Stage 4
On live TV today – no Tivo, I will have to suffer the commercials. This puts me in a nasty mood sometimes. The Boner is in yellow today. I call Boonen, “The Boner†as I am trying to bring back Boner as a legit term – much like it was used in the handlebar moustache days of baseball, al a “Merkle’s Boner.†Feel free to Google that one.
They’re about to air another Lemond “I hate Hinault†piece. I love these. Remind me never to piss off Lemond. Um, he doesn’t have internet access does he? Can he please pop off about his dumbass brother-in-law mistaking him for a TURKEY?! How does he avoid punching him in the jaw every year at Thanksgiving?
First Trautwig calls Thor for the prologue, now he calls Flecha for today; I think we have a schmalz-a-holic in our midst!
There’s an early break – surprise. Where’s Etxebarria? We’re getting a little “Groundhog Dayâ€-ish with these stages. Cue Sonny and Cher song…
Nice Horner interview, my broadcast team for future Tours will be: Horner, VDV, Phil and Paul, and Sean Kelly – because he’s so damn hard to understand. “Fub a dub dub sprint, bubda foota peloton och day findafim tires.†I would be glued to the TV all day!
O’Grady has a cracked vertebrae – ouch! That’s playing hurt!
Break at 3:02 with 60k to go, not a lot of hope for them. Can Flecha just jump so we can see a little Commesso? I’m in Toto withdrawal. Symptoms include eating all the leftover meat from yesterday’s BBQ.
Little story of love on the Cauberg: “Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) finished 137th in yesterday’s third stage after being taken out by a drunken spectator at the foot of the Cauberg. The spectator then got into an argument with Casar’s DS Marc Madiot, while others tried to steal the Frenchman’s wheels.â€
What’s the Dutch phrase for knucklehead?
Vasseur at the front for Quick Step. After he boned Axel Merckx last year by settling for second rather than taking a shot at the win, I expect the Eddy mafia to knock him off his bike.
Let’s all say it together, “Who the hell is Egoi Martinez?â€
As we go past the fields with their farm art, Floyd resists the urge to run into the fields and protest the abuse of perfectly good hay.
Another Lance interview, I’m trying to avoid mentioning him, as I would prefer to not be sued. Putting on the foil helmet right now. He can read thoughts, can’t he?
Paul said Laurent Brochard also dislikes the race radios. How can you argue with the Mullet? You can’t – grow your hair.
Riders riding as they chase the break. Zzzzzzzzzz…..
Mayo caught behind another slow down. Can someone tell him to never follow Spanish riders near a finish? How about a mini team time trial every day?
With about 10k to go the break drops Wiggins, that doesn’t help their chances.
Magnus at the front, he’s a large fellow also. I saw him in person and he isn’t much bigger than a normal person. Those bike racers are shrimps.
Break’s gap is holding. Paul dips into his “Charge of the Light Brigade†pouch, give him a break he’s been talking for three hours or so.
Nice – we get Martinez’s watts – 806 at 193 BPM. Ow!
Only 6 seconds with 1k to go, looking bad for the break. They are sooo caught.
Thor SMASH! has a teammate leading him out, he pulls off and just crashes from proximity to the SMASHING! Duck and cover, Julian!
McEwen seems to have jumped out of Thor’s pocket and takes the win.
Phil uses the nickname “pimpernel†for Robbie, only in Europe could you have such a nickname – so masculine!
Get a life. Who really cares about the Tour de Lance anyway. OH boy I am a true cyclist because I follow the Tour but could not even begin to name any of the Classics ( or spell them). But hurray for Lance and let’s all go out and buy our favorite Livestrong bracelet because I really am a fan of bike racing. Now let’s wait and see the number of fat rec riders that show up to the next race in prospect and sit back and wait for the blood.
Yeah, Yeah go Lance and Cyeril.
Oh yeah, NOW SHUT UP AND RIDE!
I think Schmalz rocks!
Oh yeah, NOW SHUT UP AND BITE ME.
–W
What to say about a Chris Thater race ad on OLN? How about “Your tax dollars at work”?
Is Chris Thater run by the City of Binghamton? If so, I think it’s agreat idea to advertise.
Todd, I can’t beleive you’re giving people crap for spelling.
speling is fro suckres
NWO SUHT UP AND RDIE!
PS РLa Fl̬che Wallonne
Keep em comin’ schmalz — dont listen to the haters
Nice spelling, accents and everything. I’m going to make a heavy metal album named ‘Shup up and ride’.
Thank god for technology. No,not the TT bikes, the split screen, where I can actually see Lance riding the TTT AND Sheryl Crow’s grimacing face, all at the same time.
OLN seems to think that – inquiring minds want to know!
So, did Trek pay to have them NOT mention the other bikes? That was the lustiest selection of bikes ever, and all I heard was Trek, Trek, Trek.
More and more I get the feeling that this year more than ever, the powers that be are really throwing the crap down the many collective cyclists throat and at the same time cutting off all of the freebies of the old days. Example 1: The Trek fest as mentioned by Andy Example 2: WHAT HAPPENED TO FREE LIVE AUDIO OLN? I went to Eurosport to try and get the feed there and was subsequently shut down (mac). No more Live audio, definetely no live stream video. (if anyone knows the solution, please share!) Talk about clamp down! OLN web board is out also. No more swapping info about the freebee’s at the site of the beast! Finally example 3: No interviews with anybody other than somebody connected with Discovery or previous Postal riders. Basically if your not American we dont want to hear from you. No Basso (speaks English) or Robbie, Stuey, or for gods sake Jens in second place!
I feel like I’m getting the milk and cookies version of this tour.
Yes – who is Egoi? Where did he come from. Also – all of these guys prolly dope.
Robbie makes the sprints worth watchin! When he hit the de-cloaking button in the last 50 meters of that Stg.3 sprint, It was like poetry. He’s the anti-leadout sprinter. More like the sneak attack.
Thor relegated for stomping ice dancer.
Why is it a baseball player will sit out 10 games cause of a stubbed toe, but O’Grady is racing with a broken back? (Robbie too a couple of years ago)
Yeah, those spandex wearing smooth legged fairys are real wussies. No respect….
Thor’s relegation is absolute crap! He just smoothley drifted a bit at the end, not even a jerky movement of more than shoulder width. Leblanc has gone too far this time! And as far as that triple Salchow-ing Eisel goes, if he was the one to protest that move, he’s on the list. What the list means, well, it means nothing, really, but he’s on it!
OK, so Eisel rides for FDJ. Thor’s relegation was for the incident when Julian Dean went down. I’m sure the allegation is that Thor put Eisel into the barriers. BUT Thor was moving away from the crash and at the point where he was close to Eisel the barriers jumped in immediately by about 3 feet. They ran out of space
Are you kidding me? You have a right angle in the barriers at the finish of a stage? Leblanc has the stones to have a relegation when his barriers could’ve killed someone? UGH!
The whole "Lemond moments" thing is like watching an aged beauty queen that won once and is pissed that the fame didn’t stick… he’s got this bitter, sour grapes face happenin’.
Yeah, yeah… he was the 1st American to win. Yeah Hinualt was a horses ass then, but a talented hores ass. What pro wouldn’t go for a 5th if he thought he could get it. Get over it Lemond… you got your win. Be a sport and go away. You’ll never be as famous as Lance, nor as rich or powerful. Thus is the new millenium… gear, technology, etc.
my pc burped… was hangin’ with toto.
Agreed! Lemond’s personal journey’s come off a bit weird. I didnt agree with how he was saying that Lance will never find that emotional connection with something else other than cycling. I almost sounded like a dig in a way. How does he know this. His cancer foundation seems to be filling the void.
I agree with Lee, that was pretty nasty of Lemond to make assumptions that Lance has nothing to give him satisfaction now that his cycling days are over. Lance can win the NY marathon now and go back to wearing bikini bottoms in triathlons like he used to. Or go the other way and take on Kobiyashi in Coney Islandnd next July 4th. With lance motivation the possibilities to tear someone’s leg’s off (or stomach) are endless.
Just dissected the Julian Dean crash. What a rookie move that was. He flopped over like a park rider! Jeez, looking left while veering ridiculously right, near all of the sprint guns and the freight train cueing up right behind’em. He leaned and got nothin but tarmac! I never thought I’d see a pro veer like that!
Wondering if O’Grady will continue on to stg 5 with that cracked vertebrae? He’s down 11:31 in the GC after stg 4.
What will tomorrow bring… other than more Lemon-face Lemond moments? He’s accomplished oh so much without surviving cancer and having only one cojone… geez!
What, someone SMASH your Tivo? Where’s Stage 5 😉