Vuelta Stage 13 Berja - Sierra Nevada.........LIVE
by Jens on Sep 12, 2009 6:01 AM EDT
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Snowy Mountain.....OK Gesinks, Danielsons and Zeke's of this world. this is your time to do your thing if you want to win.
Day two of the Mother of all Weekends is arguably the one with the best potential for shifts in the GC. Also look for the ones spending too much energy keeping up today, getting slaughtered tomorrow on La Pandera.
Live video from 16:00 CEST (10:00 AM US eastern, 00:00 AEST)
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And I thought the Barmy Army was confined to cricket...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
You need to get that chip off your shoulder
It’s too embarrassing to list the (winning) reasons why ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
ah jens, you were doing so well until you put the apostrophe in "zeke's"
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Evening chaps
More climbing? Sans glaciers, still? BAH!
Excuses, excuses :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
That's just the thing... I'm not hearing any excuses
for this proliferation of relatively dull scenery on supposed ‘mountain’ stages. There is still a glacier or two in Spain, surely…
It looks like Oz in summer (with castles)
Not many glaciers in TDU either …
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Those are not mountains
Sorry. I’m fussy about my mountains. If we’re doing ‘mountains’ in Europe, I wanna see something a little more impressive than the Great Dividing Range, you know? I wanna see Big Walls. I wanna see Glaciers. Bloody hell, there are more impressive faces in the Blue Mountains that what we’ve been seeing in the Vuelta so far :-(
Does that mean you've been secretly watching?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I have no idea what you are talking about.
seems like you are on a sight seeing dvd trip or something…
moi, I watch the cycling! and this is easily the best GT of the year.
I'm just feeling a little geologically deprived at the moment, I guess
Geology is Important to me. Oh, I’ve just had an exciting realisation… I get to see the Great Ocean Road again next year! Weeheeee!
Is this a TDU thing?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'm aware of that :-)
I’ve done many return trips to Portland, via Melbourne, by car. (Now there’s a cold place in Winter. And my relatives lived on top of the cliff there… brrr, that wind cuts through you!)
But GOR is a stone’s throw from Geelong. If I’m in the area, I’m going there :-). You are welcome to join me, if you care to… I’ll even restrict my comments on the scenery to “Ooh pretty”. LOL…
Are there no songs about geology you can listen to?
Like “I am a rock” by Simon & Garfunkel, or “Be gneiss to me” by Todd Rundgren.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 7:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Morning!
Have fun with today’s stage. I’m off to the Tour de Carmel. Not quite as challenging as the Tour of Spain, but one does what one can.
I’m hoping I can watch the stage on TV later, but they’ve been pre-empting the Vuelta for high school football. They must assume the 50-100 parents who might feel obliged to watch that outnumber cycling fans in the area. Bah, Comcast!
Throughout the stage all I kept on thinking was: ‘don’t finish second, you can’t finish second again’.--Heinrich Haussler
Evening all, Great day today, Found a Bottle shop that sells DUVEL!!!!
"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
Do you guys have Dan Murphy's up there?
Chimay, Leffe, DT… reminds me, I must go and pay them a visit before Worlds ;-)
Big break:
Contentpolis-Ampo rider PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian (087) has 23 seconds over ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor (002), MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi (006), TXURRUKA Amets (009), VALJAVEC Tadej (011), RIBLON Christophe (018), TONDO VOLPINI Xavier (021), PIEDRA PEREZ Antonio (026), NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel (036), LOPEZ GARCIA David (056), RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin (058), FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier (063), MONCOUTIE David (071), MOINARD Amaël (077), TAARAMAE Rein (079), PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian (087), DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David (103), KESSIAKOFF Fredrik (107), BALLAN Alessandro (122), MARZANO Marco (126), BENNATI Daniele (132), KREUZIGER Roman (135), GARATE Juan Manuel (153), MOERENHOUT Koos (157), WEENING Pieter (159), DE GREEF Francis (163), RUSS Matthias (186), CANCELLARA Fabian (194), CARRARA Matteo (201), HOOGERLAND Johnny (203) and GARCIA DA PENA David (215), who in turn have 2.24 over the main bunch.
That's not a break, that's first strike!
Hi Bruce. This is going to be a long stage ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Me too. i still of course have secret hopes for Cuddles..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Amets and Igor! Txtxtxtx!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
New break
TAARAMAE Rein (079), MONCOUTIE David (071), TXURRUKA Amets (009), MOERENHOUT Koos (157), RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin (058), GARCIA DA PENA David (215), PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian (087), HOOGERLAND Johnny (203) and WEENING Pieter (159) have 22 seconds over the rest of the breakaway riders and 2.40 over the main bunch.
is that a break from the break?
Same old suspects. These guys are gluttons for punishment
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Nice
I wonder if Moerenhout & Weening can do something for Gesink somewhere in the last 50k.
http://www.lavuelta.com/09/imgrecorrido/13_perfil.gif
Amets!!!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Aesthetically, that's a loss ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
+many. Helsy will be devastated.
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
+10 definately a loss
"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
They soved the Finnish jersey problem at Liquigas
No green at all…
Bugger about Gerrans, but after crash yesterday, bigger fish to fry I’m thinking
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
*solved
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
We all love a baby pic. Here's a great little story to welcome Stuey O'grady's little girl!
"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
Hola!
In early today as I got up at 5.30…I had tea with an Armenian archimandrite this morning.
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
I think 'archimandrite' is showing off :)
???
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
One step below a bishop I think..he was very nice!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Sort of like a canon?
I’m increasingly intrigued about your visit to Israel I must admit..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Maybe an archdeacon?
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
You on Facebook? All my pics are on there
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Must admit, I'm intentionally not
Teachers and Facebook = recipe for disaster
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i bet you know the answer to that
Along with every other technical shortcoming, I type like a policeman on an old tv drama ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
although
typing Chinese is much harder.
what’s your excuse I wonder? this is not technical stuff you know…typewriter had been around…..
Typewriters were for girls who weren't going to uni
It was thought to be a ‘lower order skill’. Short sighted eh?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
ah
I can picture that in my head, rows and rows of girls working with typewriters….
nowadays most people can’t afford to hire somebody to do those thing I’m afraid.
When I first worked as a teacher we had secretaries to type for us
These days, it just takes us longer.. The units i plan for the uni don’t take that long (in my head) to construct, but the computer work. Aargh!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
like I said
you can’t afford it!
nowadays people who come and fix your computer are called consultants, and they cost a fortune!
ha
I know many women, of a certain age, who cannot type because their mothers refused to let them learn to type, because it was, indeed, seen a lower order skill.
No, not because it was looked down on.
As a woman, if you could type, no matter how skilled or clever you were, you never progressed beyond the typing pool.
Yes, this is the best i can do
and we know that’s not great. Still think voices are important ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
And i also don't do acronyms..
Not true, but VOIP?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
voice over internet protocol
basically I make phone calls using the internet instead of bloody telstra!
Skype?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'd have thought
that you would have a wireless headset…
And you can't use it when the power goes out
unlike my garden-variety telephone ;-)
Jinx!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Oooh, so naive...
So, so naive. I could tell you some stories…
is there a 'beast slouching
towards Bethlehem’?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
errr
you know what, telstra can charge ridiculous rates because people are willing to pay, as demenstrated by Lou here.
that’s not my problem really.
so end of conversation.
Even my phone doesn't work in a
blackout!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Mobile networks go down
(previous job was with Vodafone. I know whereof I speak. And mobile networks rely on electricity, incidentally…)
basically
what you are saying, is a complete blackout.
I don’t think anything will work.
plus, why do I need the phone then?
Mate, the base stations
Aren’t on their own special grid ;-). The power is either on or it’s off (unless of course there’s a ‘voltage incident’… or perhaps load shedding… ssssh we never shed load! What nonsense! ROFLMAO)
It's too modern, then ;-)
Back to basics, good old plug-into-the-wall model. Stuff that works, y’know
Yes, they do.
I know this from vast experience (my own, and that of others)
What folks use these days
instead of picking up the telephone. Or… heaven forbid!.. calling in for a cuppa.
Cuppa ...tea
Poison. Unless it’s Japanese green I hate it!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
But calling in for a coffee or beer
and to plunder my books. Now that’s an everyday thing ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I like the smell
but then i feel like i’m drinking perfume ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
smell and taste are
inextricably linked
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I must have forgot
In what direction does the archmandrite move?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Confusing.. I'm trying to help Bruce
TAARAMAE Rein (079), MONCOUTIE David (071), TXURRUKA Amets (009), MOERENHOUT Koos (157), RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin (058), GARCIA DA PENA David (215), PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian (087), HOOGERLAND Johnny (203) and WEENING Pieter (159) are currently leading the race. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin (058) is the best placed rider in the GC, 4.01 down on the leader.
They are being chased by ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor (002), MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi (006), RIBLON Christophe (018), TONDO VOLPINI Xavier (021), PIEDRA PEREZ Antonio (026), NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel (036), LOPEZ GARCIA David (056), FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier (063), MOINARD Amaël (077), DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David (103), KESSIAKOFF Fredrik (107), BALLAN Alessandro (122), BENNATI Daniele (132), KREUZIGER Roman (135), GARATE Juan Manuel (153), DE GREEF Francis (163), RUSS Matthias (186), CANCELLARA Fabian (194) and CARRARA Matteo (201), who are 2.10 behind.
The main group is now 7.14 behind the leaders.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Tony's in the second group...
Seriously, this is a bit absurd, but it’s kind of interesting. What’s with Saxo sending their Classics boys off in mountain breaks?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
With the climbing superstars gone
The hard men have to take up the reins?
I suppose
Must admit I’m glad to see them, but even i’m starting to worry about Mendrisio now
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Not the way i'm now reading what Tony and Stuey say
Sometimes I think we forget they have bosses
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I agree..
In my frivolous moments I imagine Stuey in their room at night dreaming up dares and ways to blunt the boredom :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
*and Tony ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Still coming down the mountain
A margin of 2:24 separates the two breakaway groups, nine in the lead breakaway and twenty in the second one, and the leaders are 8.32 ahead of the main pack who continues to let them go.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
This is goiing to be a stage of attrition
(and rest before the Worlds).
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Tour of Britain started today
Tracker here. They will pass Stamford Bridge later, I wonder if they will do a reenactment of the battle. I hope so.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Only one Dane
He’s in a breakaway, so it looks like he’s taking it seriously.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah, but the Vikings in that battle came from Norway
And there is a Norvegian team in the race, Joker-Bianchi, plus Boss Hogg.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
So Evans is going to let Rodriguez take a big lead
and doesn’t mind having two Caisse’s in front of him?
Leave Cuddles alone;)
we’re being nice. Well not everyone, but staying positive is important. Plus, the break is still in its adolescent phase …
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
You know..
…it reached 30 degrees here today! With 31 forecast for tomorrow! Summer’s not far away now :-)
My family live on the Northern Beaches
Summer started early;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
^ that's me 'being nice'
I am restricting my comments to observations about the weather ;-) (which I happen to be pretty chuffed about… the weather, that is…)
I was surprised I didn't draw more fire :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Errr...well of course I was
Unbelievably indulgent of you ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i know
You forget, I do finding the positives for a living. It makes for a long year if you can’t find something good in the people you teach ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
and I do admire you for that
coz I know I can never be a teacher.
basically, ask me to explain something twice to the same person, I’ll start losing it, baahahah.
How's the weather in Melbourne?
(we must TRY, rbjhan!)
Cuddles better be feeling this tolerance!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
hey
you are the one jumping in and telling me I live in a blackout zone!
errr, more like we should stay out of technology…..
Yeah, well...
Everywhere is a ‘blackout zone’, I’m afraid. Some places more frequent than others that’s all ;-)
(I’ve had two unplanned outages at my place in 10 years… one was when a car brought down a pole, the other when the transmission network had a bender and we lost the entire Inner West…)
and for that possibility
I should pay telstra some outrageous rates just to talk to somebody?
you do realize I have to make international calls quite regularly, right?
Lord no!
Not suggesting anything of the sort. I would probably jump aboard the ship of progress, if I actually made calls beyond the occasional ‘local’ or 13/1800/1300 one…
Paris-Brussels live now on Sporza & RTBF
Four Dutchmen (Elijzen, Terpstra, Goesinnen & a Vacansoleil rider whose name I missed) & Ukrainian Kondrut in the break, 103 km to go.
Only helicopter shots for now because French police won’t let the motorbikes (or anybody else) through, despite the fact that the riders are still kilometres away from that point.
they read TOM reports
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Is there a caption/explanation?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Mlle. la gendarmette refuses to let the tv motorbikes go past
so they intersperse the helicopter shots with occasional pictures of her, waiting for the riders to arrive at that point on the course.
The break has been out in front for about 130 km
and almost all of it into a headwind. There are some fresh riders in the bunch, probably.
It's a good shot really, isn't it?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
it's also free live on ctv for those interested
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Allan Davis rides here in P-B
after abandoning the Vuelta while ill. Apparently the Vuelta organisers have given their permission.
If i was a Vuelta organiser
I’d be mightily pissed at the bad manners. That said, ‘Go Davis!’
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Well,
he might have been genuinely ill. Commentators believed that to be true, anyway, and they’re usually pretty well informed.
Not really 'having a go'..
But I still feel sorry for Vuelta organisers
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I hope so
Otherwise a fine and suspension awaits him, if I remember correctly.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah, had to think about that for a while
but yeah, Carlos Sastre might not be too happy about being associated with the Liberian warlord/president. That said, I don’t see mucho wrongness in John Anthony Arrow. The Dutch guys on Rabo joke around calling him Jan Anton Pijl, I thought I’d amend that for Team Sky.
I actually think John Arrow
is a very cool name. It’s strong
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Alberto has a bit of pizzaz..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Crash Andrea Masciarelli / Thomas Voeckler
in the back of the bunch. Masciarelli went first, Titi couldn’t avoid him.
Another update
MOERENHOUT Koos (157), WEENING Pieter (159) and MONCOUTIE David (071) are ahead of PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian (087) by 1.14. The other riders in the lead breakaway group have dropped back into the second breakaway group. So there are the three leaders, Palomares in between them and the second breakaway group of 25, and the main pack in back.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Wahoo go koos...
"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
Frinking always misses the best bits
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Or maybe Friday night was big..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I bloody hope so!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Update
MONCOUTIE David (071), MOERENHOUT Koos (157) and TAARAMAE Rein (079) are the racers in front of the second breakaway group and a 9.53 advantage over the peloton
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Man on a mission
He seems to thrive in the Vuelta
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Going up Blancares
MONCOUTIE David (071), TAARAMAE Rein (079) and MOERENHOUT Koos (157) are the breakaway leaders and have an advantage of 4.35 over the second breakaway group of 26.
The main pack is 11.14 back.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Thank-you, Seahorse,
for your efforts here. The updates are going some way to helping me to stay awake…
Thanks
Unfortunately I can’t bring the banter like Helsy or Frinking ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Banter? Just the updates, ma'am :-)
I’m not sure that we are in any way lacking ‘banter’ front, LOL.
Yay!
It’s just that our banter masks itself in highly intellectual debate, don’t you think? ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Oh indeed
… often at cross purposes, and liable to wander off track like a bunch of lost puppies…
But we know what we mean...erm
do we?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Imagine our surprise...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Greipel leads by like 40 points now...
what are the chances he abandons by the end of Sunday?
Wenatchee Wonder FTW
by dees ees en drama on Sep 12, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I think we should run a pool on who's next
to step off his bike.
Freire, Gerrans, Boonen, Eros and other lesser gods so far..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I know. I was recapping
It was me who first told you. I’m assuming most people don’t read the thread when they come late to the party ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Amazing I know. It's probably
that you don’t expect anything resembling a fact to come via me.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Perfect
About 25 today, but surf is a bit sloppy. Seriously good soul weather.Oh wait…is this another politeness thing? ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
wasn't paying attention, my bad:(
I was impatiently surfing the internet just now, and debating whether I should go buy a game from a UK site, or wait till it’s released in aussie land?
darn difficult question that….
Indeed
I recently caved in and bought a book from the UK. I’d been hunting for it here for about a year. Two weeks later, a secondhand copy materialised in the bookstore near where I work, $20 cheaper than what I paid…
if it's a book
I wouldn’t think about it twice.
game, err, a bit more complicated….I presume you won’t be interested, so not going into details here.
Nah, I do have a vague understanding
of the politics ;-).
(just a bit prone to tired rambling ATM)
basically
this particular game I’m thinking about, was released late August in Europe & US.
we are looking at late Sep here….
but, wait till you hear this:
it was released Nov 2007 in Japan.
YES, 2007!
I used to send my nephew the coolest stuff!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
oh yes.
only problem is I do not speak Japanese (shocker!)
otherwise I’ll find a way to buy it back in 2007….
I used to think
‘That looks cool…hope it works’…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
some of my friends
they actually do play Japanese games…you know….some games you don’t really need to understand everything.
And there's always someone
who’s gleaned something from somewhere
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Not lack of interest
possible lack of understanding, but does it have to do with zones?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Well played
I’m hopeless with new books. Amazon and I are good friends, except for Aus.books. The authors need the bucks
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Smart
but I must admit the one thing I actively collect are books ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I seem to do that, too
… but not really intentionally, LOL. They just breed around the place, I swear..
I know..they keep having babies
But it worries me when I inadvertently buy a book I own and have already read. You have no idea how much people like pointing that out. ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Heh, a while ago
I had cause to sort out my books. I had three copies of ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’… one I’d bought and read in my late teens, one I would have bought while at uni (forgetting that I already owned it)… no idea how the third one came about…
Exactly!
And i hate when a book is republished with a different cover. Trap set just for me ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hmmm... the library is only about 150m away
from my place. Haven’t been there in years!
Not sure that they have an extensive mountaineering section, though… and that’s pretty much all that I am reading these days, for some reason
I'm the fiction queen
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Reading is nearly always good
and one thing leads to another
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Actually it was Bruce who broke the news
I just remarked on the aesthetics of Eros. Sorry Bruce
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Slightly surprised
that Tony’s still in Spain… but then The Great Bjarne would probably wish him to stick it out for a bit, considering…
+1
and Stuey with the new baby…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Dani Navarro, virtual leader
The three leaders are facing the 3rd category climb up Blancares. A reminder that NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel (036) is the virtual leader of the Vuelta right now.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
See this is where Helsy would give us a spunk quotient
or a pic..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hoogerland
He’s there again. No wonder Moncoutie escaped the break. Anything to be away from Hoogerland who really scared him on one of the first climby stages.
De FIETS en anders NIETS
The Missouri tracker is live with the Vuelta
I guess :-), interview with rabobank guy.
The Aussie link is very Dutch at the moment
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm back. I fell asleep
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
5.30 starts will do that;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Guess who won the first stage of ToB
Hint: They’re evil
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Yeah, why not
Do you like chanterelles?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Does it taste like chicken?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
No, but I recommend the horns
I use it instead of muscot, it’s much better
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Sutton
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Sep 12, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
George Hincape?
Wenatchee Wonder FTW
by dees ees en drama on Sep 12, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Hi Jens
As you can see with filled the thread with assorted topics. Do you think we should move pre live race?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Thank you.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
KOM
Cat.3 Puerto de los Blancares 110.7 km
1 Moncoutié (FRA, COF) 6
2 Moerenhout (NED, RAB) 4
3 Taaramäe (EST, COF) 2
4 De la Fuente (SPA, FUJ)1
De FIETS en anders NIETS
Rabobank
Really seems to have put all it’s cards on this one. Moerenhout,. Garate and Weening in the break(s). Gesink is practically obliged to try something on the last climb(s) with this kind of support up the road..
De FIETS en anders NIETS
buenos dias!!
what a big breakaway!!this will not be easy to catch..
glad to see Tondo, Anton and Rodriguez too.
today opened the first covered velodrome here in Portugal. _Will have the next Cav in 10 years…:)
Well done!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
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