Le Tour and other Tours
Due to Tom being incommunicado deep in the Pantanal, I feel the responsibility to make some comments on the outcome of Le Tour 2008. Yes, I have been watching on and off… you can’t really go to bed when there’s only 16km to to. or 40. or like 60. And I wasn’t going to watch tonight, but couldn’t sleep, and it is Etampes 21 - Champes-Elysees… aarrgh, ABCD membership hanging by threads! xxx z
Cadel Cadel Cadel! What happened?! Saturday night was your time to dominate! Yes - that time trail should have been yours for the taking… and you had a bad day. Srsly?? Couldn’t you have had a bad day, say, next week? Cadel himself was surprised and disappointed with the outcome, as he write on his SBS Le Tour blog, but offers hope for next year and a gracious thanks to his supporters.. Cadel, we will be behind you again for a 1-better result for Tour 09!!!
It’s definitely sad to see this outcome, but all credit to team CSC, who have ridden a well co-ordinated and well-played tour this year. Top marks Stewy!! Good work Jens! (bad luck with your seat breaking!!!) Yet… I am still reluctant to give full credit to Sastre, sorry to be suspicious Carlos, but your sudden improvements give me a ‘juicy’ feeling.. riding the time trial of your life, just at the right point? I mean, nice performance in the mountains, it’s true… Juice? If he rides next year, I will be surprised. *cough*Contador*cough!*
In other news (tenuously related of course - guess the connecting theme!?); like Tom, Andy is not having a good time overseas AT ALL.
In the absence of our respective menfolk, Boblette and I caught up for a quick dinner tonight @ the new flat, and got our wine (in moderation!) and whine (hmmm, less moderated) on, so: ABCD membership is looking healthier!
So, ’till 09; Au Revoir Phil, Mike & Gabriel and… Merci, Christian!!!!
And now we can all get back to our regular lives, like organising our shelves!
July 28th, 2008 at 8:30 am
When a Spaniard, any Spaniard, suddenly performs far far better than ever before, there’s only one conclusion. Especially when the team manager admits that he used EPO to win Le Tour. When last year’s Spanish winner has more doping allegations than a dog has fleas, the previous year’s Spanish winner can only come 70th, over 2 hours behind, 2 of the 4 disqualified this year were Spanish and most of Ricco’s team were Spanish. Must be something in the chorizos.
July 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am
And Andy is sporting a new bike?! Lorien and I will have to submit a few tasty morsels on our Gastronomic and Cycling tour from Bordeaux to Sanitiago de Compostella. We are sure to make the men folk and the ABCD jealous..
July 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
No, you can hire great bikes like that from the LBS over here, it’s crazy!
July 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
ABCD don’t do jealousy. We want - we get! Or just whinge until we do! Continuing with the whine…hey Andy! Less T&Z reading and more B-O-B emailing…
July 31st, 2008 at 5:39 am
Carlos is clean. CSC is clean. Stewie is the man. Fabian is a zinger. Go CSC, go Cervelo. Go Cadel (you big cry baby with no team).
August 1st, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Go Poppy!…oh that’s right you did nothing of what Cadel asked. Michael Rogers for 09!
And you have to give Wim Vansevenant a clap for consistancy - Laterne Rouge 3 years running.