Heather's boy takes a win!

Bill C said:

I hope the boy's got good shades 'cause the future's looking pretty
bright.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/8806.0.html
Quoted:
Tyler Farrar (U.S. National) won the second stage of the Tour de
l'Avenir in France on Friday, vaulting into fourth place overall

Bill C

Who cares - it's just a field sprint. Field sprints are gay. Does
anybody care that one guy can finish 2 feet ahead of another guy who
finishes 1 foot ahead of the third guy, etc. etc.

Let me know when we have the next Grand Tour winner (i.e. Danielson).

Thanks,

Magilla

MagillaGorilla said:

Bill C said:

I hope the boy's got good shades 'cause the future's looking pretty
bright.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/8806.0.html
Quoted:
Tyler Farrar (U.S. National) won the second stage of the Tour de
l'Avenir in France on Friday, vaulting into fourth place overall

Bill C

Who cares - it's just a field sprint. Field sprints are gay. Does
anybody care that one guy can finish 2 feet ahead of another guy who
finishes 1 foot ahead of the third guy, etc. etc.

Let me know when we have the next Grand Tour winner (i.e. Danielson).

Thanks,

Magilla

A 21 year old kid winning a stage and being in 4th on GC at l' Avenir
says a lot more to me than all the promises about Danielson at 27. I'm
not saying Danielson won't win mountain stages, but GC and a GT?
Bil C

MagillaGorilla said:

Who cares - it's just a field sprint. Field sprints are gay. Does
anybody care that one guy can finish 2 feet ahead of another guy who
finishes 1 foot ahead of the third guy, etc. etc.

You know, this reminds me of an old Dave Berg strip from Mad magazine
where this kid points at guy after guy calling them each a [censored]. Finally
the girl next to him says. "I though a [censored] was...well, what is a [censored]?".
the downcast kid replies, "Anybody that doesn't like what I like is a
[censored]." Except in your case you appear not to be very successful at field
sprints.

Carl Sundquist said:

MagillaGorilla said:

Who cares - it's just a field sprint. Field sprints are gay. Does
anybody care that one guy can finish 2 feet ahead of another guy who
finishes 1 foot ahead of the third guy, etc. etc.

You know, this reminds me of an old Dave Berg strip from Mad magazine
where this kid points at guy after guy calling them each a [censored]. Finally
the girl next to him says. "I though a [censored] was...well, what is a [censored]?".
the downcast kid replies, "Anybody that doesn't like what I like is a
[censored]." Except in your case you appear not to be very successful at field
sprints.

Yeah, me Lance, Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault...we all
suck at field sprints.

What Davis Phinney and those sprinter-types do in cycling is a sideshow.
Why do you think Jonas Carney retired as USPRO crit champion?

Thanks,

Magilla

MagillaGorilla said:

Yeah, me Lance, Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault...we all
suck at field sprints.

Dumbass,

With the exception of you and LANCE all of those guys had some
degree of success in field sprints, overshadowed by their great
accomplishments as GC riders.

When LANCE won Worlds in 1993, who took the field sprint ahead
of guys like Ludwig, Museeuw, and Fondriest?

Bob Schwartz
[email hidden]

Not anymore impressive than the American 20 year old who won the
prologue TT at the '88 baby Giro. He never went anywhere. $.25 if you
can name him.

Roy also was impressive when he was young. So was Evanshine. Tyler F is
not the next big thing. He'll be OUT of the sport in 5 years. Bank on
it. \

crit PRO

crit PRO said:

Not anymore impressive than the American 20 year old who won the
prologue TT at the '88 baby Giro. He never went anywhere. $.25 if you
can name him.

Roy also was impressive when he was young. So was Evanshine. Tyler F is
not the next big thing. He'll be OUT of the sport in 5 years. Bank on
it. \

crit PRO

Off the top of my head, I want to say James Urbonas.

MagillaGorilla said:

Yeah, me Lance, Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault...we all
suck at field sprints.

What Davis Phinney and those sprinter-types do in cycling is a sideshow.
Why do you think Jonas Carney retired as USPRO crit champion?

Last time I spoke with Jonas, he was talking about how he felt doping
was rife in the US peloton, much worse than it was when I was racing.

As for sprinting/field sprints, you're ignoring the entertainment
aspect of the sport. Winning solo is badass, but winning a field sprint
will get you the chicks.

Carl Sundquist said:

crit PRO said:

Not anymore impressive than the American 20 year old who won the
prologue TT at the '88 baby Giro. He never went anywhere. $.25 if you
can name him.

Roy also was impressive when he was young. So was Evanshine. Tyler F is
not the next big thing. He'll be OUT of the sport in 5 years. Bank on
it. \

crit PRO

Off the top of my head, I want to say James Urbonas.

Thanks Carl, I'm not going looking. Given a choice between your
opinion and CritPukes, it's a joke. Don't you feel any urge to hide who
you are so that that you can inflate what you've done, here?
Oh yeah, you don't need to fake it.
Bill C

Carl Sundquist said:

MagillaGorilla said:

Yeah, me Lance, Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault...we all
suck at field sprints.

What Davis Phinney and those sprinter-types do in cycling is a sideshow.
Why do you think Jonas Carney retired as USPRO crit champion?

Last time I spoke with Jonas, he was talking about how he felt doping
was rife in the US peloton, much worse than it was when I was racing.

As for sprinting/field sprints, you're ignoring the entertainment
aspect of the sport. Winning solo is badass, but winning a field sprint
will get you the chicks.

What the hell are you thinking, Carl? Going with primary source
material from a real Pro, make it up like CP does. Oh yeah, you don't
need to.
Bill C

I am 3x the rider Sanrl ever was.

crit PRO said:

I am 3x the rider Sanrl ever was.

That's Snarl. But the only person who called me that was Hegg.

crit PRO said:

I am 3x the rider Sanrl ever was.

I guess that means Fuentes is 5x the rider I ever was.

crit PRO said:

Roy also was impressive when he was young. So was Evanshine. Tyler F is
not the next big thing. He'll be OUT of the sport in 5 years. Bank on
it.

dumbass,

the guy's career so far has been like a text book on how to become a
protour rider. he's been good at every level, but not so insanely good
that you waiting for him to implode doc gooden style (or vdb style).

maybe he'll burn out mentally, but he knows how to do something a lot
of decent riders don't, which is how to cross the line first. so even
if he's not going well he'll come up with a result when the opportunity
is there. that's something hincapie didn't figure out 'til this year.

snarl

On 9/3/05 7:36 PM, in article
[email hidden], "Carl Sundquist"

Quoted message said:

crit PRO said:

I am 3x the rider Sanrl ever was.

That's Snarl. But the only person who called me that was Hegg.

fact: Hegg rode for Jelly Belly
fact: Jonas Carney recently retired from........ Jelly Belly
fact: Team Jelly Belly is now in San Fran to race tomorrow (ala "Team
Dinner"😉

Class!!
Anyone? Anyone??