
Albertina
Jun 20, 2008 May 16, 2012 109 37162
20-something London girl. Slow cyclocross racer. Singer. Flute player. Pelota writer. Good at the Stern Librarian Glare.
Likes: Muddy Czechs, carrots, Basque sports, txakoli, Ename Tripel, cricket, Belgium, Flemish Euro-pop, marmottes, the colour orange, the screech of canti brakes, the Muur when viewed from the top.
Dislikes: seeing men in orange lying on the road, barriers designed for tall males, energy gels (pukeface), cucumbers, melons, the Muur when viewed from the bottom.
website: Dos Paredes
email:
a fan of
Bennati, Boonen, Euskaltel Euskadi, Intxausti, Anton, Capecchi, Viviani, Quinziato, Guarnieri, Oss, Basso, Albert, Stybar, Mondory, Guardini, Cimolai, Rodriguez, Rojas, Amador, Castroviejo, Costa, brothers Izagirre, Nieve, Landa, Moser, TXXXURRUKA!
Athletic Bilbao
Recent activity
Commented (oh man, not from THAT kind of experience I hasten to add!) on Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:31 PM EDT
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Commented Many cyclists have this condition in my experience ;) on Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:31 PM EDT
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Commented He does? on Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:15 PM EDT
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Commented I have a sore throat. I have the sads :( on Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:14 PM EDT
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Commented George Bennett on Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:14 PM EDT
Commented Evening my lovelies! on Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:02 PM EDT
Commented Oh I hadn't thought of that! I'd certainly have an incentive to hold the wheel then! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:56 AM EDT
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Commented This is Italy! Polemica time! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:55 AM EDT
Commented And we can take in the view without stress on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:53 AM EDT
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Commented All the cool kids hang out in the bus on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:51 AM EDT
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Commented Yep, I think that would be me. Only it wouldn't be suicide I hope ;) on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:49 AM EDT
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Commented He is? I'll take a closer look... ;) on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:44 AM EDT
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Commented I wouldn't want to be a sprinter. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:43 AM EDT
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Commented Well there's a turn up! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:42 AM EDT
Commented I can't believe you just said that. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:15 AM EDT
Commented Seahorse agrees! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:02 AM EDT
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Commented I have to go on the enquiry desk now. Life is cruel :( on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:01 AM EDT
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Commented Woo! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:01 AM EDT
Commented Technically it's 'an' on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 11:00 AM EDT
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Commented You think I should? on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:54 AM EDT
Commented I was just trying to be helpful! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:53 AM EDT
Commented It's okay, he's smiling in the photo! Sort of. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:52 AM EDT
Commented (also Tom, 'an' historic ;) on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:52 AM EDT
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Commented He could have checked his spelling given the momentous nature of the communication on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:51 AM EDT
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Commented I did grip him quite hard... on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:50 AM EDT
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Commented I even tweet him in Basque on occasion! Surely he must be impressed? on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:48 AM EDT
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Commented He's only ever replied once. Perhaps he thinks I'm a maniac? on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:45 AM EDT
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Commented I haven't even tweeted him in two days on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:32 AM EDT
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Commented Cry! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:30 AM EDT
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Commented Bah! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:30 AM EDT
Commented Have you got some premonition that he's going to crash in the last KM? I sincerely hope not! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:30 AM EDT
Commented Poor Gianni :( on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:12 AM EDT
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Commented I'm a librarian. I know everything. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:08 AM EDT
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Commented Oh good. It's nice to know that I'm brainy. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:06 AM EDT
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Commented I dispute that on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:05 AM EDT
Commented Hello again. Anything happened? (I'm guessing not) on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 10:00 AM EDT
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Commented Bah, I'll be on the enquiry desk then, and I can't really use the net on the enquiry desk here. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:56 AM EDT
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Commented I am politely not commenting on all this on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:55 AM EDT
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Commented Yawn. What's the expected finish time today? on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:44 AM EDT
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Commented Oh, how disappointing on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:40 AM EDT
Commented Is he wearing an Alice band? on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:35 AM EDT
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Commented Really? I'm not seeing it! You'll notice he has the Benat style chin smudge. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:35 AM EDT
Commented Cos I'm a cultured sort, like, this immediately sprang to mind on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:31 AM EDT
Commented Here seen at the on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:22 AM EDT
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Commented Francisco (better known as Javier) Aramendia used to be an Euskie, now rides for Caja Rural...oh no, hope he's ok :( on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 8:19 AM EDT
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Commented The gap's down to 2.35? They thought better of it, or what?! on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:59 AM EDT
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Commented Bah coffee on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:31 AM EDT
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Commented Well nobody told me. They sure don't want to experience my baking... on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:25 AM EDT
Commented Haha! That sounds rather primary-schoolesque. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:24 AM EDT
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Commented Ah, I have found five milk chocolate buttons. That will satiate me for about 5 minutes. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:18 AM EDT
Commented Fortunately for the NHS we have to buy our own on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:18 AM EDT
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Commented Every day last week there were cakes. This week? Nada. Bah. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:10 AM EDT
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Commented I'm extremely hungry and it's 2 hours until lunch time. And there are no biscuits in the staff room. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:06 AM EDT
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Commented Adrian Saez de Arregi Egurrola on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 6:05 AM EDT
Commented Morning. Yawn. on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:56 AM EDT
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Commented Le sigh. can I be of assistance? on Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/16/12 5:55 AM EDT
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Commented Right. Bed. Night all! on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:14 PM EDT
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Commented BAH! Tom got too far back in that corner! Almost :( on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:11 PM EDT
Commented Bahahahahahahaha on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:09 PM EDT
Commented Come on Tommeke. I want to go to sleep in a good mood. on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:07 PM EDT
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Commented Here you go on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:05 PM EDT
Commented Good grief, I'd forgotten about that photo! on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:04 PM EDT
Commented What...totally?! on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:01 PM EDT
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Commented It was at the time, but the effect has worn off on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:00 PM EDT
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Commented Liar on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 7:00 PM EDT
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Commented I'm sleeeeepy. Someone startle me. on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 6:58 PM EDT
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Commented I wasn't going to say anything, but... on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 6:43 PM EDT
Commented I have had a bath on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 6:40 PM EDT
Commented I may go and have a bath on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 6:03 PM EDT
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Commented Isn't it?! :) on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:41 PM EDT
Commented +1 on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:39 PM EDT
Commented Of course he did. He's Basso. on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:38 PM EDT
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Commented They have misspelt Aranburu. Bah. on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:37 PM EDT
Commented You omit the important information! Was he wearing the BBH?! on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:34 PM EDT
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Commented ES should be live in a moment according to their schedule on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:34 PM EDT
Commented I only have ES on the puter. I'm too poor to subscribe to it on the teevee on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:33 PM EDT
Commented Bah! Can we send them a list of people's rooms we'd like to see? on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:33 PM EDT
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Commented Boo! ES has motorbikes! on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:31 PM EDT
Commented No he did crash a while out yesterday on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:31 PM EDT
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Commented Jenever. That would be a fine thing. Share please. on Amgen Tour of California Sagan 3 LIVE on Podium Cafe - 05/15/12 5:30 PM EDT
