Turns out the race is not broadcast on Sporza but on 2BE, which annoys me to no end, since the only cycling they broadcast are the cyclo and road national champs, and they thus suck at it.
Still, links on cyclingfans and sports-livez
In the meanwhile, good thoughts go out to Bart Wellens, who was rushed to intensive care last night, with an acute fever attack which affected his heart muscle. With multiple organ failure (liver and kidneys) he was in serious, life-threatening trouble, but his condition is stable now. He's not out of the woods yet though, so fingers crossed for him.
Sven Nys suffered a blockage in his back this morning, and for a while thought he wouldn't even be able to start today. Turns out it isn't that bad, he will start, but he didn't sound very confident about his chances. On verra.
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Some other results
Dutch U23
1. lars van de haar
2. David van der poel
3. stan godrie
Belgian women
1. Sanne Cant
2. Joyce Vanderbeken
3. Hilde Quintens
French women
1. Lucie Chainel-Lefèvre
2. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
3. Caroline Mani
Czech men
1. Stybs
2. Simunek
3. Karel Hlnik
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Brit women
1. Helen Wyman
2. Nikki Harris
3. Annie Last
4. Gabby Day
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Oh, Helen!
SO PLEASED! Even though the kona kit is mad enough that I wish i saw it more, Helen just wouldn’t be the same without her national stripes!
And I think it’ll be great to see the Frnch kit on Chainel, she’s been so strong all season!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Fans of Ferrand-Prévot
See her speak in English here: http://www.rabosport.nl/wielrennen/video/AQxQp9gnJZaPNcrq2WJRRFXL/Girl_Power%3A_Pauline_Ferrand_Prevot
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Here's another baby with great CX genes for the future!
Lucie Chaninel Lefevre with hubby Steve & baby daughter, after she won her race
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
son, sorry, I can't read properly today
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
U23 race live now
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
hallo
bosmans is weg
geert - January 8, 2012
Deserved title (if he gets it)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Good morning..!
Pancakes anyone???
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Yes please!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
You think they will get there by tomorrows breakfast?
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Get on a plane already!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
can i have waffles
please
geert - January 8, 2012
Don't be picky..!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
for a duvel?
geert - January 8, 2012
???? what is that?
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
you don't know duvel?
boy oh boy
best belgian beer(my opinion) ever
geert - January 8, 2012
Will have to try it..!
But not with pancakes..!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
And why exactly not?
Beer pancakes!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
That will work...!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
better
make sure you don’t have to drive
kicks like a mule
geert - January 8, 2012
If you don't know what a Belgian is talking about, chances are it's a beer
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
That was funny...!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
U23
1. Wietse Bosmans (BKCP)
2. Gianni Vermeersch (BKCP)
3. Vinnie Braet (Sunweb)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
They look very young...!
by that I meant like 15..!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Wietse is 20, Gianni 19
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Good Morning from Rainy Guyana
Sad to hear about Bart, I thought he had a shot at the podium today.
Neils FTW!
singhstax - January 8, 2012
morning..!
there is always sun after the rain…!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Dutch women
Marianne Vos of course
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
German women
1. Hanka Kupfernagel
2. Trixi Worrack
3. Sabrina Schweizer
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
I didn't know trixi rides cx
I like her even more, now!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Niels Albert
doesn’t believe Nys hurt his back this morning. No mention at all of his supposed pneumonia.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
sandbagging niels
geert - January 8, 2012
Yeps
not the first time either
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Lucien Wellens - Bart's dad - is there at the race
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Weird
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Paid for the ticket don't want to waste it?
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
geert wellens
still racing
geert - January 8, 2012
Geert is racing in the amateur race
Still, I know where I’d be
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
+1
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Well, unless he's out of the woods, & is one of those people who hates folk by his bedside?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
its tough to judge people based on something like this.
Perhaps Barts wife asked Lucien to go and support Geert etc. Hard to know.
Uphill - January 8, 2012
Yeah, I know
feel a bit guilty about saying something about it. Maybe Lucien needs to be doing something, anything, right now.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Bah
Is there a (n internationally accessible) stream that is in the right widescreen format? Sports-livez channel 3 and 5 are stretched vertically to 4:3.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
And now the streams don't work with ad-block enabled
Foggetaboudit.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
I’ve got something here.
paisley - January 8, 2012
Ta
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Same problem, though
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
sorry.
I’m not sophisticated enough to wipe out the ads and am always just grateful for a smooth playing stream.
paisley - January 8, 2012
No, not about the ads, and the stream *is* smooth
I thought your post was in response to my 16:9 vs. 4:3 question.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Yep, I seahorsed.
paisley - January 8, 2012
7 is good
but Silverlight, which won’t stay fullscreen on the 2nd screen when I click somewhere else (here, on screen 1). Sigh.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Italy
Marco Fontana and Eva Lechner
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Oh, I am SO happy it's no longer Vania Rossi!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
And we're off
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
small peleton
singhstax - January 8, 2012
Yep, 20 or so?
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Tiny peloton
One corner down and already the commentator is mixing up Sven VT and Sven Nys. Oy vey.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
no pro
geert - January 8, 2012
looks like a smallish PdC podium too
glad I could make it.
paisley - January 8, 2012
oops, by podium I meant “peloton”
paisley - January 8, 2012
the main Crossers are here
the competition is still fierce.
singhstax - January 8, 2012
true, true
I’m sure the pace will pick up with each lap. : )
paisley - January 8, 2012
ATV sighting
singhstax - January 8, 2012
Its a bit strange Alberts in the front
so early….
singhstax - January 8, 2012
I know! Funny, though!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
I so have no clue who is who...!
Still fun to watch…!!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Niels Albert is in black and white in the lead
Dieter Vanthourenhout is also in black and white
Rob Peeters is the guy behind Albert in yellow, white and blue
Tommeke Meeusen is also in yellow, white and blue; he has more of a babyface
Klaas Vantornout is in in red and white, the taller one
Kevin Pauwels is also in red and white, but he’s shorter and tinier
Sven Vanthourenhout is in green, with a yellow helmet
Sven Nys is also in green, but with a white helmet
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
DVT was the nice boy who indicated 'left' when approaching the left turn after the finish
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Niels on the attack
Rob Peeters, Sven VT, Klaas VT and Dieter VT following
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
C’mom Bart A
paisley - January 8, 2012
A crossrace with only belgians
It’s just like every other crossrace
Jens - January 8, 2012
Hahaha, yes indeed!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
hehe
Styby used to screw things up a bit
Uphill - January 8, 2012
There is less
comical falling off, perhaps.
straw dog - January 8, 2012
So, PdC folk
Who do you THINK will win, & who do you WANT to win?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Nys, Meeusen
Jens - January 8, 2012
Not one of the favorites..!
Just to be a surprise..!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
I'd quite like Peeters or Meeusen or someone
It looks like Albert, though (unless Nys can hulk it? I really want Nys back in the tricolor, if only cos I hate his green this year!)
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Albert will win
but Nys is my favourite from since the last millennium.
singhstax - January 8, 2012
Dito
Nys doesn’t look so good
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Strike that, he's already in second place now
Just a lap to get to his best
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
well, my man is in hospital, so instead I will go for Peeters
Uphill - January 8, 2012
Hope your man gets better soon :(
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
he is strong and will make it, but the whole thing sounds very bad.
Uphill - January 8, 2012
Nys has caught up with the group behind Albert
who has a sizeable gap already
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
NO one can catch Albert here
this is over.
singhstax - January 8, 2012
Lots of crashes in the previous races
it ain’t over.
Nys is right on his wheel now
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
thankfully
singhstax - January 8, 2012
I like that alley between the trees.
paisley - January 8, 2012
Oh my
Nys is catching up fast
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Christ but that was a slow start from Nys
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Almost like he confused himself with Albert for a second there
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Pah!
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Battle of the sandbaggers
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
story of my life
singhstax - January 8, 2012
"cough cough, you go first"
“no no , I couldn’t possibly with this back of mine”
We could be in for a long afternoon
Jens - January 8, 2012
Hehehe
“I don;t trust that kid as far as I can throw him.”
“well you shouldn’t be throwing anybody with your bad back, Ed”
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
You're the sausage king of Chicago aren't you?
Jens - January 8, 2012
that's right - I'm Abe Froeman
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
just joined - is it Nys + Albert out front?
JustJoshinYa - January 8, 2012
Yep
Albert attacked right of the bat, Nys was way back but caught up quickly with a massive hulk it effort.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
your crystal ball is pretty good.
Uphill - January 8, 2012
The shade of green on Nys threw me for a second...but white helmet gave it away...
JustJoshinYa - January 8, 2012
I want the old green back
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
looks like Kermit the Frog
JustJoshinYa - January 8, 2012
It's not easy being green...
JustJoshinYa - January 8, 2012
Bah, it used to be lovely!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
apparently it's not THAT hard
paisley - January 8, 2012
Ha :)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Ja, kiss Kermit goodbye
and say hello to black/yellow/red
Jens - January 8, 2012
my favourite cross colour
singhstax - January 8, 2012
How come Kermit never turned into a prince
when Miss Piggy kissed him?
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
+ so many....
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
+1
Fading green. wtf.
Uphill - January 8, 2012
WELLENS UPDATE
He’s getting better, he’s even talking. Wow. Doctors were talking of a 35% chance he wouldn’t survive the night.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
better is better!!
paisley - January 8, 2012
Phew, here's to his continued recovery
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
+Many many many
VirtKitty - January 8, 2012
How high was his fever? Usually organs get in danger around 105-106F
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
40°C
which is 104 degrees Fahrenheit, says google
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
well, when it reached 40°C they rushed him to hospital
maybe it got higher than that afterwards, don’t know
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
40 c
don’t know how much that is in f
geert - January 8, 2012
Really fucking hot for an adult
At 106 you start to cook your own organs
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Hey, K-Pow, remember him?
He’s in tenth position atm.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
dying halfway into the season.
Uphill - January 8, 2012
Albert sand bagging to much?
singhstax - January 8, 2012
No, I think he's genuinely tired
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Ha!
young pretender no longer pretending!
singhstax - January 8, 2012
Come on Sven
HULK IT!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
albert looks cooked
JustJoshinYa - January 8, 2012
nys looks like he'll lap the field by the end
JustJoshinYa - January 8, 2012
only 10 secs
not over yet
singhstax - January 8, 2012
I'd like to see what is happening behind the front two, please.
paisley - January 8, 2012
Yes, dito
we know Nys is in the front already
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
ok, Tom Meeusen is in third, 30s or so back
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
This is a deceiptfully heavy course
Also, there is something incredibly beautiful about a well executed dismount/stair run/re-mount.
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Is it the same Hoogerheide course they race on in whichever series it is?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
We're in Hooglede-Gits today
so, no :)
We had a world champs here in 2007, and a world cup race in, uh 2005? ’04? ’06? Around that time.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
that'll be it!
Thankyou!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Hoogerheide is in the Netherlands
albeit 5 km from the Belgian border.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Adrie van der Poel is from Hoogerheide
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
I feel like one of those stereotypical Brits
“It’s foreign, it sounds the same”…. the shame!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Nah, it does sound much the same
Easy to mix ’em up
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Lap 2 done
1. Sven Nys
2. Niels Albert +9s
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
If I were Rob, Dieter, Kevin, Tommeke etc
I’d be wishing I had thought to tell the world about MY bad back/pneumonia etc….
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Tommeke did :)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
tommeke
was not sandbagging
geert - January 8, 2012
No he was not
You can DNS Leuven to sandbag, but you don’t DNS Baal just for the hell of it.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Ha, for this race?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Ok, the telephone commercial was kind of funny
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
indeed
Uphill - January 8, 2012
Sorry didn't get it my apple was ringing at that time..?
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
I see what you did there
Is your pancake a fax machine?
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Yummmm!!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
big action during that commercial interlude, eh?
paisley - January 8, 2012
Ok somebody has to say it...
if Wellens comes from behind here – ultimate sandbag?
(I really hope he gets better, or I will feel bad for making jokes…)
straw dog - January 8, 2012
Hard to remember sometimes that Nys is 35
He’s got a million miles on his odometer
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
By the look of his shorts it's 2 million
Jens - January 8, 2012
Haha, messing up terribly right as they take you out of the race
that’s a shame
If 2BE showed us anything beyond the first two riders, we could play ‘spot the road cyclist’ here too. Zico Waeytens and Jelle Wallays (both TSV) are there too.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
yep
2be def not pro
geert - January 8, 2012
It's very boring this way
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Zico? his dad loved soccer eh?
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Probably yes :)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
albert not quitting
geert - January 8, 2012
Never! Which is good.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Where is the rest of the field???
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
seriously, this not that small a peloton
paisley - January 8, 2012
Albert catching up back?
singhstax - January 8, 2012
looks like status quo
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Niels is not a quitter. I like that about him.
Plus he’s the CAS of CX
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Niels The Arbitrator
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Lot's of delays early on
but when he gets down to business the effect is devastating
Jens - January 8, 2012
lots
Jens - January 8, 2012
Hehe
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
and Bart A is the Chris Horner -- all smiles
paisley - January 8, 2012
De goeie rug van Sven is helemaal terug.
Pure poetry.
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
The good back Sven is back?
singhstax - January 8, 2012
Sven's good back is back
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
hartelijk bedankt
singhstax - January 8, 2012
yes, sort of.
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Klaas VT DNF
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
with this lead, will Nys change bikes every lap?
paisley - January 8, 2012
I think so, yes
Albert will, too. Too much mud.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Three laps to go
Dullest race of the season?
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
close
Uphill - January 8, 2012
well, the company is nice, at least
paisley - January 8, 2012
Cross without foreigners is like frites without mayo
Jens - January 8, 2012
Ha!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Or Sweden without popular murder mysteries turned into movies on 2 continents
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
I liked the original one
haven’t seen the American one (yet)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Me neither and I don't have plans to (much as I like Daniel Craig). It's too Hollywood.
I enjoyed the original very much, would like to see the Lisbeth actress is more stuff. She’s devestating.
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
apparently she's the only good thing in the new Sherlock movie
paisley - January 8, 2012
There was a woman who was good in the new Sherlock movie?
Not that I remember.
majope - January 8, 2012
Will have to verify
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
perhaps you fell for the, "Well it is Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, how bad can it be?" ploy
paisley - January 8, 2012
Go online and watch the new Brit Sherlock (A Scandal in Belgravia).
Kicks Hollywood’s ass.
majope - January 8, 2012
I am tyring to resist temptation and wait -- you are not helping
paisley - January 8, 2012
It's not scheduled to be shown here until MAY.
We couldn’t wait that long.
majope - January 8, 2012
I don't like my chances of waiting it out either...
paisley - January 8, 2012
I don't even know when it's scheduled on Belgian telly
but at least we get BBC here
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
The BBC Sherlock is absolute aces
Recorded the previous episode but haven’t watched it yet
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
It is great
(was it Belgravia?, The original is Bohemia)
Jens - January 8, 2012
They're doing that title updating
Study in Pink (Scarlet) etc
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Yes. They have fun with the original titles.
majope - January 8, 2012
Oh, I have last week's to watch
LOVED the 1st mini-series, such good tv!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
BC is excellent in Tinker, Tailor too
Jens - January 8, 2012
I didn't see that
it looked beautifully done, from the trailers
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
I thought Rupert Everett made a good Sherlock
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
banned
Jens - January 8, 2012
Meh - I like them both and know it's going to be a popcorn movie ahead of time
What is does make me want to do is re-watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
I did laugh at lot at the first one
but possibly in all the wrong places…
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
I liked the new Sherlock movie
Entertaining, though obviously not high-brow stuff.
Also, Robert Downey Jr. has much hottitude.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
We saw it the other night here in Baltimore.
It was entertaining, but they go for too much action, not enough plot. Of course, at $12 a ticket, it was almost like being mugged.
majope - January 8, 2012
I only ever go when I can score free tickets these days
bloody criminal prices
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
It's not that it's not high-brow
it’s that it’s not very Sherlock Holmes!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Why, no cocaine?
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
It was a bit more James Bond than Sherlock Holmes at times, yes
but I still had fun
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Hmm, frites for dinner...
that’s not a half bad idea
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
I dunno, at least there's mud
Imagine how boring it would be on a dry course!
(I still think those dry races were duller – Igorre, eg)
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Good morning from the lobby of a Marriott in Baltimore!
Hello all, go Nys, best wishes to Wellens.
majope - January 8, 2012
good morning! I hope the lobby internet cooperates for the lap few laps
paisley - January 8, 2012
So far, so good.
My sucky power cord is more worrying—it cuts out at the slightest nudge, then I have to unplug it, wait a minute or two, then plug it back in and hope it decides to work.
majope - January 8, 2012
our macbooks seem to eat cords -- most annoying (and expensive!)
paisley - January 8, 2012
I'm on my 3rd cord in a year
In fact, one more, and it’s been worth buying the 3 year apple care package to get them replaced for free!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
design flaw, I'd say
paisley - January 8, 2012
You know chewing on them is bad, right?
Jens - January 8, 2012
Ja
I never chewed on my Mac’s power chords and they’re fine.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Damn, that must be where I'm going wrong!
Using it as a lasso is fine, right?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
You can buy universal back ups fairly cheap you know
unless you’re on a mac. I know nothing about macs.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Mostly, I just need a new computer.
My little pink netbook is nearly 3 years old, and other computers snicker and point at its specs.
majope - January 8, 2012
I bought a new one earlier this year
the previous one was 5 years old. Computers really aren’t made to last that long.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
It's a losing game.
One month after you buy the newest shiniest one on the lot, a superdoublemega version will come out at exactly the same price you paid.
majope - January 8, 2012
That's why I never by the newest shiniest ones
can’t win that game anyway
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Morning!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Good morning Baltimore!
AND Majope! I have really weird visions of that city, based on the films of John Waters and The Wire!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
And Homocide?
paisley - January 8, 2012
I never watched that
but yes, that too!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Baltimore has been cooperating nicely--someone at the convention was mugged the first night very close to the hotel.
I think the hotel arranged it to drum up more business for their restaurant.
majope - January 8, 2012
Blimey!
What convention is it? Which could be a roundabout way of asking what you’ll be dressed as today!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Ha! Society for Historical Archaeology, where mr. m has just assumed the presidency.
Don’t think Indiana Jones, though. Lots of jeans for this crowd.
majope - January 8, 2012
congrats to mr. m
paisley - January 8, 2012
Oh, yes, that too!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
I just DID think Indiana Jones!
So, will you be tweedy professor’s wife, or sexy tomb raider type?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Not sure I can pull off the Lara Croft thing.
But I don’t have a lot of tweed, either…well, I have 2 years to figure it out.
majope - January 8, 2012
You could be female version of Indy, rather than Lara Croft?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Maybe Karen Allen in the first Indy movie.
majope - January 8, 2012
No whips
this is an absolute demand from the International CabinBoy Union
Jens - January 8, 2012
I was looking at the Cabin Boy doll the other day, thinking he needed more work...
majope - January 8, 2012
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Wait until ursula prices Dekker ay 16 p
and then make a really top notch Cabinboy Skip version
Jens - January 8, 2012
Cabin Boy Skippy would not survive that.
majope - January 8, 2012
set your own unique 1st lady style
paisley - January 8, 2012
Lycra?
VirtKitty - January 8, 2012
As long as you don't let mr. m turn into Nicholas Cage
in those abysmal National Treasure movies. Or doctor Carter in The Librarian.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
truly abysmal movies - make the new Sherlocks look positively brilliant
paisley - January 8, 2012
Ha! I'll be vigilant.
mr. m is big into English Laundry shirts and skinny jeans, if that helps picture him.
majope - January 8, 2012
(oh, ps, I meant sexy-tomb-raider-type-of-archaelogist, not wife!)
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Historical Archaeology
is that the study of how people used to do archaeology..?
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
I will pass that one on.
majope - January 8, 2012
Rob Peeters in third position now
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
set everything in now, Peeters. Go.
Uphill - January 8, 2012
I want him to podium
if only so I can coo over his cute baby. It’s about the only baby that does that to me!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Nice and muddy today.
majope - January 8, 2012
Yeah, it is
Too bad Nys is so much better than everyone else, and that the damn tv channel hasn’t shown us anyone other than Nys or Albert for 4 laps
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
It would truly be less dull if we could see some of the other action.
paisley - January 8, 2012
now we just need some riders
Uphill - January 8, 2012
ROB PEETERS!
We finally get to see someone else!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
The great American Ben Berden with a bit of a tumble there
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
and I missed it.
paisley - January 8, 2012
lol
singhstax - January 8, 2012
Germany
Christoph Pfingsten
Philipp Walsleben
Marcel Meisen
Lars Boom is leading in Holland
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Boom...where have I heard that name before?
majope - January 8, 2012
Fun fact
his latest lap time was 30 secs slower than mini Lars in the U23 race.
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Did you see it? I only see skating
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
@adpertijs
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
That's a BRILLIANT fact!
How come mini Lars wasn’t racing for the grown-up title?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
He wanted to be 100% sure he'd win?
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Surprised Walsleben didn't win
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
still recovering from whatever nasty thing he had maybe?
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Pfingsten is quite a good rider.
Maybe a bit better on the road though.
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Lars leading? Naaaaa....!
All you need t Mariana won in the women side..!
pablo777 - January 8, 2012
Two laps to go
Sven Nys 38s ahead of Niels Albert.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
FWIW, his new Hulk green colors are much closer to the Lou Ferrigno Hulk
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Sounds like the race behind is full of crashes
from twitter – Pauwels crashed & DNF too?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Yep - the sharp downhill is claiming a lot of victimes
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
No, K-Pow is still in the race
3min something down though, so maybe he did crash. Don’t know.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
He did crash, there was a replay
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Ah, didn't catch that
Maybe I just start paying attention to the race
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Nah, it's much more fun talking about Sherlock
and what majope’s wearing today!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
No, sorry!
It was his team mate.
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Jim Aernouts!
I did see that!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Tough day at the office for Niels
Chapeau
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
my feed got bored and stopped for a bit there
paisley - January 8, 2012
I was expecting a slugfest today
but I am still pleased with this result
singhstax - January 8, 2012
DING DING DING
Sven Nys ∞ seconds ahead of Niels Albert
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Good for him.
majope - January 8, 2012
OT: in what context did Frank Schleck say those magical words you have as your sig?
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Yes, I would like to know this too
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
He and Andy were training on a track in Belgium because the weather sucked at home.
majope - January 8, 2012
Ah, Ghent
saw some footage of that
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
I thought he was explaining his cobble skills
singhstax - January 8, 2012
8th national title for Kermit apparently
Jens - January 8, 2012
Party time chez the Cant family
Kevin Cant wins the amateur Belgian Champs
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Sanne's little brother, yes?
I thought he rode u23 too? Or was that Jelle?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
no clue
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
That's some early cheering there Sven :D
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
He's got the time....
VirtKitty - January 8, 2012
Should have stopped at the frites bus there
Jens - January 8, 2012
and for a beer
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Secret to success?
Still being happy as a little kid even though this is your eighth title?
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Works for Vos!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
this one means a lot to him
singhstax - January 8, 2012
and to me too
NO MORE KERMIT-NYS!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
+1
VirtKitty - January 8, 2012
someone special in the crowd at that spot?
paisley - January 8, 2012
what a performance by Nys.
Uphill - January 8, 2012
Sven Nys' first medal at the medal champs
was bronze in 1999. His first gold? A year later.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Do any of you know, off the top of your head, when Rotterdam 6day starts?
I know, I know, i could google, but you lot MIGHT know!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
What time you mean?
cause it’s been going for a few days
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
time, yes
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Think it's already on
Jens - January 8, 2012
Nice, Nys!
majope - January 8, 2012
THE END
The master wins again, for the eighth time
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
What dominance!
paisley - January 8, 2012
Aw, Albert doesn't look happy.
majope - January 8, 2012
He'll just have to wait
til Nys retires
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
He had it last year
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
I wish my back felt as bad as Sven's
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
Niels looks very unhappy there
Maybe his pneumonia is hurting?
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Aw, look at Sven
He’s actually crying
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Christ, Sven is really emotional
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
delayed reaction from seeing the semi-nude guy
Jens - January 8, 2012
Maybe it's cause of Bart too?
They have been racing together since the dawn of time
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
I'd like to think it's the latter and not the former
How come when people streak, it’s always someone you’d never want to see naked or semi clothed?
Drew Davis - January 8, 2012
How come people streak? At all
paisley - January 8, 2012
Rob Peeters third, Sven VT fourth, Tommeke Meeusen fifth
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
well
i’m off to baal
party tonight
geert - January 8, 2012
Have a good time!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Have fun!
majope - January 8, 2012
It's been fun, folks, but my inlaws are coming up from Richmond any minute.
There will be brunch involved, which is good, but also two small children and an irascible old man.
majope - January 8, 2012
thanks for the companhy!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Ditto!
majope - January 8, 2012
put them all at the same end of the table?
Have fun in Baltimore! Don’t get mugged!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
happy brunch!
paisley - January 8, 2012
Tenth place
for K-Pow, 4min15s back
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Boom wins in Holland.
2. V. Amerongen, 3. Wubben.
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Deed Gerben mee?
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
6th
@denrijn
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Depends on what you call 'meedoen' ;)
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Ha
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Ouch :)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Will we get podium & interviews, do you think?
Given that we’re on this not-normal channel
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
are you asking the TV or tgsgirl?
paisley - January 8, 2012
Belgians
and Dutchies and anyone who could have heard something like “we’ll be interviewing the winners after the break”
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
just kidding -- it's just that she is our PdC source!
paisley - January 8, 2012
yeah, we'll get em
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Sven Nys
I never cried from happiness after a win. This morning I didn’t think I could start, and that made me very emotional. The first time this has happened to me, I just raced on emotion all day. To win like this, after I didn’t even think I could start… I’m very happy I can race in the Belgian jersey again for a year. And I see my teammate is fourth today. I ask the Belgian cycling federation to take that into consideration for the world champs. He’s important for me, it’s important for me to have him with me in the bedroom, it’s important to have him by my side… I ask them, as the Belgian champ, to consider that.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Aw, nice to Nys to use this for his friend!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
+1
paisley - January 8, 2012
Emotional
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Don't think I've ever seen him like that
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
I think the same happened in Gieten
when he saw his son after the finish… it was the weekend of Nys-closed-the-door-on-Pauwelsgate.
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Niels Albert
Sven was best today, I’m the first to admit that. It was an honest race, simple as that. The best won. Today was a race where you could your own thing, so I went with Rob Peeters, but I saw Sven Nys caught up quickly. His back? It probably wasn’t that bad, otherwise you can’t do this. But I believe him you know, I’m not going to argue with him.
It’s not cause you’re out for three weeks that you just become Belgian or world champ. It’s definitely not guaranteed I’ll win there.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
you can hardly blame him for thinking, "bad back, yeah right"
paisley - January 8, 2012
Mind you, his pneumonia didn't seem to be affecting him either....
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
True
unless that is what we were seeing on his face.
paisley - January 8, 2012
Rob Peeters
I don’t like it when they put the pressure on me, I always get insecure. At the start I saw Klaas was struggling, and I saw him fall back and then I managed to get on the podium. Fantastic. This race was tailormade for Bart Wellens. I don’t know how he’s doing right now, I tried to worry about it as little as possible, cause of course it’s a huge shock when your team leader is suddenly in intensive care. I may go visit him tomorrow.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
That was a lot of fast talking
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
thank you for the translations
paisley - January 8, 2012
np
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Nys crying in the replay clip - aw!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Thanks for the translations, gs
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
look! a big blue hat
paisley - January 8, 2012
There he is Pigeons :)
He looks more like a boy today
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
looks more confused too
maybe he’s used to it by now
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Oh, I like the holding the baby above his head!
That’s one hell of a victory salute!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Rob's baby makes me happy every time!
Attention stealer!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Pigeons — here is your baby shot.
paisley - January 8, 2012
Crowd going insane for Sven!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Brit men
Fieldy wins, according to twitter!
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
At LAST!!!!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Sven just looks so RIGHT in the Belgian jersey!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
Aw, the jersey is back where it belongs :)
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
The only problem is
If Sven wins Worlds, there’ll be no Belgian jersey on show for a season… Not that Sven will mind, I’m sure….
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
(I'm imagining Albertina yelling NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! at the prospect!)
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
a sacrifice he'd be willing to make, no doubt
paisley - January 8, 2012
It has been suggested by some
that winning the Belgian champs is harder than winning the world champs. At the World Champs, there are only six* Belgians at the start…
*or seven if we’re leading the world cup
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Ha!
Again, I’m hearing Albertina in my mind!
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
La douce France
1. Duval 2. Chainel 3. Mourey
No more naked lady jerseys in cross races
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Tragedy that
CelticPride - January 8, 2012
OR
lady in tricolore underwear on the back of national champion jersey.
UrlaubinPolen - January 8, 2012
Dutch champs videos
Marianne Vos & Lars van den Haar after winning their races
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
and Lars Boom
Sarah Connolly - January 8, 2012
"So this is the end of your cyclocross season?" - "Yes."
(Aside: I don’t like interviewing by statements instead of questions.)
tedvdw - January 8, 2012
Leading the interviewee is never good
unless it’s Kevin Pauwels. Then you simply don’t have a choice.
tgsgirl - January 8, 2012
Lars Boom isn't the most interesting interviewee either.
blackswangreen - January 8, 2012
Video from all the British Nationals
http://video.mpora.com/watch/6aSVsdF2w/
Sarah Connolly - January 10, 2012
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