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by gavia on Mar 16, 2010 12:12 PM EDT
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It must be Milano-Sanremo Week.
Lars Boom seems to think so, anyway.
It is nice weather on the poggio. - http://moby.to/vwa3f8
about 1 hours ago via Mobypicture
Basta with this rain and snow!
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Rbr linked http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35874139/ns/us_news-weird_news/ and the Guinness WR slideshow was linked in a sidebar.. Got me new fb profile photo as well.
Rbr, so good.
You have to post something on FB now, so I can see your new pic. Yeah, yeah, I could go to your profile page, but like, I’m lazy.
Brad Wiggins...
“Eddy the Boss made it look so easy today in Tirreno, Congrats and now the clear favourite for Milan San Remo”
Dream on boy..
Boasson Hagen?
Not a bad pick, but I wouldn’t call him the clear favorite – or favourite, for that matter.
I guess I’m trying to decide whether Cavendish is out of shape or just chilling and waiting for his moment. Dude likes to play it, doesn’t he?
I'm leaning that way, too.
There’s bluffing. And then, there’s out of shape.
Sad, that Haussler is out :-(
Ditto!
He crashed today. I couldn’t really tell what happen either…
I think Boonen and Benna are the two favorites. Benna is in great form and has the strongest team. I’m kind of bummed that CTT isn’t sending Bos in HH place.
?
He looked like he’s on form today. The team-organization looked a little scruffy and he was wasting energy too early.
He has been in a very good position in several of the sprints. But he has "exploded" (in a bad way) on the finishing str8.
He didn’t sprint to the line once. IMHO he has been looking bad in the sprints. But at least he was able to get into position. There is håp in the hanging snore.
Do u honestly think Thor has a chance in a group sprint with his current speed?
Thor always goes early. It seems to me that he does not have the explosive speed in his legs nor the power he is reknowned for. So I don’t think he will win. I don’t even think he will be able to make the top 5 in agroup sprint. I may be wrong. It has happened before.
It looks like
Dom is going in place of HH. Should be interesting!
Thor has been up there but remember he is coming back from being sick.
That is true.
I may be overly pessimistic. I do have a tendency to be overly critical when the comes to Norwegian riders and their chances of success. For instance I think it is unlikely (given the length of the race) that EBH will win MSR. I also think he should learn to sprint in a str8 line. But he is the boss though. ;)
Dom will DOMINATE!
cause that’s what he does.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
If it's a long, cold, wet day, he's a lock.
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
This called my attention too
Leaky has a very, very strong team for this race.
"Racing bikes is for the kids, the rest of us just want to feel like kids on our bikes" - Flying Dog
By the by
what sort of dental problem keeps you off the bike for that long? I got a nasty infection a few years back on a Saturday night that kept me awake half the night, but I got some antibiotics the next day, and the pain was gone that evening. I couldn’t remotely justify ringing up sick on Monday.
wisdom teeth, I would have thought
:-(
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Had to have mine out under a General Anesthetic
And I couldn’t eat solids for 2 weeks, by the end of which I was in a pretty sad state.
That would do it , considering professional athletes have to imbibe a significantly greater number of calories than the average person.
Dude, I can see my house from here
When mine were extracted in April of 88
I tried to start riding too soon (like the day of the extraction).
Pretty much destroyed that whole season.
For Cavendish, dental problems prohibit proper Poggio preparation...
for the rest of us, it’s the way of the floss.
"Italians often mock me for not enjoying tighter clothing" - willj
by swells on Mar 16, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe the antibiotics didn't work
or the infection might have gotten into the jawbone, but that seems a bit much.
If he ignored it for 3 months I could see this happening
Otherwise, I’m stumped.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
"Do you want to hang out with your italian beautyqueen girlfriend
today again or do you wanna go to the dentist and have that thing checked out?"
How long would the GF hang around
while his mouth is putrified?
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
Oh Shane...
[shaking head]
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
sometimes when you have your wisdom teeth out you have to have braces
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
it is to prevent him from having the same issue
or so I read
"Racing bikes is for the kids, the rest of us just want to feel like kids on our bikes" - Flying Dog
Wasn't wisdom teeth.
He had a painful tooth abscess that needed to be drained.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
I don't know how you do it.
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Assuming that the drainage procedure succeeded completely
(as the article notes) and minus any mention of related teeth extraction, I’m guessing that the braces are an altogether different issue. My sympathies to him having to spend so much time in the dentist’s and orthodontist’s chairs.
(Btw, the photo of McGowan’s a gazillion times more nauseating that majope’s link.)
I give him as much chance as last year, guilty of stealing this line of rbjhan.
Which is zero..
He haven’t even contesting a sprint in the Tirreno.. At least he did that last year.. And EBH.. 270km? is way too long for the youngster
Yeah, I think it's too long for him at this point.
He’d have to win it from a distance, and that’s a big ask, even with his level of talent. I suppose it’s possible if the right break formed on the Poggio or somewhere on the stretch before it, but a bit of a long-shot in my view.
So, Frinky Boy
Who is the favourite? I don’t really agree either, my pick is Boonen.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 16, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Eeeeh...
It’ hard this year..
Bennati en Petacchi seems ready to climb and sprint.. So put my money there
Benna and Peta
And Boonen’s looking good so far this season. He’s never won it, so why not?
Pozzato, obvy, though he has to go from farther out.
With Cav in limbo
and no clear pecking order among the leadouts, I predict this is a year for the non-sprint win. Pozzato or Gilbert is the remaining question.
I agree
Why is everyone convinced that this will end in bunch sprint ?
I think it an outside chance, but would love to see Rogers pull off a Cancellara (surely that is a well understood term now that does not need further qualification?)
Or how about “a Kelly” – I forget the year (early 90’s), but the race where Kelly chased down Argentin – brilliant, absolutely brilliant finish!
"Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill" - Fausto Coppi
lol
Well, I’m definitely not convinced it’ll be a bunch sprint :-)
I like Gilbert’s chances at just about any race on the calendar. In fact, I think he’s a better shot to do all five monuments than Cancellara.
Ah, good point
Don’t think so. And in fact, I think even he has said he doesn’t fancy his chances there. So yeah, he’s got but-one on the monument scale.
Um, at least once, in 2007..
He said: “There are 2 races I cannot win: Paris-Roubaix & Giro di Lombardia.” This was before his Giro di Lombardia win :)
Wow
the long-range sandbag. Nice.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
What's the difference?
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
This idea needs another year to percolate
for 2010 the most likely 5-spot man is Damiano Cunego. Of course.
Valverde is gone.
by rubesANdbabes on Mar 17, 2010 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
1992
Nice little YouTube video.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 16, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the one
Blocked from youtube at work so couldn’t look it up.
What a finish from Kelly!
"Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill" - Fausto Coppi
I am.. Have you seen Liqui riding in TA and PN..
Damn.. Nobody in the world is going to crush them.. +Lampre That are strong holders to pass..
I also had no clue whatsoever from what I wanted to say
Yeah, Liquigas is riding great, these past few weeks.
They seem to have some good momentum right now, for sure.
BOOM!
He will set up Freire perfectly. You mark my words! (this is coming from the guy who predicted Cav wouldn;t make it over the Poggio last year…)
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
If there is someone for Freire..
It’s going to be Martens.. I was shocked, in not the good way, about the climbing skills from Boom
Injury updates
Assan Bazayev and Rui Costa went down really hard in the closing KM after Rui Costa got bumped sideways by an unknown assailant (who I would guess is the culprit, given the video). Anyone heard about them? They both looked hurt to me.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
They both finished the stage
Rolled in togerher with Cavendish.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 16, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
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