Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Pre-Race Smack Thread
by ursula on Feb 27, 2010 12:07 AM EST
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Who ya got?
You got the winner on your brand spankin' new VDS team? Tell us about it!
Me? Yea I got your winner. Tyler Farrar is gonna own this little race. And if he doesn't get to the finish line first than his real teammates on Team Built For Comfort, Not For Speed, Jurgen Roelandts, Lars Boom, Martijn Maaskant, Johan Vansummeren,Hooter, and Martin Velits are gonna go 1-6 and totally dominate your puny riders.
Beat that suckas!
In totally different news,
Winter Storm Xynthia
Any of out Euro friends have more info on this? According to this American website this storm might really nail northwestern France on Sunday and I understand Belgium is vaguely near northwestern France. But that's a problem for KBK. For the Omloop, the sky will be sunny and temperature in the low to mid 50'sF/12C....right? That's the way it always is I hear.
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Farrar First
although I have heard that Lars Boom is going to fall off his bike.
Ha!
Somehow the computer screwed up and only let me take 25! I now I know! How weird is that? And I tried sooo hard to put Gaspa in but that damned computer started spewing smoke so I had to drop him. Fear not though as the guys I dropped at the last minute will all score 1000+ points: all 112 of them. My guys? Collectively they will score pi.
I have
Manuel Cardoso
Francesco Ginanni
Rasmus Guldhammer
Jose Ivan Gutierez Palacios
Rafael Valls
Martin Velits
You?
Let's see...I got 7 riders for the Omloop and they better get top 7 or they are riding back to the hotel tonight...
I gots EBH, Boom, Van Avermaet, Roelandts, Kristof Goddaert, Peter Sagan and Van Garderen (who i went against my word and took anyways).
I am getting some pretty different weather reports but from what I am getting is there will be no sun and rain throughout the day with winds around 10-15 mph.
Also I got a couple guys for GP dell’Insubria Lugano, which is also today. I have Ginanni, the defending champ, and Gianluca Brambilla, neo-pro who will be making all the other teams cry.
I very nearly (this will be the first of many "I very nearly" posts, I fear)
took Gianluca Brambilla… alas, he didn’t survive the cull of one-pointers.
Hmm I've got 7 too...
"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
Not a bad first weekend line-up
which probably means I’ll get hammered later in the season and when they go to Spain
Oompa Loompas:
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Tom Boonen
Marcus Burghardt
Greg Van Avermaet
Jimmy Casper
Björn Leukemans
Manuel Quinziato
Baden Cooke
Nico Eeckhout
Insubria Lugano (which my brain insists fits perfectly to Verdi’s Anvil Chorus):
Ivan Basso
Julien El Fares
Nicholas Roche
Rigoberto Uran Uran
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
That’s over 100 points just looking to break a collarbone.
Um...wow. That team is looking quite amazing for the first 2 months...
then I don’t but it is a good classics squad
by Vlaanderen90 on Feb 27, 2010 3:55 AM EST up reply actions
Last year I went for the slow burn approach
this year I just want some points. Any points.
Sponsor change for my team
Team Beer Lao is now Caisse de cerveza por favor.
For Omloop I’ve got: Haussler, Hutarovich, Boonen, Velits, McEwen and Sagan.
And for GP Insburia: Evans, Chicchi, Nocentini, A Efimkin, Dumoulin.
Fingers crossed!
New VDS Teams page:
http://www.podiumcafevds.com/teams.php
Individual riders now have pages, too, but without results not much news there, except the list of their VDS teams.
And big big congrats again to ted
I’ve just been playing with the new features on the vds site. Who are the 102 who reckon that Jack Bobridge will score anything in his first season. Or the 9 who think that Piti was a bargain?
That bit is frightening sometimes
I look at some riders thinking “how many idiots took this overpriced deadbeat” and half the rest of their team flashes up in green. Gulp!
ooooooh , I like this one
ursula, you have 6 riders who’s names are sullied by their presence on my team.
Sastre, Huta, Zabriskie, Mollema, Uran and Vansummerale
Scuse me... 'our' Sastre..
That may be the only selection I can admit to :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Actually, after some quick browsing of familiar names
6 riders is the most I share with any team.
My head is spinning.
It's really interesting though isn't it? Amazing job by Ted.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
And what's more
On your team Jens are Anton, Kessiakoff, Posthuma, Rasmussen, Breschel, F Schleck, and Spilak-all of whom I was seriously considering and kicked off at the last minute.
And you kept the two that hurt me the most to drop
from my 2009 team, Farrar and Maaskant. Some chump made them too expensive.
I only picked Hincapie for his Twitter background pic
Is that commitment to a goal? I think so.
Dude, I can see my house from here
Well I'm one of them which probably doesn't feel anyone with confidence...
A one pointer, and the best I could do with the Gar-men. See it as an act of faith ;)
Thanks again ted. Briljant job.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yeah the 102 people who picked him...hmmm either briljant
or…well maybe won’t get too much return on investment. Least he is a 1 pointer
by Vlaanderen90 on Feb 27, 2010 4:45 AM EST up reply actions
On the weather question
Saturday so so/rubbish, Sunday dreadful best sums it up. The shipping forecast is basically “don’t be so bloody stupid” for later today/tomorrow.
This from the bbc lets you scroll through the next 24 hours or so, (may have to click the arrow next to UK) and the video forecast from 1.45 onwards describes Sunday. Downplays the expected wind a little though.
Our news is talking about “some of the worst weather in 30 years” hitting Spain and France.
Omloop looks set for February weather, for KBK I’d get a sick note personally.
Gasparotto
On 48 teams. I sure hope he’ll do great this year.
I have a handful of riders which are on less than 10 teams. I’m sure that means they’ll have a blast this season.
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
Bennati, van Avermaet, Boom, Amorison, Hinault
"Here the high school level of immaturity will be left to hottitude columns and people like myself." Der Phil. H
Hrm, I'm not too deep on cobbles
Hincapie and Van Garderen for this one. I could get a couple of points, right? Maybe?
Cycling will always be a beautiful sport no matter how many people disgrace it.--Christian Vande Velde
Why is it...
…that I spend all year thinking “hey, I’ll play that VDS game they have next year – once I’ve done enough research and studied the statistics, because being a complete neophyte I’ve got no idea what I’m doing”, until suddenly yesterday thinking “what? I actually have to pick a team? Before the deadline? What? I haven’t had time to prepare! I haven’t… oh, let’s just pick some people randomly!”
Also, it turns out it’s harder than it looks. You people are cruel with the point allocations…
Also also, putting last year’s points next to each rider is just so cruel…
Anyway, Boonen and Haussler. Preferably Haussler, leaving Boonen to win De Ronde and Roubaix instead. Otherwise, a shock victory for Karsten Kroon is needed.
Or, basically, anybody OTHER than Nick Nuyens. I had him on my team, but had to let him go to balance my point total. If he wins anything, I’ll be annoyed…
Great name! Welcome and good luck with your team.
I’m already sure you’ll beat me.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
10 for the Omloop!
Heinrich Haussler, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Sylvain Chavanel, Lars Boom, Tyler Farrar, Johan Vansummeren, Robbie McEwen, Roger Kluge, Gert Steegmans, and Tejay Van Garderen
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Roelandts, Quniziato, Hutarovich, Vaugrenard, Maaskant and, er, Martin Reimer
Insubria: Dumoulin, Santambrogio, Kennaugh. Not winning that one, then.
I have to keep looking.
I swapped a bunch of guys around fairly late, so can’t remember who stuck and who fell off.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Dumoulin is going to rule the little races. You'll see.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
I have him too...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
So long as his feet can touch the pedals... poor little fella
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
less of the poor ;-)
I love that cycling’s a sport where a bloke can be 5’3 or whatever & be really good (yes, my picking Sammy le danseur is at leastly partly the short person’s union…)
sorry... I must admit though,
I believe all the stuff about ‘short men’s syndrome’.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I don't have to. I also have Johan Vansummeren on the team
and put them next to each other in all the team photos.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Who were the two very tall/very short riders
who swapped bikes in one of those last day of the Tour hijinx photos? Anyone remember?
Majope will find it, i bet.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
This is the only one I have. Don't remember the source.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Anyone quoting 'The west Wing' deserves extra VDS points
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Actually, now that I look
we only share two riders. So, keep it up when it comes to Dumoulin!
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
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