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Velominatus: Mikael Liddy

Order: Black Order Velominatus

Location: Adelaide, South Australia

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Very much in the nascent stages of learning la vie Velominatus, however like many a young buck am eager to learn & accept the painful leassons with glee.

@Mikael Liddy's activity:

Jump to: Scoring Guidelines • Schedule • ResultsThe Velominati Super Prestige is a season-long competition wherein readers will be submitting their predictions for the top five finishers of each qualifying race.  In order to qualify, the reader must enter their submission as a comment to the post pertaining to the race in question by 5am on th...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @frank nah, Rabo Ladies. »

We’re huge pro cycling fans. Michelle and I both get very involved with particular riders; for Michelle her favorites have been Jan Ullrich and Marco Pantani; for me, it’s been Ullrich, Pantani, and Ivan Basso. It seems we’re bent on loving riders who eventually get wound up in some sort of doping mess, and it’s getting real...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @ChrisO yeah it’s crazy, a few years back one of the masters riders here got done (they do some testing during the masters games). Dumbest thing is he was a GP who was getting scripts written/writing them out with another doc in his practice who also race… »

We close out the 6 Days of the Giro with our sixth and final installment.A body at rest, stays at rest. A body in motion, stays in motion. Things get a bit more ambiguous when it comes to a body on a bicycle tearing down a twisty mountain descent at speed, particularly in the rain. But it is here, on the boundary between clarity and ambiguity, wher...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. How this video hasn’t made it in yet is beyond me…Cunego & Sagan giving a descending masterclass in the 2011 TdS. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @Bianchi Denti unfortunate part of last night is that Uran’s g/f (if he has one) doesn’t appear to be on twitter…was kinda looking forward to #wagwars version 2. »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @Chris My preferred term is ‘according to the twitters’, as it shows just the right amount of cynicism about the source of the material. »

  2. @Chris Is it just me or does that guy bear a striking resemblance to JVS? »

  3. @G’rilla according to the twitters, he’s just reached 3k from the summit »

  4. @G’rilla cracked on the first climb…kinda bridged & then got shelled real quick. He’s done. »

  5. motherfucker! 3 of the top 5, but all in the wrong order. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. Looks like the Storm Troopers just got themselves a new leader to march for. »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. Hmmm, I wonder if the Colombians can just shrug the shoulders & say ‘sorry, didn’t understand the radio call’ as opposed to Froome-dog being called back last year. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @snoov it’s not too bad at the moment (I’m staying up to watch the Giro anyways), especially given I can kinda go straight back to sleep when he wakes during the moment. Having this month off makes it a little less taxing too. »

We’re into day four of the Six Days of the Giro series, let’s talk trash. Yes the Tour de France started a few years before the Giro and has always been credited as The Tour to win. You win the Giro, you are a stud. Win the Tour and you are a stud for life. Why is that? Is the Tour longer, tougher, more murderous, more beautiful? In the 20...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @the-farmer Maybe call it a ‘Triple Crown’ & then a couple of decades later you’ll hear about some douchebag buying off teams so they don’t attack him in the last one…sounds kinda familiar to be honest. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @snoov half right. You only get a donut, there’s no drop in to the negative. »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @napolinige Jaysus, can’t imagine trying that in the wet. Anyone who attacks down that has stones the size of cannonballs. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @frank Henao surely? »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. Front two are the last to stay away…Cuddles & Nibbles mark Dirty Sammy all the way up the last climb & Good Cadel snags the bonification. VSP PICKS: 1. Pozzovivo 2. Santambrogio 3. Cuddles 4. Dirty Sammy 5. Nibbles »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. Slight tweak & the addition of Good Cadel. VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps): 1. Nibbles 2. Cuddles 3. Ryder 4. Wiggo 5. Keep em Gesink »

  2. Looks like another proper Rule #9 day (fairly reminiscent of some of the weather the VMH & I experienced on our honeymoon in Florence actually), interesting to see how Sir C*ntalot handles it. »

  3. Whisper it quietly, but has Cuddles been looking a little like the 2011 TDF vintage? Looking forward to how it goes over the next couple of weeks. »

  4. Jeez you’d think being a Pom, Wiggo would know a little more about handling a bike in Rule #9 conditions…awesome work from Adam Hansen. Might pay to keep an eye on his twitter account this evening, he’s well known for some fairly humorous work normally,… »

We are the Keepers of the Cog.  In so being, we also maintain the sacred text wherein lie the simple truths of cycling etiquette known as The Rules. It is in our trust to maintain and endorse this list.See also The Prophet’s Prayer. Continue reading...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @Beers I can’t really complain because even if his air siren like call for food goes off in the night I can generally get back to sleep again, though I have noticed the VMH taking a few more naps than usual! »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Mikael Liddy's posts:

  1. @ChrisO the compression shorts I understand entirely, it’s the moronic shorts, sunglasses & cap I object to. »

  2. @LA Dave I’d like to nominate his team mates as some of the sorriest looking excuses for cyclists you’ve ever seen…WHAT.THE.FUCK is that bloke on the right wearing? »

  3. Sneaky little jump from Cuddles to nick 2nd place & get 12 of yesterday’s seconds back…lovely aggressive riding from Weight of a Nation. »