ChengWatch *May contain Lantern Rouge Spoilers*

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  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    pottssteve wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    When Cheng gets on the front, he doesnt ride faster, the world just spins faster

    I thought that was Jens...


    The king is dead, long live the king.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Coriander wrote:
    pottssteve wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    When Cheng gets on the front, he doesnt ride faster, the world just spins faster

    I thought that was Jens...


    The king is dead, long live the king.

    Jens will never die, everybody else will just start getting younger.

    Imagine the future, if a human was created using DNA from Jens and Cheng - a sort of Jengs. They would be invincible...
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    That's going in the thread...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Have tweeted Giant Shimano the link as Cheng doesn't have a twitter account. Hopefully they'll pass it it on.

    try @jicheng369
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Cheng the Barbarian:

    "Cheng! What is best in life?"
    "To crush the breakaway, see riders shelled out the back, and to hear the lamentation of their DSs"

    (apologies to Robert Howard)
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Man of steel
    BsQ0VhdIcAA7HzE.jpg:large
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    I #Believe that Cheng is the Future

    I #Believe in Cheng

    Do you #Believe in Cheng, in a peleton's arms

    These Chengs I #Believe
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    pottssteve wrote:
    Carlton keeps talking about Sagan frying his team mates.

    Cheng eats his raw...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    dish_dash wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Have tweeted Giant Shimano the link as Cheng doesn't have a twitter account. Hopefully they'll pass it it on.

    try @jicheng369

    Weird, that didn't pop up when I did a search for him.

    Anyway, done.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Knowing ignorance is strength.
    Ignoring knowledge is sickness.

    If one is sick of sickness then one is not sick.
    The sage is not sick because he is sick of sickness.
    Therefore he is not sick.

    -Tao Te Cheng
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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Interview with Boulting on ITV4 right now...
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    andy_wrx wrote:
    Interview with Boulting on ITV4 right now...

    Originally a runner. Good interview.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    mm1 wrote:
    andy_wrx wrote:
    Interview with Boulting on ITV4 right now...

    Originally a runner. Good interview.


    Did he mention me?
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    andy_wrx wrote:
    Interview with Boulting on ITV4 right now...

    Came across really well, good to see him get some off-road airtime.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Cheng learnt to ride a bike using chopsticks to hold the bars. This resulted in a stronger core, enabling greater watts output.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    andy_wrx wrote:
    Interview with Boulting on ITV4 right now...

    Came across really well, good to see him get some off-road airtime.
    Yes, really good colloquial English, self-deprecating humour, amused at 'breakaway killer' tag

    Seemed a nice lad
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Cheng dangling off the back. Looks pretty cooked. I'm worried for him when it heads uphill. He doesn't have a lot of experience riding up mountains - he usually just rides through them....
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ITV Cycling‏@itvcycling·42m
    Ji Cheng from China's ice city of Harbin… lovely man #TDF2014 If you missed our interview with him, it'll be on http://itv.com/tour soon
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    RichN95 wrote:
    ITV Cycling‏@itvcycling·42m
    Ji Cheng from China's ice city of Harbin… lovely man #TDF2014 If you missed our interview with him, it'll be on http://itv.com/tour soon

    Praise be to all the 9 million bicycles in Beijing. :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Wrong thread
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    Cheng has a special chain, its normally used as tank track.
    +++++++++++++++++++++
    we are the proud, the few, Descendents.

    Panama - finally putting a nail in the economic theory of the trickle down effect.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Cheng rolls in at 12'16". Not bad, though Ted King and Kristiajn Koren put 5 minutes into him at 17'15".

    WELL DONE, CHENG JI - chapeau!
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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Hopefully he gets safe passage through the mountains in the autobus. Deserves his finish just for his efforts so far.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Ah, there you all are...

    Sorry I'm late - pottssteve junior was watching the Avengers on my laptop.

    Good to see Cheng smiling away in the peloton - another day off the front for him.

    Great for him to give us all a little wave as they passed through Baccarat.

    GO CHENG!
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Cheng in the peloton, hiding in plain sight.

    Cheng is the Jason Bourne of pro cycling.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Cheng comes in 184th place, 22'04" down on Kadri. It wasn't entirely his fault, however, as he took a wrong turn in Gerardmer and cycled across the lake before the final climb.

    COME ON, CHENG! Feel the love from Hong Kong!
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  • GentlemanBear
    GentlemanBear Posts: 280
    New bit on Cheng on VeloNews last night... not really anything new though

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/07/ ... our_335970
  • GentlemanBear
    GentlemanBear Posts: 280
    Interview with Cheng Ji on the telegraph cycling podcast after the finish yesterday (11 minutes in)

    http://audioboo.fm/channel/thecyclingpodcast
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    GentlemanBear wrote:
    Interview with Cheng Ji on the telegraph cycling podcast after the finish yesterday (11 minutes in)

    http://audioboo.fm/channel/thecyclingpodcast

    Thanks for the heads-up. Am listening now.

    I'll be a bit late on tonight as "Duck Quacks Don't Echo" is on so I'll be watching that with Junior first. Will be interesting to see how Cheng does today in the hills...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    First time I looked at this thread. There are some crackers in it. Keep up the good work : )
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