Best/funniest Procycling moments for you?

Lichtblick
Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
edited October 2012 in Pro race
(What I really want to ask is: WHEN will the UCI actually get around to actually stripping LA of those 7 TdF "wins", but since that seems a thread too far),

Hows about naming some of your personal best/funniest, watching those Procyclists, moments?

Me - at random -

Sagan winning stages in this year's TdF. He is funny! He has such real joy in his face and delight at winning! Unlike Le Cav, who is so grimly determined, lead-out train etc etc blah blah. Sagan rocked his way over the finish line. Great!

Vino winning this year's Olympic road race. I laughed and laughed, such an unexpected result.

Renshaw getting thrown out of the TdF for head-butting in 2010.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited October 2012
    Incorrect celebrations:

    Celebrating a win, but the real winner was up the road and the celebrater didn't know it. (Uran, Davis, Sagan)
    Celebrating a win, but getting pipped on the line by a fast finisher (Zabel, Boonen)
    Attacking and celebrating a win a lap too early (Westra and others)

    None of these will ever stop being funny
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I had a good LOL during this years Milan San Remo at Cavendish's grumpy face when he was dropped.

    The funniest thing in the last few years was when Armstrong fell off 3 times in a stage, especially at the top of the mountain.

    i remember feeling especially cheery the first time Boonen won Flanders because you could see how much it meant to him and he just rode and rode and didn't even bother zipping up his jersey.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    Iain feeling especially cheery.

    grumpy-old-man.jpeg
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    I went ballistic when Bettini won the Worlds in Salzburg. Such an amazing finish after one of the dullest races in World's history and a well deserved win for one of the best one day riders of his generation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Piepoli getting stabbed in the arse by a rider who nicked DD's trident was amusing.

    As was the Vuelta moment where a rider nicked that yank with the headgear's flag and dumped it further down the road.
    _
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    That was hysterical, especially when he was trudging down the road afterwards.

    It was Flecha wasn't it?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    edited October 2012
    How about Cavendish falling on his arse on the podium of the Scheldeprijs?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3_Yy4d8s9w
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Oh, and that Rasmussen time trial.
    _
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    andyp wrote:
    I went ballistic when Bettini won the Worlds in Salzburg. Such an amazing finish after one of the dullest races in World's history and a well deserved win for one of the best one day riders of his generation.

    Bettini is one of the riders I really wished I could have seen throughout the entire prime of his career. Would have loved to watch him race and he was photogenic on the bike. Having him go stroke for stroke with Gilbert for many years would have been phenomenal. And not one doping stain on him.

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    I thought this photo from WC12 was funny:
    bettini_zpsed03933e.jpg
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Andyp going ballistic

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUhbKAAcDczj4RsnOONYQP6vM-lDyvV5o6o-Itl4rJeiwj8Xoa6IK-KNQv
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Oh, and that Rasmussen time trial.

    As featured in the worst three time trials ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DCe4QVO0PE

    1. Rasmussen
    2. Bjarne Riis
    3. Some chump from Kenya in the u23s. I doubt he amounted to much :wink:
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Bettini is one of the riders I really wished I could have seen throughout the entire prime of his career. Would have loved to watch him race and he was photogenic on the bike. Having him go stroke for stroke with Gilbert for many years would have been phenomenal. And not one doping stain on him.

    Ummm, wow, where to start on that one. He was a great rider, one of my faves. So smart.

    But linked to Puerto, rode for Ferretti, interesting moral position wrt doping...
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    This is always funny;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtMROrAIKe4
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Bettini is one of the riders I really wished I could have seen throughout the entire prime of his career. Would have loved to watch him race and he was photogenic on the bike. Having him go stroke for stroke with Gilbert for many years would have been phenomenal. And not one doping stain on him.

    Ummm, wow, where to start on that one. He was a great rider, one of my faves. So smart.

    But linked to Puerto, rode for Ferretti, interesting moral position wrt doping...

    Ok fair enough. I've never come across anything and he isn't on dopeology.
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    What went through the minds of the breakaway riders when Cipo bridged up to them here...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedHmKRnwpk
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    What went through the minds of the breakaway riders when Cipo bridged up to them here...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedHmKRnwpk

    Haha, I just came across the photo this week of Hincapie sprinting against Cipo and was wondering where that might have been the case. Now I have my answer.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    The guy in the stars and stripes jersey in that clip is Fred Rodriguez, FF, who you were asking about in the "name this rider" thread.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ok thanks. Hincapie is still there though - rider with #1.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    Yes. Sorry wasn't suggesting you'd got it wrong, was just pointing out Rodriguez for you.
  • menchovʹsstabilisers
    menchovʹsstabilisers Posts: 122
    Cuddles in the 2008 Tour when someone tried to touch his toy lion.

    1275396148_cadel-evans-dont-touch-my-shoulder.gif

    It cracks me up every time and I have watched this clip a lot.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    This one makes me chuckle:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E3VcIsMzZ4

    This one is funny because, the commentator's first reaction is 'very good shot' :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4XxCZagAjk

    This one can be quite funny as it is unusual (but not pro):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOur8qXvpnk

    And if you haven't seen this one of Cipo before it is worth a watch!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHUpmWPCMes
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... qMM2r_42bA makes me laugh a LOT
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    mroli wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5qMM2r_42bA makes me laugh a LOT


    :lol:

    I've already watched it 10 times...

    Martial Gayant just adds to it by playing it straight.. his gesture says "look at the useless idiots I have to work with...I'll be surprised if this twit ever amounts to anything"
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    Menchov'sStabilisers wrote:
    Cuddles in the 2008 Tour when someone tried to touch his toy lion.

    1275396148_cadel-evans-dont-touch-my-shoulder.gif

    It cracks me up every time and I have watched this clip a lot.

    He'd crashed and damaged that shoulder a few days before, so it's no surprise some idiot who tries to touch it gets short shrift.

    The shrill "don't step on my dog" clip is far funnier.
  • Lightning
    Lightning Posts: 360
    mroli wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5qMM2r_42bA makes me laugh a LOT
    Wow, I'd never seen that but that's hilarious.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    andyp wrote:
    Menchov'sStabilisers wrote:
    Cuddles in the 2008 Tour when someone tried to touch his toy lion.

    1275396148_cadel-evans-dont-touch-my-shoulder.gif

    It cracks me up every time and I have watched this clip a lot.

    He'd crashed and damaged that shoulder a few days before, so it's no surprise some idiot who tries to touch it gets short shrift.

    The shrill "don't step on my dog" clip is far funnier.

    He was a bit of dick before that.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Ok thanks. Hincapie is still there though - rider with #1.

    Indeed.

    #WorshipBigGeorge
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    One of my favorite moments was when Contador refused to be bullied by the Armstrong/Hog mafia during the 2009 TDF.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Falling off a start ramp in a GT prologue is always good, sets the tone for the next 3 weeks!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQIAhIjZwWU

    Celebrating early and losing is a classic, especially when it is a whole lap too early.

    Keisse in the Tour of Turkey this year on his way to a solo win, crashing, getting back on and the will he / won't he hold them off finish with the Eurosport commentators going mad

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dPHTMawyug
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Pross wrote:
    Falling off a start ramp in a GT prologue is always good, sets the tone for the next 3 weeks!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQIAhIjZwWU

    Celebrating early and losing is a classic, especially when it is a whole lap too early.

    Keisse in the Tour of Turkey this year on his way to a solo win, crashing, getting back on and the will he / won't he hold them off finish with the Eurosport commentators going mad

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dPHTMawyug

    I went mad myself - that was a crazy finish. I was screaming for him to win! :mrgreen:

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