The Boss vs El Pisterolo
by James Moffat on Mar 19, 2010 8:04 AM EDT
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For me personally the Tour de France last year wasn’t very exciting. I mean after Mark Cavendish won his second stage after 3 days of racing it was clear he wasn’t going to be beaten. Alberto did the same thing, when the Alps came around he was only a few seconds off the pace of Brice Felliu who wasn’t a GC contender anyway. After his attack on Verbier he had a large buffer on everyone else in the race.
The Tour de France’s most interesting aspect was the war between Lance and Contandor. The build up was vicious. When Contador had the bonk in the Paris Nice Lance tweeted that Bertie still had a lot to learn. It was obvious the whole time that Johann Bryuneel was favouring Lance . When Lance was suffering in the mountains he took the time to announce his new team Radioshack as if to relieve pressure off his racing.
The worst spat of the whole tour was still to come though with Contador claiming the the hotel was harder than the race as well as claiming that he had to pay for his own wheels. I known Lance is supposed to be quite a nasty guy but surely that took it to the extremes.
Reccently Contador changed his race plans for the year saying that after Paris Nice which he won convincingly he can back of the amount of races before the tour. He is changing his plan to ride in the Criterium International which Lance is riding as well. Judging from last year this should be like a nuclear war has erupted.
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Uh oh
Doesn’t this go against the LA-AC moratorium imposed by Chris?
I first misread the title as Theo Bos vs El Pistolero. Now that would have been an interesting piece!
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
James might not have seen it...
(read his profile;))
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I know I know
But even 12 year old should obey the LAW.
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
Oh for goodness sakes. Do you think he has time to read every thread?
He’s not at work using the work computer to check his favourite sites.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Perhaps you could provide a link to the thread that contains the 'law' for James.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Only joking
See comment below about the azijnpissers.
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
Stelletje oer-Nederlandse azijnpissers zijn we weer...
I pity the man who wears our jewelry!
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
Again, Lance needs to win a race of any significance....
post comeback of course, before AC and the non biased media takes him seriously. Eliminate the result from the TTT last year and he’s probably the 4th or 5th best rider of the Tour, the objective he had pointed at all last season.
James stick around for some discussion of the Monuments and
cobbled classics. Get familiar with the classics and one day races etc. and you will start to understand why PodiumCafe is open 12 months a year. There is lots to learn, we all are learning every day, and lots of fun following races without the dramatic aspects that center around Lance and Alberto and the Tour de France. What happens on the island of Corsica this year will be a side dish as the pro peloton goes to Belgium to contest E3 Pris Vlaanderen and Gent-Wevelgem that same weekend. Click on the calendar in the left sidebar on the main page, there is lots going on so we mean it in a nice way when we say stick to the racing there will time for that other stuff later. Cheers.
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
It's difficult in Oz to get a lot of coverage outside the Tour
but it’s a good suggestion.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I got ya covered.
World Cycling Channel Lots of videos to fill in the gaps when you didn’t get to see the race live.
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
Excellent!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Is AC telling LA to check out the view.
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
Could be!
In one image it’’s clear Lance isn’t near a Tour victory.. Conta is smiling and joking around whole Lance.. suffers..
It’s pure dominance..
Looks like
Lance wants to say “shut up, I’m working my ass off here”, but he can’t talk because he is working his ass off.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Caption: "Hey Lance, stick this up your !"
(thick Spanish accent… but smiling to make it appear to be pleasant)
by JustJoshinYa on Mar 19, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially seeing as he was born to run...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Young Mr. Moffat
Stick around and broaden your horizons with us. We’re branching out and away from the obvious polemica of AC and LA.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
James, thanks for the post, and I think the others might like to read your blog.
The piece about your recent climb up Falls Creek is cool. I liked your post “Night At The Track,” too.
Isn't the blog great?
He has a great future don’t you think Ruthann?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I really do, it's a fantastic blog. Plus, I think he's turning into quite a climber.
James, read the fanpost on the right of the page about Alberto going to LBL. I bet that race is right up your alley.
markedly..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
give James ten more years
and he’ll be PdC president. nothing against the current administration, of course.
"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."
An Australian in charge of PdC... i wonder what the Dutch Hegemony will say about that =(
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
As long as he learns Dutch
no objections here…
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
I will not go down
without a horrible, screaming fight!
"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
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 19, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for the next Cabin Boy chapter!
Chapter 22: In Which I Go Down Without a Fight
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
just doing my part
"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
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 19, 2010 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Jens has only himself to blame.
I might have let it go if he hadn’t challenged me.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
There were elections or just a coup?
Moo
by Willj on Mar 19, 2010 1:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
lol
and by that i mean LOL, but i’m not a fan of capitals (letters, not seats of gov’t), but then realized it looked a lot like \o/, which is not what i mean. it also looks like someone drowning in a sea of blood, waving for help, due to the squiggly red line underneath.
and that concludes this edition of fun with letters presented by ant1.
"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."
hehe nice
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Mar 20, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to agree with the sentiments of others here
a 3 days race in March isn’t going to be a major talking point in the rivalry. Saying that, I’m looking forward to the race because Bert climbing up a 14km finishing climb is always a site to behold…please have video coverage!
Proud member of Thuggetz nation.
unless aso/french coverage changes, it will be highlights of stages 1 and 2, and coverage of stage 3... about 1.5 hours total on sunday
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Bah
they need to at least show the mountain stage live, I mean it’s Lance and Alberto racing what the hell is wrong with TV networks.
Proud member of Thuggetz nation.
Versus will have delayed coverage of both days, including 1/5 hours on Saturday
For their website:
Criterium International: March 27th & 28th, 2:30-4p ET
Race organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has announced that the 2010 Criterium International – the two-day “mini Tour de France” – will take place on the island of Corsica in 2010. The race has been held in Charleville-Mézières, in the French Ardennes, since 2001. German Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) has won the last three editions of the race.
That’s better than I had hoped. Of course it will be wall-to-wall Lance vs Bert.
Will they show racing
or will they show the buttox of Lance the entire time? Also no one calls it the “mini Tour” do they? It’s barely 2 full stages.
Proud member of Thuggetz nation.
that's new
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
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