Silly TdF musings...

[Eden]

Apparently there's a Danish cartoon character that is a chicken - Rasmussen being so skinny has been compared to the cartoon character (I've also heard him called skinny chicken and chicken legs...)
I've heard that nicknaming in the peleton is pretty common and you don't get to choose your own nickname... I think is more rare that we, the spectators, get to know what the nicknames are.

Rasmussen dancing on the pedals - funky chicken
Rasmussen's TT performace last year -........ chicken (I'll let you guess )

oh - as far as nicknames go - you know Manuel Beltran, even the commentators call him Tricky sometimes. Well its not because he is a good tactian. Apparently Tricky is the Spanish Sesame Street name for Cookie Monster - seems Beltran has a sweet tooth....

[slinkedog]

I shudder to think what sort of nickname I'd earn were I in the peloton.

[Lifesgreat]

My 70+ year old parents are now hooked on the Tore Day Frantz. It is fun to explain what is going on.


Love or hate Bob Roll, I think the following story is neat:
In _It's Not About the Bike_ Lance talks about Bobke. He was the one who rode with Lance at his "training camp" when he was set on quitting cycling. Lance had just dropped out of Paris-Nice when Craig Carmichael called Bobke and asked him to come to Boone, NC and ride with Lance. It rained and rained and they rode and rode. That's when/where Lance decided to continue to ride.

[BikeMomma]

Rasmussen's TT performace last year -........ chicken (I'll let you guess )

Shredded chicken?

Rasmussen trimming his uni-brow: Plucked chicken
When he's angry, Rasmussen probably gets in a really 'fowl' mood.
Rasmussen with a sunburn: Bbq chicken
Rasmussen in the winter: White chicken
- or perhaps rather -
Rasmussen in the winter: Frozen chicken
Rasmussen when he was younger: Spring chicken
Rasmussen full on pre-race pasta: Stuffed chicken

...oh, this is way too much fun! Anyone else?
~BikeMomma

[Eden]

Shredded chicken?
~BikeMomma

I was thinking something more on the lines of a male only activity......

Rasmussen in the mob of reporters - grilled chicken
Rasmussen in the Polka Dot Jersey - chicken a la King

why did the chicken cross the road? He was being chased by a con(ta)dor
bwaaaa haaa haaaa

[BikeMomma]

I was thinking something more on the lines of a male only activity......

Rasmussen in the mob of reporters - grilled chicken

why did the chicken cross the road? He was being chased by a con(ta)dor
bwaaaa haaa haaaa

LOL!

An echelon of Rabobank riders: Chicken wing
A gift in a porta-pottie left by Rasmussen: chicken shxt!!

Tricky Beltran's girlfriend: Tricky's Chickie

~BikeMomma