Again. :eek:
That is all.

He rode strongly in a post Tour crit. I think the boy finally hit bottom and this time he is going to make a respectable comeback. I wish him well. He had such monster potential that they actually compared him to Merckx when he was coming up.

He rode strongly in a post Tour crit. I think the boy finally hit bottom and this time he is going to make a respectable comeback. I wish him well. He had such monster potential that they actually compared him to Merckx when he was coming up.

For the umpteenth time. He's a total head case and a hopeless one at that.

He was actually quoted on Monday night after the race, that he still has the potential to win the Tour. Not sure about that, but he could easily come back and do well at the classics and one-weekers.

post-tour crit....great. Can;t see him ever making the final selection at L-B-L again or winning Paris-Nice.

how old is he now? must be 30ish, no?

32 yo

For the umpteenth time. He's a total head case and a hopeless one at that.

gotta agree, and a cheater. one good race doesn't change a thing when you have this guy's history.

ed rader

He was actually quoted on Monday night after the race, that he still has the potential to win the Tour. Not sure about that, but he could easily come back and do well at the classics and one-weekers.

must be the mood elevators talking :eek:.

ed rader

For the umpteenth time. He's a total head case and a hopeless one at that.
Apparently he hasn't noticed that VDB is 'back' at least twice a year.

gotta agree, and a cheater. one good race doesn't change a thing when you have this guy's history.

ed rader


I thought it was his dog that doped, not him :p

Trying to figure out who's been more pathetic, VDB or Tyler?

PLease explain who VDB is?

Yeah, who the hell is VDB?

:fight: its a no-brainer


Trying to figure out who's been more pathetic, VDB or Tyler?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/464024521_3de801f09c.jpg

Equals

http://www.bikecal.com/images/frank-vdb.jpg

Frank Vandenbroucke - VDB

http://grg51.typepad.com/steroid_nation/2007/06/vandenbroucke_v.html

PLease explain who VDB is?

Franck Vandenbroucke...aka the Great White Hope of Belgian cycling...for the last five years or so.

He rode strongly in a post Tour crit. I think the boy finally hit bottom and this time he is going to make a respectable comeback. I wish him well. He had such monster potential that they actually compared him to Merckx when he was coming up.

i remember when greg oravetz was the next greg lemond and abraham olano was the next miguel indurain :eek:!

ed rader

i remember when greg oravetz was the next greg lemond and abraham olano was the next miguel indurain :eek:!

ed rader


I thought I was the next Greg Lemond!!!

Franck Vandenbroucke...aka the Great White Hope of Belgian cycling...for the last five years or so.


13 years, more like it. turned pro for Lotto @ 19 to enormous fanfare that another Vandebroucke was being unleashed on the pro bunch.

Wow, Greg Oravetz. Haven't heard that name since he left the sport. That guy ate up roads, like he'd eaten 10 bowls of Wheaties for breakfast.

Wow, Greg Oravetz. Haven't heard that name since he left the sport. That guy ate up roads, like he'd eaten 10 bowls of Wheaties for breakfast.



+1. his ride to win the Corestates in 1989 was a superb effort.

Beat the likes of Knickman, Kiefel. A mate of mine was in the winning break with him but was shelled in the final. Reckons GO was an absolute monster.....could slam the 53x14 for hours, impervious to the effort.

Don't you get paid just for riding those crits? They're not real races, right?

Don't you get paid just for riding those crits? They're not real races, right?

Yes, you get paid.

No,they are not real races.

go here...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=post_tour_crits

I don't see how those crits make a profit when they're paying 50K euro start money to people.

I don't see how those crits make a profit when they're paying 50K euro start money to people.


the towns/business owners pay the organiser to be in the race program/sponsor a rider/sponsor a support event/sponsor bloody everything really, the organiser then pays the riders and the riders put on a "race" for those who couldn't get to France and see the Tour. Crowds are huge = cash.

These criteriums are highly anticipated every year....the fans are 6 deep on the finish line. All eating, drinking, partying and generally spending cash at local establishments. Often a carnival is set up at the same time within the circuit.

Only the Draai van der Kraai used to charge an entry fee....but more might do so now.

The program for the evening lists dozens of local sponsors, this is where the $$$ comes from to pay the likes of Di Luca, Contador, Boogerd etc. to turn up.