Smithers MINNEAPOLIS

Tuff Guy

Smithers — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:49:03 +0000

Italian Damiano Cunego battled his way through the Tour de France 18th stage Thursday to finish the race despite sustaining potentially serious injuries in a crash.

“It’s a miracle I finished this stage,” said the Lampre rider, who came over the finish line with blood dripping from a wound under his chin and injuries to his chest and thorax.

Tour de France - Advantage Evans

Smithers — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:14:20 +0000

General classification after stage 17

1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74.39.03
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.24
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.33
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.34
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.39
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.41
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5.35

Evans has some work to do in Saturday’s 53km time trial. However, looking at the results from the 29.5km stage 4 time trial, Evans may be in decent shape.

Evans beat Sastre by 1:16
Evans beat Frank Schleck by 1:47
Evans beat Kohl by 1:20
Evans beat Menchov by 0:07
Evans beat Vande Velde by 0:10
Evans beat Valverde by 1:07

Saturday’s time trial is longer and harder than the stage 4 event so the time gaps could be even bigger. Maybe Sastre will be inspired by the jersey, but I don’t think he’s the man this year.

I predict that we’ll see Evans back in yellow just in time for Paris.

secret molecule

Smithers — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:59:38 +0000

Ricco busted with the help of EPO manufacturer Roche.

I think we are now entering the age when only morons and idiots are doping. It’s going to get too easy to bust these guys so the smart riders will know to stay clean.

Pool Update

Smithers — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:30 +0000

Bravo Sastre.

No points today for stage 17, no one picked Carlos.

Here is where I am right now

Smithers — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:51:01 +0000

Under the blue umbrella.

“The Beach”

Smithers — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:41:00 +0000

People who live on the eastern coast generally don’t have cabins up north to use for vacations as is popular in the mid-west. Instead, they flock to the eastern shore for vacation. The benefit of vacationing on the beach is that you share your vacation with tens of thosands of other people, as opposed to the horrible isolation of a private cabin. Traffic, lines, crowds of interesting looking people and their screaming kids are all benefits of an east coast beach vacation. I’ve been coming out here for 9 years now and I love it more with each passing year…for some reason.
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Pool Update

Smithers — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:53:56 +0000

Checkbook and I score some points since F Schleck took over the yellow jersey before tomorrow’s rest day.

Pool updated.

vacation

Smithers — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:10 +0000

I am on it. I’ll still be posting here and there. Vacations are anothing thing that I like. I don’t like coming back…
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Phil Liggett

Smithers — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:11:03 +0000

From his hard hitting piece Drugs = Not Cool:

Some people, though, are yet to be convinced, that drugs in this sport are no longer cool.

No longer cool?

Landis in the wild

Smithers — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:40:02 +0000

A buddy of mine went on a group ride last week and Floyd Landis showed up. Landis was talking smack about the Tour de France now being a Cat 3 race because all the good riders had been thrown by the French…so I guess that means Landis had to be hopped up on whatever drugs in order to beat a bunch of Cat 3’s in 2006. There are some companies in the industry that continue to suppy Landis with equipment. I don’t understand why.
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Tuff Ride Wrap Up

Smithers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:25:28 +0000

I got spanked and dropped. Ped waited for me. He was nice and rode slow. I had cramps in both legs. We caught up with ScottE and JT in Wayzata. They stopped for water since it was hot like. I limped back home. The end.

one grand for bike racing

Smithers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:30:26 +0000

At the NSC Velodrome on August 7th.

This event will kick off three days of incredible action at the track, including the Midwest Sprint Challenge.

All your favorites will be there. Go and race, go and watch. Don’t miss it, you’ll never forgive yourself if you do.

Riccò out

Smithers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:14:13 +0000

Along with the entire Saunier Duval team…not really a surprise. He did want to be the next Pantani. Well on your way son!

We were laughing about Riccò on the Tuff Guy ride last Tuesday wondering when he would get popped. Seems like the dope controls are working, the dopes are being shown the door.

Tour pool updated.

F-ing Liars

Smithers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:11:49 +0000

Yes, there were oil spills from Hurricane Katrina.

Houston Chronicle:

Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters unleashed 1 million gallons of oil from one of the massive storage tanks at Murphy Oil’s nearby refinery. The spill spread over 1 square mile and stained 1,700 homes, making it one of the largest environmental spills to occur in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

But it was far from the only one.

A Houston Chronicle review of data from the National Response Center shows that the two storms caused at least 595 spills, incidents that released untold amounts of oil, natural gas and other chemicals into the air, onto land and into the water.

And yet, our "liberal media" continues to host guests that spew nonsense about Katrina not causing a single drop of oil to be spilled.

time for a sales meeting

Smithers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:27:49 +0000