Can you name this rider?

RichN95.

avoidingmyphd wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

I think the HTC-Highroad rider is Renshaw.

the internet thinks so too: http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/1001/Wielr ... rken.dhtml

That's why I think it's Renshaw. I'm far from convinced though.

frenchfighter

Thanks guys.

B3rnieMac

Well.....looking at that helmet, its not HTC-highroad, when they had specialized helmets, but HTC-columbia, which was the 2010 season. looking at the 2010 roster.........Bert Grabsch maybe? definitely not Renshaws nose.

alan_a

LangerDan wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Can someone help me out with:


Any takers on this one? Need to be keen on the detail to know this one.

I'll bite on that one.

BBB glasses - they only sponsor Vacansoleil this year and its not a Bianchi bike. My guess is that its 2011 when they sponsored QuickStep. Bike looks a bit like a Merckx paint-job so that'd match too.

As the only person in last years QS team that would bother his ass with a TT bike, I'm guessing Chavanel.

That is the most wonderfully geeky post I have ever read on this forum.

Chappeau sir. Brilliant detective work.

avoidingmyphd

Alan A wrote:

LangerDan wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Can someone help me out with:


Any takers on this one? Need to be keen on the detail to know this one.

I'll bite on that one.

BBB glasses - they only sponsor Vacansoleil this year and its not a Bianchi bike. My guess is that its 2011 when they sponsored QuickStep. Bike looks a bit like a Merckx paint-job so that'd match too.

As the only person in last years QS team that would bother his ass with a TT bike, I'm guessing Chavanel.

That is the most wonderfully geeky post I have ever read on this forum.

Chappeau sir. Brilliant detective work.

The best bit of the whole saga is that ff seems to have had the answer up his sleeve all along!

Yellow Peril

How about posting a few all time favourite photos FF? (please not all of Bertie) You must have a few fav's out of that 3,000

frenchfighter

I've thought about it. I probably will at some point. I was actually looking through some of the older ones as I was looking for the falling leaves photo and came across some wonderful ones. It is really nice actually as it really bring back the races.

Selection from first 200:



I really like this one I did. I wanted to post it during the Tour but he never went for the jersey!

Art Vandelay

Highroad rider - Vicente Reynes? Now rides for Lotto Bellisol.

LangerDan

Its Renshaw

avoidingmyphd

LangerDan wrote:

Its Renshaw

Keep up. The discussion is over how trustworthy that caption is. The consensus is "not very".

Richmond Racer

Great photos, FF - thanks

LangerDan

avoidingmyphd wrote:

LangerDan wrote:

Its Renshaw

Keep up. The discussion is over how trustworthy that caption is. The consensus is "not very".

It says it on the internet, therefore it must be true.

LangerDan

Actually I think it is Monfort





If this is true, it means that there's stuff wrong on the internet. This changes everything.

graeme_s-2

frenchfighter

Does anyone know what race this was from? I'm guessing Giro.

frenchfighter

Also, does anyone think the Caisse guy in the background is Uran? I'd be interested if anyone can remember the story behind this photo.

RichN95.

CNN are reporting that there have already mass suicides and rioting in California in reaction to the news the internet might be wrong. Tim Berners-Lee has been nailed to a cross and warring factions are disputing if Montfort or Renshaw is the one true prophet.

LangerDan

RichN95 wrote:

CNN are reporting that there have already mass suicides and rioting in California in reaction to the news the internet might be wrong. Tim Berners-Lee has been nailed to a cross and warring factions are disputing if Montfort or Renshaw is the one true prophet.

Oh crap. Does this mean I can expect a fatwah for mentioning that Renshaw has been shite since he joined Rabo? Not to mention the fact that I'll have to stop drawing that Monfort cartoon strip I do for a Danish paper?

RichN95.

Frenchie, that photo is from the 2008 Tour of Poland. Uran was in that race but, looking at a start list, my guess would be Anthony Charteau.

Turfle

Yeah that's definitely Charteau or Monfort.

frenchfighter

Haha, of course, what a face. Never knew he rode for Caisse tho.

LangerDan

frenchfighter wrote:

Does anyone know what race this was from? I'm guessing Giro.

Ale Jet, stage 6 of 2004 Giro. He won 9 flippin' stages that year :shock:

knedlicky

frenchfighter wrote:

I'd be interested if anyone can remember the story behind this photo.

See this link http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/sep08/poland08/?id=results/poland084

It was under 10 degrees C and continuous rain the whole day and the first 40 km were scrapped because the roads in the starting area were flooded.
This wasn't the only stage affected or shortened; they had bad weather all week. The 6th (and most mountainous) stage was reduced to only about half as long as initially proposed, and the 7th and last stage to only 2/3 its intended length.

Yellow Peril

frenchfighter wrote:

I've thought about it. I probably will at some point. I was actually looking through some of the older ones as I was looking for the falling leaves photo and came across some wonderful ones. It is really nice actually as it really bring back the races.

Selection from first 200:



I really like this one I did. I wanted to post it during the Tour but he never went for the jersey!

Awesome images. You obviously have an eye for this. I'm looking to put something on my office wall. Is it possible to get images like this enlarged?

frenchfighter

Thanks. You couldn't enlarge them without losing the quality and I don't have any very large res. For that you would have to buy one from one of the photographers. (Jered Gruber, Sirotti, Tim de Waele, OneV, K Ramon).

What riders do you like best? I can post a couple of them. Also, if you fancy an avatar of your fav rider, I'll do one for you.

deejay

Anybody got a picture of British Road Champion, Sean Yates wearing the BCF Jersey while riding the 1993 Paris-Roubaix

This was the front cover of cycling weekly (the next weekend) and I seem to have lost it.

Yellow Peril

frenchfighter wrote:

Thanks. You couldn't enlarge them without losing the quality and I don't have any very large res. For that you would have to buy one from one of the photographers. (Jered Gruber, Sirotti, Tim de Waele, OneV, K Ramon).

What riders do you like best? I can post a couple of them. Also, if you fancy an avatar of your fav rider, I'll do one for you.

Thanks FF. Quite a fan of Jonny Hoogerland and Stannard and I would love a Stannard avatar.

timoid.

LangerDan wrote:

Its Renshaw

That article has the wrong picture. Without a doubt it's Monfort

Compare and contrast

frenchfighter

Yellow Peril wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Thanks. You couldn't enlarge them without losing the quality and I don't have any very large res. For that you would have to buy one from one of the photographers. (Jered Gruber, Sirotti, Tim de Waele, OneV, K Ramon).

What riders do you like best? I can post a couple of them. Also, if you fancy an avatar of your fav rider, I'll do one for you.

Thanks FF. Quite a fan of Jonny Hoogerland and Stannard and I would love a Stannard avatar.

Ah, Hoogerland. Good choice!






Hardly have any photos of Stannard (yet), so this one is tough, but here are a few you may like:

Yellow Peril

Ta muchly FF. Great pics of Jonny going through the polka dot crowd in the polka dot jersey, and those legs!

Yellow Peril avatar now changed for one of Stannard.