The Ride of Shame - Mark Cavendish in 4" heels just like a slut in Manhattan heading home at 8 AM
Anton Berlin
actually race or just follow the route of the tour in the autobus,
stopping for croissants, leisurely riding through the mountains and
taking in the scenery.
Even getting motorized - Gruber like assists up the hard parts.
The gruppetto is an embarrassment to the legitimate riders that finish
the Tour by earning the honor rather than by exemption and favor.
Throw out this lousy rule and throw out the lousy riders that decide
to coast and soft pedal to Paris.
I prefer to watch 80 cyclists ride into Paris over 140 dubious
achievers.
atriage
Suck it down fagboi.
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Anton Berlin
Intelligent insight atriage
atriage
Thanks, a pleasure.
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Ryan Cousineau
Congratulations to Cadel Evans, virtual winner of the points
competition.
Uncle Dave
Although it's always nice to see your fellow countrymen win something,
I think the decision to make more points available during the stages
was wrong. Although there is more to HTC than Cavendish, they are the
only team built around a sprinter. (If there were others they were
pretty bad at it so forget them.) Making more points so easily
available to the sprinters has made the green jersey the sprinters'
jersey. I don't think it was intended to be that, rather it rewarded
the rider who was consistently highly placed throughout rather than
just on those stages where the race was decided. A battler. The sort
of rider I like to see winning it is a Gilbert (or Jalabert indeed
anyone whose name ends in "lbert") - somebody who tries like fuck and
blows up on a regular basis because of it. There have been sprinters
who have won it in the past purely on merit, for example Abdou who
never enjoyed the kind of team protection that Cavendish does or
Kelly. The decision to waive the time barrier twice was a travesty
IMHO. So I agree pretty much entirely with the sentiment here, the
green jersey definitely got devalued in this Tour to the point where
it smacks of a fix.
Happily, the cricket was much more exciting - well anything is more
exciting than the last stage in the Tour since they added a 100-odd km
neutralised zone - so I only saw the last few km. Horribly
predictable mush for the masses.
UD
Plano Dude
Hey UD, I tried to contact you at the email listed here and it
bounced back. Can you email me at tx.was...@gmail.com?
atriage
Morning Tuffers [see note 1]
> well anything is more exciting than the last stage in the Tour
You are Magilla and I claim my 3 cents.
> since they added a 100-odd km
> neutralised zone - so I only saw the last few km. Horribly
> predictable mush for the masses.
Nice bit of elitism there, maybe all spectators should be required to be able to
name all the winners of the last 50 editions of Paris-Nice...that would make sense.
Note 1. For the benefit of USAians Tuffers (Phil Tufnell) was an English cricket
player who was a *bit* challenged in the grey matter department. When England
were playing in Australia the Aussie fans used to yell "Hey Tuffers, lend us yer
brain, we're building an idiot"
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Uncle Dave
So explain to me what is so exciting about watching a bunch of lycra-
clad poofs chatting and swigging champagne whilst leisurely riding
their bikes through the countryside? (And I use the term "poof"
advisedly in a purely illustrative and non-sexual sense.)
>
> > since they added a 100-odd km
> > neutralised zone - so I only saw the last few km. Horribly
> > predictable mush for the masses.
>
> Nice bit of elitism there, maybe all spectators should be required to be able to
> name all the winners of the last 50 editions of Paris-Nice...that would make sense.
Happily, now that's over we can get back to the real racing in a week
or three. I wonder how many real bike fans turn out on the Tour route
to watch? Not many compared to other races would be my guess. Fair
weather fans making a lot of noise and a nuisance of themselves.
Speaking of the cricket, there's a lot to be said sometimes for not
having any work. Really good game all in all and an exciting and
satisfying end today. I've tried watching baseball on ESPN America
but nobody seems to do anything.
UD
atriage
> > The sort
>> > of rider I like to see winning it is a Gilbert (or Jalabert indeed
>> > anyone whose name ends in "lbert") - somebody who tries like fuck and
>> > blows up on a regular basis because of it. There have been sprinters
>> > who have won it in the past purely on merit, for example Abdou who
>> > never enjoyed the kind of team protection that Cavendish does or
>> > Kelly. The decision to waive the time barrier twice was a travesty
>> > IMHO.
A totally inconsistent statement and indicative of some bias on your
part...here's the punchline:-
Gilbert finished in the bus on stage 19...if you're gonna enforce the cut
consistently then fast Phil wouldn't have been in Paris, along with such other
*minor* luminaries like Fabian Cancellara. Or are you gonna say that a bus with
Fast Phil in it is OK to continue but one with Marvellous Mark isn't for some
reason. Maybe you should write to ASO and explain your thinking. Another thing
[while I'm at it] road cycle racing is a team sport, Cavendish wins sure but who
really wins in HTC Highroad because Frank put together by far the best team for
flat/rolling stages. No arguments please, the results speak for themselves, it's
no good whining that Cavendish is protected....the whole FUCKING point is
exactly that, that's what HTC do.
Frederick the Great
atriage <atr...@satriage.net> wrote:
> (Phil Tufnell) was an English cricket
> player who was a *bit* challenged in the grey matter department. When England
> were playing in Australia the Aussie fans used to yell "Hey Tuffers, lend us yer
> brain, we're building an idiot"
Didn't his brother, Nigel, play in a heavy metal band?
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Old Fritz
Choppy Warburton
Atriage, you really enjoy the taste of Cavengoo sliding down your
throat.
atriage
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atriage
'Lick My Love Pump' being one of his works.
AKA 'A song for Choppy'.
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Uncle Dave
> In article <8f2dnSe3fYRTF7DTnZ2dnUVZ8m2dn...@brightview.co.uk>,
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> atriage <atri...@satriage.net> wrote:
> > (Phil Tufnell) was an English cricket
> > player who was a *bit* challenged in the grey matter department. When England
> > were playing in Australia the Aussie fans used to yell "Hey Tuffers, lend us yer
> > brain, we're building an idiot"
>
> Didn't his brother, Nigel, play in a heavy metal band?
That was Nigel "Fly Me" Farage of Idiots UK.
UD
Uncle Dave
I know that.
I just don't see why you would revise the rules to suit just one team
which, if you're accepting that HTC are the only team built around a
printer (and I don't see you denying it), is what happened. I just
think the points jersey should reward consistent performance just as
the other jersies do. Yes, both GC and Mountains are down to a few
key events across the whole Tour, but you have to stay up near the
front most of the time to win them.
Anyway, I'm pleased Cavendish won the green jersey at last. Maybe now
he'll stop poncing around and get back to what he does best -
partnering Wiggins in the madison.
UD
atriage
> Anyway, I'm pleased Cavendish won the green jersey at last. Maybe now
> he'll stop poncing around and get back to what he does best -
> partnering Wiggins in the madison.
>
Yeah that was some double act. I think the world champeenship is the next thing
on the agenda. This year's TdF seems to indicate we should be able to put
together a strong team.
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Uncle Dave
Um, I was joking. The last thing either of them should do is go back
to the track - except for the odd Six maybe - though the draw of
London 2012 might prove too much.
UD
atriage
I was talking about the world road race, but yeah I'd love to see them in
Belgium again.
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