Comments on: Spartacus http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/spartacus/ Keepers of the Cog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Face the pain « More News From Nowhere http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/spartacus/#comment-716 Face the pain « More News From Nowhere Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:10:04 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=472#comment-716 [...] shot of the great Spartacus, a man who can rip the legs from his competitors like his (nick-)namesake slayed his oppressors, [...] [...] shot of the great Spartacus, a man who can rip the legs from his competitors like his (nick-)namesake slayed his oppressors, [...]

]]> By: frank http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/spartacus/#comment-153 frank Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:37:19 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=472#comment-153 Spartacus reigned again at the Vuelta! He is an animal!!! Spartacus reigned again at the Vuelta! He is an animal!!!

]]> By: frank http://www.velominati.com/blog/racing/spartacus/#comment-18 frank Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:58:14 +0000 http://www.velominati.com/blog/?p=472#comment-18 I don't even know where to begin. The power this man has shown this year, it's unreal. As far as I can remember, not too many people snap their chain by "<a href="http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=348" rel="nofollow">going</a>". One of my all-time favorites. Just to watch him ride on anything (except maybe a steep, long climb) inspires even the faintest of heart. No matter how you spin it (and I say this despite being a huge Boonen fan), I'm glad Fabian has never done this: <center> <img src="http://velominati.com/blog/wp-resources/comment%20images/Boonenglad.jpg"/> </center> And, when it comes down to it, the importance of cycling in the main-stream media can be boiled down to this: "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?" I don’t even know where to begin. The power this man has shown this year, it’s unreal. As far as I can remember, not too many people snap their chain by “going“.

One of my all-time favorites. Just to watch him ride on anything (except maybe a steep, long climb) inspires even the faintest of heart.

No matter how you spin it (and I say this despite being a huge Boonen fan), I’m glad Fabian has never done this:



And, when it comes down to it, the importance of cycling in the main-stream media can be boiled down to this: “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?”

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