UCI WorldTour and other pro cycling nonsense 2011

So it is

until now

sorry andy, kthxbye

. and had my eye on this too
http://www.vatternrundan.se/Default.aspx?module=4&content=12&lang=SV&fwsite=2

hmmmm, If I could get permission (and a few more miles under my belt) I would be so up for that, looks beautiful

Who owns that mock tudor monstrosity?

that was brilliant. epic effort from horner & shasty looking good in the bear suit

singularly unimpressed w/schleck

Horner went up Sierra Road in 17:05 (~500W, ~13mph, ~1900VAM), my PR is 29:00.

great effort from rory sutherland, he's one of those aussie dudes who's dropped off the radar a bit since we're all so euro-obsessed.

wish someone would physically attack a) the clean bottle man, b) phil every time he mentions the clean bottle!!

are thee shaq gonna have too many leaders in july? horner, levi, kloden, brajkovic...

i think it'll work out ok if nobody pops

wish someone would physically attack a) the clean bottle man, b) phil every time he mentions the clean bottle!!

― Lenny Cravitz (haitch), Wednesday, May 18, 2011 6:48 PM (1 hour ago)

2 of the 3 Bottle Boys were my teammates! Hands off those guys.

haha they're no harm really, just don't need liggett pointing them out EVERY TIME the bunch goes past one of them!

Just rewatched the final climb again, really amazing performance by Horner.

His love for Jack In The Box, 2L of coke, donuts and costco muffins is the stuff of legends.

Then there's always this:
http://tinyurl.com/hornerhills

And this:
http://survey.cyclingnews.com/photos/2001/apr01/horner.shtml

it really was a great ride by Horner, so fantastic that a 39 year old can take on and pull away from some fantastic riders as if they weren't there on a hill like that...... Was it just the UK twitterers that were going suspicion crazy? I must admit it hadn't crossed my mind at the time but the more I thought about it, the more rats I smelled.

are you referring to... drugs?

would I do that?..... Yes, yes I am, drugs and the Radioshack team

~a spectre is haunting yankeeland~

someone across the pond posted horner suspicion a few years ago on ilx, can't remember who, and i was a bit nonplussed. maybe because brits never got a chance to see what horner did domestically? mebbe i'm just a fan of his tactical analyses, forthrightness, and most of all, his willingness to go-for-broke.

otoh, it's pro cycling. it's radio shack. specter is all over the fuckin place (well, ex uk, obv).

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/05/news/horner-the-only-rider-that-can-drop-me-is-contador_174405

“I think in my career I’ve been underappreciated,” said Horner after a demonstrative win on the Amgen Tour’s first-ever mountaintop finish. He said Wednesday that Giro d’Italia leader Alberto Contador was the only rider in the world capable of beating him.

drugs must be involved i fear.

His love for Jack In The Box, 2L of coke, donuts and costco muffins is the stuff of legends.

what a bro, i'm with him.

he is a fat mantis in an actual mantis' body!

Horner is a crit monkey at heart, the fact that he can climb makes it pretty amazing.

His suspicion level on the UCI chart was lower than Wiggins, Gerant, and the other top Britishers iirc.

(lower than Andy and Levi as well?)

Yeah, and famous steak lover Contador.....

having fun with search:
Pro Tour/ Euro/Whatever road thread

and then this is great and pretty timely:
your daily bicycle log

i had thought id written an appreciation of horner in 2005 after one of my favorite stage finishes that featured him. i found that one but it is not quite on point. kind of fun wayback machine trip tho.

“I’ve been a criterium rider my whole life, more than anything. If you grow up racing bikes in the States, that’s what you are. If you can’t ride a crit then you can’t make a living.”
Horner

Lance getting it from all ends now:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20064406-10391709.html

Hamilton is like a Sean Penn character study in this.

ruhroh

good advice here:
http://twitter.com/#!/lancearmstrong/status/28823058835

welcome back to the shitshow th

"Tour de France"

weekend's giro is going to be ~obscene~

obscenely.... over? this thing is dunzo.

it is kinda funny how the race for 2nd kinda ignores Bert with his verdict looming in a couple weeks.

enjoyed seeing pink Didi
Alberto kinda murdered them there without seeming to make too much effort

it is kinda funny how the race for 2nd kinda ignores Bert with his verdict looming in a couple weeks

^ this

ATOC TT starting now in former Danish colony of Solvang.

cunty was imperious

rujano's little look behind at the finish was cute

no crostis...

pretty much alberto flying off a cliff was the only game changer, so i guess im done following this charade.

No Crostis, but the Zoncolan is a hell of a climb. Not that anything's going to happen beyond another Contador win.

Riding ATOC Stage 4 tomorrow - in reverse, though, so we'll have the big climb early on.

wouldnt you just go down sierra rd then? i like that kind of ride!

hahaha.

good luck out there lukas. Hamilton is very easy compared to Sierra.

the backside descent is really fast and technical, take it easy.

Back on topic:

DZ killed it. Insane time for the amount of wind out there today.

wow van garderen

Oh shit, Big George coming clean now:

CBS release re 60 Minutes: George Hincapie testified that he and Armstrong supplied each other with EPO, testosterone

boom

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYC_ARMSTRONG_DOPING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-05-20-18-44-02