VDS Smack talk - Giro edition
by Hons on May 3, 2010 2:18 PM EDT
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PrintThere has been a smattering of smack talk in various threads, but I thought perhaps we should gather it all in one place. I will head this up, mostly because since the ToC is stealing a bunch of potential GC types from Italy, I figured the Giro was the place to get points this year, and structured my team accordingly. So with no further ado, I present the Echelon of fools Giro 2010 line-up:
Ivan "still smiling" Basso
Carlos "no you're only worth 12 points" Sastre
Bauke "the other other great Dutch hope" Mollema
Chris "I don't need no stinkin' collarbone" Anker Sörensen
Frederik "I swear JV promised me leadership at the Giro" Kessiakoff
Rigoberto "it's my turn" Uran
Eros :get me outta this jersey" Capecchi
Mauro "I was clean all along" Santambrogio
and
Enrico "deal of the century" Gasparotto
If this team doesn't get me above the 300th place mark...I don't know what will...
How do you plan on topping that one?
sigh...
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Bada Bing
I got Basso, and with Jen Gray gone he’s looking pretty good.
Also, Ale Jet should pull a stage or two.
Word.
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?
Funky Finger Velo is as loaded as we're gonna get...(not totally confirmed, but this'll get it started)
STARS
Tadej “Sir, we’re going to need you to step over here” Valjavec
Domenico “Are you sure? Yes, I’m” Pozzovivo
Tyler Farrarrarrarr
Rigoberto “Hungry like the wolf” Uran Uran
U R E Trophy Mom
Frantisek “Every second counts” Rabon
WATERCARRIERS
Ttthhhylwester Ttthhhzmyd
Gorazd Stangelj (This name needs no " ")
“All Hail” Mikhail Ignatiev
Martin Pedersen
Thanks for starting this Hons!
Carlos “At least no one is gonna look at my 09 Tour performance” Sastre
Jose “I am too the leader” Serpa
Rigoberto “You want a sample of my” Uran
Tyler Farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrrrrrrrraaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr
Bauke “Why do people thing I am worth picking” Mollema
OSCARITO!
mega-funny
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
no problem
I needed a diversion from the doping stories of the day. And I figured that confirming that your week attempt at copying my Giro team would do just fine. Sprinters….pbbbtttttthhhhhhh…I’m saving them for the tour.
"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
for the record
I’m a firm believer that smack talk is best served incomplete.
"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
I would say that is a weak team
if I hadn’t just seen your Ed’s League team. By comparison ,this weaksauce is a powerhouse.
Leaders:
Ivan “Terrestrial” Basso
Damaino “I can too compete for the GC” Cunego
Cadel “Attack Attack Attack” Evans
Vlad “Flying” Karpets
Greg “Not Cav’s leadout man anymore” Henderson
Others
“Frantic” Frantisek Rabon
Sylwester “won’t get any points cos I’m domestiquing” Szmyd
Ignatis “unending surname” Konovalovas
Oh, and Rujano would have destroyed everyone if he was there
by William H on May 3, 2010 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Well..
Carlos Sastre..
Rigoberto Uran
Oscarito Freire
Bauke Mollema
Alexandre Vinokourov
Thomas Voeckler
Daniele Bennati
Sebastian ‘Who tooght he could ride Top 10 in PR’ Hinault
Read 'em, I'm weeping
Uran
Samoilau
Trofimov
Förster
CAS
Didier
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
You guys are all so screwed it's not even funny
(Mauro Santambrogio)
Rigoberto Uran
Carlos Sastre
Dan Martin
Christian Vande Velde
(Fredrik Kessiakoff)
Vincenzo Nibali
Matt Lloyd
Bauke Mollema
Greg Henderson
Craig Lewis
CA Sörensen
I went light on sprinters so you can all get some pity-points early on before I get medieval on your asses.
I heard Sastre's due to come into some form on the 4th week. That's how he works, right?
Nibali’s going to ride like a brick now that his dreams of Hollywood have been cruelly snatched away.
Kessiakoff is out
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on May 5, 2010 3:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I assumed when they announced Martin was riding
Sucks ass even if it didn’t look like he was going to do much at this point.
The Giro's all about the sprints, right?
Tyler “I’m a sprinter, no a classics guy, no a sprinter” Farrar
Andre “This must be a shit race” Greipel
I am not even sure if I have anybody else from sl0wp0kes in the race at all…I’m soooo screwed…
The artist formerly known as jf(bunchofnumbers).
Team Barbie Barbie is bringing
Tyler ’Don’t call me Brat ’ Farrar
Robbie “You kids get off my damned lawn!” McEwen
Leeenoos “When I said one who wins races, I didn’t necessarily mean cycling races” Gerdemann
Sylwester “Hey Jen, can I borrow your hair gel for the Giro?” Szmyd
Wouter “Nip” Weylandt
Cameron “Or am I Christian?” Meyer
Thomas “Why can’t I go to Cali? I won a stage there” Peterson (Garmin hasn’t confirmed their roster yet, but I don’t expect a lot of points out of these guys even if they do go.)
As we went over the top, Frank Schleck said to me, 'Don't worry, follow my wheel, it'll be OK.' But the first corner, he crashed, he went into a ditch....For two years now I've had to explain why I'm bad at going downhill because of that day.--Robert Gesink
How many score in a Giro stage?
Because Weylandt will probably pick up some points for placing if QST are working for him.
GTs go 5 deep on a stage.
So yeah, could be some points there.
As we went over the top, Frank Schleck said to me, 'Don't worry, follow my wheel, it'll be OK.' But the first corner, he crashed, he went into a ditch....For two years now I've had to explain why I'm bad at going downhill because of that day.--Robert Gesink
Meh
There are five obvious sprinters who could keep Weylandt out of the points. Same prolly goes for my Loddo.
True but I can see them getting some 4th and 5th places so points are points
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Okay, the updated start list doesn't have Peterson.
Maybe he’s doing Cali after all?
Das ist hier nicht Tralala--Rolf Aldag, expressing disappointment that Andre Greipel didn't try harder in Eschborn-Frankfurt
One Spaniard, no Russians, no Slovenians
so I might be ok.
Cadel ‘Would you mind popping Sastre too?’ Evans
Xavier ‘Please don’t let it be Xavier Tondo’ Tondo
Tyler ‘Flatbar’ Farrar
Alberto ‘Androni Giocattoli Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni leader’ Loddo
José ’Loddo’s bottle carrier’ Serpa
Michele ’Loddo’s windbreak’ Scarponi
Damien ‘Meh’ Gaudin
Coming to the Giro Wonderland...
Vincenzo “Not Nibbles: CAN-NIBALI!” Nibali
Marco “Time Trial Tricolore” Pinotti
Mauro “Maybe, Maybe Not” Santambrogio
Chris Anker “Fishing Reel” Sorensen
And perhaps…
Jack “Big Ears Bobby” Bobridge
Really, only 55% of a team.
Russian Vladimir Karpets is not only known for his mullet but also for his radical facial hair; he is not known for much else.
Is there an official start list out yet?
Team Gap has:
Sastre
Basso
CVV
Pippo
Förster
Schär
Bobridge (?)
Fischer (?)
menchov's not riding....
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
like the vuelta last year. conta didn't ride, so samu got #1
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
you expect logic from italians?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
?? I would think it would go to the most recent winner in the race so Simoni 2003
but ’tis a mystery.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Simoni isn't wearing a 1 bib though
Cunego is for Lampre. I think they just are dishing them out on who they think will win(Evans) or just to suck up to Cadel to make sure he’s knows damn well why he is there(to win).
Quitter's People United member # 42
Or because he's world champion?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i see androni is supplying the 3-B announcer's nightmare again
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by the looks of cyclingfever
they’re showing the nine riders of the teams that have finalised, and just the longlists for those that haven’t.
Also try
Cyclingstartlists—they very usefully date their updates, so you know at a glance if it’s more current than the last time you looked.
As we went over the top, Frank Schleck said to me, 'Don't worry, follow my wheel, it'll be OK.' But the first corner, he crashed, he went into a ditch....For two years now I've had to explain why I'm bad at going downhill because of that day.--Robert Gesink
Thanks, I knew about that site, but I never use it
because I find it visually unappealing. I might start, though: I’m always needing that sort of resource. I’ve been posting all the teams that I’ve seen announced in het ‘Giro Countdown’ fanshot. Have not yet seen: Garmin, Liquigas, A&S, Milram, or a lineup for AG2R without Valjavec. I think those are the only ones.
whoa
la gazzetta lists dall’antonia in place of bennati. a giro without pellizotti and bennati? get your brokers on the line and sell those personal care stocks short.
Albertina is going to go into a decline. We'll need to send Belgian beer and Specuulos
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
What the HECK? What is the matter with him now???!!!
Really this week is going from bad to worse. But don’t send me any more Belgian beer; I already have a hangover (I know, I know, I should know better). Chocolate please, before I cry.
Should it be one of those creme easter eggs you love?
Or is it Belgian all the way?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i've no clue wtf's wrong with our delicate flower. :(
i started getting concerned when liquigas stopped racing him after de ronde. the team’s talk about not wanting to tire him ahead of the giro sounded unconvincing at best. i got truly suspicious, though, when he got scratched from the romandie squad. no racing for over a month and then contend in a gt sprint? eh, not likely. i admit that i more than half expected him to surface on the dopers no-longer anonymous list yesterday.
silver lining: he’ll race the tour? (i don’t think he had the tour on his program at the beginning of the season, only the giro and the vuelta.)
No, he wasn't down to do the Tour.
I was kinda pleased about that as it upsets me to see Cav klopting him, the poor wee soul. I’m just weary and sad. He’s so pretty and so little seen :( Perhaps Rory Mason would give us the goss on Twitter….hmm, that’s a plan.
I am coming to terms with the high possibility of me being close to last...
Jackson Rodriguez
Francesco Masciarelli
Vincenzo Nibali
I hate Pellizotti even more now because Nibali was supposed to go to Cali and score me a ton of points….but no.
F.M.L (VDS-life, at least)
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Yeah I don't know about Nibali...
He might not be in shape for a 3-week effort and this might screw up his Tour preparation…
Anyway, La Tete dans le guidon will try to get out of the VDS basement with the Giro, but that’s no easy task !
Vincenzo “Let me show you who’s the Leaky boss” Nibali
Daniel “It’s time to score my first points” Martin
Bauke “That’s Dutch for hype” Mollema
John “For me it’s OK to have 0 points” Gadret
So well, my strategy is to focus on smaller stage races I guess :)
by FrenchKheldar on May 3, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Or on the flip side, he will have even better form for the Tour by racing the Giro but not at the front, ala Wiggins.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
damn jen grey anyway...
basso, farrar, ignatiev, cameron meyer*, bobridge*, arashiro
(*=maybe)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Looks like both maybes are going.
Das ist hier nicht Tralala--Rolf Aldag, expressing disappointment that Andre Greipel didn't try harder in Eschborn-Frankfurt
frack
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Wouldn't that be a good thing?
Das ist hier nicht Tralala--Rolf Aldag, expressing disappointment that Andre Greipel didn't try harder in Eschborn-Frankfurt
oh. just reread your post. i thought it said "gone" originally.
yeah, it’s been a busy day here.
(damn torrent not uploading)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Simone's Cake is for Simone
Evans
Sastre
Nibali
Gaspa
Pate
Cuesta
Mollema
Ignatiev
HOOK ME UP
by Davide Don of Rio on May 3, 2010 5:09 PM EDT reply actions
if this isnt the fire then i dont know what is
by Davide Don of Rio on May 3, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Lot of respect from everyone here but this is a smackthread so let's break it down, shall we?
Evans –
Sastre – Evans and Sastre, sooo hyped but both Tour-bound. Amazing if even one of them peaks here -prepare for disappointment
Nibali – late substitution, Tour-bound – no points
Gaspa – Burned his matches long ago – no points
Pate – breakaway, beaten in the sprint – how many points for third on a stage again?
Cuesta – best case : does not die of old age in week 2 – no points
Mollema – you’re kidding right?, never delivers – no points
Ignatiev – see Gaspa – no points
You are op de hoek
lets try again
Evans- clearly on form and here to win. Worst case top fat GC placing and a couple strong stage placings
Sastre- form is an enigma but this course was built for him- WC- fat GC points and 1 stage vic
Nibali- WC- top 10 overall and some high stage placings
Gaspa- good for some non winner stage points
Pate- agree
Cuesta- got a good feeling on some light GC points helping deliver Carlos
Mollema- agree
Ignatiev- i think he takes some points out of the funky transitional stages
by Davide Don of Rio on May 4, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
top 2 favorites for General Classification
send me a better one
by Davide Don of Rio on May 4, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
also, your team is pretty similar
and you seemed pretty stoked about that.
by Davide Don of Rio on May 4, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I feel that i can say with some authority ( as someone who often gets it wrong),
that Jens was joking… he’s just bitter at the ‘Cabin Boys’ lack of form ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I ragazzi della cabina will own the Giro
I’m not bitter, don’t cry for me Argentina.
This is a smackthread after all……. :-)
I'm not bitter either... Cloudstreet has met the Cabin Boys..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
my VDS smack consists of one word- pellizotti
is it too soon? anyways, team catalina wine mixer may prove to be just that:
andrey ‘good in that non stage-winning kind of way’ grivko
carlos ‘one more and i’ll have won last years race as well’ sastre
thomas ‘watch me go backwards on the zoncolan’ voeckler
david ‘is it july yet?’ moncoutie
tyler ‘if i don’t win the points jersey here i deserve a slap’ farrar
david ‘bike tossin’ millar
damiano ‘my favourite part is the post-stage interviews’ cunego
sylvester ‘can i be a co-captain now?’ szymd
depending on how everyone’s feeling, i’m actually quietly confident in a less than awful outcome. which is more than can be said for the season so far.
"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar
bunch of fuckin amateurs
sastre sastre sastre sastre sastre
and then the window dressing …
bauke “what’s the point? (and never listen to dutchmen hyping dutch riders)” mollema
dan “i’m too young to score you any points, 3 weeks is too long, blah blah blah (and never listen to irishmen hyping irish riders)” martin
and probably some others not even worth mentioning
I guess somebody drank the same KoolAid I did :)
by FrenchKheldar on May 3, 2010 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
irishpeloton
particularly wrote great stuff about the irish riders. Was really fun to read but next time i’ll enjoy reading but NOT let it influence my vds, ha ha! On the other hand wasn’t like i knew who the hell to pick anyway, but …
Attack the Ardennes
Carlos Sastre
Mollema
Cunego
Weylandt
Uran
Bobridge
Murilo Antonio Fischer
The 3rd best climber in the world
Karpets
Should do ok
Should do decent
My man Carlos is gonna win this thing.
Then we have:
Vino
Wentachie Wonder
Baden “The comeback starts now” Cooke
Greg “Damn, Griepel’s fast” Henderson
Then the others
Michael “They should have hardman points” Barry
Matt Goss
William Bonnet
Brent Bookwater
Danilo Wyss
The 'Nads are saving themselves
for the Tour, I guess. Fielding four for the Giro, would have been five except for Valjaveck being caught out for “irregularities.”
I’ve always had a soft spot for Karpets. Mainly because he has the most appropriate nickname in the whole peloton, what with that hairdo and all…
Along with a whole lot of other people, I have Szmyd. Do people pick him because of this name? (I do. Same with Fofonov.)
André Grivko, a man to strike terror into the heart of the peloton (NOT), and last but not least…
my ace in the hole, Pablo Lastras Garcia. He needs to sweep up as many points as he can, as I and only two other teams have him. (Hi Fred Marx!)
Nothing is impossible when you work for the circus.
fofonov
he either lives around here (Nice) or has friends and relatives here because his name is painted on the road everywhere! I see it all the time. Maybe it’s just the Paris-Nice route, but … anyway they just paint FOFO.
Guess who spent a whole 18 points on Franco Flippin Pellizotti?!!! BAH.
My VDS season was warming up so nicely until now. Thanks a bunch Franco.
but didn't you see his suspicious
performance in the tour last year???? ;) And Sastre was only 12 pts – although true, perhaps not so high on hottitude. Not that that would influence your picks or anything.
I am guilty of having too much faith! Bah.
He is, I will admit, kinder on the eye than Sastre, but if I were picking on those criteria I’d have gone for Ivan ‘soulful eyes’ Basso ;-)
Paging Phil H.... It's GIRO smack talk time... hello? (prepare yourself for a dudesmack;)
This is Phil H.‘s favorite race right? How can you call this your favorite race and come so ill prepared? What kind of DS would do this? He says he loves the Giro, but where’s his team?
I was thinking more about Cali, and yet my Giro team is going to make you look like you missed the plane to Italy. You can’t even carry bottles to me at the Giro, bitch.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Well let's be honest sminer
it isn’t as large as the Tour, where I will slaughter your shit race team. Although I wish it was as big as the Tour I can’t change the way cycling works. But Leenooos and Mollema will be epic surprises and Cunego will win 8 stages.
Quitter's People United member # 42
Ah, bonjour Monsieur Philippe de Francais
Or how do you say Mr. July?
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Smack talk aside...
Yes, counting on Mr. Consistency.
Would also like to see a little more brilliance this year. Hoping it’s still there.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Do you mean Basso?
cause the Leaky rider there is Pelli…who will not be riding(I’m sure you’ve heard).
Quitter's People United member # 42
I thought you were talking about my Leaky rider (Basso)
But you were talking about the guy in the photo? (Pelli…)
Yes, I have avoided injuries and busts so far. I run a tight ship.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Off the top of my head..
Carlos Sastre
Slywester Szmyd
Nibali
Gerdemann
Greipel
Richie Porte
Jack Bobridge
Cameron Meyer
and.. Robbie!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
not too shabby there
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
I'm a bit excited, but my heart's with Cadel...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
you can keep saying that all you want
i’m not sure he’s going to take you back after leaving him off your vds. Also now you might be blowing it with Carlos with all this slobbering over cadel. Ai yai yai, seahorse, what are we gonna do?
It's alright... what will happen is that now they'll be so jealous of each other..
They’ll put all their energy into that rather than winning.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
But imagine how hyped up the threads will be :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I have CA Sorenson and Voeckler as well...
I think the TdF will be a bust..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Im gonna thank Pellizotti for saving my Giro
2 late additions helping me greatly:
Vincenzo Nibali
Vladimir Karpets
and the rest (not impressive)…
Yukiya Arashiro
Jan Bakelandts
Greg Henderson
I had an elaborate post on this
then the computer ate it.
I gots:
Evans
T Valv (NOT)
CVV
Oscarito
Hondo
Cookie
Uran
Pozz
maybe a few others I cant recall now…
Wifes team (not even worth putting mine up)
Oscar
Peta
Scarponi
Serpa Perez
Pineau
Weggman
Bertagnoll
i am not ted king
mine:
Karpets
Henderson
Hunter
Cooke
Bodridgei
For once I feel good going into a GT
Basso
Cunego
Karpets
Gerdemann
Mollema
Simoni
Jufre
Uran
Freire
Downing
Gadret
GC, stage hunters, climbers, and sprinters – all covered. TT specialists, well not so much (but who needs them).
Twitter username: FitTechEric
Smack talk? How am I supposed to do that...
… with a team like this?:
Frantisek ‘Help me Obi-wan, you’re my only hope’ Rabon
Vladimir ‘I’m just here ‘cos Drongo’s VDS team was looking in strife’ Karpets
Markus ‘Listen and you can hear the sound of a barrel being scraped’ Fothen
It’s a team to strike fear into the hearts all those in the last 100 places on the VDS. Whose number I shall shortly join.
It strikes fear into my heart, let me tell you.
I'm in the bottom 100
I am not scared.
The only thing that scares me is if you have such utter losers here, what kind of monstrosity do you have lurking in the wings waiting to unleash upon other races?
You understand, that if you were most people on this site, you'd be rushing to check,
or waiting for Ted to furnish you with an answer :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Observe my mighty collection of early-season disappointments
Ivanov, EBH, Hoste (actually he’s done relatively well for me), Bozic, Davis, Maaskant, Vansummeren. And the rest.
The only GC feller I have is Gesink. Hmmm, relying on Rabobank to get you points. That sounds like fun.
oof
The only GC feller I have is Gesink.
i think really it’s time for mercy – your team should just be shot now and put out of it’s misery
Thanks Franco! Nibali rounds out my team nicely...
I have:
Cadel “There are three steps on the podium? Who knew?” Evans
Vincenzo “Stop comparing me to Kreuziger!” Nibali
Andre the Griper
Michele “Of COURSE I’m clean” Scarponi
Mauro “Ballan’s the guy you want…” Santambrogio
Cameron “Um, where’s the velodrome?” Meyer
Modestly hoping for a top five, a top ten, and a couple of stages.
Cycling will always be a beautiful sport no matter how many people disgrace it.--Christian Vande Velde
Speaking of the griper...
Aldag’s decided to use the Lefevere school of motivation on him. Let’s see if it works…or if it’s just meant to be read “And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”
As we went over the top, Frank Schleck said to me, 'Don't worry, follow my wheel, it'll be OK.' But the first corner, he crashed, he went into a ditch....For two years now I've had to explain why I'm bad at going downhill because of that day.--Robert Gesink
I saw that too... you have to think they don't like Greipel enough to want to keep him...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Aldag also admitted that he was sick too...maybe he's just a grumpy mofo when he's sick (kinda like me)...
otherwise, HTC is sending Greipel packing (definitely)
The artist formerly known as jf(bunchofnumbers).
I've adopted the Katusha playbook
for my Giro attack.
Vincenzo Nibali attacks on downhills.
Cunego [supposedly] attacks uphills.
Anders Lund attacks and destroys Thomas Vedel Kvist (Mr. LVR*)
Baden attacks the team Cooke.
Unfortunately, Mikhail Ignatiev is banned from riding with the peloton. He attacks out in front or off the back.
Mauro Santambrogio attacks are now un-suspended.
Bauke Mollema attacks the thought of actually being a contender.
Rigoberto attacks Uran attacks Uran attacks Rigoberto
*Least Valuable Rider
I hate mountain lions. -me
Caisse de cerveza pro favor
Evans
A Efimkin
Voeckler
Trofimov
Gustov
Pedersen
Bobridge
C Meyer
Rabon
Not looking great apart from Cadel. Breakaways maybe?
not looking so great except the favourite for GC
that’s a bit like saying saying, ‘My cobbles team is pretty ordinary except for Cancellara’.
Ivan “Done my time already. Ha Ha Ha!” Basso
Linus “goes faster with a broken leg” Gerdemann
Marzio Bruseghin
Frantisek Rabon
Baden “racing Robbie for 5th” Cooke
Enrico “Better not beat the boss this time” Gasparotto
Rigoberto Uran Uran
Franco “don’t you think you should have picked Nibali” Pellizotti – Oh
Alexandre “I’m back” Vinokourov
Jérôme “if you thought I was crap on the cobbles” Pineau
Enrico Gasparotto
Adam “At least I get to finish a few stages” Blythe
Olivier “who else is left to pick” Kaisen
Bah. Franco you bah-inducing idiot. Frinking is going to beat me now. The shame.
Team Tx (minus Euskies, who so do not heart Italy) now consists of:
Trofimov (you’d better get in a nice break somewhere)
Uran (bah)
Moncoutie (please go for the mountains jersey. And win some stages. Okay?)
Nibali (you need to save my bacon)
Szmyd (who the hell knows?)
Freire (Red Passion Jersey? In the apparent absence of its rightful wearer he might as well).
BAH. That is all.
I saw. I'm not even going to talk about this little Italian race. It is dead to me.
Now excuse me while I go and sulk BIGTIME.
I think 'allergy' is the word you want...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
hmmm
my team is supposed to be good in stage racing…
Gaspa
Greipel
Nibali
Uran
Bruseghin
Mollema
Szmyd
Santambrogio
Andre better win a bunch of shit small sprints……
this is easier than rbjhan i hope....
GH-Team Aero Official Press Release
After the shock that we had last night, GH-Team Aero will not be allowing Franco Pellizotti to take to the start line in the 2010 Giro d’Italia. As an organisation, we believe in transparency and clean sport, which is why we parted ways with Alejandro Valverde at the end of 2009. We tried to Save Ferris, and we have failed.
The result of this is that Jennifer Gray has been suspended and the team will have no GC ambitions for this race. Instead, we will look for stage wins through our trusted riders including:
Yury Trofimov
David Moncoutie
Cameron Meyer
Bauke Mollema
Chris Anker Sorensen
well done
"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 quite remember my team...
But I’m pretty sure it consists of, among others:
‘fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman’ Greipel
Dan ‘bet your house’Martin
Kamikaze Chris Anker Sorenson
Sylvester ‘if I rode for myself I would drop you all’ Szmyd
Cameron ’why does my bike have brakes now? Myer
and maybe one or two more.
Not great- but not awful either.
by Runitout on May 4, 2010 8:46 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Damn I misspelt 'Meyer'
I hate that
by Runitout on May 4, 2010 8:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How incredibly 'unaustralian' of you ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Courtesy of Frinky, we know runitout has Gesink too...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Well, that shows how much attention I pay beyond the riders I like or those on my team.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
LOL... keep reminding me will you?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hoping to stay in the top 50 with this phalanx;
Tyler “Get thee behind me, Cavendish” Farrar
David “Who? Are you sure?, No Way!” Millar
Bradley “Sky have built a team around me, so I must be good for something” Wiggins
Marco “There are two T’s in my name for a reason” PinoTTI
Christian “Oh wait, it’s May? time to find a podium” Vande Velde
And some others who may stray into the top 5 at some point or another (It’s a long race)
Julian Dean
Chris Sutton
Michael Barry
Chris Froome
Adam Hansen
Craig Lewis
"And now for something completely different"
owls of pain
Sastre
Nibali
Pinotti
Rabon
Mollema
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
it's owls of derision really
but their hopelessness justifies the creative licence, I feel ;-)
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
sorry about sunday..
"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar
still recovering really ;-)
hate to say it, but it was hugely, hugely exciting
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
yeah i watched it
good stuff, except for the palace staying up bit. i really dislike that club. oh, and the foolishness at the end wasn’t that cool, i hope you weren’t among the hordes on the pitch ;)
"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar
I managed to restrain myself.
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Txeer up.
Could easily see the Shark scoring a stage or so, even if the GC’s beyond him. Same with Freire, if he deosn’t get anything on the flat stages, he capable of making the finale of the harder ones. Moncoutie: hopefully lots of the notable climbers will be going for GC, so the green jersey will be his for the taking. He possibly could finish top ten too.
txapeau :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
OK - i waited until most people won't read this thread (hopefully)
Franco Pellizotti
Tadej Valjavec
(Dear FatManonaBike – only me and you got that double up, well done us!)
Gaspa, Grivko, Cummings, Russ – all carrying bottles
Dear Mr Petacchi – please get me some points – they go down to fifth each stage, you can do it – cos heaven alone only knows where else the points are going come from.
Cummings
is a bit of a specialist in minor Italian one day races (Tre Valle Varesine or whatever) & was absolutely gutted not to get a ride with Barloworld last year. I would be surprised if he hadn’t got a stage or two marked out (I’m not saying he’ll actually do owt like but…)
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Best to hope for re Cummings
is 3rd or 4th in a stage in the last half of the race I reckon. Fingers crossed I’m wrong, though, as would like to see better – for him mostl.
Sympathies on yesterday by the way – Blackburn fan here – we know.
I think cummings can do something on a transition stage...
though I am thinking a 2nd or 3rd place out of a break in a sprint
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Doomed break, more like.
Thanks for the commiserations. Must say I was quite pleased to see your lot had finished off Arsenal though… ;-)
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
seahorsed [roll eyes] - reply to andrewp
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Apparently we bullied Arsenal into submission!
The strange thing about this site is I spent the last ten minutes of the match willing your team to do well as I don’t (virtually – or in real life for that matter) know a Palace fan!
Could be worse...
Cadel Evans
Sebastien Hinault
David Arroyo Duran
Jack Bobridge
Cameron Meyer
Ted King
Gregory Henderson
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
I'm betting on science to cure all the damage done by my reckless behaviour.
Yeah...
But as Australia’s first speed skating gold medal proved, sometimes you can get lucky and avoid the crash that takes the rest of the field out.
I'm betting on science to cure all the damage done by my reckless behaviour.
Fracking Pellizottii!!!!!
Now I’ve got
Bauke " hey look mom I’m Riding A Grand Tour" Mollema
Rigeberto " Hey why aren’t I doing donkey work for Valverde.. Oh wait this race is in Italy…" Uran Uran
stephen" Nothing to see here" Cummings
Morris " did my best work on stage 4 of the tour of Romandie… sorry for not getting any points though…" Possoni
Riders with a total cost of 7 points!!!
Where is the BCS? why isn’t freaking Kessaikof getting his chance (stupid Dan Martin) ??
Santambrogio you can now race why aren’t you??
Fracking Pellizoti!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing to see here!! Nothing To See Here!!!!
Go on about your business you do not see a grown man lying on the floor crying like a small child!!!
Bye Bye 300’s hello 400’s but wow I just looked at the lantern rouge!!! that is one competitton that seems quite sewn up. Bianchista I am feeling your pain. Losing Pellizoti has hurt you a lot more than it hurt me.
'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 May 5, 2010 10:20 AM EDT reply actions
You''l have lots of us along for the ride..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Oh well, as long as the company is good a long journey to nowhere can be fun.
Gruppo!!! Gruppo!! GROUPPO!!!
Let’s all just spin along and enjoy the scenery. I mean seriously who wants to race up the Zoncolan anyway!
'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 May 5, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Kessiakoff was supposed to ride
But something is wrong with his health.
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on May 5, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I've certainly got less than what I hoped for. Unless you count age.
Old guys:
Carlos “You seem to be my only hope” Sastre (35)
Gilberto “One win is all I ask” Simoni (38)
David “Où sont moi, ce n’est pas la France” Moncoutie (35)
Greg “put anotha win on tha Baahbie” Henderson (33)
Sylwester "I’ll forever be known as “The Puker”" Szmyd (33)
Young guys:
Linus “This is gonna be my breakout” Gerdemann (27)
Ignatas “Just like last year, baby!” Konovalovas (24)
Thomas “I got nothing” Rohregger (27)
Can I ask where Freire (this I know…allergies) Chicchi, Garate, Pauwels, Spilak, Cardoso and Soler are? WTF?…. I mean, even J-Rod.
Soler, Pauwels and J-Rod rode last year. Chicchi and Cardoso would be good in the Giro. So disappointed about Oscarito.
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