In honor of the first Australian to win KBK it seems appropriate to give a Chapeau to our mates down under. Congrats to perhaps the greatest up and coming cycling nation on earth and to Chris Sutton for a show of strength in what was a free-for-all to the finish in Kuurne today.
Lest our mates get too cocky though, have a look at the egregious attempt at the three-point system from the first Aussie to wear yellow in the tour. Yes, Phil is a stud and the hair net and eye shades rule. But in order for them to work some adjustment needed to be made.
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@frank
Yep, those guns and that crank. It is freakin' big and beautiful. The way his right gun's Vastus externus (thank you Google) pushes out from his hip and pushes the "P" into the background. Seriously sinister guns.
@Zoncolan
I loved the Panansonic kit as well. I remember there was a bloke that used to join our bunch, probably close to 20yrs ago, that rode a Panasonic steel frame! Not sure where he picked it up from or if it was just the decals, but it was a sweet looking bike from memory. And he kicked some arse on it.
@Nate
On the subject of Antipodean exponents of the V, check out this excerpt from the Rouleur blog in the wake of the Awang leg splinter crash at the track worlds: "Edward Dawkins, meanwhile, receiving attention from a trackside medic, was asked where he felt pain. The Kiwi, missing a section of skin from one shoulder practically equal in size to the massive tattoo covering the other, replied that he was from New Zealand. The question was repeated. So was the answer. "Did you not hear me, mate? I'm from New Zealand. We don't feel pain.""
@Collin
Damn straight Yetis can climb! They're from the frackin Himalayas, fercrissakes.
Sasquatch is more of a Rouleur, tho. And I believe JiPM can comment on The Skunk Ape. I'm thinking sprinter...
@frank
and one more thing I just noticed in the original photo - is the woman in pink making a wanking gesture? Now if so, surely it's not towards our Phil. Must be to the bloke beside her?
@G'phant
You really do want to be Australian don't you?
@G'phant
No one needs to tell the readers of these pages that Kiwis are tough, not that we begrudge an appropriate reminder like this. We respect their exploits but are not surprised when they say "Pain? Yeah right."
All the same, Mr. Awang of Malaysia is elevanting the art here. I had no idea Malysians were so tough.
@Nate
Getting splinter through leg doesn't make you tough.
FINISHING THE RACE with splinter through leg makes you a grade A bad arse.
Respect.
Those Mavic cranks looked nice alright, but there aren't many around these days because they all broke.
Phil is a legend, and the TT pic is a great one.
As he autographed a Motorola jersey for me a few years back he used my back to support it saying, "Hur, hur, I'm giving it to you from behind! You Kiwis love that don't ya?" For once in my life I truly didn't know what to say...
@Oli Brooke-White
I think you say 'I'm from New Zealand. We don't feel pain.'
*sob*