Vuelta ao Algarve 2014 *SPOILERS*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador 5th at the intermediate.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Oh No...King Kwia is 5secs faster than Malori at the intermediate!!!

    GT champion with flair in the making.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Oh No...King Kwia is 5secs faster than Malori at the intermediate!!!

    GT champion with flair in the making.

    :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    14.23 for Contador. Excellent.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Costa and Kwia left.

    Malori
    Martin
    Contador
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Costa 14.37
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
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    Sorry...couldn't resist.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Kwiatkowski the winner :D

    EDIT - by 11 seconds!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    TOTAL HEAVYWEIGHT

    Wow this year is amazing so far - all the real racers performing. Going to be a great season just as I thought last year.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Kwiatkowski now needs to work on his endurance over three weeks. He faded badly in the final week of the Tour.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1. Kwiatkowski 14.03
    2. Malori+11
    3. Martin+13
    4. Contador+20
    5. Dowsett+25
    6. Barta+28
    7. Flens+29
    8. De Gendt+30
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Oh No...King Kwia is 5secs faster than Malori at the intermediate!!!

    GT champion with flair in the making.


    he he, just clocked your avi, Frenchie :)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    General
    1º Michal Kwiatkowski
    2º Alberto Contador +31"
    3º Rui Costa +37"
    4º Alexandre Geniez +1:00
    5º Sergei Chernetski +1:03
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Not keen on 'King Kwia' nickname, or even 'Kwia'. He's known as 'Kwiato' which is much nicer.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Not keen on 'King Kwia' nickname, or even 'Kwia'. He's known as 'Kwiato' which is much nicer.

    It's what OPQS call him sure.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Wow this year is amazing so far - all the real racers performing. Going to be a great season just as I thought last year.

    Feeling it. Marginal gains working across peloton.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Wow - putting 13 secs into Martin....
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  • kamil1891
    kamil1891 Posts: 658
    He is also called Flowerman as "Kwiat" means in Polish "flower". "Kwia" and "King Kwia" are definitely not the best nicknames I (or any Polish person) would have thought of :-D

    Kwiato & Flowerman are the correct and most commonly used ones.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Yesterday discovered Birdsong, today Flowerman... this forum's great once the season starts!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    kamil1891 wrote:
    He is also called Flowerman as "Kwiat" means in Polish "flower". "Kwia" and "King Kwia" are definitely not the best nicknames I (or any Polish person) would have thought of :-D

    Kwiato & Flowerman are the correct and most commonly used ones.

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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    :lol::lol::lol:
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Not keen on 'King Kwia' nickname, or even 'Kwia'. He's known as 'Kwiato' which is much nicer.

    Isn't Kwia what a Geordie calls a homosexual?
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Kwiatkowski now needs to work on his endurance over three weeks. He faded badly in the final week of the Tour.

    He did compared to Nairo.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    kamil1891 wrote:
    He is also called Flowerman as "Kwiat" means in Polish "flower". "Kwia" and "King Kwia" are definitely not the best nicknames I (or any Polish person) would have thought of :-D

    Kwiato & Flowerman are the correct and most commonly used ones.

    Kwiat means flower yes but adding the 'o' removes that sense. Kwiat in slang also means something not so nice. However Kwiato is nice...Kwiatek is also very nice and actually suits Michal (it means little flower).
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Queen stage tomorrow with a great route. I reckon Kwiatek will have trouble staying with Contador...will be very impressed if he does. Contador will for sure go for broke tomorrow...should be exciting.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • kamil1891
    kamil1891 Posts: 658
    frenchfighter wrote:
    kamil1891 wrote:
    He is also called Flowerman as "Kwiat" means in Polish "flower". "Kwia" and "King Kwia" are definitely not the best nicknames I (or any Polish person) would have thought of :-D

    Kwiato & Flowerman are the correct and most commonly used ones.

    Kwiat means flower yes but adding the 'o' removes that sense. Kwiat in slang also means something not so nice. However Kwiato is nice...Kwiatek is also very nice and actually suits Michal (it means little flower).


    No need here to teach me Polish, its my first language. "Kwiat" doesn't mean anything bad too :-)

    And yes, kwiatek means little/nice flower and is also used as his nickname.

    Kwiato is best though, the additon of "o" makes it somewhat cute in our language :-)

    I admire your interest in all the foreign stuff. Keep it up :-)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    kamil1891 wrote:
    No need here to teach me Polish, its my first language. "Kwiat" doesn't mean anything bad too :-)

    And yes, kwiatek means little/nice flower and is also used as his nickname.

    Kwiato is best though, the additon of "o" makes it somewhat cute in our language :-)

    I admire your interest in all the foreign stuff. Keep it up :-)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    kamil1891 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    kamil1891 wrote:
    He is also called Flowerman as "Kwiat" means in Polish "flower". "Kwia" and "King Kwia" are definitely not the best nicknames I (or any Polish person) would have thought of :-D

    Kwiato & Flowerman are the correct and most commonly used ones.

    Kwiat means flower yes but adding the 'o' removes that sense. Kwiat in slang also means something not so nice. However Kwiato is nice...Kwiatek is also very nice and actually suits Michal (it means little flower).


    No need here to teach me Polish, its my first language. "Kwiat" doesn't mean anything bad too :-)

    And yes, kwiatek means little/nice flower and is also used as his nickname.

    Kwiato is best though, the additon of "o" makes it somewhat cute in our language :-)

    I admire your interest in all the foreign stuff. Keep it up :-)

    Haha I didnt mean it like that - I like the language and I like Poland...my wife is Polish : )

    Google "Kwiat slang" - although maybe not the best idea as its not nice...I'm pretty sure its some obscure slang though.

    Im happy to see a Polish rider making it rain.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • kamil1891
    kamil1891 Posts: 658
    Haha, my generation may not understand pickling, but I think it got so common because it lasts? There were times people couldn't always buy what they wanted, so when they got in possesion of something (usually vegs) then they pickled it? :D

    At home, we still like to keep jars with all different kinds of vegs (cucumbers, mushrooms, peppers).

    Frenchfighter, you don't even know how happy and proud I am. We haven't got someone like that before! He just brings so much enjoyment to the sport I support. Hope it's only a beginning :-)

    Regarding the slang...I'm very surprised a meaning like that has ever existed. Also, you would have to put it in a very specific context to actually upset someone. I doubt many people are acknowledged with the meaning too...I'm 22 and never came across.

    PS. And actually I've "learned" something from you... :D

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