Vino Comeback Thread

[Kwibus]

It's over

Vino announced during the team pres today his retirement ...

will this be the end of Astana ?

After this year I assume?

 

[Havetts]

I was first skeptical about Vino returning, but seeing him ride the TdF this year made me happy he is back.

Dont retire on us vino .

 

[Anonymous]

After this year I assume?

yes, after this year!

 

[DAOTEC]

Vinokourov determined to sign off in yellow

28.01.2011 - Kazakh veteran cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov, seen here during the official presentation of Astana cycling team in Monaco, announced on Friday that 2011 will be his last season as a professional rider, but he is determined to wear the yellow jersey again at some stage in the summer.

http://www.station.lu/?p=edito&a=external&id=105411


(will they let him?)

 

[joe_papp]

All choked-up at the thought of Vino's swan song. But what a great comeback season he just had in 2010. I frankly don't care how he did it or how much Spanish steak went into his guns - it was awesome. L-B-L, Trentino, that amazing Tour stage...

"I WANT STEAK TONIGHT!"

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

(will they let him?)

If he truly set his mind on doing that -- who's gonna dare to stop him?

 

[jens_attacks]

i'm pretty sure that vino won't retire at the end of this season.they took him two years,he will ride two years more.he even says so in that article.

so this year he wants fleche wallonne,it will be fuuuuun.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Vino mustn't stop! If Vino stops attacking cycling will collapse, so speaketh the oracle http://nyvelocity.com/content/toto/2009/toto-turns-153

 

[DAOTEC]

you got it dude

If he truly set his mind on doing that -- who's gonna dare to stop him?

 

[Wheels Go Round and Round]

All choked-up at the thought of Vino's swan song. But what a great comeback season he just had in 2010. I frankly don't care how he did it or how much Spanish steak went into his guns - it was awesome. L-B-L, Trentino, that amazing Tour stage...

"I WANT STEAK TONIGHT!"

just so I understand you correctly:

you get busted for dope
you blast all other riders about doping
now you say you don't care how he did it?

am I the only one seeing the irony of this?

this site is amazing...............

 

[happychappy]

just so I understand you correctly:

you get busted for dope
you blast all other riders about doping
now you say you don't care how he did it?

am I the only one seeing the irony of this?

this site is amazing...............

But... he's not Lance Armstrong. He's European!! It's like when Eddy Merckx used the the best of the performance enhancers for the time, it wasn't bad! He wasn't really doping!!!
Do you understand now boy?!?

 

[Anonymous]

But... he's not Lance Armstrong. He's European!! It's like when Eddy Merkx used the the best of the performance enhancers for the time, it wasn't bad! He wasn't really doping!!!
Do you understand now boy?!?

i think that was an attack on Joe, not Vino... either way, rude. especially as it is the wrong forum to discuss this any further... please desist.

this is a thread about the god that is Vino, a law unto himself.

 

[Wheels Go Round and Round]

i think that was an attack on Joe, not Vino... either way, rude. especially as it is the wrong forum to discuss this any further... please desist.

this is a thread about the god that is Vino, a law unto himself.

you are correct........Joe Papp is a hypocrite
I'm just pointing out that fact


I do like Vino though.......then again all the top riders are dopers but at least I understand it and deal with it, not crying on the boards about how they cheat when Joe Papp was a cheater just not smart enough to NOT get caught

 

[Ryaguas]

just so I understand you correctly:

you get busted for dope
you blast all other riders about doping
now you say you don't care how he did it?

am I the only one seeing the irony of this?

this site is amazing...............

The troll is in da house!!!!

 

[joe_papp]

Vino eats trolls for breakfast and then ****s them out 60km into the ride, once he gets his bowels moving - or so A.C. told me...before he had steak for lunch.

"You are a troll? OK! Va bene. Get in my belly!"

[Great to see this thread kicked back up a bit...]

 

[Anonymous]

[Great to see this thread kicked back up a bit...]

we plan on savouring every ounce that Vino gives us

 

[joe_papp]

we plan on savouring every ounce that Vino gives us

As a cycling fan, Vino is the most exciting rider in the peloton to me. And I think the UCI would find more support for, and a better response to, its ban-the-radio campaign if they explained that the intent was to create more situations where other riders raced like Vino races (w/ or w/o a radio!). Love him or hate him, he's an animator.

 

[The Hitch]

just so I understand you correctly:

you get busted for dope
you blast all other riders about doping
now you say you don't care how he did it?

am I the only one seeing the irony of this?

this site is amazing...............

But Vino was caught and punished. Many of us have some respect for those who have been caught, punished and made skape goats while their jailers proclaim clean cycling and praise codopers.

With Joe who has been through that himself, it might be even camaraderie.

 

[Barrus]

sod off with the doping talk to the clinic

 

[joe_papp]

Has Vino ever raced in the States? Can't think of when...

 

[Wheels Go Round and Round]

nice to see the hypocrites deleting the posts that hit close to home

this board has gone to the dogs

 

[The Hitch]

nice to see the hypocrites deleting the posts that hit close to home

this board has gone to the dogs

The moderator "Barrus" deleted the posts. Not Joe.

 

[richwagmn]

As a cycling fan, Vino is the most exciting rider in the peloton to me. And I think the UCI would find more support for, and a better response to, its ban-the-radio campaign if they explained that the intent was to create more situations where other riders raced like Vino races (w/ or w/o a radio!). Love him or hate him, he's an animator.

Completely agree. Evans, Contador, Schleck are all pussies compared to Vino. AC had no reason to apologize to Schleck for his attack. Evans is a tearful Sally Fields (you like me, you really like me) . And Schleck's a little whiner.

Vino should lend each of these guys a ball so they'll at least have one.

My favorite thing about Vino is his ability to recover on mountain stages. How many times have he thought that he's popped and holy ****, here he comes back up the road, jaw clenched, absolutely grinding up that climb? I'll miss him when he's gone.

 

[Oldman]

As a cycling fan, Vino is the most exciting rider in the peloton to me. And I think the UCI would find more support for, and a better response to, its ban-the-radio campaign if they explained that the intent was to create more situations where other riders raced like Vino races (w/ or w/o a radio!). Love him or hate him, he's an animator.

"it's the fastest that get paid and the fastest that get laid." -Dickie Bobby/Ballad of Ricky Bobby

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Has Vino ever raced in the States? Can't think of when...

I don't remember that too.

But i think Tour of Cali is in his program this year, cause he doesn't want to get in the way of Kreuziger in Giro and has to train somewhere, right?

As a cycling fan, Vino is the most exciting rider in the peloton to me. And I think the UCI would find more support for, and a better response to, its ban-the-radio campaign if they explained that the intent was to create more situations where other riders raced like Vino races (w/ or w/o a radio!). Love him or hate him, he's an animator.

Interestingly Vino himself is against radio ban.

He admits it directly benefits a few riders such like him, Evans and Gilbert, but ultimately it's not worth it.