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 1:42 pm

Ciao Brett,
yes! Noo! I can't bear to see THAT photo again...
Niek says:

Jan 5 2011 at 1:42 pm

I bet they're all having wishful dreams that 2011 will give them the same amount of wins as 2008 did.
And that last year was just but a bad dream...
mcsqueak says:

Jan 5 2011 at 1:51 pm

The only decent advertising ever done for cycling: the actual races themselves.
Pedale.Forchetta says:

Jan 5 2011 at 1:54 pm

@mcsqueak, well said.
xyxax says:

Jan 5 2011 at 1:56 pm

@frank
Not complete without a Cipo (NSFW).
Pedale.Forchetta says:

Jan 5 2011 at 2:01 pm

@Frank about the fever
How do you feel now? Better I hope
Pedale.Forchetta says:

Jan 5 2011 at 2:01 pm

@xyxax
fantastic
Ron says:

Jan 5 2011 at 3:10 pm

Wow, where did that Cipo photo appear? In regular magazines? Cycling magazines?

Are the Italians just that much calmer about nudity than Americans that it was no big deal?
sgt says:

Jan 5 2011 at 3:22 pm

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frank says:

Jan 5 2011 at 3:35 pm

@Ron
Based entirely on @sgt's incredibly distressing photo above, I'm going to venture a guess that they are blind.