VDS Vuelta a Espana Smack Thread and Update
by ursula on Aug 24, 2010 2:58 PM EDT
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Getting toward Business Time with VDS this year and you know what that means- a quick update of course and folks here laying the smack with what their team has got in the last huge VDS point haul of the year. )Of course the two Worlds races and Lombardia will shake things up too...)
So where do we stand?
-tgartner is looking to run away with the title. It looks close; he only has a 155 point lead over-gosh! Who is that cutie in 2nd place! Could it be? It is!
ahem
Tgartner lead is only 155 points at the moment but look at his Vuelta squad: J-Rod, Lulu, Nibali, Kolobnev, Van Garderen, Dumoulin, Valls, Caruso, Cardoso, and Pauriol. That's one serious team and IMO he should pull away from his nearest competitors over the three weeks unless they get awfully lucky.
But you, dear soul? You got anything to brag about? Here are some startlists: Cyclingfever, Cycling startlists, and oh hey! bonus! We also got the Cat 6 Tour du Poitou-Charentes stage race staring today that you can embellish your smack talk with. Here's the Cycling startlist for that one-if you have Anthony Roux, you just picked up 25 points for winning the first stage there. Chapeau!
So who you got?
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Built for comfort, not for speed
I got a fair team:
Sastre
Farrar
Bos
Lulu
Uran
Cardoso
Valls
Hooter
Zabriskie
Freire
M Velits
Shouldn’t worry tgardner much
This entire post
is Ursula’s love letter to his VDS team. Which frankly I’d have done long ago if I were lying second overall…
"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 24, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I share your confidence
and am making popcorn in preparation for this event.
"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 24, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh look!
Two of you are over 6000 points! I would love to give you little tykes a pat on the head! Cause you are sooo smart! And don’t worry Ed! You’ll make 5500-just you wait! And if you don’t you are-and all of you-are just cute as buttons! I am so proud of you-able to think up the names of 25 riders and all! That alone surpassed my hopes for you three!
Oh, I was just trying to figure out how to make money off this spectacle...
…I wasn’t taking a side.
Sensitive, aren’t you?
What's the Vuelta? Cat 6?
I’ll still pick up a few points with my boys: Tommy Love, Sammy Doom, Laurens ten Dammit don’t get hurt again, DZ, the Double-Double-U Duo of Wenatchee Wonder and Wouter Weylandt, Tejay “Columbia might not expect much from you, kid, but Team Barbie Barbie does, so don’t fuck up!” Van Garderen, Hayden “Do I have a nickname?” Roulston, and Theo Boss of the Sprints*
*that don’t include Cav and Farrar, so here’s hoping he sticks around until after they pull out for the Worlds.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
If Cav would be so nice to fail miserably at the Vuelta
I’ll have most sprint points wrapped up.
Freire – Petacchi – Bos – Hutarovich – Weyland
Well, they should at least score something, right?
Robert Gesink on the difference between football and cycling: "For us it's a lot harder to get yellow"
I see a good 30-40 points in your future.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
250 from Eneco here--which vaulted me from the 390s all the way up to the 370s.
Yay, me.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
430...add in 25 for Roux today too and I'm up into 318th. I'm sure to fall back soon come Vuelta time.
I can dream for next year’s Eneco Tour all ready
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Aug 24, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
You have been doing quite well in the Ed's League lately, though:
Tifosa 5169
Fred Marx 4823
Monty 4674
Elvisgoat 4517
tedvdw 4304
Ruthann 4280
kos 4013
Crashdan 3516
Clydesdale 3496
Drew 3455
gavia 3398
majope 3317
Jimbo 3201
ursula 3000
Mr Van P 2859
Jens 2822
Sui Juris 2285
Chris… 1768
But I’m sending Deignan, Gerrans, Swift, and Augustyn to the Vuelta, so you’re all toast.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
Hey!
Didn’t you see the restraining order issued against publication of the Editors’ league standings?
"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 24, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
But...but...
with a little luck, you’ll hit 2000 by the end of the season. Almost certainly.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
fuck you
"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 24, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
and you
"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 24, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone else?
Huh?
"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 24, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I only have P Velits, Zeke, Tondo, Cardoso, and Bos
I sure wish I was good at this VDS stuff.
Oh wait.
Of course I do--just wait until you see Cabin Boy Skippy.
Incidentally, after watching Zombieland last night right before bed, I had a long, involved dream where I was being chased by zombies—and we still had to stop to investigate an old Barbie trunk. “That’s supposed to be a Number One? Ha!”
Then Lance Armstrong was giving me marital advice. I am never watching zombie movies before bed again.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
I have this recurring dream
where I’m standing on top of a pyramid in these sort of Sun God robes and a thousand naked women were throwing little pickles at me…
Jens! Voigt puts the 'laughter' in 'manslaughter'
and you're shaking a giant Gherkin....
Anyone who has every thought a working Photojournalist has a glam job needs to rethink...
by Christopher See on Aug 24, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Why did I read "Gherkin" as "merkin"?
"It was getting colder and colder as we went up. About halfway up, I started to go a little backwards and as I passed Thor he looked at me and said, "If you lose my wheel I will smash you." I took his wheel and found an extra gear." João Correia
This is the thanks you get when you offer sound legal advice?
No wonder you chose salmon for clients.
yeah
they don’t listen either.
"Good thing I never said out loud that I was pulling for France, before this all started." -Mark Blacknell
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 24, 2010 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Good Heavens, how did I do that
especially as my first pick was Pellizotti. God Bless returning dopers.
wow wtf di dI do right?
Anyone who has every thought a working Photojournalist has a glam job needs to rethink...
by Christopher See on Aug 24, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Los enanos de jardín no son lo que parecen
Roche
Rolland
Trofimov
Lulu
Uran
Samoilav
M Velits
Förster
Fränk
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
The Vuelta will not be the highlight of the year for Edvald in the Sky with Diamonds.
All domestiques, stage hunters and second grade sprinters who will get modest scores.
Pierre Rolland
Rigoberto Uran Uran
Samuel Dumoulin
Koldo Fernandez
Christian Meier
Danilo Hondo
Youri Trofimov
Bye bye, top 10 hopes.
Yauheni Hutarovich
Not much hope for me
I have the dynamic duo of Nibals and Farrar…and Fabulous Fab will bring home some points of course but it will not be enough to make me go up on the rankings unless we have some surprise coming from the list below
Roche
Uran
DZ
CVV
Txurruka
The wrong Velits (Martin)
Simon “you can’t be serious that you are on the AUS team for the words instead of Mcween” Gerrans
"Last time I had a broken chain nobody waited for me. I had to chase all the freaking way to the finish. It is race!!" Alexandre Perez
UNGH!
Joaquim “Second Best Climber in the World*” Rodriguez
Xavier “Collarbone” Tondo
Tyler “Best Sprinter in the World*” Farrar
Theo “Not Quite There Yet” Bos
Stephen “Peaked for the Tour” Roche
Christophe “Nil Points” Kern
David “Flat Stuff Only” Zabriskie
Greg “You Never Know” Van Avermaet
I’ve also had my peak by now, it seems.
he better get some points
one of the final three on my team who’s yet to score any!
this is easier than rbjhan i hope....
I've got a few donuts left.
Including at least one who definitely won’t score. Mattia Gavazzi got put on non active status (I think that was it) for doing cocaine.
1 pointer scoring zero is not much of a tragic
at least you didn’t pay for Jen Grey…..
this is easier than rbjhan i hope....
He didn't give you the time of your life?
Put him in a corner.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Aug 25, 2010 4:51 AM EDT up reply actions
kids these days
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Aug 25, 2010 5:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Team Sl0wp0kes continues to hang around (Top 25 right now I think)...
I was banking on this being a SHIT race so Greipel could score some points for me – nice plan there. Instead I rely on:
TYLER & DEAN (worth some points right)
DAVE Z (get me something if they place in the TTT)
FABULOUS (Not sure he’ll do much here other then get ready for the WC)
ROCHE (no clue what to expect)
FLECHA (suicide attacks baby)
LULU (FTW..cough cough sputter – Hope he takes a stage though)
I think I’m F’d. If I am top 100 after the Vuelta, I am lucky. And I am supposed to be smack talking you all…
Yes, I will have an Ultra Liberal MoCo Latte please.
I forgot I have SIUTSOU too…not that he’ll get me any points (my doughnut 4 pointer…grrrrr).
Yes, I will have an Ultra Liberal MoCo Latte please.
by JustJoshinYa on Aug 24, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I got 1 legitimate scorer with Nibali so I'm going to go with a maximum 600 there
Then I have a rag tag bunch of guys that could score but they are all under 26 soooo yeah. I went with the Footon approach with year and have gotten very very badly burned
-TVG…maybe some G.C. points but not holding my breath, his is yet but a young padawan still learning the ways of the force.
-Peter Velits…my worst pick along with Seeldraeyers. DO SOMETHING!
-Van Averagemaet…another terrible pick. I don’t see another points jersey in his future either
-Kreuziger…well you saw what happened last year, hopefully he can buy stage this time.
-Kreder…could be good for some 5th places
-Valls Ferri…meh, maybe a 2nd place.
I would be happy with 800+ points
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Varsity Blues has 4 duos and a trio:
GC
Andy Schleck
Laurens ten Dam
Sprint
Oscar Freire
Danilo Hondo
Finisher
Simon Gerrans
Michel Kreder
Escape
Vladimir Karpets
Tejay van Garderen
Unclear
Branislav Samoilau
Yauheni Hutarovich
Manuel Cardoso
I expect Muchos Puntos from Samoilau, especially.
Ceci n'est pas une signature.
You really think Gerrans will finish?
Vuelta ends Sept. 19, World’s RR is exactly 2 weeks later on the other side of the world. I’m thinking everybody who’s going to Australia will pull out early to give themselves time to adjust.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
Freire
Said that he might finish the Vuelta:
Normally Freire would not finish the Vuelta so he can arrive at the World Championships in prime condition, but that may change this year. "This time there are two weeks between the end of the Vuelta and the Worlds. I might end the race. Everything depends on how my development goes," he said.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Aug 24, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
They never listen to me.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
Does this help? ----------->
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
Ah, I thought you were joking but perhaps not, seeing TheFig’s response. What I meant was: strong finisher on classic-type stages (not flat, not mountains, perhaps a little ramp up to the finish) and/or from a smaller group.
Ceci n'est pas une signature.
No, I really thought you meant he would finish, and thus have a decent chance of getting some points
given how many others would pull out early. My misunderstanding—sorry.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
Hammy Hoppers...
Mosquera
Luis Leon Sanchez
Uran
Valls
Ignatiev
Swift
Farrar
Petacchi
Hondo
Guarnieri
Anyone know what Lulu’s intentions are for this race? CdE doesn’t look strong in the GC department, but two high GC positions in the space of a few months might be a bit much for Lulu.
Urasn was supposed to be their guy
Then he hurt himself. We haven;t seen how he’s doing since. I suppose if he is healthy he might do well.
Didn't know that. Oh his collarbone.
The team as a whole doesn’t suck, but I don’t know so much about the higher reaches of the GC. Not very good on Caisse.
I sickon Cobra poorly represented
F Schleck
A Petacchi
Miscellaneous cyclists who’s future is more bottles than glory – Gaspa, Dumoulin, Huta, GVA, LPN, Russ.
Relying on Frank so I can best the gigantic 32 point haul from the Giro
It appears as a DS I may be more Tour centric than Bruyneel
I'm going to need 2 buses.
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Fränk Schleck
Roman Kreuziger
Matthew Goss
Carlos Sastre Candil
Nicholas Roche
Theo Bos
Tejay Van Garderen
Michel Kreder
Yauheni Hutarovich
Stefan Denifl
Christian Meier
Peter Velits
Martin Pedersen
Daniele Pietropolli
That's a bigger team then Androni (bunch of other names) has in total...
Course, with two buses, one wonders about team unity.
Yes, I will have an Ultra Liberal MoCo Latte please.
by JustJoshinYa on Aug 24, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
After Eneco, my stunning comeback continues.
I’m almost out of the bottom 100, and charging forward with:
Sastre
Trophymom
Farrar (The Best Sprinter in the World according to the shebear)
Vandevelde
Zabriskie
Van Garderen
Schlecklet
Ok, that should be good for at least 5-10 points, somehow.
This isn't the Tour of California...this is only the 4th best grand tour.
Yes, I will have an Ultra Liberal MoCo Latte please.
by JustJoshinYa on Aug 24, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
los búhos de burla (that actually sounds quite good)
Sastre
Rolland
Dumoulin
Kreder
Nibali
Kennaugh
Hutarovich
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
The Fortunado 13
Fromagerie is going the quantity route, again. Expect usual results.
GC/-ish: Sastre, Kreuz, Le Mevel, Roche
Escape Artists: Terp, Trof, Pauriol, Gus C Veloso (can climb and TT, Xacobeo Plan B?)
“Sprinters”: Oscar and the Also-Rans (Koldo, BellaBenna, GVA, and Hooter)
Looking forward to the Vuelta indeed
Nibali
F. Schleck
Cance
Tejay VG
Vladi Karpets
Bakelants
GCV
Vichot
"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"
tough call
i’d say under though to be cautious
"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"
I have the Vuelta winner on my team.
Danielson (no, not him)
Mosquera (yes, him!)
Langeveld
Kreder
Denifl
Valls
Cardoso
Peter Velits
Vuelta 2012, right?
Yes, I will have an Ultra Liberal MoCo Latte please.
by JustJoshinYa on Aug 24, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Just you wait and see ;) No better climbers than him in this year's Vuelta.
Also, mr. Balls is out: mono.
by blackswangreen on Aug 25, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I think
that all my hopes are resting on Leenooos. And the really horrible thing is that next year he’ll be a two-pointer and I’ll pick the bastard again.
as my team is properly named
this should be THE ONE
Gaspa
Bruseghin
Erviti
Lulu
Uran
Cardoso
Nibali
Van Garderen
plus, 1st time of the year i’m in the top 50, yeah.
this is easier than rbjhan i hope....
Team Gangsta Party
may be fielding the worst Veulta team in the field:
- JJ Haedo
- Leif Hoste
- a one-pointer
Too bad, I was floating a little better than top-200 all season, which I considered a resounding success for my lack of knowledge of the peloton.
GH-Team Aero
According to Cyclingstartlists, GHTA has 9 possible starters:
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin
SCHLECK Andy
SCHLECK Frank
PEREIRO SIO Oscar (??)
AUGUSTYN John-Lee
TROFIMOV Youri
MONCOUTIE David
ZABRISKIE David
FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio
Will be non-existent in the sprints, but with Frank and Andy playing super domestiques, here’s hoping that J-Rod can bring home the bacon! The very modest goal is top 150 overall, with the aim of becoming a pro-tour vds team in 2011 – not to say that the boys wouldn’t love a repeat of last years first placing in the vuelta!
I'll be interested to see how Augustyn does.
He’s been very disappointing since he fell off the edge of the world (literally) two years ago.
ROCHE Nicholas
FOFONOV Dmitriy
GASPAROTTO Enrico
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
VANDEVELDE Christian
NIBALI Vincenzo
HOSTE Leif
TEN DAM Laurens
AUGUSTYN John-Lee
SWIFT Ben
FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio
CAVENDISH Mark
KOLOBNEV Alexandr
Nice all round team with enough firepower to lift me into the top 200……(Hopefully)
here we go..
deignan, sastre, roche, dumoulin, farrar, millar, zabriskie, augustyn, carlstrom, eisel, hutarovich. yeah, that’s me out of the top 100.
"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 hope this goes better than my last grand tour.
It couldn’t get much worse! I hope these 12 keep all their bones intact:
F Scheck
Mosquera
Eisel
Terpstra
Karpets
Uran
M Velits
Koldo
Cooke
CVV
O’Grady
Trofimov
That's roughly 2,472 bones to keep track of--good luck!
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
I feel pretty good about the Vuelta JUST BECAUSE
In no particular order:
Allen Davis
Lulu
Tony Gallopin
David Zabriskie
Vincenzo Nibali (surely destined for the podium)
Martin Velits
Fabian Cancellara
JJ Haedo
Frank Schleck
Arthur Vichot
GASPA
Lulu
M. Velits
Uran
CVV (?)
MONCOUTIE
Hutarovich
Freire
Hondo
Vogondy
Remy Di
Cooke
Is Kurt A Arvessen riding ANY races this year? What is the deal?
The Canadian races are VDS?
Well Hell, I’ll change my tune and start praising him for waiting so damn long to start racing.
Echelon of Fools is currently 30th in the GT only rankings
And that is only going to go up…
Big money:
Carlos Sastre Candil
Rigoberto Uran Uran
Sprint stages:
Thor Hushovd
Yauheni Hutarovich
Manuel Cardoso
Greg Van Avermaet
If there are any sprinty stages where I get a donut, I will be very surprised.
Break/misc stages:
Enrico Gasparotto
Simon Gerrans
Yeah, yeah.
And Team Barbie Barbie is still tied for 3rd in single-day Cat 5 races in Belgium, but you almost never hear me bragging about it.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
First of all, congratulations.
Cat 5 races in Belgium is a hard fought race.
And second, it’s not my fault that you can’t make your goals easily attainable and flexible like I can. for example, on average, my riders have scored 103.98% of their last years scores. It doesn’t erase the fact that I’m never going to get above the 200th place mark overall…but it lets me sleep at night.
Vee's Wheelies mission is to stop rolling backwards down the standings.
Igor ANTON
Daniele BENNATI
Fabian CANCELLARA
Juan Manuel GARATE
Enrico GASPAROTTO
Jean-Christophe PERAUD
Luis Leon SANCHEZ
Laurens TEN DAM
Christian VANDE VELDE
Footon's Rafa Valls is sick
Will be replaced by Johnnie Walker (don’t know which label he is).
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
Sitting in 257th currently is the "Team of the Tired Dad"
Hoping to wake from my slumber and rocket up the standings (the rocket is wedged firmly between Jen Greys butt cheeks)
Theo Bos
Nick Roche
Rigoberto Uran
Igor Anton
Sebastian Langeveld
Ben Swift
Peter Velits
Andy Shcleck
Yauheuni Hutarovich
Ok so maybe not rocket, but I would appreciate crawling up the standings. If I can finish top 200 with Jen Grey as a Doughnut I will be happy.
Vuelta making me regret big time not picking Zeke (one of my favourites, even if he is unlikely to pay off) over Velits (hoping for an HTC bump that never appeared).
'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 Aug 25, 2010 1:48 PM EDT reply actions
2010 Vuelta A Espana
FYI, I just saw that Universal Sports will have live coverage of the 2010 Vuelta a Espana, Saturday, August 28 thru Sunday, September 19 (http://www.universalsports.com/cycling/la-vuelta/index.html)(http://www.universalsports.com/cycling/la-vuelta/video-live.html) . They’ve got this pick a winner sweepstakes too and the winner gets a 2011 trip to the tour, (http://www.universalsports.com/cycling/la-vuelta/sweepstakes.html). Who do you like to to take it all Andy Schleck, Denis Menchov, Tyler Farrar or Mark Cavendish?
by universalsports on Aug 25, 2010 2:32 PM EDT reply actions
Just saw? But...but...
You stopped by about six weeks ago to tell us the same thing. Are you sure you’re feeling okay? Can I get you a cold cloth or something?
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
A Schleck, Menchov, Farrar, Cav????
I’ll take the field for 500 please.
"It was getting colder and colder as we went up. About halfway up, I started to go a little backwards and as I passed Thor he looked at me and said, "If you lose my wheel I will smash you." I took his wheel and found an extra gear." João Correia
Okay, I am a big mark for Universal - Love Schlang and Go Go so much..
but I’d like it fed to me a little smarter than this. Just a little. I do appreciate them posting here.
Plus – where is the f-ing game/sweepstakes? it’s not there..
by rubesANdbabes on Aug 27, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Cog'd has a chance, definite potential
VDS in the mid 50’s, could move up
Nocentini (how’s the leg?)
Hutarovich
Le Mevel
LuLu
TommyD
Kreuziger
Andy
Tejay
Gasparotto
Fofonov
Ignatiev (in for Petrov?)
Guess we will see who is really racing.
Is it cyclocross season yet?
Despite my American bias coming back to bite me (although Ryder almost makes up for CVV & LA’s, um, lackluster performance), IICXSY? is currently at 40.
Since the answer to the title question is “no, not yet”, I’ll pretend to care about road racing for another month, by following these guys:
Igor “value leader” Anton
Koldo Fernandes
Tyler “the Franchise” Farrar
Christian “does Vande Velde mean ‘zero points’ in Dutch?” Vande Velde
Matthew “Australia’s hope” Goss
Kjell Carlstrom
Konstantin “I just might do something this time, I swear” Sitvsov
Vlad “Vaguely Disappointing” Karpets
Baden Cooke
Stuart “Sentimental Favorite” O’Grady
I predict some number of points that allow me to slide gracefully down to the higher two figures.
Sleeping Maiden Velo...
OK, ursula already mentioned my Vuelta roster, but here it is with nicknames, prognostications, and, unfortunately, a late update.
Joaquin “Do I Really Need a Third Nickname?” Rodriguez
Luis Leon “Boy Named Lulu” Sanchez
Vincenzo “Is It OK If I Ride for Myself Now?” Nibali
Alexandr “Suicide King” Kolobnev
Tejay “Hey, Where’s My Radioshack Domestique?” Van Garderen
Giampaolo “Burgos—Bah” Caruso
Remi “Pauvre” Pauriol
Sammy “Tilting at Windmills” Dumoulin
Manuel “I Only Win in the Southern Hemisphere” Cardoso
and, rumor, has it, a late scratch—
Rafael “Up Against The” Valls
I am modestly hoping for a top 5, a top 10, a top 20, and a couple of stages.
Still kinda bummed that RS (Horner, Machado) are not going.
Cazzo, it's going to be a bloodbath! The Mortirolo is a horror, absolutely interminable. -- Michele Scarponi
Right then, look at THIS!
LL Sanchez, Anton, Nibali, Roche, Intxausti, Gilbert, Moncoutie, Koldo Fernandez, Uran, Barredo, Garate, Freire, Trofimov, Augustyn.
Ha!
Official Basque Editor (anointed by Chris, 13/8/10)
Never forget Sammy!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
You're such a good person :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Totally OT...
… Uncle Johann’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is da bomb. I am sure that my neighbours are going to enjoy it this weekend, when I get the chance to give it a full run through (and crank it!)
Admittedly, Uncle Wolfgang’s take on the Divine hits me harder. He speaks my soul’s language. But Johann… he had a bloody direct line with speed-dial, didn’t he? Yep… Mozart speaks to me, but Bach most definitely had a conversation going on with Head Office ;-).
Next up, the Passions…
¡Así, así, así gana el Madrid!
Ha! Winton speaks my soul's language :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Excellent! I'm so glad you're enjoying it!
Lol on the speed dial…yes, some conductors like to go hell for leather, which is Great Fun. I once did a B Minor with a choir of 15 people, and was on a part on my own in the double choir stuff. The Sanctus was a scream, literally.
Official Basque Editor (anointed by Chris, 13/8/10)
Such conductors ought to be shot.
Grrr… what the bleedin’ rush, man?! So much beauty is lost through failure to bloody well chill out. The 1812, for example… geez, give the string section some valium, please… and I wanna have to really listen for the woodwind coming in. Give it to me slooow and intense ;-).
The Agnus Dei… now, if I were singing it, then yeah maybe a little haste would be a good thing, LOL. Lord, at points my abdomen was cramping up in sympathy…
¡Así, así, así gana el Madrid!
No Mörkov
According to CQ, WADA says no, but doesn’t give a reason. I hope it is because of that deadline.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
Yup—named to the squad too late.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
Hmmm... well there MIGHT be some CLM points, I guess
… if’n Tony sticks around that long. And my man Oroz might get lucky for a stage – he’s a persistent bugger, so the deities may smile upon him, you never know…
CANCELLARA Fabian
FOFONOV Dmitriy
HOSTE Leif
KARPETS Vladimir
MONCOUTIE David
O’GRADY Stuart
OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose
POZZATO Filippo
SWIFT Ben
VICHOT Arthur
¡Así, así, así gana el Madrid!
You have Moncoutie... that should be a very good thing..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Swifty is going to rule the Vuelta.
Everyone laughs, but you’ll see.
I really do not understand the truth.--Riccardo Ricco (per Google Translate)
Big Aloha
2 Theo Bos – The Shack keeps fighting in 2011. Can maybe outsprint Thor these days.
12 LL Sanchez – Seems miscast as a GT GC guy, but who knows..
2 Rigoberto Uran – Going well before breaking collarbone.
2 Igor Anton – Orange Whip? Orange Whip?
2 Grega Bole – Looking to shake off Phil Liggett’s mancrush.
12 Oscar Freire – Out to prove once again that it’s possible and also fun to ride a GT as
a cyclotourist.
1 Tejay VG – Oh yeah!
1 Martin Velits – Marty!
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