http://smithersmpls.com "Where hacks come to spew nonsense" - B2B Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:49:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VeloNews: 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 ... http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/24/tuff-guy/ 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 ... http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/24/tour-de-france-advantage-evans/ 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. http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/23/secret-molecule/ Bravo Sastre. No points today for stage 17, no one picked Carlos. http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/23/pool-update-2/ Under the blue umbrella. http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/21/here-is-where-i-am-right-now/ 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 ... http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/21/the-beach/ Checkbook and I score some points since F Schleck took over the yellow jersey before tomorrow's rest day. Pool updated. http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/20/pool-update/ 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... (sent via mobile) http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/18/vacation/ 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? http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/18/phil-liggett-2/ 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 ... http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/18/landis-in-the-wild/ 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. http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/17/tuff-ride-wrap-up/ 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. http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/17/one-grand-for-bike-racing/ 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 ... http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/17/ricco-out/ 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 ... http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/17/f-ing-liars/ [youtube TROhlThs9qY] http://smithersmpls.com/2008/07/16/time-for-a-sales-meeting/