Monday Mourning
by Chris Fontecchio on May 30, 2010 6:43 PM EDT
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PrintI know what you're thinking. The Giro d'Italia is over, and after three weeks of constant exposure to Italian culture, you can't contain your emotions. It's OK, let it out. You'll feel better.
Me? I'll be OK. Gavia, I dunno, I'm a little worried that I haven't heard from her all day. Hopefully she's got some waveage to wash away the tears. Crashdan is going into hiding this week, though after three weeks of constant previews he could use the time away. Jens -- I don't try to psychoanalyze Jens. I'm relieved that he can focus on other things after something like 75 race threads. The other editors are uundoubtedly in some state of disarray, except for whoever owns Basso in the Ed's League VDS and Majope -- she's a rock.
Anyway, here's a little something to help you cope with the next few days.
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Il sono tranquilo...
Ok except that now it looks like Mt Hood may run in standard PNW conditions….
have you supported your local race photographer today?
Why not? It's cheap, easy and you might win something.......
by Christopher See on May 30, 2010 6:51 PM EDT reply actions
Wait
are you suggesting that when I come here tomorrow there won’t be any Giro? That. . . .just. . . .can’t. . . .be
Thanks for all the threads and learned commentaries.
It helped me better grasp the attractiveness of the Giro.
Cerca la qualita in Giro
screw the editors . . .
I want an avian bulletin sent out to all endangered species organizations operative in Scandinavian countries.
Podiccio,
when last heard from, was clucking sweet nothings about his “migration to the Swedish Blue Parrot” he’d met on skype, thanks to the Giro.
Norwegian Blues prefer to kip on their backs...
have you supported your local race photographer today?
Why not? It's cheap, easy and you might win something.......
by Christopher See on May 30, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah . . . but . . .
the Swedish Blue is even rarer still . . .
and only nests near becco horns.
At least, that’s what Podiccio thought before he flew off in a haze of pheromones, grappa, and tiramisu . . .
Luckily
a Swedish stage win might buy him some time.
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Eds league: a brief summary of who had whom
Let’s see…
Egoat got next to nothing as he had Dean, Valjavec, and Brown.
Gavia had…less than Goat boy: Benna and nothing else. I guess gossip is cheap.
Fred Marx…Arroyo! Nice one there-a 7th round pick.
Ruthann tasted glory only on the last day as she only had Larsson
Crashdan….Garzelli and Gerdemann and Karpets: not quite 400 points
Sui Juris…Sastre-ouch! 2nd round pick there buddy! Greg Henderson too…Moreno. Meh all around.
Jens had Vandevelde, CA Sorensen, Matty Lloyd! Good. Check that…all Lloyds look alike, don’t they? No KOM points for you! Uran too. Could have been better if CAS hadn’t hurt himself pre-race.
Tifosa was even at the race so she must have some nice picks….Basso! We have a winner! Scarponi!! whoo-hoo! Petacchi!!! well we can;t be greedy, but she must have the most points of the Eds in the race.
Clydesdale had as his only possible point winner Moncoutie. No soup for you!
Majope has Evans! Wiggo too for some loose points plus Konovalvas for a nice last day.
Fearless Leader Chris must have scored big-time, right? RIGHT? Well let me put it this way: Chicchi earned him more points in California than he earned in Italy. I’m talking shut out here.
Mr. VanP had Pozatto. That’s the good news. He also had Pozzovivo, though that was a 10th round flyer. Cooke did squat as did Leo Bert.
Yours truly? Tondo. Hey-the first week looked good! Franny Mascierelli flamed out.
Jimbo staked everything on Greipel figuring it was a shit race.
Markos had Nibali! Millar for a few points too. That’s about it. Nicki Sorensen.
Drew was looking for Chris Sutton for the big points, with De Greef to clean up the rest.
Tedvw: Farrar, Mollema, Cunego. Not bad at all.
Finally Monty cleaned up with Pellizotti. Oops. Oh to be fair he also had Visconti and Gaspa. heh. Okay he also had Pineau.
Chris was SHUT OUT of the Giro?!?
Wow.
Translated from Danish into English: "Bush league, psyche out shit, man! Laughable!"
hm
My Vuelta strategy is looking HOT though.
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
When I get home, I promise.
He’s here, really? Tell him I said hi. How’s he doing?--DZ, on being told Floyd Landis was present at the ToC.
No.
He’s here, really? Tell him I said hi. How’s he doing?--DZ, on being told Floyd Landis was present at the ToC.
I'm currently sitting in Washington, really weirded out by the fact that they re-named this airport
for the guy who fired the air traffic controllers back in 1981.
He’s here, really? Tell him I said hi. How’s he doing?--DZ, on being told Floyd Landis was present at the ToC.
It's part of a quixotic quest of some Republicans
to name at least one government building after Reagan in every county in the US. It was renamed more than a decade ago (Clinton signed the bill). Washington DC protested by not changing any signage referring to the airport in the Metro system until forced a few years ago.
Pineau?
Vino-power all the way, babe
Monty 3539
Tifosa 3514
kos 3078
Jimbo 3006
Fred Marx 2953
tedvdw 2809
Elvisgoat 2774
majope 2717
ursula 2335
Clydesdale 2216
gavia 2188
Mr Van P 2109
Ruthann 1960
Sui Juris 1895
Drew 1765
Crashdan 1676
Jens 1462
Chris… 780
Hey look I'm no longer pack fill...
have you supported your local race photographer today?
Why not? It's cheap, easy and you might win something.......
by Christopher See on May 31, 2010 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Fuck Robert Gesink
this is all his fault.
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Cool! I think I moved up a space.
He’s here, really? Tell him I said hi. How’s he doing?--DZ, on being told Floyd Landis was present at the ToC.
Oh One more thing
Subtract 2408 points from Jimbo as he has Valverde. That leaves him with…596.
HEY CHRIS! YOU AREN’T LAST!
Wait
I thought the consensus, which we reached right before Drew’s head ’sploded, was not to strip points awarded prior to a ban? In which case, I get to keep my dirty Valverde points, thanks very much.
"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom
And I should add that stripping all points from a banned rider was my idea
Talk about irony
"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom
Not my recollection
I thought we would do it just like the public league is doing it: if results get stripped then the points do too.
Is that how we are doing it in the public league?
"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom
Well what do you know...
All his points are gone in the public VDS! I didn’t think we had the balls to go through with that. Good for us. It shows we have character, or something.
"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom
Yup, blame CAS and the UCI, Jimbo.
Valverde now officially has no results for this year, so he can’t possibly have any points.
He’s here, really? Tell him I said hi. How’s he doing?--DZ, on being told Floyd Landis was present at the ToC.
Please remove me out of this game
since you took away all the points of valverde
i dont want e be a part of this game anymore
can you please remove me and i DO have valverde in my team so thats the reason
i just thini its absolutley not done to take away points from riders who get suspended
or caught with epo
"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom
Nah, stick around.
You’re still beating Chris and Jens in the Ed League (ursula subtracted too many points—you still have 1467).
He’s here, really? Tell him I said hi. How’s he doing?--DZ, on being told Floyd Landis was present at the ToC.
Dauphine in 7 days
which means I get to watch Beto again!! While I highly doubt there will be a race anywhere as close to exciting as the Giro the feeling now is not the same as after the Giro Lombarida because only half the year is over…well and I’m heading to Montreal next week.
Giro...Giro.....Giro!!!!!!!!
Quitter's People United member # 42
My faith in Basso was well placed!
Greipel? Meh….
I thought he had abandoned until the stage that he won!
We’ll see how the Tour goes!!!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
I celebrated no more stage previews by climbing Mt. Baldy: 10,064' (3,067m)
Considering that I live spitting distance to the ocean at an elevation of (what’s the elevation of a third floor apartment above sea level), and it was my first real training hike, my ass, it is kicked. I did not get vomity at elevation, but the threat was there after a sustained heart rate somewhere above stratospheric.
I did help an old man that fell down… and nearly slid off the Devil’s Backbone trail to his death. Woot!
Translated from Danish into English: "Bush league, psyche out shit, man! Laughable!"
um
yeah, well, I cleaned the house all day.
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
And today I'm making french toast.
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Is it too late to get a seat at the table?
mmm French Toast.
have you supported your local race photographer today?
Why not? It's cheap, easy and you might win something.......
by Christopher See on May 31, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
If you can get here
I’ll save you some. Seattle is practically on the way to Portland.
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
So... Just found out Flight of the Conchords are performing at the Hollywood Bowl as I type this.
Show started at 7pm. A bit late to rush over there, even though I’m like literally 2 miles away…. Oh well, I get to see them on the PdC, so all is good. And they happen to be showing “Visions of Southern Italy” on PBS right now. That is helping in my Giro withdrawls for this evening. Tomorrow? That’s another story. At least I get to sleep in. All I can say it WOW what a Giro. And not only because I have Basso on my VDS team. Kudos to all riders and the PdC gang for making it another winner all around!
Mourning? Blues?
This little race even managed to knock Mr “that must have been me woofing in my sleep, officer” from the top of the rankings.
Awfully quiet around here
Cricket is suddenly no longer an interesting subject now that the giro is over?
What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.
I think we need some fake live threads
just to give people something to do in the morning/afternoon/evening.
Maybe Jens can bring back the pasta Tour de Livingroom.
we could start an england vs bangladesh one
just for all the cricket lovers
by thebongolian on May 31, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Bangladesh took it to five days
I wouldn’t be too thrilled with that if I were an England supporter.
I'll eliminate you like I eliminate gluten from my diet.
by tehGrindCrusher on May 31, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep
Just as I get the internet back on at home, the cycling stops.
The cricket is over as well. Rugby internationals? Australian Rules? Cheese rolling?
Dwarf tossing?
What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.
Lopex
I believe “Dwarf” is not the preferred nomenclature…. Uh, “Little People”, please…
"Do you think we are a bunch a girls?...Go and ride some cobbles and you’ll definately know that we don’t discuss perfume and shaving cream." - Dom
We can talk about next year's Giro
Jered Gruber has an article at Velonation, the organizers will change the team selection procedure so that
The team that performs the best in the Italian UCI ranked Category 1 and Hors Categorie races will be assured a spot…
Though it won’t make much of a difference. But at least it’s something to discuss.
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
No longer
will the teams that sends Zomegnan’s wife the nicest fur coats be assured of automatic bids.
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh I want route rumors!!!
lets starts with putting pressure on Zom to put the Stelvio in next year, and make it a mountain top finish!
Giro...Giro.....Giro!!!!!!!!
Quitter's People United member # 42
Well apparently it will start in Turin and end in Rome
I enjoy the snark of Zomegnan here.
Giro...Giro.....Giro!!!!!!!!
Quitter's People United member # 42
Turin... Rome...
a religious theme? Or perhaps the route will represent the shift in public opinion and moral authority away from Juventus and toward Roma?
by Chris Fontecchio on May 31, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Something about Italian unification being celebrated next year
Turin was where the first Italian parliament was created. I was going to comment about them avoiding the Serie A champions and visiting the Serie A bridesmaid’s.
Giro...Giro.....Giro!!!!!!!!
Quitter's People United member # 42
I'll spare ya'll my pretend Eye-talian:
I’m meh on the Stelvio—look at how the Gavia turned out.
Give me strade bianca, give me a 60k cinque terra TTT; give me a finishing climb up wolf mountain, have a circuit race on a motor-sport track, figure out somewhere in Italy that gets cross-winds, and maybe have 2 big mountain stages separated by a week: so they each get raced hard.
I think if you have a climb tough enough
some action is guaranteed. Look at Zoncolan or Mortirolo, no attacking just people unable to follow the strongest wheels. Plus the Stelvio is worth it just for the scenery and all those switchbacks, Colle du finistere too please. Anyway I have faith in Zom that he will find more innovative and new ideas to continue to make the Giro as unique as it is known for.
Giro...Giro.....Giro!!!!!!!!
Quitter's People United member # 42
ooh, ooh, ooh, I know
Carlos Sastre’s least favorite idea:
Do away with GC on time and make the entire race based on finish points, bonus points, and kom points . . .
Winner of the Fuga break-away competition wins the whole thing
watch the big GC faves now have to get into day long breaks every stage.
Giro...Giro.....Giro!!!!!!!!
Quitter's People United member # 42
You just described
My ideal GT. Just make sure there are some sketchy descents included as well.
"Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs."
Basso's place among recent GT winners
So using VDS here are the points won by recent winners of the Grand Tours. The digit after the VDS point total is the number of stage wins:
Contador, 08 Vuelta——————-1400-2
Di Luca, 07 Giro—————————1261-3 (including a TTT)
Menchov, 07 Vuelta——————-1255—1
Valverde, 09 Vuelta——————-1240-0
Menchov, 09 Giro————————1175-2
Contador, 09 Tour———————-1046-3 (including a TTT)
Basso, 10 Giro——————————-941-2 (including a TTT)
Contador, 07 Tour————————-905-1
Contador, 08 Giro————————-800-0
Sastre, 08 Tour——————————800-1
Vacay day!
Then, back to more bike racing. Dauphiné starts soon. I called some friends for help, and we will have hijinx. Apparently, a cat is involved.
Valverde? Bah!
Also, maybe I write a fond farewell to this Giro. It was soooo fun.
Right now, I’m going outside. Ciao ciao!
Steephill says there will be no live coverage of the Tour of Lux!!! No. This cannot be.
Help!
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
Have there ever been live coverage of Tour of Luxembourg?
Anyway, I looked around at rtl.lu yesterday, and it didn’t look like they paid very much attention to cycling more than the usual headlines. But who can blame them, now that Benoit Salmon has retired.
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on Jun 1, 2010 6:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea. I was living in optimistic hope.
Not that they would have worked in the office anyway!
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
well, damn. nothing to do until sunday, when the dauphine starts.
and ctv has rights to that. so we know what that means.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
yeah. right. and how much of that is actual race coverage?
versus – BAH
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
We followed it last year on Twitter.
Remember the exclamation points when whoever it was gave the latest update on one of the Schlecks?
He’s here, really? Tell him I said hi. How’s he doing?--DZ, on being told Floyd Landis was present at the ToC.
so, the prologue doesn't start until 19.00 local?
<a href="http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aotdl.com%2Fapp%2Fdownload%2F2089121203%2FOrdre_depart_Prologue.pdf" target="new">prologue startlist (pdf)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
well, that didn't work, did it?
let’s try this one
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Right, 19:00 CEST.
Along with Twitter coverage via procyclinglive , there will be a ticker in German here. I figured I’d put up a live(ish) thread in Fan Posts nearer to start time, but if you’re around and bored feel free to put one up early.
It’s so stupid I’m speechless--Fabian Cancellara, on claims that he rode a motorized bike in the classics
bored? how can one be bored when they're banging away redoing the bathrooms?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I thought about doing a What would Basso look like without a blue hat
But decided against causing mayhem.
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on Jun 1, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I will have no talk of hairlines
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
I wonder what "luggen i nacken" is in English
That’s my guess, back of the neck.
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on Jun 2, 2010 3:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Will he have got rid of it all before the bird's nest ends up covering only half his head?
This is an interesting question.
"A mountain is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity" - Robert Millar
Who said anything about hairlines?
But now that you mentioned it…
"i just see giro and get all spazzy" - Gavia
by TheFigurehead on Jun 2, 2010 3:05 AM EDT up reply actions
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