ToC Domestique to cheer for...
01-25-09, 10:39 PM
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Ok my last post was a joke. But what languages do you speak? as that might detemine who you vociferously cheer for or else the guy won't have a clue what your at!
01-25-09, 10:43 PM
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01-26-09, 08:08 AM
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01-26-09, 09:08 AM
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01-26-09, 09:36 AM
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Sounds good...reminds me of this:
Best Little League Game ever.
/really not a RickRoll. Just feel-good happiness.
Best Little League Game ever.
/really not a RickRoll. Just feel-good happiness.
01-27-09, 06:18 PM
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I'm cheering for the guys I know and ride with.
01-27-09, 07:18 PM
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My vote is for Iñigo Cuesta...
https://www.velonews.com/article/8693...g-strong-at-40
Seems like a hell of a guy. 16 years in the peloton, humble, new team this year, etc.
https://www.velonews.com/article/8693...g-strong-at-40
Seems like a hell of a guy. 16 years in the peloton, humble, new team this year, etc.
01-27-09, 07:25 PM
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Whomever you pick, I will find him, interview him, and make sure he knows the spotlight is on him.
Don't pick Lance.
Don't pick Lance.
01-28-09, 10:57 AM
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Pick the guys on the U.S. continental teams. Lots of paint/chalk on the roads, get your buddies to hold signs.
Jeremy Powers, spurred on by unexpected band of groupies, goes on mad breakaway in the mountains and wins the stage. "Seeing my name plastered all over the course was so cool; I just had to go for it."
Let us know who you pick so we can see his name when we watch the ToC on Versus.
Jeremy Powers, spurred on by unexpected band of groupies, goes on mad breakaway in the mountains and wins the stage. "Seeing my name plastered all over the course was so cool; I just had to go for it." Let us know who you pick so we can see his name when we watch the ToC on Versus.
01-28-09, 10:58 AM
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We should also flood CyclingNews/VeloNews/Pez/whoever with emails asking about our "chosen one"
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01-28-09, 11:30 AM
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It would have an opposite effect.
01-28-09, 11:34 AM
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I am totally down with this idea. Please keep me up to date on our selected BF rider of the year.
I speak French and Italian (well, some Italian), so that could give some range.
I speak French and Italian (well, some Italian), so that could give some range.
01-28-09, 11:52 AM
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I was thinking a short name would be good for chalking-on-the-road purposes, but João Miguel da Silva Correia is kind of getting my vote.
Even though he probably speaks better English than most of us, it would be kind of cool to yell something to him in Portugese.
Even though he probably speaks better English than most of us, it would be kind of cool to yell something to him in Portugese.
01-28-09, 12:22 PM
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I'm not arguing with you, but how do you figure?
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01-28-09, 12:38 PM
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My vote is for Ken Hanson of Team Type 1
01-28-09, 01:58 PM
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So far, riders include...
Alexandre Pliushin- AG2R
Valeriy Kobzarenko- Team Type 1
Frank Pipp - Bissell
Kiel Reijnan- Jelly Belly
Rory Sutherland- OUCH cycling team- probably does not fit what we are looking for
Steven Cozza- Garmin-Slipstream- To popular being a NoCal type?
Iñigo Cuesta- Cervelo
Jeremy Powers- Jelly Belly- 'cross
João Miguel da Silva Correia- Bissell +1 from the Dr.
Ken Hanson- Team Type1
Alexandre Pliushin- AG2R
Valeriy Kobzarenko- Team Type 1
Frank Pipp - Bissell
Kiel Reijnan- Jelly Belly
Rory Sutherland- OUCH cycling team- probably does not fit what we are looking for
Steven Cozza- Garmin-Slipstream- To popular being a NoCal type?
Iñigo Cuesta- Cervelo
Jeremy Powers- Jelly Belly- 'cross
João Miguel da Silva Correia- Bissell +1 from the Dr.
Ken Hanson- Team Type1
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01-28-09, 02:02 PM
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Rory Sutherland? Don't you think he's a bit too famous and highly-touted? He's the second most famous rider on his team. I think he's great, but surely not an unheard of domestique.
01-28-09, 02:20 PM
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01-28-09, 02:25 PM
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Joao is a great guy. I really hope he does well. I have had the fortune of racing against him a number of times this past season. He gets my vote, but will do just fine with English.
01-28-09, 03:41 PM
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I vote for either Cyril Dessel or Sylvain Chavenel.
I love guys who only go to the front once a year, on Bastille Day!
I love guys who only go to the front once a year, on Bastille Day!
01-28-09, 03:51 PM
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More info on Ken Hanson. In addition to being a great guy and a coach and advisor to the UCSB cycling team, he was the Lantern Rouge in the 2007 ToC. How could you not cheer for him?
Originally Posted by competitve cyclist
Ken Hansen finished as lantern rouge. It was his first race of the year, his first pro race, and it's hard to be that down on finishing. Half the team didn't make it. More importantly, "everything has changed," for this second-year team rider. "Team doctors, full time soigneurs," better support, which, "makes racing easier, but adds pressure." Hansen saw it as an eye-opening experience. Of the big-time pros, "they're definitely touchable. In order to be as good as them, you have to get your feet wet." The team is hoping to race Tour de Georgia, if it happens, then go over to Europe for several weeks, the Tour of Utah, and the inaugural Tour of Missouri. They want to become players in the biggest races in the US.
01-28-09, 04:13 PM
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I second (or third) the notion that this is an awesome idea
01-28-09, 04:22 PM
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Will he know that we're doing this? Will he know to look for the Ken Hanson fan club and watch the road for Ken Hanson graffiti?