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Best day of the season! When your freshly submitted team still looks like the winner!

What is going on? Why all this ruckus? Why all this flying confetti and all this people waiving flags and holding banners?

This is Holmovka’s FSA DS team submitting festivities.

Happy faces of the Office workers in the crowd, relieved to know that they no longer going to be asked : “ What the heck is tendonitis?” Cleaning lady, happy to know that she no longer will be startled by loud yells:” Give me decent 4 pointer, half of the Kingdom for decent 4 pointer”

I see quite happy Pablo in the crowd. He\can now, safely dismantle special devise, he constructed to shield his monitor from Holmovka’s praying eyes.

Smiling faces of Holmovka’s family members, who will get their father and husband back. ( Yes, Honey now it is finally time to take those Christmas decorations down)

Official part of the meeting opened by speech of “ Rainbow colored Stormbringers”team’s captain, Sergey Lagutin. I his usual laconic manner he said only one word: “ Ready” Next, cutting the line was the most rainbow colored of Stornbringers, who thanked his teammates for everything they will do for him in future, kissed and hugged entire team and cleaning lady also, Then shading customary single tear, declared that:” DDIFP can stop worrying about his mojo, because he oursprints his own mojo on regular basis and even his own mojo can hold his wheel!”

Finishing official part of the meeting, was speech of the team’s DS. He said; “ Dear Friends! Thank you to put up with me all this Team building time! Dear riders, I know that to make this team was harder then to be accepted to most Law and Medical schools. Competition was fears, and many many good and promising riders didn’t make it! But you did, and now only goal you have for the next 8 month is to not suck like team from the last year! And what ever you do, always remember one thing: Holmovka is allergic to Doughnuts!

With the sound of drum roll, Holmovka approached the Submit your Team button” But was outsprinted by “ The Most Rainbow One”, who won this race in most typical Sky fashion - No lead-out train for Ya!

Door of the birds cage opened and Rainbow colored Stormbringers took flight to the sky, almost colliding with lonely figure of Stijn Devolder, who was still orbiting planet since massive boot from the team, he received at the end of the last season.

Fly high, my proud Birds! And bring me Storms of the FSA DS points!




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congradulations.......

….nice Intro to the New, ‘Jersey Boys’ grand tour.

Soli Deo Gloria

by LooseHorse on Feb 21, 2012 10:27 AM EST reply actions  

I have it on good authority that you're going to have an amazing season!

As long as you didn’t make any silly picks like, oh, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke or anything.

Meuh--Chris Fontecchio

by majope on Feb 21, 2012 10:33 AM EST reply actions  

Jonathat who?

Oh I forget my sand bagging days are over!

In loving memory of the HTC- Highroad


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by holmovka on Feb 21, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions  

Now I am able to leave my computer on when I go to break...!!!!

Strava...? We are going for the TOP 10 this year...! Are you going to be part of something great or not?

by pablo777 on Feb 21, 2012 10:44 AM EST reply actions  

False sense of security, Pablo!

Your submit button is singing Siren’s song to me!

In loving memory of the HTC- Highroad


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by holmovka on Feb 21, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions  

Please...! I am so sure about my team that is scary..!

Strava...? We are going for the TOP 10 this year...! Are you going to be part of something great or not?

by pablo777 on Feb 21, 2012 11:04 AM EST up reply actions  

Now that you have the time, could you just finaLise my team too? Loved this!

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Feb 21, 2012 6:37 PM EST reply actions  

One of the recopies of finalizing your team:

Put your alarm on 3 am.
And wile your unsuspecting inner voice is still sleeping like a baby, click on submit button!
But be prepare to hear some harsh words from your inner voice in the morning. :)
Worked for me!

In loving memory of the HTC- Highroad


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by holmovka on Feb 21, 2012 8:29 PM EST up reply actions  

* Recipes

In loving memory of the HTC- Highroad


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by holmovka on Feb 21, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Ok I did it..! My team is submitted too..!

Strava...? We are going for the TOP 10 this year...! Are you going to be part of something great or not?

by pablo777 on Feb 21, 2012 9:04 PM EST reply actions  

I submitted mine too

New and improved (without Lagutin)!
Let the tooth-gnashing begin…

Pfff, Parijs is nog ver.

by Lopex on Feb 22, 2012 1:05 AM EST up reply actions  

I just got home from a ridiculous party in Vegas

never wanting to celebrate anything ever again.

And then I read this post. Awesome! Cheers Holms!

But he can't say "I believe in nozzingk" when he believes in beer - Jens (about me)

by omnevelnihil on Feb 22, 2012 3:01 AM EST reply actions  

You convinced me.

I steeled my soul and submitted. You should not rejoice though because now your lovely dream is over – MY winning team is ready to start!

(I have Sergey AND Marco ;-) How can I lose?)

I was told there'd be no math.

by platypus on Feb 22, 2012 3:30 PM EST reply actions  

Good luck!

Marco, in his typical manner, was late on the Team presentation, and was replaced in the last moment. :)
Decision, I will probably regret.

In loving memory of the HTC- Highroad


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by holmovka on Feb 22, 2012 6:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Ha ha! Great one.

I swear you have to write a book.

by yeehoo on Feb 23, 2012 2:59 AM EST reply actions  

+100

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Feb 23, 2012 4:22 AM EST up reply actions  

I submitted last night.

Crawled in after and after show party at 2.30am and submitted without looking at my team again because I convinced myself it was a good idea. Now I’m not so sure. My team is so random, I should have done some more analysis. But who am I kidding? It probably wouldn’t have made any difference.

"These are my principles and if you don't like them....well I have others." Groucho Marx

by Retancourt on Feb 23, 2012 4:55 AM EST reply actions  

Team submitted.

Let the worrying begin…

It’s really been settled for a week, but I was waiting to see if there would be any news about my riders. But I got a reminder and I don’t know how much I’ll be home until tomorow so now counts as last minute.

Time to cross fingers!

"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi.

"If I couldn't play for the Colts, I would probably stop playing football." - Peyton Manning.

by gizzardfanny on Feb 24, 2012 1:10 AM EST reply actions  

okay, here goes nothing

here be dragons (that lose)
FRA ITA SLO SWE GBR ESP FRA FRA BEL ESP RUS ITA GER BEL ESP FRA USA GER NED POL ESP NOR COL AUS BEL

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Feb 24, 2012 3:32 PM EST reply actions  

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