K.I.S.S meets Soundgarden.
Diego Ulissi did us all a service on stage 4 of the Giro. Not only did he win in the best way possible for a rouleur with a sprint – by not having to sprint – he timed his attack so perfectly that he only had time for a split-second salute, and an even quicker jersey zip-up before the line. The textbook precision of his winning routine should be the blueprint for all Pros:
This technique is perfect for so many reasons, but the most important one is it doesn’t allow any spare time for “Finishing Straight Fuck Arounds”. No hundreds of metres of looking to the sky, pointing to the sky, realising you’re on Team Sky and not actually winning, rocking babies, shooting guns or arrows, shooting guns or arrows at babies, pointing at your bony chest for some reason, and a dozen different arm movements that make you look like one of those blow up things that flap about outside used car lots and garden centres having a sale. Just get to the line, then lay down your simple, classic Jesus Christ Pose. Because if you’ve won a stage of the Giro, you are God. If just for one day.
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@ErikdR
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@Teocalli
Cheers - here goes, then. (Not sure whether to cross my fingers or cover my eyes with my hands - may try to do both at once.... But here goes.
YAAHAAAHHH...!! Thanks, @Teocalli! Thou art, verily, a gentleman and a scholar.
How they used to do it - See Pollentier at 1:04
PS: And yes - this is the music I listened to in the 70's - and still do today. I saw Gallagher 'Live' a couple of times, too. Memorable experience, I assure you. Happy days...
@ErikdR
Been there myself! I even had the full "why to never use Explorer" post from @frauhnk
@Barracuda
Cheers - It was already burnt into my retina, I was just trying to spare others. Definitive proof two wrongs don't make a jersey.
Thinking back to all the finishing straight choreography I've seen over the years, it's true: there has never been a good one.
From a commercial point of view, the only decent one was a couple years ago when Luca Paolini pulled off a brilliant solo win in the Giro and pointed to his Giro Air Attack helmet, as if it played a big part in the breakaway. Well, I guess he couldn't point to the coke.
Nice work, Brett!
@anthony
Right. So do we need to give Diego Ulissi the moniker "Hand of God" now?
But when all is said and done, this, for me, is the greatest Giro winning salute that I have ever seen.