Summi’s deserved this. How dare anyone take that away from him. Smartest team won the race with the strongest rider taking second. I see no foul play. This is sport. And it happens to be a team sport. Tactics mattered in a Classic for the first time in Lord knows how long. It was nice to see.
I for one and extremely happy for the tall, gangly Garmin guy.
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Fabian has something arrogant and belittling to say after every loss. They sit on my wheel. They don’t take pulls. He dishonors the rainbow stripes. I could stop fir coffee.
What a fucking wanker. It’s bike racing. If you attack repeatedly but aren’t fast enough to drop people, they will SIT ON YOUR WHEEL, one trick pony. TRY ANOTHER TACTIC.
Fabian Wankallara looks good on the 2nd step with the sad face. Suits him. That sad little “but I thought I was the best?” face. Not according to the finish line, Wanky.
Elias Bearing
cycling at its best. JV sacrificed the WC-“King” for a “knight” to win…the sidewalk moved saved the race, Thor allowed never a gap to be had…Ballan wasnt strong enough to counter, only follow but still showed courgae to fight the good fight…Cancellara has no team mates up the road as he did in Harelebeke…LeOtard, had a decimated team at the end of the “campaign” and only Cancellara to fight alone and out numbered in the the only race that really counts……
Paaaa-reeee…Roooo-baaaaayyy…
This race reminds me of 1988, Demol (journeyman)-Wegmuller(lieutenant to Kelly), with Kelly chasing his team mate but too late, except Demol had the fortune of a plastic bag jamming Wegmuller’s gears just before the sprint…Kelly neutralized by his own strength and a team mate up the road that couldnt beat Demol in a sprint…Fignon escaped for 3rd but never to bridge.
Cancellara tried to do the Vanderaerden of 1985, just couldn’t make it happen, perhaps in bad weather…
Duclos La Salle won because Lemond canceled everyone!!!
It bike racing at its finest boys and girls!!!
Luchino Brazeon
Big Summie was 5th in 2008 P-R already. I’m sure he can climb on the podium again, even to the top.
Matteo Dropout
…called out as the goat at ‘de ronde’ for his team tactics…
…a week later in paris-roubaix & the lad is sitting in the catbirds seat…
…cancel-lara’s “stop for coffee” quote, while based in frustration, was exceedingly funny…
…& ya, hushovd rode him closer than his own pair of sweat stained leOpard bibshorts…
…but you can’t deny van summeren…the man had the legs & knew when to go…
…with love (& a need for toto), bgw…
West Coast Reader
You Van Somebody fans are probably the same folks who bandwagoned Hincapie as the 2006 Disco Team leader after his glorious 2005 Queen Mountain Stage win… as was true then a Team win does not make for an instant team leader.
Mathias Seatpostq
Hincapie? Glorious team win? Big difference between Van Summeren doing something he showed potential for with the aid of team tactics and a doped up flatlander winning the queen stage. George’s teammate that day was a syringe.
Romain Hammer
Are of his own making. He jumped to a new team which simply does not support him. The strongest rider, but needs some help around him. To expect that help to come from his opponents is, at least, unrealistic.
Matteo Dropout
…big difference, amigo, between appreciating a stellar effort by this young rider, van summeren (hey, shut up…he’s 30, i’m 61…he’s young) & the suggestion that any of us is jumping on any bandwagons…
…nobody but you mentioned anything about an “instant team leader” & with the likes of hushovd, farrar, maaskant, martin, haussler, et al., i’m gonna suggest that garmin-cervelo is safe for both the immediate & near future…
…just sayin’…
…with love, bgw…
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Fabian will not forget to put roses on Vaughters’ grave
… i know you think you’re the queen of the underground
JV, “Hey Fabs! You checking to see if my seat belt is fastened?”
End of conversation.
But I like your take on it too.
Kaffeine
My TOTO iwth some coffee.
Best one in a while! Yes, the twitterings of Spartacus are fertile ground…
WTF is that cat tattoo?!? Do I even want to know?
Good toto today, though it could have used a line or two from THOR SMASH.
JV showing White his azz…
Best Cancellara quote:
“If I had stopped for a coffee, everyone would have stopped as well,†Cancellara said.
Thor slow and no smash ‘cuz in DZ’s stash.
I love the background shot of Thor up on the sidewalk.
It shows you favor Johnny V, but Spartacus made sure Thor didn’t even get close to the podium for not taking a pull, not that he should of either.
Thor and company dropped like lead bricks! The sprint for second was the winning sprint. I doubt we’ll see Van Somebody ever place at a Classic again.
To celebrate, Vansummeren went to a bar in his hometown and drank it up:
http://www.hbvl.be/limburg/lommel/vansummeren-als-held-onthaald-in-lommel.aspx
Who cares if he never podiums again?
Summi’s deserved this. How dare anyone take that away from him. Smartest team won the race with the strongest rider taking second. I see no foul play. This is sport. And it happens to be a team sport. Tactics mattered in a Classic for the first time in Lord knows how long. It was nice to see.
I for one and extremely happy for the tall, gangly Garmin guy.
Fabian has something arrogant and belittling to say after every loss. They sit on my wheel. They don’t take pulls. He dishonors the rainbow stripes. I could stop fir coffee.
What a fucking wanker. It’s bike racing. If you attack repeatedly but aren’t fast enough to drop people, they will SIT ON YOUR WHEEL, one trick pony. TRY ANOTHER TACTIC.
Fabian Wankallara looks good on the 2nd step with the sad face. Suits him. That sad little “but I thought I was the best?” face. Not according to the finish line, Wanky.
cycling at its best. JV sacrificed the WC-“King” for a “knight” to win…the sidewalk moved saved the race, Thor allowed never a gap to be had…Ballan wasnt strong enough to counter, only follow but still showed courgae to fight the good fight…Cancellara has no team mates up the road as he did in Harelebeke…LeOtard, had a decimated team at the end of the “campaign” and only Cancellara to fight alone and out numbered in the the only race that really counts……
Paaaa-reeee…Roooo-baaaaayyy…
This race reminds me of 1988, Demol (journeyman)-Wegmuller(lieutenant to Kelly), with Kelly chasing his team mate but too late, except Demol had the fortune of a plastic bag jamming Wegmuller’s gears just before the sprint…Kelly neutralized by his own strength and a team mate up the road that couldnt beat Demol in a sprint…Fignon escaped for 3rd but never to bridge.
Cancellara tried to do the Vanderaerden of 1985, just couldn’t make it happen, perhaps in bad weather…
Duclos La Salle won because Lemond canceled everyone!!!
It bike racing at its finest boys and girls!!!
Big Summie was 5th in 2008 P-R already. I’m sure he can climb on the podium again, even to the top.
…called out as the goat at ‘de ronde’ for his team tactics…
…a week later in paris-roubaix & the lad is sitting in the catbirds seat…
…cancel-lara’s “stop for coffee” quote, while based in frustration, was exceedingly funny…
…& ya, hushovd rode him closer than his own pair of sweat stained leOpard bibshorts…
…but you can’t deny van summeren…the man had the legs & knew when to go…
…with love (& a need for toto), bgw…
You Van Somebody fans are probably the same folks who bandwagoned Hincapie as the 2006 Disco Team leader after his glorious 2005 Queen Mountain Stage win… as was true then a Team win does not make for an instant team leader.
Hincapie? Glorious team win? Big difference between Van Summeren doing something he showed potential for with the aid of team tactics and a doped up flatlander winning the queen stage. George’s teammate that day was a syringe.
Are of his own making. He jumped to a new team which simply does not support him. The strongest rider, but needs some help around him. To expect that help to come from his opponents is, at least, unrealistic.
…big difference, amigo, between appreciating a stellar effort by this young rider, van summeren (hey, shut up…he’s 30, i’m 61…he’s young) & the suggestion that any of us is jumping on any bandwagons…
…nobody but you mentioned anything about an “instant team leader” & with the likes of hushovd, farrar, maaskant, martin, haussler, et al., i’m gonna suggest that garmin-cervelo is safe for both the immediate & near future…
…just sayin’…
…with love, bgw…