Meanwhile, in the Tour de Gila (spoiler)

greeny12
greeny12 Posts: 759
edited May 2010 in Pro race
Landis beats Lance!

And Leipheimer shows why he'll be one of the favourites for this year's Tour de France by seeing off another stellar field on the summit finish...
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Do I detect a hint of sarcasm? :)
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Gee whizz, Danielson is back!!!

    :D
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  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    DaveyL wrote:
    Gee whizz, Danielson is back!!!

    He's the next big thing don't you know? :?
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    Lance has openly said he's using this race to build form for the Nevada City Classic.
  • dbmnk
    dbmnk Posts: 217
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moMsRQmYZeE

    who wouldn't go all out to win with those podium girls :D
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    dbmnk wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moMsRQmYZeE

    who wouldn't go all out to win with those podium girls :D

    i dunno... the chick with the tatoo looks like she would kick the crap out of you if you didnt get back from your sunday ride in time for church :-) :lol::lol::lol:
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    Gee whizz, Danielson is back!!!

    He's the next big thing don't you know? :?

    Front page of Cyclingnews...

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/daniels ... california

    This was my reaction when I read it:

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    emadden wrote:
    dbmnk wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moMsRQmYZeE

    who wouldn't go all out to win with those podium girls :D

    i dunno... the chick with the tatoo looks like she would kick the crap out of you if you didnt get back from your sunday ride in time for church :-) :lol::lol::lol:

    She goes in to the MIchelle Rodriguez category of "Hot, but scary as f**k"
  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    Hahahaha.

    He tries to put his arm round her shoulder right at the end and she whispers something under her breath, something like 'Fcuk off, bikeboy', and he withdraws it straight away. Lovely.
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    has Lance A fallen out with Nike? I see his shoes are old black worn...and no logos, nothing to show brand. Reminds me of Millar-early 1990s blacking out the Sidi logos.

    edit- eg http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/04/ ... a1_410-044

    but nike on the jersey...hmm. strange. Must be sore knees
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Nike don't seem overly bothered about selling cycling gear. I went in 3 different hige Nike factory stores in Florida looking for kit and they didn't have a single item between them!
  • deltadawn
    deltadawn Posts: 168
    Stage 1 photos

    Stage 2 photos
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Jesse Sergent (Trek Livestrong) 0:34:09
    2 Levi Leipheimer (Team Mellow Johnny's) 0:00:14
    3 David Zabriskie (DZ Nuts) 0:00:26
    4 Tom Danielson (DZ Nuts) 0:00:52
    5 Phillip Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0:01:01
    6 Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare Professional ) 0:01:08
    7 Alex Dowsett (Trek Livestrong) 0:01:34
    8 Ben Jacques-Maynes (BISSELL Pro Cycling) 0:01:35
    9 Julian Kyer (Trek Livestrong) 0:01:36
    10 Luis Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita) 0:01:41
    11 Corey Collier (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro ) 0:01:47
    12 Andrew Talansky (California Giant/Specialized)
    13 Lance Armstrong (Team Mellow Johnny's) 0:01:50
    14 Taylor Phinney (Trek Livestrong)
    15 Floyd Landis (OUCH-Bahati Foundation Pro ) 0:01:51

    Training again?
    Given this is mostly a home grown field, this result must give cause for concern.
    Still, he did manage to edge out young Taylor and FLandis.
    That's some sandwich Mr Phinney finds himself in! :P
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    emadden wrote:
    dbmnk wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moMsRQmYZeE

    who wouldn't go all out to win with those podium girls :D

    i dunno... the chick with the tatoo looks like she would kick the crap out of you

    Haha. Amgen generally does alright:
    atoc09-podium.jpg
    atoc09st04dp-lady.jpg

    As for this race....I don't really understand why some top pros are allowed to take part under different teams. Maybe it works out well due to increased interest/investment/media or whatever, but it gives the other riders a hard chance of beating the likes of Levi and the Garmins.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The lady in question is known as "Sexy Lexy":
    http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/05/ ... aks_114089
    Contador is the Greatest
  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    Pross wrote:
    Nike don't seem overly bothered about selling cycling gear. I went in 3 different hige Nike factory stores in Florida looking for kit and they didn't have a single item between them!

    Nike got out of cycling kit when Armstrong retired and haven't bothered to get back into it. I think it's too niche for them. You can sell basketball shoes and football shirts to people as casual wear which massively increases the size of the market. Very much not the case with cycling gear.
    John Stevenson
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    frenchfighter wrote:
    The lady in question is known as "Sexy Lexy":
    http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/05/ ... aks_114089

    She races herself! Time to do some research for the Girls in Lycra thread - she must test the stretchiness properties of lycra to their limits!
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    John Stevenson wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Nike don't seem overly bothered about selling cycling gear. I went in 3 different hige Nike factory stores in Florida looking for kit and they didn't have a single item between them!

    Nike got out of cycling kit when Armstrong retired and haven't bothered to get back into it. I think it's too niche for them. You can sell basketball shoes and football shirts to people as casual wear which massively increases the size of the market. Very much not the case with cycling gear.

    the thing is half the Nike cycling stuff was actually the same as the Nike running stuff just with a different sticker on it. Socks and base layers were the same.

    I liked some of the Nike kit wish they would make more not a fan of the RS jersey so think I will give that one a miss

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