Comments on: 2009 Cog Award: Ride of the Year http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/professional/2009-cog-award-ride-of-the-year/ Keepers of the Cog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Steampunk http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/professional/2009-cog-award-ride-of-the-year/#comment-3694 Steampunk Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:57:31 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=1707#comment-3694 A couple of later entries, but Tour rides I remember from last year (as I prep for this year's edition): Thor collecting sprint points on a solo breakaway and Cancellara's chasing descent in yellow on Stage 7. Two tire changes: the first was a puncture, so he raced back to the pack only to stop because the new wheel wasn't yellow so he had to change it out. Classic. Then there was the protruding rock, which almost took his head off. A couple of later entries, but Tour rides I remember from last year (as I prep for this year’s edition): Thor collecting sprint points on a solo breakaway and Cancellara’s chasing descent in yellow on Stage 7. Two tire changes: the first was a puncture, so he raced back to the pack only to stop because the new wheel wasn’t yellow so he had to change it out. Classic. Then there was the protruding rock, which almost took his head off.

]]> By: frank http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/professional/2009-cog-award-ride-of-the-year/#comment-616 frank Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:04:03 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=1707#comment-616 <a href="#comment-615" class="comment_response" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060;" rel="nofollow">@Marko</a> Well said, well said. That face crash was awful. Great goals for 2010; Thor took Het Volk (or whateverthefuck it's called now) but that's more like a quasi-classic. He's a big danger for Roubaix, that's for sure, but I'm also gunnin' for Boonen there. I'd love to see Haussler pull of the MsR win and we'll have to see how your Swedes do. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/movits" title="" rel="nofollow">Movitz</a>! @Marko
Well said, well said. That face crash was awful. Great goals for 2010; Thor took Het Volk (or whateverthefuck it’s called now) but that’s more like a quasi-classic. He’s a big danger for Roubaix, that’s for sure, but I’m also gunnin’ for Boonen there. I’d love to see Haussler pull of the MsR win and we’ll have to see how your Swedes do. Movitz!

]]> By: Marko http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/professional/2009-cog-award-ride-of-the-year/#comment-615 Marko Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:37:24 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=1707#comment-615 Jens could have gotten the cog just for man'n up after that horific face crash. Jeebus that was hard to watch. Great list though. And although I'm not a fan, i think the Manx Mouth deserves a nod for tearing it up at MsR and le Tour. For 2010, I'd love to see Boonen equal Mr. Paris-Roubaix with number four and my boy Thor take a spring win in a classic and keep Cav out of green again. Riders I'll be watching in addition to Haussler- Thomas Lovkvist and Baosson Hagen, skol! Jens could have gotten the cog just for man’n up after that horific face crash. Jeebus that was hard to watch. Great list though. And although I’m not a fan, i think the Manx Mouth deserves a nod for tearing it up at MsR and le Tour. For 2010, I’d love to see Boonen equal Mr. Paris-Roubaix with number four and my boy Thor take a spring win in a classic and keep Cav out of green again. Riders I’ll be watching in addition to Haussler- Thomas Lovkvist and Baosson Hagen, skol!

]]> By: frank http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/professional/2009-cog-award-ride-of-the-year/#comment-614 frank Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:12:47 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=1707#comment-614 <a href="#comment-613" class="comment_response" style="text-decoration: none; color: #606060;" rel="nofollow">@john</a> I wish we could have given the Cog to Voigt for his <em>grinta</em>, but unfortunately he didn't manage to stage one of spectacular kamakazi wins this year. Here's to him taking out Liege this year! @john
I wish we could have given the Cog to Voigt for his grinta, but unfortunately he didn’t manage to stage one of spectacular kamakazi wins this year. Here’s to him taking out Liege this year!

]]> By: john http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/professional/2009-cog-award-ride-of-the-year/#comment-613 john Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:18:13 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=1707#comment-613 Here here. Watching Boonen et al. in the last 30km of Paris-Roubaix was great. Watching the finish of Milan-San Remo on a poor DSL video feed was even great. Hausseler riding away with the TdF stage 13 rainy victory was awesomeness incarnate. He is a tough monkey and I reckon we will see more from that half German/half Aussi. The Worlds road race was also great, at least the last lap. Spartacus will continue to delight through 2010. He is da man. DiLuca, Rebellin, Schumacher should all be banned for life because they are massive tools. And publicly humiliated somehow, I'm working on this in 2010. Here here. Watching Boonen et al. in the last 30km of Paris-Roubaix was great. Watching the finish of Milan-San Remo on a poor DSL video feed was even great. Hausseler riding away with the TdF stage 13 rainy victory was awesomeness incarnate. He is a tough monkey and I reckon we will see more from that half German/half Aussi. The Worlds road race was also great, at least the last lap. Spartacus will continue to delight through 2010. He is da man.

DiLuca, Rebellin, Schumacher should all be banned for life because they are massive tools. And publicly humiliated somehow, I’m working on this in 2010.

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