Ronde van het Groene Hart .......LIVE
by Jens on Mar 21, 2010 5:39 AM EDT
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In the name of Dutch Hegemony I hereby declare this Livethread on the Eneco Ronde van het Groene Hart open.
This 207 km race of the Groene Hart region is littered with smallish climbs but history suggest it's one for the sprinters in the end. I'm counting on our dutch contingent to give a more detailed insight into this popular (VDS!) race.
Live video from 15:00 CET (10:00 AM US eastern, 01:00 AEDT)
Videolinks from Racesite and MyP2P
Live ticker (in Dutch)
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Well bugger me...that was good timing
Snook up behind rbjhan and came second :-)
errrr....am i supposed to sign this??
What time did MSR expire last night??
I fell asleep in a pool of dribble and Jim Beam on the keyboard at about 2 I think.
errrr....am i supposed to sign this??
You have to pace yourself... about 2.30 I think..
by that stage it’s hard to keep it all straight. it was a really exciting end though.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Most exciting MSR ever!
Puzzling who was in peloton 1 and 2.. Futile(?) attacks and a nice winner.. I was overjoyed
You're joking, right?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 21, 2010 6:19 AM EDT up reply actions
No, it's the time for me to tell you why it wasn't the most exciting MSR ever
Poggio.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 21, 2010 6:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Which version was more exciting..
I have only see like 5 editions.. Which were all boring.. Only the last 20 or sometimes 500m were worth seeing
I liked yesterday, because even though it was a sprint finish
there was no certainty about who would win..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
2008 was more exciting
But anyway, “ever” is ridiculous if you only have 5 to choose from. 1992 was mentioned earlier this week, and I’m sure that there have been earlier editions that can compete.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 21, 2010 6:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I asked you if it was a joke, didn't I?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 21, 2010 6:51 AM EDT up reply actions
That doesn't surprise me
But let us conclude that when you write ever you don’t mean ever.
And now I will try to find out why I even bother.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 21, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
So should I be getting the popcorn this time?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
You're being too precious Precious..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Seahorse could you fill the lower spot on the podium pleas....
…so we can have an Aussie 1-2-3….Aussie Aussie Aussie!!
errrr....am i supposed to sign this??
I like to share... podiums in anything but Scrabble are foreign to me ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
That's a real hegemony
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 21, 2010 6:13 AM EDT up reply actions
That's not fair!
I was first!
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
Typical Jens...no respect..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Lopex
Last year I wrote:
Today will see the third edition of the Eneco Ronde van het Groene Hart (Round of the Green Heart). This race wants to show the world how beautiful Holland’s so-called green heart is. This is the more or less rural/agricultural area right in between the ring of cities that form the Randstad. Since this race passes right through my home town I think it deserves some PdC love, even though it’s not a VDS race.
Guess what. This year it is a VDS race. Cat 6 but it will only go up from now on of course.
Start will be 11.40 AM local time with a ticker starting right away. Live feed will be available on the website from 15.00 to 17.00 hours. Hopefully not geo-restricted. More about the race on the flip. Start list.
Describing the profile is easy. It’s 207 km with a parcours that is as flat as zombie Garin’s heart rate. Still the wind and length usually make it a war of attrition anyway. Last year more than half the peloton stepped out in the feed zone. The riders came over the finish in small groups with big time differences. A group of 7 (including 2 Milrami and 3 Vacansolista) battled for victory in the end. Geert Omloop surprised Graeme Brown (who had worked hard countering attacks in the final part of the race) and won the race. Third was Aart Vierhouten.
If it comes to a sprint the win will probably go to Omloop, Brown, Traksel, Wagner or van Hummel. Especially Skil will want to take revanche for the disaster at Nokere Koerse where they dominated a large part of the race only to see both sprinters go down in a crash 7 km from the line. But there are quite a few names on the list who could go for a win in another way. Mollema, Eeckhout, Roulston, Guldhammer or Westra would be suspects in this category. But maybe Footon-Servetto or Xacobeo Galicia can surprise us.
Do you have guys in this race? I have no-one...
Is Amorison racing?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Meh... i got bored. it didn't occur to me to look
and he’s your beloved not mine ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
He isn't..
Terpstra is riding. Last minute call. Good legs in MSR but MSR and Groene hart in one weekend is too much I think
Two days in a row plus travel would have been fierce.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I don't think I have a single rider in this race
No dog in the fight
No skin in the game
This thread looks kind of full already
Please move to the OTHER RACE THREAD ;-)
If this doesn’t work I’ll change the title to 2nd race thread :)
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
Is there a competition here? should we have themes in each thread?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
The race logo remind me of something
Coffee stains, or the pesky Ishihara color test.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Group of 33 has 50 secs
Omloop, Vanbecelaere, Kruopis, Vangheel (Palmans-Cras), Brown, Flens, Kruiswijk, Van Emden (Rabobank), Mol, Mouris, Pronk, Westra (Vacansoleil), Knaven, De Vocht, Fothen (Team Milram), Dockx, Reynes Mimo, Sieberg (Team HTC-Columbia), Van Hummel, Veelers, Wagner (Skil-Shimano), Van Staeyen, Vanmarcke, Vanspeybrouck, Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaanderen), Boucher (Landbouwkrediet), Nelson (Xacobeo-Galicia), Eeckhout, Cassidy (An Post – Sean Kelly Team), Radochla, Lachmann, Forke (Team Nutrixxion), Van Zandbeek (Van Vliet – EBH – Elshof).
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
ot : link to
a few post-race photos and videos from yesterday … nothing special, but …
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeehoos-photos/sets/72157623537698563/
You could do a separate Fanpost of your Thor photos and videos..
Great job!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
girlfriend was "impressed"
with Thor. She seemed to think he was more manly than Offredo. Go figure.
Lou would be drooling (a bit)...
Personally I’m sorry you weren’t hanging out at the Saxo bus… no, not really. Great job!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
mostly they dart straight into the buses
by the time we got around to the buses, most had gone in. A few here and there were talking to people or doing interviews and those are the ones we got to see. Didn’t see much going on at the saxo bus
also amazing how these guys ride
through a crowd of people. So natural – just glide through better than most of us manage on our two feet.
unfortunately i was too stupid
to start filming that interview from the start – sometimes i forget there is a film option on the camera. D’oh!
Was it you doing the interviewing?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Nononono, that's OK, we forgive you...
I am just deliriously happy that you remembered the video option at all… unnnngggh… seriously, I could happily watch audio/video footage of that man reading from the telephone book – and I would have to class it as ‘pornography’… [Lou heads off for a cold shower]
Thank goodness you didn't miss this...
How clever is yeehoo?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
And he was at Paris Nice last week!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Nice is only about an hour's drive from San Remo
After lunch “The woman” wanted to get out somewhere – weather wasn’t great so i said “How ’bout San Remo?” Off we went. Didn’t know really where the race finished up and didn’t know when they’d arrive. Got to town, found the race finish easily, drove around forever and finally found a place to park. All in plenty of time it turns out. Stopped in a café/bar for a bit to watch on tv, then watched on the big screen up til the descent of the poggio, then ran back a 100 meters or so to find a place by the rails where we could try to see. Fortunately i’m taller than the average italian. Was exciting with the announcer calling it out. Then here they come and swoosh – i did manage to see Boonen standing and trying to launch his sprint. You see like 2 seconds of racing – but it is fun somehow.
It's about atmosphere. I'm very envious..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yeah, unless it's a crit
or a TT, those watching at home will always know more about what’s going on in a race than those at the race.
Still, I’d rather be at the race, every time.
disgusting....
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
disgusting....
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
better?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
nice to know i haven't missed anything
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Just a massive spam attack.
Bah spamsters.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
It's the second 'attack' today... idiots.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Gap back to 40 secs. There's a third group at 2:00.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Frinking just attacked, but
TheFigurehead declined to respond, figuring that Frinking’s going off on a flier that won’t survive.
So that’s all the action for now.
I thought it was the other way round... the commentator needs lessons.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
A touch melodramatic?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hey, I'm in the Matt Keenan school of commentating. Pick a side ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
As of last update (Google translated)
The riders are just driven by the feeding. This is after 102 kilometer race. The advantage of the leaders was now 1:05 in group 2 and now more than 3:00 in group 3. This latter group consists of about 30 riders.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Do you have anyone in the race?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Roulston, Guldhammer,and Ghyselinck.
None of whom is in the front group.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
You're about the only one who does I think. fingers crossed for you..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I have to barrack for someone ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Well, we should have pictures soon.
Then even those who don’t have a personal interest in the race can look at the shiny bikes and colorful plumage.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Excellent... I thought at least Arthur Vichot might be there, but no such luck.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Totally OT: really cool pictures on the news just now of a volcano erupting through a glacier in Iceland.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
I'm sure we could do a lot of OT tonight.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
If you ever teach Frost's 'Fire and Ice,' this might provide a cool graphic.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
I love Frost... thanks.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Me too. On those rare occasions when I desperately need by heart broken
I head straight for ‘Home Burial.’
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
I don't know it, but now I'll check it out...
I’m still a sucker for ‘The Road Not Taken’.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Best Japanese/Icelandic road movie ever made!!
‘You Icelanders are really strange’
errrr....am i supposed to sign this??
WHAAAAT?! Oh man, where have I BEEN?
I zone out for a few days, and a friggin’ volcano goes and erupts… through a glacier, no less… this is almost as pornographic as Thor reading the phone book, for me. I’m off to hunt down some still and moving images of sexy geology…
OMG... I'm missing you being here and then GEOLOGY raises its head...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
A Thor interview and sexy geology...
… so tell me that it wasn’t a conspiracy to bring Lou out of hiding…
If only... had I known it would work I'd have tried sooner..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
"The third group has just been removed from the game."
Out because of time, or what? Dutch speakers please help?
Derde groep uit koers
Zojuist is de derde groep uit de wedstrijd gehaald.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
There were about 30 riders in that group, but I don't think they were ever named in the ticker.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
It's sort of a mystery tour isn't it?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Race rules say
“Riders at a bigger time gap than 5 minutes behind the bunch will be taken out of the race by the jury or the police” Traffic management I assume
C'mon fothen!
Take me out of VDS hell- right up to VDSonestepslightlyabovehell- I know you can do it!!
And good night all.
by Runitout on Mar 21, 2010 9:57 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Should be fresh for the finish, then.
I don’t think the front group is going to stay ahead.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
So do we have a live feed now?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
See below (or the links up top).
Still doing preliminary stuff, looks like. Hasn’t settled into actually showing the race.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Yes, after your great rap for the buffering, I'll wait a little...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Video
here, but buffering endlessly for me.
Interviewing riders—the guy started interviewing Graeme Brown in English, but he answered in Dutch.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
geez
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a bit better in Chrome, but still buffers a lot.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
snl 6 is pretty good at replaying... the 2009 edition is available
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
i mean sbs 6.... duh
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Do you two have any sound?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
It just came on for me too, although the buffering isn't helping..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
yes,as it cuts in and out from the buffer... arghhh
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Much better thanks.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Actually, that link works quite well in Chrome. Yay!
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
It's fine for me in Safari too.
So do we know where your boys are?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
We're all very clever :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Not in the front group.
Which now has 15 riders: The advantage of the 15 leaders is 1:40 to 2 pursuers and over 2 minutes on the peloton. The names of the leaders are: Omloop, Brown, Flange, Mouris, Westra, Knaven, De Vocht, Reynes mimo, van Hummel, Veelers, Vanmarcke, Vanspeybrouck, Boucher, Eeckhout, Lachmann
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
tnx
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
So which team has the yellow leg warmers?
I think I’d rather be cold…
They're shockers aren't they?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
They won't lose each other in a chaotic finish.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
It could be case for voluntary colour blindness.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
See Majope above.. 1:40
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
The advantage of the 15 leaders is 1:40 to 2 pursuers and over 2 minutes on the peloton.
From the ticker.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Do we know how long the race is?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
207km... should be about an hour and a half left, give or take
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Frustrating... we get half an hour of TA last week and endless feed here..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
put 2.5 hrs of msr yesterday....
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
long commercial breaks for groene hart
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
hey majope, barbie to issue out "mad men" editions
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I think we're in advertising hell!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
race back now
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Echolons..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
OMG... frinking has destroyed my spelling gene :(
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i see you've adopted frinking's spelling of the word
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Mar 21, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Accidental... he's an insidious little devil..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
That's why the Coming Dutch Hegemony is going to be so successful.
Slow conversion, a little at a time.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Come to think of it. I bought a new towel the other day, and it was...
orange.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
They're clever... orange is a summer colour though... I approve :)
(Not that that matters).
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
??? Summer color. ???
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
I thought you were sending me to a fashion site...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Autumn color.
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
In my world, orange goes well with a tan ;)
Leaves turning is beautiful but depressing… a precursor to winter.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'm reclaiming my bathroom, which I had pretty much given up to the cat.
The shower curtain has a huge orange, red, and yellow flower on it, so I picked up a bright red rug and orange towels. Very cheerful.
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Excellent. I like the sound of that.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
What? I have no idea what you're talking about here..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'd obviously forgotten too...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
This is where the aforementioned Frinkles would say 'mwuahaha'
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Vacansoleil in charge
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Is that the 2nd group / peloton?
Yet Brown, Reynes and Van Hummel are in G1 / kopgroep?
Am I right? Confused.
I have no idea :(
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
As good a reason as any to watch..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i love the pig in the commercial
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Hair nets but no gloves in the cheese vat...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
ah, a classic: grilled cheese sandwich and a mug of tomato soup
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Oh good... someone has a grip on this..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I just got here...
are van Hummel and Veelers in the front group??
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
He's rocking and rolling on that bike..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Mouris is Vac correct?
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
Smart girl..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
He gonna make it??
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
Hang on!
He’s got to get it.
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
Well done... that was gutsy
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Podium?
"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey."
"I don't really trust a sane person."
"I never met a man I didn't want to fight." The one and only Lyle Alzado
I wonder when the novelty will wear off ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I think it's fantastic. Seriously..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I was waiting for results but just lost the feed. sorry..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
That was tight.
Chase group playing silly buggers in the last 2km. Chapeau Mouris, though, great effort.
Okay I have the top 4, but who was 5th?
First: Mouris
Second: Eeckhout
Third: Vanmarcke
Fourth: Brown
Bah. I run out to the store and you finish the race without me.
And apparently without any of my riders. How much hope should I hold for 5th?
1974 is so long ago. Nearly thirty years.--Mark Cavendish
Well none would stop you being disappointed..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Can we add in Cholet-Pays de Loire?
It’s not that Duque from my team won this race. Well, ok, it’s that. But the race had Saxo Bank, Caisse, FDJ, BBox, Cofidis, AG2R, Saur, Vaconsoleil, Topsport Vlanderen, Landbouwkrediet, etc. Some good riders too.
So Ted, do we know how it got there? And isn't it great that it did?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
It's a café with a music podium
inside a cultural events centre alongside the route of the race, pictured in a sponsor highlight.
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