Monthly Archives: July 2009
Lanterne Rouge Stage 6
Alan Perez Lezaun was held up in one of the many crashes in the last 10km and came in 119th today. However, some others were held up even further in the crash marred stage where Lezaun relinquishes the Lanterne Rouge … Continue reading
Rabobank, Plan B
image from cyclingnews.com On the back of his victory at the Giro d’Italia, the Rabobank squad arrived in Monaco with high hopes for Denis Menchov to wear the yellow jersey in Paris but so far nothing has gone according to … Continue reading
Lanterne Rouge Stage 5
Man oh man….I was cheering my brains out for Yauheni Hutarovich to win today’s stage. Hutarovich was in the Lanterne Rouge for the first two days and it would have been an amazing victory for him today. He was in … Continue reading
Victory Salute – Appendix A
Looks like there’s a new entry for the various Victory Salutes. What should we call this one? “ET Phone Home”? I’m not so sure about this one Cav. You were a pretty cool cat until you pulled this one out. … Continue reading
Stage 4 – TTT
Not much exciting to report about the Lanterne Rouge. Alan Perez Lezaun still firmly holds onto last place after the TTT. No much of an opportuinity for him to gain enough time to get himself out of the caboose of … Continue reading
Lanterne Rouge Stage 3
Hutarovich has reliquished the Lanterne Rouge and has given up the red jersey to Alan Perez Lezaun. Hutarovich made the second split in those vicious crosswinds and came in a respectable 44th. Those crosswinds smashed the peloton to three major … Continue reading
Lanterne Rouge Stage 2
Yauheni Hutarovich continues to be the Lanterne Rouge at 11’04″ back on GC. There was a sharp right-hand bend with 700m to go where a few riders went down at 65km/hr that he was not involved in. Since the crash … Continue reading
Lanterne Rouge
Out of all the Tour finishers, the one who has it the hardest is the man who finishes last. He is the selfless domestique who goes and fetches waterbottles, chases down breaks, suffers like a dog up those mountain passes. … Continue reading
Sponsor Thank You
I was at Chapters today (a popular bookstore chain in North America) looking at magazines and noticed that there was an Aussie mag in the mix – our local Ride Cycling Review. Imagine that! All the way over here on … Continue reading
Bizzaro World
Yesterday I went out for one of those rides that was supposed to only last an hour or two. I had a hard time motivating myself to get off my ass and could have quite contently sat in Tim Hortons … Continue reading
