The Only Thing Lamer Than Condator’s Salute
Jul 25 2009
Dude, you’re wearing a hat that has a stylized image of your own salute on it, at the race in which you used that same salute? Don’t be that guy. 
Seriously—can you imagine Virenque wearing a baseball cap with a single finger, extended skyward? I’ll tolerate the excessive polka dots; if the race gives you the jersey, you might as well match. But your own trademark salute while still at the race? Simply not done.
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Wow, I’d say Contador’s ego has gone straight to his head.
Er … doesn’t the winner of the tour x2, by a whack of minutes, deserver a bit of ego?
Ego isn’t the “problem” here. It’s like Bono wearing a U2 t-shirt while on tour.
…And no, Bono didn’t.
you don’t want us to get started on the Armstrong EGO? do you!
If Contaor was as lame as his pistol, he’d be lucky to finish lantern rouge.
the only good use for that pistol is to use it on the publicity assistant that reccommended it and placed the order for the hats. We know 1 exists lets hope thats the extent on the item run. But i can imagine they are being hawked on the strees of Madrid right now and there is a long que of sickoo phants wanting them to get signed.
did you check out pics of his rear TT wheel? not much better.
Does he incur a fine for that hat because it’s not part of the “sponsored kit.” Does Armstrong get fined for “doing it his way”?
I hope they both do.
good point shaun. we are discussing ego’s that are still in the shadow that your lancliness’ ego casts.
Why are we discussing his hat when we could critic the mechanic who took away the rear view mirror on Andy’s bike;-)
“Wow, I’d say Contador’s ego has gone straight to his head” (this was an attempt to make an equally lame joke about Contador’s hat). sorry for the ego debate.
god’s ego included
virenque?
he wishes he would have thought of that first.
he would have a whole clothing line with the pointy finger.
and a perfume.
‘tricheur’ by richard virenque
yo dawg, we heard you like victory salutes…
sorry, but there’s no excuse for polka-dot shorts. or any shorts lighter than dark blue.
Also, re: the hat, there’s an old Simpsons line that’s relevant here:
Lisa: “I don’t think Radioactive Man would wear a smock with a picture of himself on it.”
Milhous: “He would if it were Halloween!”
This is it? This is the petty little annoyance that’s got you all riled up. Let’s go through some annoyances.
You win the TdF in 2007 for a team that had no clear GC favorite going in (Leipheimer? Please.) And then you follow your DS to a new team after the sponsors pulled out because…well, having a Spanish guy win is not the same as LA. Only problem is the team your DS takes over is shady group from a former Soviet republic and your team doesn’t get invited to the next year’s TdF. So, what do you do? You remain loyal and stay with your DS and proceed winning the two other Grand Tours.
But wait! While you’re winning the Vuelta (largely on your own effort as your main domestique decides to ride his own race only making a 30-second pull on just one of the climbs), the fabled ego maniac from Texas decides to make a public announcement that he will return to cycling. After spending the rest of your Vuelta fielding questions about this return, you quietly ask your DS to let you out of the contract as you know what he really wants to sit in team cars with movie stars and rock stars (being a glorified chaffeur for the rich and famous is better than just being a DS any day). But he flatly refuses. Winning Castilla y Leon, Pays de Basque, Giro d’Italia, and the Vuelta d’Espana in the same year don’t get you out of an abusive relationship. Oh no, you don’t!
But finally after you beat the motherfu**ers at their own game, they don’t even play your National Anthem as you’re given the Yellow Jersey. That’s annoying!
bang
your all second
(or less)
love AC
Winners win.
Great Winners are Gracious in defeat. Which is the way my mother summed it up to me.
‘and attend the victory parties of their vaqueros.’
Could someone be kind enough to tell my mother she was wrong! What are you doing tonight Lance?
Lance has gone down and Alberto proves again that he is the best of todays day and age but i give props to andy schleck for riding the climbs the way he did.
Kinda thought LA had “changed” a bit this year. Ditching the party … well, it makes him look like a dick … and he was doing so well coming across as somewhat human …
But … next year’s tour should prove interesting …
*** he does it for his younger brother who has cerebral palsy. Its a charity thing ***
Merchandising. Ego discussion aside, it’s a smart business move because many clowns win shell out some Euros for that hat.
Euros have no taste. They’ll buy it.