CUF TdF PREDICTION CONTEST RESULTS

[creekster]

FInal results. POicking the podium in order pushed the winners over the top. AS you can see, my minor alterations int he rules did not benefit Team Creekster. SPecial props to BBB sho smacked both Coach and Team C even though she didnt even have picks for the first stage. Well done! ANd an apology to Coach, who I made fun of early on. Karma is a . . . well, you know. Thanks to everyone for participating. It was fun!

COngrats to Mtn Bikr! If I can manage to work it out, he will be awarded his trophy at a special ceremony at the CUF Ride arond Tahoe dinner This week!

47 MtnBikr
44 Bela Vela
37 RC Viking
35 Bluegoose
35 BBB
34 Coach McGuirk
28 Team Creekster
12 Arch


Btw, if anyone wants to double check my math, and I encourage it, I will be happy to send you my spreadsheet of results. Just PM me.

The trophy!

[mtnbiker]

<waits for applause to die down>
Thank you, thank you very much.

First of all, I'd like to thank my team. Alberto, for taking such long pulls at the front and being such a team player. Boonen, for being ready to go at a moment's notice and keeping his nose clean. And Cadel, for exceeding all expectations. Oh, and I can't forget Carlos, for gracefully handling the crush of the press. Even Thor got into the act, winning green by getting that Cavendish upstart relegated when nobody else saw anything wrong.

And thanks to creekstr, for sponsoring the tour and managing to misspell my name at every turn. (Dude, I thought you said the prize was a chainring, not a brake!)

Thanks, guys, I couldn't have done it without you.

[creekster]

<waits for applause to die down>
Thank you, thank you very much.

First of all, I'd like to thank my team. Alberto, for taking such long pulls at the front and being such a team player. Boonen, for being ready to go at a moment's notice and keeping his nose clean. And Cadel, for exceeding all expectations. Oh, and I can't forget Carlos, for gracefully handling the crush of the press. Even Thor got into the act, winning green by getting that Cavendish upstart relegated when nobody else saw anything wrong.

And thanks to creekstr, for sponsoring the tour and managing to misspell my name at every turn. (Dude, I thought you said the prize was a chainring, not a brake!)

Thanks, guys, I couldn't have done it without you.

When your name is mispelled to begin with it seems a little peyty to compalin.

But seriously, speaking of petty, you are offered a jen you wine dia-compe front brake, circa 1985 or so and all you can do is moan about the chain ring?

I was going to give a chain ring away but I had a bag of old parts that I had left lying around and I think my wife liberated it to the goodwill store, which is sad becasue they will have no appreciateion for the treasure they have been given.

I can do this, if you are so hell bent on getting anew chain ring: mtandem is int he shop right now having some work done and among things I am having replaced are two fothe three rings, so if you are really that hot and bothered about it, I could give you one of those. Sheesh, its like dealing with my kids around here!

Speaking of which, no other comments about the results? I hate ot look needy but I AM needy, lets have some feedback, dang it!

Also, I would like the entire CUF podium to deliver a speech. (Note, I said a speech, and not a thinlky veiled series of whiny complaints) SO Belavela and RC, step up to the mike, please.

Oh, and BBB, I have had at least one interested party tell me they are suspicious of your picking prowess and wonder if you are merely the mouthpiece for some sort of international conglomerate. Have you any defense?

[mtnbiker]

When your name is mispelled to begin with it seems a little peyty to compalin.

Sheesh, its like dealing with my kids around here!

Ha ha ha. Dad, can I borrow the car? Can you put gas in it first?

[Coach McGuirk]

I sucked. I only wish that the trophy be sent to the winner every year, with the previous winner having added something to it. What a coveted item it shall be. I long for the day it is in my possession.


Thanks creekster.


One more thing, who is bella vella and why how did it beat me. That is the ringer not BBB.

[creekster]

I sucked. I only wish that the trophy be sent to the winner every year, with the previous winner having added something to it. What a coveted item it shall be. I long for the day it is in my possession.


Thanks creekster.


One more thing, who is bella vella and why how did it beat me. That is the ringer not BBB.

Bellavela is a mystery. A silent river cycling deep. Check out his entries on the Distance challenge. This is someone that knows a bicycle.

Speakign of which: I do imagine this will be a travelling trophy, right? Do you object to that mtainbeeker?

[mtnbiker]

Bellavela is a mystery. A silent river cycling deep. Check out his entries on the Distance challenge. This is someone that knows a bicycle.

Speakign of which: I do imagine this will be a travelling trophy, right? Do you object to that mtainbeeker?

No sweat, creaky. I've got a few broken bike bits I could add to it.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Bellavela is a mystery. I do imagine this will be a travelling trophy, right? Do you object to that mtainbeeker?

This is a fine idea, with each year's winner being burned into the trophy (I can't tell if the 2x4 is rich mahogany or African Rosewood, but there's clearly quality there). It joins the Stanley Cup and Claret Jug as one of the great sports championship icons. The prospect of such magnificent workmanship resting on the PAC mantelpiece is enough to induce me to join next year's competition.

[Self-edit: I meant that the winner's name should be burned into the trophy; I am not advocating that mtnbkr himself be set ablaze atop the award]

[creekster]

This is a fine idea, with each year's winner being burned into the trophy (I can't tell if the 2x4 is rich mahogany or African Rosewood, but there's clearly quality there). It joins the Stanley Cup and Claret Jug as one of the great sports championship icons. The prospect of such magnificent workmanship resting on the PAC mantelpiece is enough to induce me to join next year's competition.

I am not sure about the 2x4 wood type, but I do know it was kiln dried, my friend. And the back stop is real maple veneer 3/8 plywood. You heard it correctly, REAL maple veneer. Oh, and it was all hand sawn in about 4 minutes, give or take two or three minutes. I think wach winner should be allwoed to enter his/her own name and year of victory.

[beelzebabette]

Oh, and BBB, I have had at least one interested party tell me they are suspicious of your picking prowess and wonder if you are merely the mouthpiece for some sort of international conglomerate. Have you any defense?

Hey! I'll have you know I put at least two minutes thought into picking every one of those stages. </muttering under my breath>

[creekster]

Hey! I'll have you know I put at least two minutes thought into picking every one of those stages. </muttering under my breath>

Thanks.

Do you hear that hissing sound? That's my cycling ego deflating even farther. 'pre-she-ate it.

[Babs]

Do you hear that hissing sound? That's my cycling ego deflating.

you sure that's not your rear tire? Might explain a couple of those recent times you recorded.

(kidding! only kidding!)

[Bellavela]

Bellavela is a mystery. A silent river cycling deep. Check out his entries on the Distance challenge. This is someone that knows a bicycle.

Speaking of which, no other comments about the results? I hate ot look needy but I AM needy, lets have some feedback, dang it!

Also, I would like the entire CUF podium to deliver a speech. (Note, I said a speech, and not a thinlky veiled series of whiny complaints) SO Belavela and RC, step up to the mike, please.

Testing 1, 2, 3. . .is thing on? Sorry, I am not much of a speechafier but when a fellow being is in need or "needy" who am I not to lend a hand. I would like to thank all the little people who made my second place possible this year. Uhh, what did I win? I think a nice golden plaque with the words "a silent river cycling deep" would be appropriate. ha ha. . .oh, wait, is that whining?!

I know this is not clever and funny but you can't have everything in a winner. Thanks creekster. . . it was fun and I look forward to having that trophy on my mantel. . .how big is it?

[RC Vikings]

Also, I would like the entire CUF podium to deliver a speech. (Note, I said a speech, and not a thinlky veiled series of whiny complaints) SO Belavela and RC, step up to the mike, please.

Some may call my finish third place but I prefer to call it 2nd loser. At this point I am already going over the junior riders in Spain and Columbia and looking for that rider who may take that flyer on stage 18 next year and surprise everyone but yours truly because I will be prepared. I have hired a scout to attend every stage of the Giro next year and send me a daily evaluation of the sprinters. I plan on attending Paris-Nice next year to get a real feel for how everyone did through the winter. And lastly I will read every single tweeter from LA to follow him mental make up during the year. That Dia-Comp brake will be mine next year and I will not be deterred from my goal.

[creekster]

you sure that's not your rear tire? Might explain a couple of those recent times you recorded.

(kidding! only kidding!)

its niot my deflated rear tie, its my inflated spare tire that causes those slow times. But thanks for pointing it out.