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Not so much the pic but the caption. The riders pose with the race winner's spade. Really?

It's like calling the TDF trophy a mug. Or the Paris Roubaix trophy a.... er... rock. Never mind.

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Maybe they're thinking of the Race of the Two Gardens?

I yearn for the cobbles--Edvald Boasson Hagen

by majope on Mar 8, 2011 3:53 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Yes!

Isn’t that what they call the Tour of Britain nowadays?

I hope Thor wins it. Heads will explode.

If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH

by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 8, 2011 4:01 PM EST up reply actions  

seriously, call a spade a spade

and a trident a trident

"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."

by ant1 on Mar 8, 2011 3:57 PM EST reply actions  

I hope

No, I assume, that the winner gets the trident as a prize, and that he then fights Gilbert.

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

by TheFigurehead on Mar 8, 2011 4:23 PM EST reply actions  

Or the Giro trophy a helter-skelter...

… actually, what is the Giro trophy?

"There is nobody doing it for the money. Everybody is doing it because they want to ride bikes." Lizzie Armitstead

by civetta on Mar 8, 2011 4:32 PM EST reply actions  

the golden single helix thing

"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."

by ant1 on Mar 8, 2011 4:51 PM EST up reply actions  

DNA?

If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH

by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 8, 2011 5:11 PM EST up reply actions  

half dna

as seen here

"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."

by ant1 on Mar 8, 2011 5:24 PM EST up reply actions  

I see Thor got that back bedroom painted just before his flight.

The skills really do go away if not practiced, and I don't mean to brag but I was getting very mediocre. - Tejay Van Garderen

by flying dog on Mar 8, 2011 4:41 PM EST reply actions  

heh

My pants always looked like that coming off a plane, if there were kids involved. Note to airlines: fuck you and your DIY sandwich kits.

If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH

by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 8, 2011 5:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Yep

one more reason Norwegians shouldn’t move to Monaco.

If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH

by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 8, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions  

I guess not

or he would have recognised that is not a spade!

by tedvdw on Mar 8, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes, only if he has an underwater garden.

"I love bike races warm up, warm down, cobbles mountains or flats."
perezbike

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by holmovka on Mar 8, 2011 8:25 PM EST up reply actions  

I'd like to be under the sea

in an octopus’s garden, in the shade.

I yearn for the cobbles--Edvald Boasson Hagen

by majope on Mar 8, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions  

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