shame, he deserved to do one just after that crash a few years ago, when he lost it in a corner and was over the rails into a ditch. Very impressiveed073 said:
there was footage of Guiness on tv here looking quietly chuffed, holding the helmet and explaining to the worlds press the bleeding obvious, that its broken.ed073 said:
You're a hard man, Classic.classic1 said:The stage was a bit of a false war. I suspect Evans struggled a bit after his fall (he missed a small split with Kirchen and was riding well back in the group) but looked a bit bettter at the top of the Aspin. Hopefully he is ok tomorrow. His team are rubbish IMO.
Ricco. LOL.
Yes spot on. Vanhammeren is a workhorse but had a bad tour so far (unlucky). Poppedvich is the only guy capable of giving him any cover at all and even then its all too brief. Cadel had to fend for himself on a day when he shouldnt have had too.classic1 said:
stevebaby said:
i agree with all that.Geoff Vadar said:Yes spot on. Vanhammeren is a workhorse but had a bad tour so far (unlucky). Poppedvich is the only guy capable of giving him any cover at all and even then its all too brief. Cadel had to fend for himself on a day when he shouldnt have had too.
Horner and Cadel seemed to like each other. Horner would of given more from his heart muscle than I think we will see from popobitch. Having said that I think all of lotto are holding back - they simply cant be this pathetic. They want to be strong next week IMO.
Valverde is just tooo relaxed. Either he has absolutely no respect for Evans or he has found new undetectable fairy dust.
IMO McEwen no longer belongs on a big squad. Particularly not one with GC contenders in GTs. He is an out and out champion but if he wants to keep racing its time for a smaller sqaud like Barloworld perhaps?
I cant help but think its Robbies purse that has ultimately seen Horner moved on and as predicted we see Cadel continue to be isolated at times which are clearly high risk to his GC aspirations.
IMO McEwen needs a rocket up the ****. Tonight. He needs to do some work on the flats for Cadel. Get on the front and give Vanhammerman et al a spell. Be bottle *****. I wonder what he is like in group dynamics. I hope his ego is driving hard for Cadel. I'm sure it is but I just dont see him doing the hard graft. If he cant contest realistically in the sprints then at some point he has to forget it and just work like a dog all day for Cadel (until road goes skyward).
I want to see some ****en heart muscle from silent(heart)lotto...
Sorry that quickly became a uneducated rant!!
I dunno.....those old Modolo brakes sure are purdy.Gusboh said:
Brakes are one place were i'll happily add serious weight (and fugmo factor) if it means i'll actually stop. Big boy + bad breaks = death by ouchies.
Wheels, frame, stem, bars, saddle, seatpost, pedals, cranks and fork are other areas where i'm happy to add some porkage.
I'm sure Thylo will be with me on this one. Being the only one within 10kg of me
When we do the TAN ride, you can test the stopping power of the brakes on my mixte (Paul's Moto Lite V-brakes), if you like - scary amounts of leverage and literally one finger required, and even then you almost do an endo if you pull them on a bee's **** too much.Gusboh said:
Brakes are one place were i'll happily add serious weight (and fugmo factor) if it means i'll actually stop. Big boy + bad breaks = death by ouchies.
Wheels, frame, stem, bars, saddle, seatpost, pedals, cranks and fork are other areas where i'm happy to add some porkage.
I'm sure Thylo will be with me on this one. Being the only one within 10kg of me
