Things People Say
by Jen See on Mar 10, 2011 12:21 PM EST
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PrintTejay van Garderen is currently racing Paris-Nice. His first Twitter update after today's stage:
@LeviLeipheimer thanks for the Snickers today dude!
True story! In grad school when I had no money... Wait, is that redundant? I think that's redundant. Anyway, I used to buy Snickers bars because they're like way cheaper than Power Bars. Also, they taste way better.
In other news, Andreas Klöden won today's stage in a slow-mo sprint. Samuel Sánchez was second. Apparently, Sánchez, sprinting against Klödi, thought he had all the time in the world. But he didn't. So he got second. Klödi had a nice assist from Jani Brajkovic, though I'm not super sure how much draft the tall German really received in that arrangement. Tony Martin was also in the break today, which sets the HTC-Highroad rider up nicely for tomorrow's crono. Full results, if you want 'em. Fun fact! Klöden last won Paris-Nice eleven years ago.
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Klodi with 10secs in hand
I know it’s not likely to happen, but it would make so happy if Klodi could just drag one of those rides out of himself again and keep the Jaune, been one of my favourite riders for a long long time now…
I took Klodi with this very hope in mind
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Hmmm, snickers...
May have to start replacing power bars with those now… They have protein too (nuts), so that’s good, right? Little something to balance the sugars?
And yes, grad skool and no money is way redundent ;-)
My fruit bowl is full of sex wax--gavia
snickers and twizzlers
are my favorite prepackaged ride foods.
"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."
I love making my own energy bars
But it’s time consuming. And not too much cheaper if you put enough dried fruit in them to make them really tasty…
My fruit bowl is full of sex wax--gavia
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 10, 2011 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
my version of homemade energy bars
are little pate sandwiches. tasty as hell (if you like pate), fit easily in jersey pockets, and it just feels right to eat french food while riding a bike. dried fruit is something i never think about, but i love it when i do have it. i should start eating that on rides.
"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."
What's a twizzler?
Sounds like Turkey Twizzler, but that seems unlikely….
(Turkey Twizzlers were some processed food that rose to national notoriety thanks to Jamie Oliver. I loathe Jamie Oliver, but Turkey Twizzlers do seem like a bad thing to have on a school dinner menu…)
by Sarah Connolly on Mar 10, 2011 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
strawberry flavored gummy candy stick things
pic here. what i like about them is that the packs fit nicely into a jersey pocket and they’re fairly easy to pull out one at a time to munch on. i also like the flavor.
"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."
Heh, it LOOKS like cycling food to me!
by Sarah Connolly on Mar 10, 2011 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
the best cycling food I've had
were soemthing called sugar waffles that they handed out at the food stops for the Ronde Sportiv. Don’t eat two though, they digest about as easily as a cobble stone.
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
ohhh they are yummy
was much needed and enjoyed when i did the sportiv in 09…..
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
You can get them in all kinds.
Including, for the Worlds, rainbow.
I yearn for the cobbles--Edvald Boasson Hagen
make great straws for drinking milk, just bite off each end and there ya go
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Snickers.
My favourite hill-walking emergency food. Of course, we always have an emergency. :-)
"There is nobody doing it for the money. Everybody is doing it because they want to ride bikes." Lizzie Armitstead
Mine's Kendal Mint Cake
and again, emergencies struck regularly
by Sarah Connolly on Mar 10, 2011 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Not so keen on that (though it's curiously addictive).
That’s what I have for a real emergency.
"There is nobody doing it for the money. Everybody is doing it because they want to ride bikes." Lizzie Armitstead
Used to be an outdoor activity instructor in the Lake District
I ate SO MUCH of the stuff… dark chocolate coated KMC = the greatest. Yuuuuuuummmmmm…… Plus, apparently it IS very good for actual emergencies (my mum used to carry packets of jelly for that)
by Sarah Connolly on Mar 10, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Levi replies:
@ Tvangarderen88 no problem. Clearly it helped, you did a great job on the last climb for Tony
I think everyone in Paris-Nice needs to take one less shot of espresso tomorrow. - Tejay Van Garderen
A pop tart has about the same nutritional
value as a power bar too. Much tastier..
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
I have a solar powered toaster
on the back of the Cannondale.
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
Seriously.
Once had flames shooting two feet out of my toaster from one of those damn things. TERRIFYING.
& that's before you burn your mouth :-(
"There is nobody doing it for the money. Everybody is doing it because they want to ride bikes." Lizzie Armitstead
ya don't need to toast them
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
me three
so much easier
"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."
Poptarts and cold fingers
Sometimes don’t play well together.
by R Mc on Mar 10, 2011 7:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Over at T&A
Thor escorted Farrar for at least 8 km at the end, always kept him at the front and never panicked (as if he would) with any of the flyers going off the front.
“… when the world champion is working for you, your motivation is doubled,”
If you are not doubly motivated you will be smashed.
I think everyone in Paris-Nice needs to take one less shot of espresso tomorrow. - Tejay Van Garderen
Yea,
lots of motivation there not to fuck this one up.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
He got more emphatic in a quote I saw in a picture caption
“When the world champion is riding for you, you have to win.”
I grew up on Snickers and Gatorade on the tennis court.
best combo ever
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
My mother was very strict with what we ate (still is)
Candy was only allowed on halloween. Fruit and nuts and carob (yuck) were all we could snack on.
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
Make sure to tell her Chris was eating Broodwurst
and was saying damn my cholesteral.
"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-
What happens in Flanders
stays in Flanders.
If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 10, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
Ned Flanders?
"Does that mean over or resolved?" Arkady Renko
by frans verbiage on Mar 10, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
Klodi winning a sprint=
And Tmart has got the overall on lock, gonna smash it tomorrow.
It's Timofey MOZGOD time
Ujiri for MVE
GALLO!!!
Seriously, surprised the dude could beat his own shadow
Surely thought Carrera would have out-kicked him, maybe even Sanchez
My fruit bowl is full of sex wax--gavia
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 10, 2011 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
Briljiant
Apparently, Sánchez, sprinting against Klödi, thought he had all the time in the world. But he didn’t. So he got second.
And good job by Tyler to not waste such a great leadout.
"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
As noticed by @inrng,
what’s Sanchez doing sprinting with his finger on the brake lever? http://www.steephill.tv/2011/paris-nice/photos/stage-05/
…………
Might have tried to change gear at some point during the sprint
if that’s even concievable, because from the helicopter footage, he does seem to stall at one point.
Two men in the break for me
And neither of them had the decency to get some VDS points? Bad Tondo. Bad Kiserlovski.
I like tinkering with the boys.
- majope
(that's a sad sigh, not a sigh of lust)
(if anyone was confused)
by Sarah Connolly on Mar 10, 2011 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Some random stuff:
Paris-Nice:
Monfort finishing more than a minute thirty ahead of Gerdemann. I guess Gerdemann will never be considered a GC threat anymore – definitive now
Roche losing 2m51s. Anybody knows what’s wrong with him?
Vino finished at 5m 12s. Don’t know how good he is already, but he certainly won’t win this P-N.
Youngsters Yannick Eijssen and Andrew Talansky finished at nearly 21 minutes. The transition to the big boys is always difficult, and their performance today seems to confirm this once again.
Serguei Ivanov finished in that group too. Dunno if he’s got health problems, but if he wants to win the Amstel, he has to be in better shape at this point.
Tirreno:
Luca Paolini at 5m33s. What the hell happened to him?
(Ben Hermans), Filippo Pozzato, Danilo Di Luca, Joaquin Rodriguez and Andy Schleck losing 12 seconds already? C’mon guys? Do you actually want to win this?
Roche:
Only actually racing the Tour this year, or is this his first race of the season, maybe (I can’t remember)?
He did a stage race
Andalucia perhaps. Or Algarve.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Mar 10, 2011 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
Roche losing 2m51s. Anybody knows what’s wrong with him?
He’s fucking useless? Seriously, this is a race that suits him. He can’t climb, but he can hang with the climbers. He can’t sprint but he can hang with the sprinters. He can’t time trial … oh, today could be inneresting. Wonder if daddy bought him a TT bike for Xmas or did the team finally find one for him? If he doesn’t get the finger out and win something soon peeps are going to start laughing.
PN is his fourth race this year.
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
top two steps of the podium IMO
1. T-mart
2. Lulu
Sminer: I blame KARMA for everything.
Jens: I've heard it's a bitch
Water Girl: I heard it ran over your dogma
Klodi's not getting much love there...
Tmart for sure, but Klodi hangs on for 2nd.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
T-Mart seems the logical winner, but man I hope Klodi wins.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'm giving Klodi more credit than most (and not more than I think he deserves either)
but holding off Tmart just seems impossible.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
I got a nickle says Klodi gives him a run for his money.
He’s been placing high is all the stages, even the sprinter stages, he was great today, even in the climber’s sprint …. and he’s 35, so his opportunities may be slimming.
…. but not a whole dollar, though.
The Tour de France, So Crashy ! - gav
It would be a good bet, but I'd feel bad betting against him. He was so chuffed yesterday...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I believe in Klodi
Pretend I painted that on the TT course for today. I hope you make a fortune off that nickle.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Drats, I was praying for a 9 second TMart victory and another day in
yellow for Klodi. I believed it would happen all the way until that last 500 meters when they put up Klodi’s approaching time. I had this unrealistic fantasy of Martin having gone out too fast.
so I’m out another nickle but the good news is TMart is on my VDS team. ;)The Tour de France, So Crashy ! - gav
Just looked at top 23 in GC at T-A (those within 29secs of each other)
gonna be a big shake up in GC tomorrow, rather unpredictable except for Tmart.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
T-A P-N
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
good TTers in that bunch
29 secs back inc wiggins, levi and Rogers. Some of my vds guys are there too so I’m hoping I might sneak into the top 600!
by shepherds_crook on Mar 11, 2011 6:07 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
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