrich Haussler
Gustav Erik Larsson
Maxime Monfort
Hayden Roulston
Sergio Paulinho
Jeremy Roy
"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!
Heavy on the French scrubs. I reckin' if I can hang tough in the sprints, the GC biys will bring it home. Team GKS
Alberto Contador
Oscar Freire
Andy Schleck
Angelo Furlan
Cyril Lemoine
Kenny Van Hummel
Jonathan Hivert
David Le Lay
Tony Martin
Cadel Evans
Team White Shorts
Cadel Evans
Kim KIrchen
Tom Boonen
David Moncoutie
Sylvain Chavanel
Tyler Farrar
Dave Zabriskie
Bernhard Eisel
Bert Grabsch
Brad Wiggins
No overlap with year-long Team Red Shorts, because if you mix red with white you get pink, and this is not the freaking Giro.
I can't understand why people cheat--Mark Cavendish
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