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Anatomy Of A Photo: Looks Don’t Kill, Guns Do

If the eyes don't get you, the legs will

Ya don’t fuck with a Planckaert. Do so at your own peril.

And that’s any shorts length debate settled, too.

Brett

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brett says:

Jan 27 2015 at 12:56 am

@wiscot

This one...

From this article...
brett says:

Jan 27 2015 at 1:05 am

@frank

@brett

Perfect cap luft with upturned peak.

3PS perfection.

And those guns.

Don't even start me on how perfectly that jersey fits him. The biggest bane of the modern Cycling fashion is the speed jersey and speed suit. Fuck that shit. Just push on the pedals for Merckx's sake.

Tell me about it. I did the Tuesday night smashfest in my Giro New Road gear tonight and it didn't slow me down any. (Possibly because I can't go much slower.)
Chris says:

Jan 27 2015 at 2:17 am

@brett

Tell me about it. I did the Tuesday night smashfest in my Giro New Road gear tonight and it didn't slow me down any. (Possibly because I can't go much slower.)

You're not going to turn up at the Keepers' Tour in mtb kit are you?
brett says:

Jan 27 2015 at 2:42 am

@Chris

@brett

Tell me about it. I did the Tuesday night smashfest in my Giro New Road gear tonight and it didn't slow me down any. (Possibly because I can't go much slower.)

You're not going to turn up at the Keepers' Tour in mtb kit are you?

Is that a challenge? I think Frank would have kittens... so maybe, yeah!

The real question is, are you gonna turn up at Keepers Tour in any kit?
brett says:

Jan 27 2015 at 2:44 am

@DCR

He makes Marcel Kittle look like Marcel Kittens with quads like that!

That is possibly the greatest photo of all time.
Chris says:

Jan 27 2015 at 2:52 am

@brett

If I do make it to the Keepers' Tour, I will be wearing kit, yes.

Unless the weight loss has gone so well that I want to show everyone.
Oli says:

Jan 27 2015 at 3:21 am

@wiscot

The year would be 1988 and the picture taken at the worlds. He rode for Panasonic the year before and ADR-W Cup, Bottechia, Coors Light in 1989. 190 victories listed for the man with his Panasonic years (84-87) being the best with 61 wins.

In the famous Jeff Pierce photo of the "sprinters with sponges" Eddy is on the left, Van Calster in the middle and Hinault on the right.

Talk about being from a cycling family: Willy and Walter were older brothers, Jo was his uncle and Francesco is his son. And anyone would question anything he did on the bike?

I think that could be Fondriest behind Mr Red polo shirt. If it is, it's the year Fondriest won after Bauer and Criquelion got "tangled" up in the sprint. Eddy didn't place.

Definitely Fondriest, good spotting. Ronse, Belgium 1988
Ccos says:

Jan 27 2015 at 4:35 am

@brett

@DCR

He makes Marcel Kittle look like Marcel Kittens with quads like that!

That is possibly the greatest photo of all time.

And the white helmet looks surprisingly....modern.
frank says:

Jan 27 2015 at 6:38 am

@Ccos

Indeed it does. A better look at it.
Ron says:

Jan 27 2015 at 6:42 am

Yeah, that white helmet looks a whole lot like some of the new aero lids. I'm intrigued by Kittel's new helmet and also those Lampre were wearing at the Tour Down Under.

And goodness, those are some guns. They're so massive they've caused the Wall Squatter to lose control of his eyebrow, which is arched in sheer wonderment.