SB Nation User Blog: guidemd

Aussie sense of humour?

guidemd — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:43:46 -0000

Aussie sense of humour?

link to a photo from Cadel Evans' website, from a book-signing event today/yesterday (depending on one's time zone!) - note the phrase on the T-shirt, lol.

2009 Canadian Cyclocross Championships

guidemd — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:27:10 -0000

(Oct 15 9:36 pm MDT - edited to correct the link to "last year")

My husband and I made it to nationals again this year on Saturday, but it was a lot different than last year- way colder (with snow), and with a 4-month-old baby in tow. A brief photo summary (more details here on my sometime-blog):

Chloe in her snowsuit with daddy

New course feature #1 - sandpit

New course feature #2 - flyover scaffolding-ramp (with eventual elite mens' repeat champ Geoff Kabush)

We took a number of photos of eventual winner Geoff Kabush

Womens' podium (1. Alison Sydor, 2. Pepper Harlton, 3. Natasha Elliott)

Elite Mens' podium (1. Geoff Kabush, 2. Derrick St. John, 3. Aaron Schooler)

And, for good measure, a much cuter photo of Chloe in her PdC onesie, now that it isn't actually miles too big! You can almost see that she does not favour either black socks or white socks, but instead pink socks with rattles on them, and believes that all cyclists should wear the same.

Canadian Worlds Team

guidemd — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:29:04 -0000

From Canadian Cyclist:

Elite Men - Road Race
Michael Barry (ON)
Svein Tuft (BC)
Ryder Hesjedal (BC)

Elite Men - ITT
Svein Tuft (BC)
Christian Meier (BC)

U23 Men - Road Race
Ryan Anderson (BC)
David Veilleux (QC)
Guillaume Boivin (QC)
David Boily (QC)

U23 Men - ITT
Ryan Anderson (BC)
David Veilleux (QC)

Women:

Alison Testroete (BC)
Tara Whitten (AB)
Erinne Willock (BC)
Julie Beveridge (ON)
Joelle Numainville (QC)
Heather Logan (ON)

Interesting about the men, I figured Barry/Tuft/Hesjedal were the likeliest to ride the RR (sorry Aaron Fillion, the Canadian champ, but you're not really at the same level - interesting that they only changed the selection criteria this year I think as prior I think the Canadian champ was a given for worlds...) - but Meier for the TT is intriguing considering Hesjedal is a prior Canadian TT champ and I don't think Meier considers himself a particularly strong TT'er. I presume Meier's 2nd place this year at the Canadian champs was a factor in the selection, and maybe they wanted to have more Canadians at worlds rather than just pick 2 TT'ers from those riding the RR.

As for the U23's, Lyne would know better than me but Anderson and Veilleux have had some good results this year (particularly Veilleux for KBS). And what with new motherhood and all I can barely keep up with the ProTour type cycling let alone trying to pay attention to women's results this year :(, so I can't comment there.

"New Brunswicker is cycling the world" (local media interview with Christian Meier of Garmin)

guidemd — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:43:24 -0000

"New Brunswicker is cycling the world" (local media interview with Christian Meier of Garmin)

... not to be confused with the Australian Cam Meyer also on Garmin ;-). Of course, there have to be the comparisons to hockey and the explanation of what a domestique does for the non-cycling readership - the writer makes it interesting. and a good quote:
"It is work without glory yet Meier finds romance in it. "For some reason as much as I admired the winners and champions I always had a deep respect for the domestiques. The guys who ride day in and day out and do the work and get bottles. They'll ride two or three of the Grand Tours a year. For me that held huge appeal. You always want to be a rider and a winner and a champion but I also enjoy being a domestique. I love riding at the front of a race.""

"Chris Horner heals and hopes for call to Tour de France" - article from OregonLive

guidemd — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:03:04 -0000

"Chris Horner heals and hopes for call to Tour de France" - article from OregonLive

cool tidbits about Horner's life in Bend including stuff about his kids... oh, and cycling of course!

Cdn Cyclist Interview with Svein Tuft

guidemd — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:17:10 -0000

Cdn Cyclist Interview with Svein Tuft

good to hear that Tuft is finally getting back to normal, I'd thought his crash at De Panne didn't sound so horrible and wondered why he didn't seem to have raced since (and was pulled from Garmin's Giro team) but it sounds like he'd been having post-concussion effects from his ToC crash even until just recently.

Misc. Giro Roster news - McEwen out, Astana's last race?

guidemd — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:24:30 -0000

Robbie just tweeted an hour or so ago that he will not be riding the Giro - more at his website.

And, there's apparently an article at a Kazahk site (google translation here) which claims that Astana's financial difficulties continue and that if they finish the Giro it might be the team's last race. (found via DPF). That adds some intrigue to the whole question of "who will Astana's leader be at the Tour?" - guess the question shifts to "will Contador and Armstrong be able to ride the Tour at all?".

SBS "Bike Shorts" with Matt Keenan - analysis of recent crashes

guidemd — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:47:23 -0000

SBS "Bike Shorts" with Matt Keenan - analysis of recent crashes

Keenan (sometime CTV commentator) comments on a number of recent crashes with some good analysis - including Armstrong, O'Grady, Schleck/Lloyd, McEwen, and the Bos/Impey incident (someone quoted Keenan in one of the Bos threads, not sure if they'd seen this video or whether it was transcribed somewhere) - also some pics (somewhat graphic) of Keenan directly after his own crash 3 weeks ago, glad to see he's recovering.

English Interview with Cadel Evans at sporza

guidemd — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:49:33 -0000

English Interview with Cadel Evans at sporza

click on "reactie Evans (Engels)" under audio for the interview, the accompanying article has just a brief summary but not really all of it.

Mike Barry's pre-Roubaix report ... good omen for George?

guidemd — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:50:24 -0000

Mike Barry's pre-Roubaix report ... good omen for George?

In reading this article by Barry over at Pedal, I thought it was interesting that the last time Barry rode Paris-Roubaix was the year of Hincapie's best finish (2nd in 2005) ... coincidence? ;-)