Twit du Jour
by Jen See on Apr 9, 2010 2:59 PM EDT
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Manuel Quinziato rode the cobbles today in preparation for Sunday's big day out. He has today's Twit du Jour.
PR recon done. It's always a special day. I liked my ride today, I had fun and that's important... No fun no passion and cycling is passion! about 1 hour ago via web
In other news, this week has been the Week of Lame Chores here in Gav Land. I think I'm done now. Which means I can write about bike racing s'more and play with the interwebs. Yay!
In the meantime, how 'bout some Paris-Roubaix picks? Will Tom Boonen follow his recent pattern of seconds at the Ronde and wins in Roubaix? Or, does Cancellara have the Double in his legs? Maybe it's a first time winner. Post 'em, if you got 'em!
Updated! Now, with photo! Because it's Friday, and photos are phun.
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I liked Quinzi's but I also liked
(very large version linked from that page)
And from earlier, I liked a tweet by Marco Pinotti enough to RT but it seems he has since deleted the original. Too bad! Here’s my RT:
His team mates grab headlines over an internal spat but this matters. RT @marcopinotti: “no credibility award” is going to be won hands down(3 days ago at Pais Vasco)
headplant!
The Pinotti comment is in re Valverde? Or, the Italian investigation? I missed it, this am.
LOL, I really liked Trine Schmidt’s shoes, too, but Pigeons beat me to that one.
I like Greg Henderson's
Happy birthday to the angriest man in the Jayco bay crits every year. Haha. Brownie turns 16 today?
Hee!
Boonen, Eisel, Maaskant
In that order, no less….
I’ll take Bonnet, Flecha, Cancellara
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Apr 9, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
That is a fine tweet
You-Know-who’s caustic
Wondering what the little prince will say now..
deserve’s a cock-punching.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
please ignore the errant apostrophe
I do know the difference between the plural and possessive forms.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
Hmm, yes.
Snarky, that one. I don’t follow him, so missed it ;-)
If Cunego does turn out to be mixed up in this doping thingy, well, he does come off looking like an ass. Of course, you ‘d have to wonder what he was paying for. No official notification has reached Cunego yet, though, so we’ll see what happens with all that.
Since last year's Giro, at least
The whole Gazzetta thingy, where Cunego went all anti-doping and started a nice round of polemica. There’s been bad talk in the past too, I can’t remember why, actually.
is it just me, or does quinz look a lot like gorgeous george in that pic?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I've always thought George & Manuel similar
In looks. Both very handsome. Clearly.
by ZoeRochelle on Apr 9, 2010 4:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I look just like that too, hey what are you guys doing later
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Apr 9, 2010 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
what my hot twitpic not good enough? OK, so not exactly like those guys… ;)
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Apr 10, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
f Cunego does turn out to be mixed up in this doping thingy, well, he does come off looking like an ass.
Honestly I haven’t found one single person who hasn’t already come off looking like an ass.
yeah
The tatoos are kinda dorky anyway, and if you’re wearing a dorky tat and doping too? Double super dorky. Also, calling out other riders in public, there’s a word for this one, I’m trying to think what it is…
h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Right
Cuz otherwise they wouldn’t go fast enough to spin off the planet. It’s all about the spinning.
Well, Millar did it *after* he'd reformed...
…you know, assuming that he’s not full of it (which I’m fairly comfortable assuming).
I'm tellin ya
going THAT far out of your way to tell everyone you are clean is a bit suspicious to me. OK maybe I wouldn’t be saying that if his name wasn’t listed but it does make me wonder.
Proud member of Thuggetz nation.
You can of course read "I'm doping free" in two ways.
Maybe he was just advertising a particularly good deal?
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Myerson
put this on the inside of his left upper arm, ready to be shown in victory salutes:
It’s not, I repeat: not, a temporary transfer tattoo.
Yeah i saw that when he got it...he also got some spaceships on his arm recently
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
I'm gonna go with Fabian
The form’s there and so is the team. But my thinking may be a little blurred by the Abt 12, Corsendonk Dubbel, and Achel Blond that I’ve polished off tonight. It would be awesome if somehow GH or Jan Anton Vanderpijl slipped off the front while T Bone and Cance were making eyes at each other, but that is just a dream. Another dream scenario would be for it to come down to a sprint where Hushovd and/or Farrar were there to contest it. But, like I said, a dream.
If I just had one more gear, I...
Agree.
I think after last weekend it’s quite hard to see anyone beating him Cancellara at the minute. But it’s Roubaix & that’s discounting mechanical catastrophe, horrible crashes, gale force wind, torrential rain etc.
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Got to Kotrijk
Walked outside the train station and saw Saxo and Katusha busses and mobile bike shops. Spent a while watching Pippo go through his bikes with the mechanic. Katusha is using a lot of different stuff. Almost everyone is riding Ambrosio’s. Lot’s of canti rear brakes, and about half the team has a rear break lever mounted on the bar tops- cross style.
Kortrijk seems to be a good place to be right now. Should see more tomorrow.
I have a hard time seeing anyone beat Tony this week, but P-R has a way of making predictions seem foolish.
"Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs."
If I wasn't a total wimp about the very idea of tubulars...
…and I was going to get a set of wheels built, I’d think hard about such rims, if I could find any.
they're out there.
gp4s are easier to find, though (although reflexes are good too, and velocity tubulars look reliable also).
Honestly: with aluminum rims, tufo extreme tape makes the process of mounting a tubular more easy than a clincher.
Combine that with some sealant (Stan’s caffelatex, etc) or a can of vittoria pit stop plus a tough tire like a conti sprinter gatorskin and you have a really good everyday set-up.
Because I think three in a row is unlikely
and I can’t quite believe that Spartacus can do the double, I’m going to pick a podium from the workhorses who hover around the top 10 year in, year out.
1. Hoste \o/
2. Flecha
3. Hincapie
Vlaanderens Mooiste
Hoste!
Mr Beautiful
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 9, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I took it in the intended way. I couldn't see beyond Quinzi!
Too bad for Frinky that Franzoi has sold his soul to CX….
How about an even harder prediction than the winner/podium?
Who’ll be in the early break? When will it get away? How long will it last?
The early break will go sometime in the first hour containing the following riders only to be swept up in the Arenberg Forest
Reiner Honig (acqua&sapone), nicholas Rosseau (AG2R), Arnaud Coyot (Caisse), Cedric Coutouly (Saur), Markus Eichler (Milram) and Joost van Leijen (Vacansoleil)
If more than one of those things is right then Lars Boom is winning Roubaix
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
I'll pick
Adam Hansen for the early break. He’ll make the Saxo Bank grimpeurs hate him.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
Cyclismag have an interview with Mr Lettuce himself
My aim is to get in the morning break.…. Then finish the course. …. At Euskaltel, the Flanders aren’t our favourite races …. It’s difficult for us to set down any fixed aims.
and the winner is...
breschel
boonen
flecha
and hincapie will have his seemingly annual paris (compiegne!) roubaix mechanical
Boonen & Cancellara will mark each other
Is it possible that Tom will sit on Fabian’s wheel out of fear and follow?
Can this lead to not so favoured riders sneakaway, if Cancellara looks the other way?
I hope Tom dont decide that “I will follow Cancellara around” because Breschel will be ready with the one two punch.
I though, I’d better let this motorbike come by but when I turned around and looked it was Cancellara - Bernard Eisel after the 2010 De Ronde.
The way I read Flanders
Boonen followed either Breschel or Cancellara, depending on who made a move.
If he does again
He definitely will be in for more problems. Q/Step need someone else up there for Mattie. From whats showing from the past two weekends, Tom has his hands filled with Cancellara alone.
I though, I’d better let this motorbike come by but when I turned around and looked it was Cancellara - Bernard Eisel after the 2010 De Ronde.
Devolder will be on good form...I would definitely not count him out of anything. He can easily mark Breschel when he is
on his A-game which is about 3 races out of the year.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
I dought Devolder
will be around the front with 30km left to race
I though, I’d better let this motorbike come by but when I turned around and looked it was Cancellara - Bernard Eisel after the 2010 De Ronde.
Um...I would think about that
in ’08 he was right there with the big dogs, covering some moves until Cancellara made his move(and cramped at the end just to stay with Boonen) and took Boonen and Ballan with him. He was an A+ teammate that day and deserved to be congratulated.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
I know he won the week before too in 2008
but the signs are just not there this time around.
I though, I’d better let this motorbike come by but when I turned around and looked it was Cancellara - Bernard Eisel after the 2010 De Ronde.
Other than building form and seemingly getting better over the last week and a half...
QS won’t have a team like in ’06 when they placed all 8 riders in the top 60 but Tom should have enough to take Flabian on.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
06 is a good starting point
QS had 8 in the top-60. But when about 17 guys broke clear after the Arenberg, no one from QS except Boonen was there – not even Pippo. None of them ever made it back to the front and it made a difference. Guess who won that race…
I can see something similar happening Sunday. Though I can’t see Boonen as 7th wheel coming out of Gruson like he was that year.
by Mr 60 Percent on Apr 9, 2010 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
VDS is so strange.
Always been a big Cancellara fan. But I picked Breschel and Boonen in VDS because I liked their prices and now I’m practically rooting against my favorite rider in every race.
Anyone else have this situation?
I always pick some riders I really can't stand ...
So that if they win I’m not so unhappy.
(According to this reasoning, I should have Valv.piti, Vino, and HWMNBN on my team).
by GreylockGrinder on Apr 9, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
its a win win situation
your VDS or your favourite. you decide
I though, I’d better let this motorbike come by but when I turned around and looked it was Cancellara - Bernard Eisel after the 2010 De Ronde.
i picked EBH when I am a huge Boonen fan but since the kid's Achilles doesn't seem to like him...
I can root for Boonen without any bad feelings except knowing i won’t get many VDS points
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
My VDS team is so bad
It doesn’t really come up. Even when Cance left Tommeke behind on the Muur though, I couldn’t do anything but admire the move.
I do, sometimes, get annoyed at riders I almost picked but gave up on, when they race so much better than their replacements.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
Seeing I'm about 414th
I’ve tried to ignore that this VDS thing even exists.
Proud member of Thuggetz nation.
With only 16 teams below me an looking up at everyone else....
Hope sits in the Ardennes for me!!
I do need something like 3000 points out of that week to catch the top of the table,
But at least there is no relegation to a VDS Pro Conti pool for next year!
'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 Apr 10, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Oooh, now there's an idea...
Those of us in the 220s would be top of the heap in a two-tier system!
There’s no such thing as ‘enough’ photos of Tom getting owned by Tony… makes me wanna lick the bitter tears from his cheeks--Lou...
nope
just hired people I like so I can have fun watching the races
"I though, I’d better let this motorbike come by but when I turned around and looked it was Cancellara," - Bernhard Eisel
This is a good policy
but I also find myself getting doubly frustrated when the guys I have that I do like don’t perform.
Fabs
I don’t need any help rooting for Cancellara so I never pick him for VDS for some reason.
"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."
--Dino Buzzati
Boonen, Breschel, Cancellara
Scenario: race is whittled down to these three, Cancellara attacks early, but Boonen not up for getting caught out a third time, Boonen beats Breschel in the sprint.
Hope Pozzato places alright, but a 260km Monument isn’t something you can be expected to handle when you’ve been sick.
Let's see for a podium finally...
1.Devolder solo
2. Breschel-small sprint
3. Hoste
-——————
4th. Boonen
5th. Hammond
6th. Cancellara
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Dom Rollin put some photos up on facebook
of his P-R bike. He is running a 54/46 chainset on Sunday. My knees hurt thinking about it
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
wow. Yeah I wouldn’t be walking for days after that. Well I guess I wouldn’t be able to turn it in the 1st place ;)
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Apr 10, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
OK, you heard it here first...
1. Tony
2. \o/
3. Summie
It shall come to pass. The universe owes me some joy, seeing as how my heart is lying on the floor smashed into a thousand pieces…
And yet there is no Stuey on your list....
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
And that's what you get for watching soccer!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Thank you for your sympathetic, supportive words...
… in my time of heartbreak. (…twenty five fucking years, José María. You do not have my permission to put on another kit. DON’T make me wish for you to retire… don’t do that to me…)
Stuey is a given for me – c’mon! That said, I’d prefer him to be on the top step – and I’m having trouble seeing anyone but Tony on the top step…
I'm having trouble seeing anyone but Boonen on the top step..
but my head and my heart are two separate things thank goodness.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Oh GOD! Don't even SAY such a thing!
Psst… do you by any chance know why there are 940 comments in the País Vasco thread? Is it a place that I should avoid? I’ve been eyeing it with some apprehension all day…
Well...perhaps. Aside from LA, what is the only thing excluding Tony's arse that
could muster so much comment. That said, I enjoyed (almost) every minute of it. I’m just hoping holdenmate will be back… Yeah, go on, have a sticky…it’s interesting.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Wow... talkative bunch, aren't you?
I skipped over huge slabs (bits to do with the ‘D’ word, and the ‘R’ word – there were points where I felt that my life would not be enriched by reading the sub-thread further)… but yeah, there were interesting bits.
And I commend your restraint on the compulsory suffrage thing. I understand how difficult that would have been ;-)
don't remember, but did you wander into the pais vasco stage 4 live thread 2 for the pics of benat that we were all drooling over?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I can't even remember the photo...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
oh dear...
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
where's the other one?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
In the middle of 600 comments on the stage four 2nd thread.
It took my netbook about 10 minutes to load it so I’m not going to look for it now. You feel free to post it though ;-)
you don't want to share? not even a little bit
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
oh dear, albertina. amets broke his collarbone. but hopes to finish the tt today to defend the kom jersey.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
And how can you deny her seeing it's her birthday?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Sounds like you read well...the universal suffrage thing
has given me fingernail marks in my palms ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
It's a great idea and we're proud of it...
but we probably filched the idea from New Zealand..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
The Dutch might be rejoicing next season...
Though the credibility might not totally be there, CN reports that Breschel and Rabobank are in talks for him to replace Nuyens as head-classics slayer.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Isn't Rolf Sorensen Breschel's manager?
So there’s already a Rabo connection. Perfect fit. Especially when you look at the Rabo team for Roubaix.
by Mr 60 Percent on Apr 10, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
De Vlaeminck rates Paris-Roubaix contenders
at Sporza.
As I understand, he can’t see past Cancellara unless Boonen has improved since the Tour of Flanders. Noone else is in it. It seems he puts Devolder first among guys who won’t win, but maybe someone can clarify this. Dismissed out of hand: Pozzato, Flecha, Hushovd, Vansummeren, H\o/ste, and (sort of unusually) Breschel.
Apologies to any Dutch or Flemish people if I’ve wildly misrepresented the article.
Man he is scathing if I understand the article right. On Breschel: “Who is that?”; on Flecha: “He can’t do anything himself”; on Hoste and Vansummeren: “It ain’t gonna happen.” Apologies if those are bad translations.
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Apr 10, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Comes across as a tool
He wants Cancellara to win over his countryman Boonen because he wants to preserve his record of four wins. Did the Badger, who he resembles, say he didn’t want Indurain or Armstrong to win five? Don’t think so.
See the Velonation article, which validates the translation skills of Triki and Pliny. I tried to read through sporza too with my sub-amateur Dutch…always fun.
by Mr 60 Percent on Apr 10, 2010 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you misunderstood
He did not say that he wanted Cance to win because of the 4 wins. Not exactly, anyway, and he put things into perspective:
“Boonen didn’t have enough in the Ronde. I don’t know how will retrieve that in a week. But I do hope he will have closed the gap, then we will see an exciting final. Still, I would prefer Cancellara to win. So I prefer Cancellara but if Boonen is the best, he can win it for my part. I care about my record but it won’t keep me awake at night. I lost two friends recently, that’s much worse. If they could return then may Boonen win Paris-Roubaix 25 more times.”
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