The Thread about Nothing....

[62vette]

Originally Posted by classic1

Then she starts making goo-ga noises and drooling. I had to let her down gently that she wasn't getting any. I said '**** off, you can't have any'. I thought direct and clear communication was important in this situation.

Good call. Best to avoid all possible confusion

[bbp]

That was a pretty special bit of viewing. I've gotta give sbs some credit, they're putting the ad breaks in better spots. The last couple of years we would have missed big chunks of that descent.

[bbp]

Brace yourselves fellas. Here comes the perinean assault.

[gplama]

Originally Posted by bbp

Brace yourselves fellas. Here comes the perinean assault.

I'm on the edge of my saddle!

[46kgToDate]

Contador acceleration!!!
Astana looking good out the front there.
Poor old Cadel, he needs a proper team.
LOL at Classic, he sure has a way with women, though prolly very silly of her to get between Classic and a steak.

[classic1]

Impressive attacks by Contador last night, but I reckons some of them blokes **** themselves and were intimidated when he went. A Schleck looked to back off. Evans was too far back when Contador went, he looked like he was marking Armstrong.. Good to see him having a big dip though.

Armstrong is going well but I didn't think well enough to attack any of the contenders. A couple of times he looked like he was turning himself inside out to drag himself back on. He's a tough bastard. I reckon Leipheimer will get spat on the big climbs later in the race.

Great ride by Wiggins.

[bbp]

Originally Posted by classic1

Impressive attacks by Contador last night, but I reckons some of them blokes **** themselves and were intimidated when he went. A Schleck looked to back off. Evans was too far back when Contador went, he looked like he was marking Armstrong.. Good to see him having a big dip though.

Armstrong is going well but I didn't think well enough to attack any of the contenders. A couple of times he looked like he was turning himself inside out to drag himself back on. He's a tough bastard. I reckon Leipheimer will get spat on the big climbs later in the race.

Great ride by Wiggins.

AC only got 20s so didn't really climb much faster at all, but I think they know trying to match his jumps will blow them up completely, so yeah scared probably is the right word. Seeing as he now seems unlikely to lose a minute or two in the last TT, and Astana's likely to have 3 or 4 blokes to play games with at the pointy end until the death on all the big stages, I can see him doing that over and over again. Which only leaves the hope that he has a bad day or two.
Lance's ego will probably be Cadel's best chance at gaining any time on Contador, if LA decides to get Astana to peg the pace super high over a couple of long climbs to test his teammate ala Hinault. Cadel's more likely to be able to hang with Lance's rhythm than if Contador is setting the tone.
Levi will get dropped, but he'll be fine because he'll just get his mechanic to adjust his seat AGAIN for a few minutes and he'll be back again fresh as a daisy. Bloody hell. You do realise there's seppos out there still believing he should have beaten Cadel in the GC two years ago when he got 'unfairly' penalised for the same thing as last night?

Agreed about Wiggo. It'll be interesting to see how long he can keep that up. Impressive that he still had the energy for a stab at the end, although tactically he might have been better off just rolling through at the back of that bunch, because he'll have crosshairs on his shoulders now.

Great to see him have a couple of dips, but I was a bit disappointed to see Cadel flicking his elbow out still after a minute at the front of the chasing bunch. I'd rather he gets it firmly into his brain that if wants first place rather than second again and the favourite or whoever is up the road with his teammates on his own wheel, he's just gotta bloody well do it. Or better still, get angry and channel it, get the mongrel up and drop the buggers.

[heinkel12]

Evans can't beat Astana one out. He needs to talk to the Schlecks or start throwing some money around. Garmin are only going to ride for their high placings so they aren't much good to him. A long range attack in the Alps like Zulle or Chiappucci in the Indurain era might be the only other thing that could get him back on terms.

[gplama]

Originally Posted by heinkel12

Evans can't beat Astana one out.

Speaking of beating one out....

2008 Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans sported one of the more recognizable paint jobs in the peloton with his brightly hued Canyon Ultimate CF Pro. Rather than go with a nationalistic theme to celebrate his Aussie background though Evans had his rolling canvas painted in red, blue and yellow – the colours of the Tibetan flag – to draw attention to the struggles of its people.

[gplama]

Originally Posted by bbp

Great to see him have a couple of dips, but I was a bit disappointed to see Cadel flicking his elbow out still after a minute at the front of the chasing bunch. I'd rather he gets it firmly into his brain that if wants first place rather than second again and the favourite or whoever is up the road with his teammates on his own wheel, he's just gotta bloody well do it. Or better still, get angry and channel it, get the mongrel up and drop the buggers.

To see him swing his elbow was farked... 2kms at those speeds is all of 4-5mins... anyone can suffer for 4-5mins. I got a VeloStiffy seeing him attack, but needed some Sniff and Stiff action when he backed off and started dangling that elbow about.

Wiggins - Farkin awesome. Goes to show what dropping a few kegs can do up a hill. Makes me want to rent out a few Lindsay Lohan DVDs and skill up on bulimia.

[classic1]

Originally Posted by gplama

Wiggins - Farkin awesome. Goes to show what dropping a few kegs can do up a hill. Makes me want to rent out a few Lindsay Lohan DVDs and skill up on bulimia.

Linday Lohan is my favourite coke-hag. I want to do a few lines off her back.

[bbp]

Originally Posted by gplama

Speaking of beating one out....

I was wondering why the front of it was yellow. Actually the Tibet thing is an interesting corollary. He does incredibly well for a pacifist.
Although having just read this Tibet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia they've not historically been as gentle a race as that Lama bloke would have us believe
C'mon Cadel, fight the power.

[Thylacine]

Lindsay isn't a patch on Tara Reid.

[bbp]

Originally Posted by heinkel12

Evans can't beat Astana one out. He needs to talk to the Schlecks or start throwing some money around. Garmin are only going to ride for their high placings so they aren't much good to him. A long range attack in the Alps like Zulle or Chiappucci in the Indurain era might be the only other thing that could get him back on terms.

Jesus christ, I've just turned the telly on after playing a set on the radio, and by crikey the bugger's gone and done it. How long ago did he attack?

[coneofsilence]

He's been out for a while, doing it all himself.