you know what i'm talkin' about
hill'ervals ... sneaking out while there's a patch of sunlight through the storm clouds.
a few into ... and visions overcome of the pack fighting tooth and nail against the crosswinds, puking guts to keep your GC man out of the wind and up front. Shoulders slamming, watts hitting 4 digits over and over again to keep your rider in the race. The beautiful sting of wet sandy bits peppering your face as grime soaks through kit and paints lines down teeth like fresh dark blood from cycling's road kill.
silly dreams.
and then you look down and see you forgot to shift out of the big ring.
... might as well keep it there.
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incurable show-off...
ok, who else is freaked out by the ToC commentators as they keep rubbing their thighs over and over again.
Ventura and Silva? jayzus, they both look like a coupla' frickin' meth-heads squeezin' for another hit.
... just show a blank screen for chrysake.
and in the span of 1 minute looking at the vid, i saw ..
Basso wave all cutey-like to the cam.
Levi look pouty because the cam focused on Basso in front of him longer than Levi got.
Danielson look like shit on a bike 'cause he still rides like a damn mountain biker.
Jens adjust his peepee and grin about it.
Julich look ... boring.
he said "Jens and peepee"
i can't watch the video at work because that would be too obvious, so I'm stuck with CN coverage.
The question is BURNING - is he wearing those black socks again???
thankfully, his "long" knee warmers and "high" booties leave only a smidge of pasty white 'tween.
but there's still his forehead to laugh at.
poor little gollum.
Its more like a Fivehead if you ask me........
MS
i can't see the feed either today. work pc sucks arse.
"It's obvious that he's obviously in phenomenal shape. Obviously, it's going according to plan. The riders are eating salt licks that are obviously made of salt, and used for deer. So there's obviously a lot of salt out there, but they need to drink a lot. Obviously. To get rid of that phenomenal thirst. So it's a perfect way to eat and drink."
it had to be a dream if you were unaware of what gear you were in
1:23 "and to the left is bobby julich, mastering a technique used on the down hill, going to the bathroom."
Jettison your booties
damn you Baldwin ...
made go look and see the frickin' socks again.
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prediction:
flailing crash with 8K to go ... Levi makes it through and no neutralization this time.
TMobile's Henderson wins the stage as JJ H loses nerve and can't hold the wheels in the soaked street approach.
Horner will attack with a K to go and take the win.
Or not.
ms
The right hander into the SLO loop is off-camber, turns left again, then right-left befpre heading straight into town. So you are going upslope, curving leftish, then have to swing down right, back over the top tube left, then repeat again, all boom-boom-boom. Very hard in a big pack to do at speed. If a small, motivated group gets there first, they might-could hold them off.
i just can't believe how lucky Disco was with this break. Gone in the first half hour and no threat whatsoever.
I'm pretty damn impressed that Slipstream's Lucas Euser bridged up to that break though.
Find it frustrating that no Priority Health rider made the same sweet move. Disco wouldn't have let BJM go, but PH has King, Sheedy and Peltonen who had a chance.
easier said than done, though. BMC missed it to. As did 4 other ProTour teams.
Still, Disco has a "soft" ride for 200k as the big hitters prep for the TT.
We'll see if they all survive the inevitable crash in the final K's.
oop, Disco makin' friends by doing a little gutter eschelon work.
always turn the screws ... any time you can.
the thinking man's way....
"always turn the screws ... any time you can"
If you are suffer'n, try to make them at the least, uncomfortable
a buddy of mine is marshalling that off camber right/left as they hit town...
HA! now the CN is getting their info from Hernando's blog!
"14:39 PST
The riders will definitely want the roads in San Luis Obispo to dry up before they arrive, because the last turn is a hard left on a slight downhill that's off camber, and it could be pretty dicey on wet pavement.
Current situation"
maybe....
Slipstream ... what a ToC they are having.
always in the action.
Girl Ryan and Tyler W have a house down in SLO that Lucas Euser stays at when he's not racing. They gave many a comment about the utter insanity that Vaughters gave the Slipstream guys in their training camp a few weeks back.
i guess johnyV knows how to get his troops ready for prime time.
no stage win ... but, they're all over this race. Quickstep who? Liquigas who?
If TMobile weren't in pink, we'd not even know they were in the race. Until that TT, that is. Then the ProTour riders will shine.
...I say it here, it comes out there....
gawdamn that's some lonely suffering out there on hwy 1.
hope nobody's off the back o' the pack.
cuz time cuts, they won't make.
when Baldwin speaks ...
like an echo
or a loud fart that shakes the earth
Who will Brown crash out today?
i think Steels has a hit out on that lil' Aussie.
Crash for sure today...money!
dude's a menace
brown, i mean
thought the stage would be long done by now
that's what i get for thinkin'
regrettably, i think it's gonna be one of those same Slippers that i just gave kudos to that will prolly cause today's spill.
The fatige will finally hit and when CVC is notching it firmly in the 11t ... a young boy in white riding with more balls than head will fall all over himself and take out 20 riders.
bummer.
pretty impressive how much work H.Clark is doing in that break.
haven't heard peep about how the Navs are sitting 2nd in Team GC.
ah well.
prediction:
flailing crash with 8K to go ... Levi makes it through and no neutralization this time.
Naw Levi already got his protection from the officials today since no time bonuses are being awarded in any of the sprints. Guess the promoters and officials didn't want riders killing themselves for a few seconds on wet streets.
still rainin' in slo
could be wacky
poor Lucas is done. As is Acton of Colavita.
the miles are saying hello to the legs for those boys.
shouldn't be surprised that kObee is in the break for 2 days straight.
him and his familiarity with "recovery products"
"Guess the promoters and officials didn't want riders killing themselves for a few seconds on wet streets."
too late.
that mad scramble into town, when the gaps open up ... it's gonna be mayhem baby.
i just hope the vid stays live.
... can't ... turn .. head .. away
he's lookin' at his legs every time he's on the front
ouch
that's how big of a nutsack kObee has ... he just moved the TMobile car into the dirt.
"f-you ... i'm riding here"
shame for A.Olson to have this break be so doomed.
he'd have been the pick for the win. boy's got game.
Doomed!
just frickin unbelievable how strong these riders are.
what a race.
this is the stage for the afficianados, though.
i can hear "bobby come lately" ... it's sooo boring. they're just riding along!
Grueling to ride 213k slow anyway, might as well go fast. Get it over with.
Euser hasn't missed one pull.
what heart.
and, i hear he cooks like a euro-stallion.
stand in line, ladies.
"this stage has not been that challenging"
He's not in the break is he :)
ms
oh god, 213k ... thanks for reminding me, Chris.
now i'll rethink the power of my 45 minute hill'ervals today.
jayzus ... what i'd give.
gap must be coming down
k obee is taking the monster pull
where'd that come from?
oops, my bad, it was hilton clarke
dude's an animal
there are going to be about six thousand attacks coming into town. i don't think there's enough horsepower to control the field today.
... but, tired is as tired does.
Levi looks tired.
so doomed
pack looks hungry
wouldn't be surprised to see csc drill it into town
they're kinda good at that
not so organized at the moment though
bwaaahahaaa ... Sayers up there crowding Levi.
precious.
Hey Olaf!!!!!
pea green is not the color for a sprinter's jersey.
chryst, sponsored by PSAndersons...
did i miss lucas coming off the break?
Jens is badass
even in pea green
yuck
I missed it too, sheesh...and then there were six
kObee and HClarke jawing at each other ...
now you're just letting the 'roids talk.
darnit lost the local boy
i didn't see him go off either
hc really going at it
Fuck yea! Clarke attacks!
Clarke attacks, kObee chases him down.
what a pissing match.
lucas is back
for now
Euser back on ... at the car, or a flat.
what a stylish little piece of meat.
somebody wrap him up in a tortilla and bring him to me.
sorry, delivery service not available
good ridin'
Slipstream resurfaced
that aerial shot was so Flanders in late spring.
Catch before the hard left
it's all about face time now ...
show some spank and throw one down, lucas!
bad kObee ... just broke the boy.
voila
watch out for the ditch, hinky
acton ... bwwaahahahaaa
that break was so playing last dick standing
silly
Just for the record..........
I have ice cold Hefeweizen in hand for the finish of this game........
Hope all of you at work are having as much fun. :)
MS
made it past the turn...I was wrong.
time for a little sufferin'
dayum
looks like they lost a few along the way
shrinkage
that pack is not going fast enough in these final K.
oy.
Horner's got his men to the front.
so f'ing smart.
now CVC .. oop, CSC
you're right Jen, that field is small.
Jens going for gold? Hmmmm..The Power!
jens just blew his out the field ...
save it for the TT JENS!
How can you guys call all this? My coverage is so choppy it just looks like a bunch of colorful rectangles skipping across my screen.
Oh look the green rectangle jumped
bettini wins this stage
think he was just trying to get it movin'
looks like they got it in hand now
dayum that team is strong - csc, i mean
Lagutin is in there! Lagu-Lagu-Lagu!
who's your daddy?
sexeee
Dayum lil cricket!
Beteeny
I like that he respected the Tee Oh Ce with going for a win like that.
that was one hell of a try by Brown's leadout man.
i thought for sure there was going to be a 40mph spill in that corner.
Bettini ... balls of steel. (teeny they may be)
what's up with that end of the race cars crossing and the teeny barricade...scary
dayum, that was some silly corner action
yay for be teeny
too much fun
I'm glad beteeny won-not a fan of rabobrown at all...
Was one of those bobbing green rectangles Thor?
eeew.
no brown for me either
be teeny much mo bettah
yes, green was thor, they think he might have been third
heh, heh.
she said thor
think he was fourth
Beautiful day. Epic-long. Hard, hard, hard.
AAAGH can you IMAGINE being 5K away from the town where you live, getting a flat, chasing back onto the break only to have the world freaking champion snatch the glory away from you?
Poor little Leuser.
Leuser ... damn you Trac for using that before me.
"Bettini is such a great little guy."
--Robbie Ventura, amgen broadcaster
Ouch.
my freakin' video crapped out just after they got into Cuesta College (my old Juco). Sons a biches... :(
crickey ... only Vogels is in the top 25 not on a ProTour team.
mileage wore 'em down.
wow.
OV, you should do your own race commentary via streaming audio. Your blog commentary is much much better than anything else available!
BTW, "and a love of Thor" is an anagram for "Olaf Vanderhoot"... Hmm.
You could set up a skype chat room with broadcast capacity...I'll look in to it tonight and see if I can't start up a play-by-play room for the TT. Might be scary to hear all the voices inside my head (from reading all these comments) brought to life.
for those of us at work...typing is quieter and looks like work
sitting at my lappytop typing, that is working, right?
mmmm, time trial.
men in funny hats.
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