Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2012, Stage 16

Stage 16

Which bold rider has this stage circled in their tour bible? Wednesday July 18th, Stage 16, 197 km. The day after a the final rest day. A climbing day with two HC climbs followed by two Category 1 climbs and a serious descent toward the finish. The Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde: you better be a fearless climber and a good descender, but a better climber. This is not a stage for Sagan or FrÃ¤nkie Schleck (sorry Frank). If Wiggo was going to have a bad day, this would be a special one to have it on. And this follows a rest day? Could the weather finally make a difference? Will the mad tacker return? Will climbers just try to survive this stage to perform on the fearsome Stage 17? More questions than answers in the Velominati Super-Bunker.

All VSP bettors better give an extra shake of the monkey bones before casting them down. Study them well. There is much at stake: Fizik R3s for the winner, 2 pair of DeFeet socks for first loser. The rules are the same as for the first single stage VSP. Points are awarded for correct place only. Delgado might have enjoyed this stage but don’t be like him.

Gianni

Gianni has left the building.

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minion says:

Jul 19 2012 at 3:11 pm

@mcsqueak

@RedRanger

Oh, and I had to try and be cool by copying Scaler911, but that's par for the course.

That's your first problem right there then...
scaler911 says:

Jul 19 2012 at 3:12 pm

@versio

Gone riding for the next 3 hours. Hope to return to this wonderful site for some positive-cycling-affirmation afterwards.

This kind of affirmation?
frank says:

Jul 19 2012 at 3:14 pm

@scaler911

@mcsqueak

@RedRanger

Ah, I'm picking up what you're putting down now. I'm a little slow.

Yet another reason Frank really has to work on coding in some friendly emoticons.

Emoticons!!??!! If Frank codes those on this site, I'm driving straight to his place and kicking him squarely in the twig and berries.

More likely is that I'll add some code to remove them. Fuckin' hate those things. Just say what you mean merckxdamnit and if you can't take the time to express yourself fully, don't say anything or do a piss-poor job of it and we'll rip on you for a while and get a kick out of it.
minion says:

Jul 19 2012 at 3:18 pm

Hi, Welcome to VAA, Velominati Assholes Annonymous, lets get the meeting underway.

Hi, I'm Minion and I'm an Asshole, (All; Hi MInion) I frequently disagree with comments on completely irrelevant points, for no other reason that arguing over arcane cycling facts or points of view for arguing's sake. I spend time at work formulating smartarse responses to other posters, and use obnoxious images and videos from well known television shows and movies to try and make a humorous point.

Problem, me? Fuck no I don't have a problem. I blame Marcus, that fucker's got it bad. And the rest of you lot, you're ALL fucked.

What 12 point plan? Step one's 20 hour riding weeks?

(apologies to teetotallers and people who have dealt with AA/NA that shit ain't funny)
minion says:

Jul 19 2012 at 3:21 pm

@Bianchi Denti

@minion

@brett

If it's a slower, cleaner race, surely the naturally talented bike riders are going to emerge? Not that the rest of the peloton are slouches, but Porte's had a star over his head for a while, and Rogers? No question about his pedigree. Seems like an odd target to pick when half the Astana team have been done at least once for actually cheating

http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/2012/06/victories-disappointments-and-how-epo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_cycling

Great article on Henry Cardenas. Thanks a million, Minion.

Cheers, ironically if Bretto had read that article, he might have understood what I was getting at. But he didn't have his Clifford the Big Red dog book with him, to look up the words he might not know.
Marko says:

Jul 19 2012 at 3:42 pm

@scaler911 I voted for that guy.
mcsqueak says:

Jul 19 2012 at 4:30 pm

@Marko

@scaler911 I voted for that guy.

Ha! I gave him $5.

I'd be more impressed if you voted for this guy:
versio says:

Jul 19 2012 at 4:40 pm

@DerHoggz

A certain poster who will go unnamed seems to think he has "deep" posts. In reality his posts are a sophomoric attempt at intelligent discourse, not too different from the garbage I handed in to my English professor last year (which would really make them freshmanic). Need to pad up a word count, sweet, grab a thesaurus, then throw adjectives around like a madman.

You just implied that "these" posts were deep. Grammar Queen! I am only disappointed at this "cycling" community with the observation that most all of my past and recent posts have been very simple. A few contributors here (unnamed) have been perplexed by these posts from the past. Even confused. And then they (unnamed) do not move on. No more to say, but I will continue to bait you thru this thread.
mcsqueak says:

Jul 19 2012 at 4:40 pm

OH, and one for all the dopers:
versio says:

Jul 19 2012 at 4:53 pm

@Buck Rogers

Man, I'm sorry but I have to comment. I really have tried to hold back but Frank, is there a chance of voting someone of the island around here? Hell, you can vote me off if you want. But, come on Frank, what do you say?

Buck -- man, I'm sorry but I have to comment. I visit this site often only to find that you are still licking balls in your clique.

And sure, ask Frank to handle it. Vote me away from your community. Do as you see fit. (You guys really lose control)

You may not like me as an online personality. But you would prefer me as a fellow cyclist that knows Campagnolo. Knows every spec on the machine that I ride. And continues to train, race and look to other fellow cyclist to further the experience. You and DerHoggz are becoming a real asses. You could use a punch in the face.