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Sunday, July 17, 2005

Hoarse

I am fairly certain that George could here me from all the way over in France. I am also certain that I played no small part in his glorious victory today. By screaming like a mad man at the images on my TV, Hincapie was bouyed up the mountains. What a totally kick ass win!! I would venture to say that I am more excited about the stage win today than about LA scoring number 6 or 7 for that matter.

ALLEZ HINCAPIE!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Put it all Down on the Road

When I roll out of bed tomorrow morning, I think I might repeat the phrase, "Put it all on the road." According to Carmichael, this is what Big Tex said to Popo when he launched on the climb to Courchevel. Popo was totally spent, hears these words and stands for one last attack; WOW.

And today we have Vino showing why he is the MAN that the fat pink german girly girl will never be. Vino launching an attack after being left for dead. Allez Vino! Roodlicht thinks that Big Tex calls fat jan his biggest rival to mentally crush him rather than really meaning it; Roodlicht may just ber right.

Oh yeah, Roodlicht and I rode Monarch at sunrise this morning. It was so hot I had my jersey open half way through the ride. If you remember last year, there was only one or two rides without arm warmers! I hate the heat.

Dik of Snel

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Hohoho Baby!!!!!


You wanna know why I love the Tour?

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Missed It By That Much

Holy Cats Batman, Weening won by a reported 2 millimeters. How on earth can you tell when it is that close. I heard that they are using the Russian ice skating judges to make the close calls. Here is the AP photo that I found on Velonews. You tell me that Weening was the stage winner.... Truth be told I'm glad he beat Kloden.

Saturday, July 09, 2005

180, Physiology and the total disconnect

Fabio, Redlight and Q are traversing the rockies as I write this. Depending on when they started, they could actually be done by now. In honor of their efforts, I took a spin around Chatfield in the blazing sun. Man is it hot. So hot in fact that I was running low on water and rationed the back half of the ride. As a result, I kept a steady 180 plus on the HRM. The weird thing is that I could have gone all day at the rate. Makes you wonder if physiology rather than heart rate ratios determine your lactic threshold and your aerobic zone. Either way, it was a nice ride that I tried to ride casually.

As for the TdF, awesome finish. Hats off to the boys from Holland for making an impressive show and this year's tour. I am so glad that Kloden got edged out. Kind of like stage 17 last year!!!

Snail Dik

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

I'm the Man?????

I really hope that Robbie McEwen was quoting the Anthrax song when he stated that "I'm the man." Give me a break. Dude had his lunch handed to him by Petacchi, Cipo and Boonen for as long as I can remember. To be sure, he is a great sprinter. But to throw down a line like that?

VeloNews: 2005 Tour de France Special Coverage: "McEwen came over the finish line defiantly pointing both his fingers at his chest - and for anyone who didn't get the message, he was only too happy to elaborate afterwards, saying: 'I'm the man. I'm the fastest here.' "

I was a little confused to LA's decision to ride without the Mellow Johnny this morning until I realized that Zabriske's fall was the cause of CSC's shortfall in the TTT. I'm guessing the Big Tex didn't feel comfortable wearing yellow until he earns it on his terms. Just one more nuance of pro cycling.........

Snail Dik

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

TTT....TT Terrific

The TdF is amazing in how much better it is than any other race, or televised sporting event for that matter. What other sport can you follow on your computer, read the results all day long and still be on the edge of your seat watching a replay? Notice that they don't sell too many 12 hour DVDs of the Superbowl while billions of the 12 Tour coverage DVDs are sold every year.

Today was no exception. What is cooler than watching the teams roll through the chicanes in unison? How about George pulling on the front with LA right on his wheel? Or Floyd hammering down the final straight? Or Boonen sprinting against his team? Should I go on?

The TTT is a thing of beauty. I like everything about it.

Monday, July 04, 2005

The Sky's Gone Out

It is no secret that my riding these past two months has resembled a Bauhaus lyric; "The Sky's Gone Out". Today, thanks to a little Fourth of July bike parade, I saddled up the Donk for the first time in more than a month. Pulling on the Stars and Stripes jersey and the skull socks put the idea in my mind that it was time to ride again. Oh yeah, and McEwen’s head shove to O’Grady while BlueMan was scoring an impressive win fired me up some too.

As an added bonus, Redlight said he’d join a Monarch ride and hang back with my “un-fit” legs. This didn’t quite work out in that New Tri Guy joined us for the ride (dude’s on a sweet Cervelo P2K and was in mid season form). As a testament to either poor fitness or Redlight’s form, I hit and held 194 bpm up the Monarch double hill. It was to the point where I was going dizzy.

The ride was beautiful and enjoyable, other than being punished by the pace. We finished with a nice down hill sprint from the top of the Warm up hill to Broadway. No doubt about it, sprints are fun.

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