Paris-Nice Stage 2 .......... LIVE and Post-Stage Thread
by Jens on Mar 9, 2010 10:06 AM EST
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Big bunch sprint today, marred by a wee chute, which was totally foreseeable because the final straight had a massive island in the middle of the road. Doesn't appear serious, just maybe rerouted some of the stage hopefuls. The result:
- William Bonnet, Bbox Bouygues
- Peter Sagan, Liquigas, s.t.
- Luis Leon Sanchez, Caisse d'Epargne, s.t.
- Mirco Lorenzetto, Lampre, s.t.
- JJ Haedo, Saxo Bank, s.t.
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10km
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
monfort crashed
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sorta
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
the boy who cried wolf
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
just over 8km left, bbox rider out front (doomed)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
misspeller!
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
french guy mangel took the kom
and a bunch of sprint points by being in a break. Now some breton (gaultier or gaulter) is going crazy
oh monfort
great start to the season that
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Are we voting again?
Not sure democracy is the way to go in the peloton, though.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Man
that is one compatto gruppo. Who do we like in the sprint?? Greipel?
"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 9, 2010 10:10 AM EST reply actions
Yea Greipel
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
13 sec gap, around 7km
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
we won't tell
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
headwind. uphill 200m kick for the finish today
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
you jinxed yourself
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Feillu around?
Vacansoleil better start building their case.
"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 9, 2010 10:13 AM EST reply actions
Oops
I stand corrected. Nice little stable there.
"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 9, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
Yikes
I’d have totally bit it on that corner.
"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 9, 2010 10:13 AM EST reply actions
meanwhile, hincapie has left snowy girona and arrived in italy....
where it is currently snowing…
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
a rabo rider who also lives in girona had to hitchhike to the airport
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
We were worried..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Dr Seuss I presume?
"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 9, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
you mean you left?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
ding ding ding ding ding
1km to go
"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 9, 2010 10:16 AM EST reply actions
left roundabout at 800m
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Chute!
"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 9, 2010 10:16 AM EST reply actions
lampre, vaconsoleil, astana...
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
conta down again
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crap
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
bonnet
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Bonnet over Chicchi
Chicchi started too far out.
"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 9, 2010 10:17 AM EST reply actions
finally, pts from chicchi
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Crash looks pretty minor
everyone getting up. But what a messy run-in that was. Bad planning.
"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 9, 2010 10:18 AM EST reply actions
I'll take whatever nickname he has
So long as he wins some more
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 9, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
how uncouth
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Wait
There are VDS teams out there without Jens! on them?!
Ô col Bayard, Ô Tourmalet, à côté du Galibier, vous êtes de la pale et vulgaire bibine !
oh crap, it was sagan for leaky, not chicchi
my poor vds
luisle 3rd
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
You're determined to make that stick, aren't you?
Lulu is much easier to type.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
but, luisle is what his pals in spain call him....
it’s a spanish thing
juan manual garate = juanma
juan jose marchante = juanjo
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
lu-iz-lay i think
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
well. yes, since i did help coin the name
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Well perhaps it would be over familiar then
seeing as we’re not (his pals)?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Bonnet
Sagan?? or Chicchi?
LuLu
"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 9, 2010 10:19 AM EST reply actions
lorenzetto, Haedo next
"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 9, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
Planet Armstrong?
This is intended to make him more popular in France??
"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 9, 2010 10:21 AM EST reply actions
seriously
what the hell was that?
"Today I was honked at...I caught up and made a great honking noise back...he caught up and said I'm gonna punch you in the face...I laughed."
~DZ
Waaaay too early
At least with 2 guys.
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 9, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
The same b-team that rocekd the leadouts at the vuelta, etc?
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 9, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Well. How hard is it to rock the leadouts at the Vuelta?
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
was he also run over by other riders?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
bole i think
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
The cause was the 2 guys in the blue (Katusha?)
one after another peeling off to the left, with the island doing the rest. Bole had nowhere to go when the guy cut power.
by rubesANdbabes on Mar 9, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
luisle gets a 4 sec time bonus for being in 3rd today
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
sagan is from Lampre!!!
he is in my vds team but only now i realize he is from Liquigas!! i really tought that he was in Lampre, even in TdU…lol
Whew--Boom still in leader's jersey.
The VDS will be right today.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
I mean, unless you slack and don't get them up in the next 2 or 3 minutes.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Okay now it's fucked up.
Boom is now the leader after tomorrow and I can’t get in today’s top three.
I’m thinking you didn;t cause the trouble yesterday.
You mean it really was a glitch????
I feel so much better now.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Teeeed!
The kids broke their toys again!
Maybe we should get you guys the VDS Duplo to start out with?
Chapter 20: In Which I Discover That The Captain's Notions Of Discipline Are Medieval Indeed
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
don't worry.
the computer knows what it’s doing. But i wish you’d quit posting the results in advance here.
And apparently
according to VDS, he will once again still be the leader tomorrow.
I need to start consulting the VDS gods more
if they’re so good at predicting the future
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 9, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
I don't know why
I didn’t study up on the results before I picked my team.
I wonder if Boom knows who he is
"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 9, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
They DEFINITELY know each other
because PouPou is father-in-law to Adrie van der Poel and often at the CX races in Belgium & Holland, watching, supporting and sometimes pitting for his grandsons.
Is Boom
Van der Poel’s grandson? Or just hanging around with them? I imagine Dutch Cross is a pretty small scene, everyone knows everyone, etc.
"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 9, 2010 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
No no,
Boom is no relation to either Poulidor or Van der Poel. Just that it’s a small world, they all know each other. (Grandson? VDP’s sons are younger than Boom.)
ah
I sorta remember VdP, though aren’t they one of those racing families with a bunch of guys?
"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 9, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Jacques is the much less notorious brother of Adrie, I had to look him up
Adrie married Raymond Poulidor’s daughter and they have two sons who do rather well in the cyclo-cross junior categories: David and Mathieu.
Is that the kiss of death?
Will Boom be relegated to eternal second place finishes now?
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 9, 2010 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Post stage
stay here. Threadjack!
"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 9, 2010 10:30 AM EST reply actions
they do breed them out there in bunches, don't they
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
ditto
"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 9, 2010 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
how lulu earn the pts jersey?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
nvm
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Man I see a result like this and go SHIT why did I fire Karl Sagans kid from my VDS Team!!!!
DOH
Oh well hopefully he waits until next year to really turn on the style. :{
by bought with blood on Mar 9, 2010 10:42 AM EST reply actions
No, No, No
Hang on for a bunch of anonymous but promising top finishes and be worth 2 points next year please.
'When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning' - Dr. Reiner Knizia
by bought with blood on Mar 9, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
I didn't even consider him
for two reasons:
1.) I assumed he would cost billions and billions of points.
2.) I thought he was dead.
Wait, we are talking about Carl Sagan, aren’t we?
Ha! Especially love the 'billions and billions of points."
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
My husband just forwarded an invitation to a party, and I checked the race schedule before I said yes.
Is that wrong?
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Thanks, everyone.
Of course, this is the right forum to ask… :-)
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
don't everybody do that?
I also check the Formula 1 schedule, Grand Slams, Uefa Champions League, Superbowl and a few other of less importance.
"Racing bikes is for the kids, the rest of us just want to feel like kids on our bikes" - Flying Dog
VDS is now right, sort of.
It will be completely right after tomorrow. But for now the point totals of the scoring riders are all right.
And Team Barbie Barbie is still holding on to a podium spot...whew!
But really, guys—I need more than 6 points a day out of you.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Bonnet: "My most beautiful win"
It’s the most beautiful win in my career. I used to work a lot for Thor Hushovd when I was with Credit Agricole. I have more freedom to play my own cards since I joined Bbox. I hope it’s the first great win but that more will follow. There were only two days for sprinters in this Paris-Nice so I think taht’s it but I have other goals in the early season – to do well in Milan-San Remo and in the Spring classics, and above all Paris-Roubaix.
There was a lot of tension in the last ten kilometres as the Colombia wanted to set up Greipel and the Liquigas Chicchi. With 4 kms to go, the Quick Step raised the tempo and I managed to take the good wheels. Later on there was a bad crash but I managed to go around it and to follow Sanchez who launched the sprint with 400 kms to go. I gave it my all but the last 100 metres were long. I really went for it.
trouble?
what trouble?
"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 9, 2010 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
He was saying he had a hard time keeping up the peloton...
With Haedo in 5th position that’s a bad sign
Today sounds unpleasant...
>http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-nice-stage-shortened-due-to-snow
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
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