Friday is the New... Friday?
by Jen See on Nov 11, 2011 3:08 PM EST
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Hello there. And how are we this fine Friday? Yes, well, I thought so. How about a little random news for your Friday? In a bizarre postscript to the doping case that engulfed Floyd Landis and the 2006 Tour de France, Landis received a one-year suspended jail sentence for his role in hacking the computers at the Chatenay-Malabry lab. As you may recall, Chatenay-Malabry figured as a villain in the case, according to Landis, after technicians found evidence of exogenous testosterone in his urine sample at the Tour.
The case took a strange turn when French investigators accused Landis and his advisor Arnie Baker of hacking the lab's computer systems. The judge in Nanterre found Landis and Baker guilty of the charge and sentenced the former rider to a one year suspended jail sentence and imposed a €75,000 fine. The suspended sentence is common in French courts for jail terms less than one year. Really, this whole story reads like a poorly written spy novel. Or something.
Over at the Boulder Report, meanwhile, Joe Lindsey passes along the tidbit by way of CyclingNews by way of Procycling.no... Got that? Right. Anyway, according to all these people there never was a bonus clause in Hushovd's contract with Garmin-Cervélo. Which means that Vaughters did not cheat him or do anything nefarious in relation to Hushovd's contract and the World Championship title he won after signing with the team. Lindsey also has a thing or two to say aobut that Paris-Roubaix thing. But really, I think we all know what we think about that, don't we? Well, okay, I do. Yo! Thor! Quit your yapping! Team sport, remember? Right. Moving along...
I'm still trying to figure out Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Romain Sicard wanted with an orange traffic cone. Maybe we need a contest? Top ten reasons to steal an orange traffic cone. I'd start, but I just don't even know what.
The annual Amstel Curaçao Race was last week. Peter Sagan apparently went scuba diving. Really, does anyone anything but ridiculous with a dive mask on? I'm going to go ahead and say no. Definitely needs more dolphin.
From the not-yet-announced but almost certain to happen files, Alejandro Valverde will ride for Movistar next year. Alejandro... who? Official announcement is apparently coming next week. I promise I'll pretend to be surprised.
Okay, that's all I got for today. I would not want to spoil you too much. Gluttony, you know, it's one of the sins. So go on, go outside and ride your bikes or something.
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it's obvious what the cone was for
he’s trying to set up a road course in some parking lot for the carrots to practice their bike handling skills.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Reason #10: To go with your orange pajamas.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #9: To prevent your runway models from getting lost.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #8: To create your own monster.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #7: They make great accessories for your pets.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #6: They can point out objects on the street to pedestrians.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #5: They liven up any boring statue.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Wait wait, there's more
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #4: Needed something to distract the kid for a few hours while he went for a "ride".
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #3: Insert Ant 1's
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Reason #2: Wanted to get in on the planking craze.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
And the #1 Reason to steal traffic cones: MORE IS ALWAYS BETTER!
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Ha!
Nice finale. They’re repaving part of the 101 near here. I drove right by a whole line of traffic cones. Sadly, I didn’t have this top ten list, so I didnt’ realize just how wonderfully versatile they could be. Or, I might have stopped and stolen one. Or several!
~ Gavia ~
Had no idea I could pull this off with cones.
Just started with 10 and ran with it. Had to take a break to read a bedtime story to my little guy. Yea, who knew cones had so much versatility?
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
arggghhhhh
them were (not) the days
"I’m hoping for the Mortirolo-Gavia combination, then we can ride down to Bormio for ice cream." Emma Pooley on the Giro Donne
Sorry
is there a cone in this picture?
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 11, 2011 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
3 no wait 4 cones
And a can.
~ The photographer formerly known as Fred
by Christopher See on Nov 12, 2011 8:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
But has Hushovd ever said that there was a bonus clause in the contract?
What he do say is that Vaughters promised to give him a bonus if a new sponsor appeared (which obviously didn’t happen).
And regarding the Paris-Roubaix, he’s not yapping:
Yes, it was arranged for me to win a classic. The conditions and coincidences made it so that it didn’t work. I crashed in Milan-San Remo and Gent Wevelgem. What happened in Paris-Roubaix is a part of to ride on a team, said Hushovd to procycling.no, referring to teammate Johan Van Summe’s triumph.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
It was reported just after Worlds that he should get a bonus
but the source was never Thor but his agent.
CN wrote about a clarification
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Nov 12, 2011 4:15 AM EST up reply actions
There are many definitions of yapping
the fact that there are quotation marks around words that are coming from his mouth on this subject still… = yapping.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
I'm torn
Sometimes I think the “Thor’s yapping” is getting overblown by the media coverage. If someone says something once and it’s reported 20 times, it sounds maybe worse than it was. But I’ve never had any sympathy for his complaints.
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 11, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
"it was arranged for me to win a classic"
“it was arranged for me to win a classic”
I’m rather glad it appears it was not...
"I’m hoping for the Mortirolo-Gavia combination, then we can ride down to Bormio for ice cream." Emma Pooley on the Giro Donne
SOme sity workers left a stack of orange cones on the traffic island outside my complex. They've been there
for a month or more, since they finished some street maintenance. Maybe I’ll go get them and sell them on eBay. Valuable you say?
Official Notice
the Podium Cafe does not endorse the confiscation of public property. Thank you.
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 11, 2011 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
You mean this Valverde?
Going to Movistar? No way.
I look forward to the day that I say something stupid ~ JJY
By Movistar, I mean,
just to clear up any confusion about who it was that confirmed it: it was Movistar.
"Beer helps." -- Ant1.
"On the 11th of the 11th of 2011 something will happen."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/manolo-saiz-confirms-intention-to-return-in-2012
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Nov 12, 2011 4:17 AM EST up reply actions
I have
a Lampre jersey.
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 11, 2011 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
So you can judge a cyclist by his kit?
I'm not just a smartarse. Other parts of me are sometimes clever as well.
by omnevelnihil on Nov 13, 2011 7:14 AM EST up reply actions
No one posted the Bluffy pic
Apparently we love you. Or fear.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Nov 13, 2011 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
But I've got a copy of the crawling to the lake edge one
just saving it for a special occasion
He will be competitive in 2012.
Gilbert, EBH, Sagan: Game on.
Is it wrong that I like Landis now at this moment in his life more than ever before?
I love his reaction to all this stuff.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
It's all just so days of the strange.
Also? I was typing it and thinking, really? It is really the 2006 Tour? That seems like forevAH ago. But here we are. And hackers. That part was always just so out there. Like, what novel did that plotline wander in from?
~ Gavia ~
If Urbs were here he could tell a story about two South-American cyclists
who actually carjacked the van which had their samples in it. Crrrrrrrazy.
I look forward to the day that I say something stupid ~ JJY
perhaps, but how about -273'C? Doesn't sound too absolute zero to me.
Coin with two sides and all.
This is one of the bests threads ever
Valverde was always exciting. I hope his return works out.
Reason #6… enough said.
Nice reasons. but OBVIOUSLY the real reason Sicard stole the cone
is that he must have been out drinking with Australians who, as we all know, have a genetic propensity once mildly affected by liquor to souvenir items belonging to anyone other than an actual identifiable human person.
Once this matter is properly investigated and the provocative elements identified, it will be seen he doesn’t need alcohol rehabilitation, he needs friendship rehabilitation. ;-)
I was told there'd be no math.
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