Canadian in the Lead of the Giro D'Italia ---- 1st Time Ever

[mrquincy]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2012/05/12/sp-cycling-giro-italia-ryder-hesjedal.html

 

[Mudcat]

Oh. Well then. Go hoser and do that thing.

 

[mrquincy]

Oh. Well then. Go hoser and do that thing.

Well played sir....

It is pretty amazing however, what these guys do..they average 130 miles a day at speeds over 25 mph for 3 weeks in a row... It'd be great to see a Canadian on the podium at the end of one of the most famous bicycle races in history...

 

[Oksana]

Yeah it would MrQ!

I often get put off because of the doping part of cycling but a Canadian being up there for the Giro is pretty f'n marvellous! This isn't some little bike race.

Brilliant stuff and ty xo

 

[Mudcat]

Well played sir....

It is pretty amazing however, what these guys do..they average 130 miles a day at speeds over 25 mph for 3 weeks in a row... It'd be great to see a Canadian on the podium at the end of one of the most famous bicycle races in history...

No doubt, no doubt. It is a probably good thing that not all Canadian athletes are focused on slapshots and inturn draws. I am automatically behind the guy.

I just never heard of him and I don't follow cycling. Do you know more about him? Is he representing us in any of the cycling at the London Olympics?

 

[mrquincy]

Hi Everyone,

I been out of the GTA for the last week and 1/2. I am back to the land of high speed internet... I think Ryder is going to win. I'm on him to win now. He is the odds on favorite at this point and is at +190 . Get it while it's hot...

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/05/news/easy-ryder-calm-before-the-mountain-storm_220782

 

[roguejuror]

where were you mr quincy?

 

[mrquincy]

where were you mr quincy?

I was just at my house, in the Ottawa Valley... I own a house in the country that I am fixing up and hope to retire to someday... Right now, however there are no high speed internet options, so I have to keep a dialup account... pages take forever to load so I dont bother posting much when I don't have a high speed connection.

 

[betplom]

:
Quincy, common!

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[mrquincy]

:
Quincy, common!

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Not available yet in my area plom.....

 

[mrquincy]

Ryder is now -550 favorite to win the Giro tomorrow...

Go Ryder..... I hope some of you got in on the action before the line got down to -550

 

[Mudcat]

Wow. Prodigious effort.

Bring 'er home, fella.

 

[xpansive]

 

[roguejuror]

mr quincy i like your passion

 

[mrquincy]

I have a love for cycling. At the moment, I own no less than 8 bikes. I did some bicycle racing for fun for a few years so I have a ton of respect for the sport even if they are all doped up like race horses... I actually got to watch Hesjedal race one year in the Canada Cup Mountain bike series...This was about 10 years ago and he destroyed the whole field..obviously. I think part of the reason he is such an amazing road cyclist is because he has such a solid mountain bicycling background.... I just hope he can pull off the win tomorrow...He currently sits about 31 seconds behind the leader of the race but has a distinct advantage in the final stage....

 

[Mudcat]

Looks like we have a winner!

 

[betplom]

Kelly: Ryder Hesjedal’s Giro D’Italia victory is truly one for the ages

http://www.thestar.com/sports/artic...italia-victory-is-truly-one-for-the-ages?bn=1

 

[Virtuoso]

Nice to see a Canadian win it. Especially a BC Boy.