This weekends Canadian Races

[Libertine Seguros]

cycling is all about the battle of the titans. The midgets have no business being there.
Pfuh, what the heck kind of damage has postmodernistic relativism done with human brains? Supporting the mediocre?

Well, now that's sorted out, I look forward to seeing 2 riders on the startlist for next year's Tour.

Plus, if those that aren't the stars shouldn't turn up, how does one become a star? All your idea calls for is a cosy club where the best can turn up and call themselves the best and nobody who isn't the best can turn up even if they may in a few years be the best themselves.

It's a bit like the Beautiful People Club in Family Guy. Élitist, nepotist and isolationist, ensuring that those within the closed circle are the top and those outside it stay outside it.

Are you Pat McQuaid by any chance?

 

[Andrichuk]

Yeah, you're mental.

This guy is mental!

 

[velosiped]

Uhm, this year, in the sprint for 5th place
Last year even in the sprint for 3rd place

So, my conclusion is you never watch flanders?

Oh, I've watched Flanders for a while.
I didn't know the bunch-sprint for 5'th was the finale.
My apologies.

 

[Francois the Postman]

There is seriously too much alcohol on the forum this evening.

If they keep it up it is going to be you and me as the sole posters tomorrow Dim.

 

[velosiped]

Well, now that's sorted out, I look forward to seeing 2 riders on the startlist for next year's Tour.

Plus, if those that aren't the stars shouldn't turn up, how does one become a star? All your idea calls for is a cosy club where the best can turn up and call themselves the best and nobody who isn't the best can turn up even if they may in a few years be the best themselves.

It's a bit like the Beautiful People Club in Family Guy. Élitist, nepotist and isolationist, ensuring that those within the closed circle are the top and those outside it stay outside it.

Are you Pat McQuaid by any chance?

Yeah, you'r a smartass aren't you.
My replies were based on classics/single-day races. I couldn't care less about the Tour's. If some team finds a 7'th in the total to be Hercules-achievment, fine by me.
"Élitist, nepotist and isolationist" - you should stop reading french postmodern philosophers. THEY NEVER HAD A CLUE! France is about to be a dystopia of ethnic warfare.

I'm european.Who the hell is Pat McQuaid?

 

[The Hitch]

Cycling is not about pause-clowns like Vockler.

Cycling is not a democracy

Midgets shouldnt win

bla bla bla

To paraphrase moose mcnuckels

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yeah, you'r a smartass aren't you.
My replies were based on classics/single-day races. I couldn't care less about the Tour's. If some team finds a 7'th in the total to be Hercules-achievment, fine by me.
"Élitist, nepotist and isolationist" - you should stop reading french postmodern philosophers. THEY NEVER HAD A CLUE! France is about to be a dystopia of ethnic warfare.

I'm european.Who the hell is Pat McQuaid?

"Alan, stop being xenophobic!"
"Whoa whoa whoa, I thought it was in the contract - no French!"
"Xenophobic is an English word, Alan, it means small-minded fear of foreigners"

None of what I said came from reading French postmodern philosophers. It came from knowing what these words mean.

You're welcome.

 

[velosiped]

To paraphrase moose mcnuckels

That's Voeckler WITHOUT the helmet, right?

 

[velosiped]

"Alan, stop being xenophobic!"
"Whoa whoa whoa, I thought it was in the contract - no French!"
"Xenophobic is an English word, Alan, it means small-minded fear of foreigners"

None of what I said came from reading French postmodern philosophers. It came from knowing what these words mean.

You're welcome.

Ok, now something is way off here.
I'm not alan, and where am I xenophobic?
where do I fear foreigners? I am positive about belgians, candian, italians,danes, spaniards, germans, norwegians etc.?
No french? what? I never spoke french. Bashing french philosophy, or cyclists?
when am I xenophobic? I have been married to a foriegner, for God's sake. Have you?

 

[The Hitch]

you should stop reading french postmodern philosophers.

Seeing as we are talking about Alcochol and French philosophers


Benjamin Constant was a right ****ant
Who was very rarrely stable
Voltaire, Voltaire was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.
Comte, they say, could stick it away;
Half a crate of whiskey every day.
Bernard Henri Levi is fond of his dram,
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am"

 

[The Hitch]

Leave it LS. The guys a troll. I called this one long ago and im very hesitant to accuse people of being trolls.

Ps in an earlier post i said "the raison detre (for)"

is it tautologising when i say "for" after "raison d'être" seeing as raison detre already means "reason for being" or does the for need to be added to make the sentence work in english?

 

[velosiped]

Seeing as we are talking about Alcochol and French philosophers


Benjamin Constant was a right ****ant
Who was very rarrely stable
Voltaire, Voltaire was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.
Comte, they say, could stick it away;
Half a crate of whiskey every day.
Bernard Henri Levi is fond of his dram,
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am"

I think we should stay with Sarte: Life stinks, therefore we should stay in a fantasy-worls all the time. Like marxism.

 

[velosiped]

Leave it LS. The guys a troll. I called this one long ago and im very hesitant to accuse people of being trolls.

Ps in an earlier post i said "the raison detre (for)"

is it tautologising when i say "for" after "raison d'être" seeing as raison detre already means "reason for being" or does the for need to be added to make the sentence work in english?

Isn't punjabi the official language of england these days?

 

[Anonymous]

wow, three pages of racism and insults.. you guys did a good job on this thread.

 

[The Hitch]

Isn't punjabi the official language of england these days?

Actually you are hitting a nail there though unknowinly in so far as i personaly do live in an area where Punjabi is the most used language.

 

[velosiped]

wow, three pages of racism and insults.. you guys did a good job on this thread.

Ok, TSF.


This time I'm really curious.
I want your definition on the term racism.
This could be interesting.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Can all non-vuelta discussions be taken to the cafe please? This is becoming unreadable, especially when people don't heed their own advise.

 

[auscyclefan94]

There is seriously too much alcohol on the forum this evening.

Well, I doubt any of the aussies would aplly for that comment unless they drink at 5am-10am in the morning.

Sky doesn't have the strenght, not much to do with tactics (well except for the early leadouts).

But to pull back a break with Hesjedal, Cunego, Gesink, Wegmann and Breschel, I don't think much teams would be able to do that regardless

Totally right

I think the DS's has a lot to do with it. The A sprint team (henderson, sutton, downing, swift, vigano) for sky has been fine, its the B sprint team that keeps going to early. I think EBH's injuries didnt help.

Why is this another sky thread anyway. Great win for voeckler, and EbH came second. Lets all slate cunego, or hesjedal for messing up the finish, not having enough support

Last lap or so was cracking. lets enjoy the race instead of picking fault with everything.

See Dim, it is not just me that has a go at Sky. Maybe your eyes have been opened

Full results
http://protourquebecmontreal.com/uploads/pdf/Qc2010-ComRace-ResultatsFinal.pdf

Scheirlinckx 5th, not Moreno, not the Euskal dude. But Scheirlinckx

Anyway, looking at the names in the first group(s). This race rocks.

edit
lol at this

@RGUpdate Heb Hagen gezegd dat ie maar eens wat aan zijn sprint moest werken, als Strijkijzer Gesink al zo dichtbij kan komen...

Translated: "I told Hagen that he should work at his sprint some more, if smoothing iron Gesink can come so close in a sprint...."

I was actually thinking that EBH chopped gesink as well when I was watching but Gesink is also a bit all over the place when he sprints.

 

[hfer07]

hats off to VoecKler- perfectly timed attack-just killed the peloton in that last slope-great racing indeed.

 

[Neworld]

Great race filled with long breaks, punchy climbs, end of race breads and a worthy champion. Nice to see Ryder H riding aggressively, that man is exciting. I wish more racers were like him.

Good luck for all on Sunday.

Basso WTF has happened since the Giro? He was sick for TdF, is he still sick?

NW

 

[theswordsman]

Basso WTF has happened sick the Giro? He was sick for TdF, is he still sick?

NW

I didn't get to see the race, but he said the other day that he was working for other guys in the two Canadian races.

 

[The Hitch]

Great race filled with long breaks, punchy climbs, end of race breads and a worthy champion. Nice to see Ryder H riding aggressively, that man is exciting. I wish more racers were like him.

Good luck for all on Sunday.

Basso WTF has happened sick the Giro? He was sick for TdF, is he still sick?

NW

Basso didnt look sick. He just got off bike and walked off. I think it might even have been the team area where he got off as they immediately moved the barriers for him, let him walk through. I think the stop was planned.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

blah asif i didn't wake up for this
nice win by voeckler, and after reading this thread it would seem gesink did really well to still get 3rd.

And well done to BMC, fulfilling their modest expectations and all

 

[auscyclefan94]

blah asif i didn't wake up for this
nice win by voeckler, and after reading this thread it would seem gesink did really well to still get 3rd.

And well done to BMC, fulfilling their modest expectations and all

Ballan punctured and had a mechnical in places where the heat was on in the peleton so that wasted energy. His result was quite good considering. Shame Bobby G got caught right before the line.

 

[pedaling squares]

Anyone have a link to some video highlights or last few km? Sorry if this has been hashed out already, I'm late to the party and went back a few pages but only found some weird OT crap.