7 Dec
Oh yes. After weeks of mind-numbing backroom dealing (Will Contador go to Astana? Will Astana get a UCI license?) the trash talking is finally here.
And who better to kick it off than the psychological master himself, Johan Bruyneel, who recently cast Contador as a superstar unable to come to grips with his meteroic fame—in words that seem more suited to Lindsay Lohan than the TdF champ—in an interview with the Belgian magazine Knack.
2 Dec
The biggest confusion of the off-season, rendered as a Venn diagram for simplified analysis.
(click-through for massive, better-branded version.)
@ednl Well played.
(about 9 hours ago)
Latest BetsFrom the “cute stuff” department
“AND YOU CAN TELL GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT THAT MY LAST WORDS WERE… ‘I’M ON DRUGS!’”
(probably the photo came from here, and before that, originally, from here, probably an h/t due to @inrng as well. Am I the only one who cites things anymore?)
“I am Manolo Saiz, I auction my private collection by personal motives, I want to auction it complete, and whom ever would buy it or show a good interest I would be glad to show this collection and providde further documentaions. The bike are Personal design and passion, therfore I have provide Andres the ability to sell my collection.”
—Manolo Saiz, who is apparently fundraising again.
Watching the 1998 version of today’s Giro finish. It’s chopped up, so no time comparison, but the crowd control is totally absent.
“The UCI told Cyclingnews that although no blood tests would be carried out during the race that their Biological Passport system would not be effected.”
—Cute malapropism in Daniel Benson’s story on the not-so-cute absence of bio passport blood tests at the ToC
For those of you who have better things to know, the verb Benson meant to use was “affect”—”to influence” or “to have an impact on”. “Effect”, as a verb, means “to bring about”—so if you’re the cynical sort, the statement remains unintentionally true.
(typo preserved at TwitPic in case someone fixes it)
Example.com is a domain name reserved by the Internet’s powers-that-be for the purposes of…examples. Any time you see Example.com in anything other than a tutorial, it’s a mistake.
Above are some screenshots from my inbox of a recent Universal Sports mailer. The first Giro email I got from them had a similar bug, but I let it slide because everyone screws up from time to time—especially me. But after two strikes…
It might seem like e-pedantry, but image alternate texts are Wicked Important:
I think it’s fair to say the Universal Sports’ brand has some competence issues. Locking up little steps like this are how you turn that trend around. Get it together, guys.
Even in Denmark, even in 2012, there is no escape from Lance.
(still frame from VN’s Stage 2 Phinney video)
There’s something awesome in the back of @resultsboy’s car. (Taken with Instagram at Veterans’ Field)
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