DiLuca's stupidity defense

poulidor

I don't know which was the first : the Pro Tour or the willing of promoting as a whole the major Pro race... we just know that Verbruggen was one of the actor.
Apparently a dutch company had tried to buy ASO races, then probably ASO reacted and has seen Pro Tour as a threat. Maybe their reaction is to keep the control of their races, even if they must buy others.
Other major organisers are certainly worried by that, and seem to have more confidence in ASO than in UCI and his project like cycling formule1.
Sure an organiser will more defends his races than a global entity ready to change his pieces in an other country or to an other race for more profit like it is now in formule 1.

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Let Astana and McQuaid whine !

Crankyfeet

Read McQuaid's speech in Bro Deal's OP on the linked thread. You can perhaps discount a lot of the rhetoric as "slightly" exaggerated, but I think most of the points are valid.

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Originally posted by Frigo's Luggage...

"[Calling him] 'dickcheese' is the insult of a master. Some people work in oil, some people work in clay. He [thoughtforfood] works in profanity. Open your mind and enjoy its beauty."

jimmypop

Glad I'm not alone in noticing this. The transformation of his facial features exhibit the characteristics of excessive HGH use. For reference, see Sly Stallone. For reference on using HGH within reasonable human limits, see any MLB pitcher.

Bro Deal

I would like to get an explanation for Hamilton's new look. His hair is longer and frames his face differently, but his facial features really do look different. Did he have plastic surgery? Maybe it's the first step to changing his identity.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

thunder

its all for his new career as a rent boy

Crankyfeet

If anyone was able to direct him to a cosmetic surgeon, t'would be Mikey Ball.

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Originally posted by Frigo's Luggage...

"[Calling him] 'dickcheese' is the insult of a master. Some people work in oil, some people work in clay. He [thoughtforfood] works in profanity. Open your mind and enjoy its beauty."

earth_dweller

He is scary, and he's also been using way too much tanning lotion, his skin is orange... maybe that was to distract from the facial features?

Crankyfeet

Can someone post a recent picture for reference, please?

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Originally posted by Frigo's Luggage...

"[Calling him] 'dickcheese' is the insult of a master. Some people work in oil, some people work in clay. He [thoughtforfood] works in profanity. Open your mind and enjoy its beauty."

thunder

crack go to raashan bahati's website.

racingbahati or something like that.

bro always posts links to it. Oely did too. Do a search for "oely" and his/her posts and you will see the pic.

micron

a couple here http://www.flickr.com/photos/dharre...in/photostream/

he does look a tad peculiar - and that rock jersey is trying too hard to be cool.

The problem with the ProTour was that Verbruggen went ahead and sold PT team licenses without ever securing a guarantee from ASO and RCS that they would be happy to invite all the PT teams at the expense of having wildcards (ASO have long argued that they need to invite some of the smaller French teams to sustain interest in the race in France and develop the sport by giving them a shot at the big time - those teams haven't always shone but we all know why, don't we?). Heiny bulldozed the ProTour through to secure his spurious 'legacy' and the rest is history...