Anatomy of a Photo: Sleepless in Belgium

Team Quickstep gets sleepy

I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more Rule #5.

Thanks to Michael for bringing this matter to our attention.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Pedale.Forchetta says:

Jan 5 2011 at 11:08 am

I've a question,
has a decent/good advertising with cyclist/s in it existed?
Ron says:

Jan 5 2011 at 11:38 am

Woah...suddenly I feel as if I can come clean with some stories from my fraternity pledging days; I'd been hiding that from my new fraternity of the Velominati...

That photo is ridiculous. And yeah, Boonen is the only one pushing it back. Oh the things you'll do to get a pro sponsorship deal.

Can someone name the riders for me, left to right? I got Boonen and Gert.
Ron says:

Jan 5 2011 at 11:42 am

And what has happened...in the past two weeks it seems as if there are a ton of new people on the site. Not a problem, just wondering why the spike has occurred.

Did The Keepers sign a deal? And will we be seeing a similar photo of you lads in the near future?
frank says:

Jan 5 2011 at 11:43 am

@xyxax

but their sleeves do say "Projob".

Oh my.
frank says:

Jan 5 2011 at 11:48 am

@Pedale.Forchetta

has a decent/good advertising with cyclist/s in it existed?

Certainly not this one.

Or this one.

Or this one.

And especially not this one.
michael says:

Jan 5 2011 at 11:49 am

The partial head is most disturbing as it looks like there is a bleeding injury there. Boonen is the only one secure enough in either his manlyhood or homosexuality to relax into a more natural posture. Gerald Ciolek on the far left? Is unfortunately left supporting the rest of the team.
Marko says:

Jan 5 2011 at 11:53 am

@michael
Maybe there's more to this pic than meets the eye. Ciolek in the support role I can see. But I figured Boonen would be team leader, not Steegmans, who judging by the photo, is a top.
Pedale.Forchetta says:

Jan 5 2011 at 12:25 pm

@frank
Thank you for the exclusion of the Lampre one with Simoni e Cunego, eheheh...
Brett says:

Jan 5 2011 at 1:27 pm

Pedale.Forchetta:
@frank
Thank you for the exclusion of the Lampre one with Simoni e Cunego, eheheh...

Um, you mean this one?
Bigant says:

Jan 5 2011 at 1:36 pm

Next week: Team liquigas do 'The Human Centipede'