Is Robert Gesink soft?

[theyoungest]

I'm stuck with Haimar Zubeldia...

On the plus side though I also share dates with Clarence Seedorf, Ireen Wust (two time Olympic champion for the non-Dutch), Bismarck, Gogol, Rachmaninoff, Milan Kundera, Toshiro Mifune (star of a lot of Kurosawa's best films) and others... Sports, politics, culture. Us April Fools have got it made

Those who have the honour of sharing mine: Walt Whitman, Clint Eastwood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Bert Haanstra, Ivo Niehe , and Robert Gesink obviously.

 

[thrawn]

Those who have the honour of sharing mine: Walt Whitman, Clint Eastwood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Bert Haanstra, Ivo Niehe , and Robert Gesink obviously.

For me it's Victoria Beckham. Oh the shame.

 

[Moncoutie]

I share a birthday with Stevie Wonder. And I ride a bike like him too

 

[Moondance]

Further (read: actual) research has shown that I'm not stuck with just Haimar Zubeldia... I've got Erik Breukink AND Paolo Bettini too!!! I never knew.

: party:

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I share my birthday with olympic gold winner Maarten vd Weijden.
Other than that, not much cyclists born on 31 march.

 

[Barrus]

People, this is about Gesink, not your bithdays. Now if Gesink came to your birthday, it would be a different topic and would be on-topic

 

[theyoungest]

People, this is about Gesink, not your bithdays. Now if Gesink came to your birthday, it would be a different topic and would be on-topic

Come on, this entire thread is bullcrap. Don't take your admin duties too seriously.

 

[Barrus]

Yeah, perhaps you're right. I didn't read the entire thread, just saw the last page.

(But i don't really take it too serious, in case you hadn't noticed that )

 

[The Hitch]

I dont know who i share my birthday with, but Obamas birthday is a day after mine. Good to know that my birthday is just a day before that of the messiah. I feel blessed.

This thread is a bit unfair and has gone offtopic. I think it should be the Official Robert Gesink thread. Thereby making him the least important person to have his own thread on this forum

 

[The Hitch]

So did Gesinks father pass away? because while looking at the Telegraph their "cycling twitter" section says

mcewenrobbie - sincere condolances to the Gesink family

edit : http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gesinks-father-dies-as-result-of-mountain-bike-crash

A shame Bobbies father wont get to see just how great his sons palmares will be.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Hitch, yes he did. Succumbed to his injuries on Saturday.

 

[craig1985]

One of my best trolling efforts.

 

[Moondance]

So... Is Robert Gesink still 'soft'?

Discuss.

 

[Jamsque]

Soft and cuddly like a big lanky dutch teddy bear.

 

[Frosty]

So... Is Robert Gesink still 'soft'?

Discuss.

Course he is, he's just been aiming his season's peak for the easy early season warm-ups while everyone else is concentrating on the big races later on. Coward

 

[usedtobefast]

Extremely talented bike rider and I'm sure he will have some big wins in the future, but to me he just comes across as 'soft'. Loses races on descents, crashes a lot, and has a thousand excuses.

Maybe soft is not the right word to use, but there is something about him that I can't put my finger on.

i think he has learned something since this thread started. it seems like it to me. and good on him.

 

[battery89]

He never looks for excuses, don't know where you got that impression. Quite the opposite, actually.

And as for his being soft... meh, don't know. The team doctor said in an interview that most riders prefer to take a painkiller before a TT, but not Gesink: he likes the pain. Also, he rode 75 kms with a broken wrist in that Tour stage. And he still managed to finish the Vuelta in 6th, with that horrible hole in his knee.

Still sums up thread and it was the third post.

 

[battery89]

Said hole

 

[Francois the Postman]

Oh boy. Craig, it looks like your "best trolling effort" was so good, we are going for another lap one year later!

 

[craig1985]

This thread will haunt me for the rest of my life.

 

[auscyclefan94]

This thread will haunt me for the rest of my life.

I think you should have to change your avatar to something we all choose for this thread!

 

[craig1985]

I think you should have to change your avatar to something we all choose for this thread!

Alright then, Ill be more then happy to change my avatar, should one of the Dutch mafia so chooses to do so.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Alright then, Ill be more then happy to change my avatar, should one of the Dutch mafia so chooses to do so.

you mean one of us have to change our avatar also?
anyone but evans please

 

[Ryaguas]

anyone but evans please

Well... then TGAK will be.. oh wait... my application for The Dutch Mafia hasn't been recieved yet...

 

[Moondance]

Alright then, Ill be more then happy to change my avatar, should one of the Dutch mafia so chooses to do so.

Okay... I volunteer. As long as its not lewd or offensive I will display any picture you suggest.

How long do we keep the avatars? Till March 20 like ACF?