So much going on at 2JPC world headquarters, so little time… The listener feedback is stacking up, the t-shirts have arrived (but are not yet on the products page), there’s racing to do, the Desert Dog is visiting, I need to pack for France, and last but not least we need to do a new cast before the big boucle commences.
We are soliciting your picks for the Tour:
GC
Best Young
Best Climber
Best Sprinter
Highest placed Frenchie
Bastille Day winner
First team with doping positive
In the meantime occupy yourself with this. uhn tiss, uhn tiss…
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I think I would like this song better if it was sung in French.
GC = Contador
Best Young = Gesink
Best Climber = Moncoutie
Best Sprinter = Cavendish
Highest Placed Frenchie = Sylvain Chavanel
Bastille Day Winner = Sandy Casar
First team with doping positive =Katusha
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:25 pm
GC = Andy Schleck
Best Young = Robert Gesink
Best Climber = Alberto Contador
Best Sprinter = Tyler Farrar
Highest Placed Frenchie = Thomas Voeckler
Bastille Day Winner = Romain Feillu
First team with doping positive = Lampre
John, great interview with Bobby Medallion. I like how you snuck in the Moncoutie talk with him.
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
GC = Armstrong
BEST Young = A. Schleck
Best Climber = Pellizotti
Best Sprinter = Cavendish
Higest Placed Frenchie = Casar
Bastiile Day Winner = Moreau
First team with doping positive = Katusha
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 pm
GC = Contador
Best Young = A. Schleck
Best Climber = Pellizotti
Best Sprinter = Freire
Higest Placed Frenchie = Moreau
Bastille Day Winner = Fredrigo
First team with doping positive = Liquigas
First DS to have to breakup a slapfight = Bruyneel
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 am
C = Contador
Best Young = A Schleck
Best Climber = Sastra
Best Sprinter = Farrar (please, anyone but Cavendish)
Highest Placed Frenchie =Are they in this race?
Bastille Day Winner = Isn’t that an off day?
First team with doping positive = GST. Boonan will get caught powdering his nose after stage 3.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:50 am
GC = The guy from Texas with the black socks and shoes
Best Young = Tony Martin
Best Climber = Andy Schleck
Best Sprinter = Freire
Highest Placed Frenchie = Dessel
Bastille Day Winner = Moncoutie
First team with doping positive = Milram
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:23 am
GC = Contador
Best Young = A Schleck
Best Climber = Pellizotti
Best Sprinter = Hushovd
Highest Placed Frenchie = Voekler
Bastille Day Winner = Boonen
First team with doping positive =Katusha
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 am
lanterne rouge – Lance Armstrong
GC – ME!
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
GC = Andy Schleck
Best Young = Andy Schleck
Best Climber = Alberto Contador
Best Sprinter = Thor Hushovd
Highest placed Frenchie = Sandy Casar
Bastille Day winner = David Moncoutié
First team with doping positive = Team Milram
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:37 pm
GC= C.Sastra[El Toro]
Best Young= A Schleck [ The Banker]
Best Climber= L Armstrong [Doc Cole] aka Flanigans Run
Best spinter = Snowflake Boy [Boonan]
Highest place frog = Stephane Auge[ the legionnaire]
Bastille day Frog = Christophe Le Mevel [ Le Cheval]
First team for drugs = Euskatltel Euskadi [ Can't trust the shifty eyed Spanish]
Fun Run Robbie
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
GC: Sastre
Best young: A.Schleck
Best Climber: Contador
Best Sprinter: Boonen
Highest placed frenchman: Moncoutie
Bastille Day winner: Armstrong (a final fu France!)
First team with doping positive: Boom box
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
GC: Contador
Best Young: A Schleck
Best climber: Armstrong
Best Sprinter: Cavendish
Highest Placed Freedom Fries: Moncoutie
Bastille Day winner: Cavendish
First Team with doping positive: Liquigas
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
GC:Contador
Best Young: A Schleck
Best climber: Gesink
Best Sprinter: Boonen
Highest Placed Frog: Casar
Bastille Day winner: Cavendish
First Team with doping positive:Katusha
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
GC – Alberto Contador Velasco
Best Young’un – Andy Schleck
Best Climber – Carlos Sastre Candil
Best Sprinter – Tom Boonen
Highest Placed Frenchie – Sylvain Chavanel
Bastille Day Winner – Juan Antonio Flecha
First Team with Doping Positive – Katusha
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
GC – Evans
Young- Kreuziger
Climber – Contador
Sprinter – Cavendish
Highest Placed Frenchie – H. Dupont
Bastille Day Winner – Cavendish
First Team with a Doping Positive – Katusha
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Clarification: These are the picks of some other John, not the Other John, of the Two Johns Podcast. JK
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
What!? No podcast before the TDF?
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 pm
GC = Menchov
Best Young = A. Schleck
Best Climber = Sastre
Best Sprinter = Cavendish
Highest Placed Frenchie = Moncoutie
Bastille Day Winner = Voeckler
First team with doping positive = Katusha
July 4th, 2009 at 6:43 am
GC – Contador
Young- A schleck
Climber – Moncoutie
Sprinter – Boonen
Highest Placed Frenchie – T Voekler
Bastille Day Winner – T Voekler
First Team with a Doping Positive – BBox telecom
July 5th, 2009 at 8:43 am
GC: Voight
Best Young: Voight
Best Climber: Voight
Best Sprinter: Voight
Highest placed Frenchie: Voight
Bastille Day winner: Voight
First team with doping positive: Voight
July 5th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Worst misspelling of Voigt: me
July 5th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
GC: Leipheimer
Best Young: Tony Martin
Best Climber: Tony Martin
Best Sprinter: Cavendish
Highest Frenchie: Chavanel
Bastille Day winner: Moncoutie (wth, right?)
First Team w/ a Doping Offense: Caisse D’Epargne
July 6th, 2009 at 9:07 am
GC: Bert, pow pow, Contador
Best Young: Andy, check my medallion Schleck
Best Climber: Bert
Best Sprinter: Mark, I am going to salute with how many stages I have won thus far, Cavendish
Highest Frenchie: Samuel, Dont call me Sammy, Doumlin
Bastille Day winner: Thor, Thunder pants, Hushovd
First Team w/ a Doping Offense: Astana
July 6th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Just curious here… anyone else have a huge pet peeve of friends who ruin stage news for you before you can get home to watch your DVR? Am I being unreasonable for getting upset when friends spill big stage news on their Facebook status updates? I usually do well to avoid news sites that might spill it…and accidentally hearing it in the parking lot before a ride is different too. But…when this buddy has seen me go “postal” about spillage before… Grrrr and ROAR! (and no, its not “my time” ..lol.. this just p*sses me off!)
Killjoys!
July 6th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Yes, one should inquire as to the currency of a fellow fan’s tour knowledge before yelling “Cav killed ‘em again!”. Oops..
Bebe called me and her picks are:
GC: World Peace
Best Youngster: The Children of the World
Best Climber: The Environment
Best Sprinter: PETA
Highest Placed Surrender Monkey: Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Bastille Day Winner: Some French Guy (it’s a law or something)
1st Team w/ Doping Offense: No one, get high on life.
I think our sport (and the world) is enobled by these lofty high minded picks. Thanks Bebe, you drip.
July 6th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I didn’t realize how many points are awarded for a stage win. At the pace Cavendish is on to notch 5-7 stages he should be wearing that green jersey all the way to the finish line in Paris.
July 7th, 2009 at 6:54 am
Loveavet, I am with you. It pisses me off when I try all day to not go to cyclingnews only to be ambushed by twitter or facebook.
Anyone else find it interesting that Mick Rogers, Martin and Kirchen and putting in gobs of energy into the sprint train? I am guessing that Columbia is giving up on GC and just focusing on the Green this year.
July 7th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Not too late to make picks you say Johns?
Best Sprinter: Mark Cavendish
July 8th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
GC = Contador
Best Young = A Schleck
Best Climber = Sastre
Best Sprinter = Cavendish
Highest Placed Français = Voeckler
Bastille Day Winner = Ignatiev
First team with doping positive = Silence-Lotto (honestly this was my pick before Dekker, but I will stick with it, they’ll have another one)
PS: my wife’s cousin is a hot French actress and was in the video for Bloodhound Gang’s ‘Discovery Channel’ song. No joke.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Why would a hot French actress marry a Scot?
GC= Manstrong
Best Young= Da Costa Rui Alberto Faria
Polka Dot = Dennis Menchov
Green Jersy= Canvendish
Highest Placed Frog= Voeckler
Bastille Day Winner= Mauro Santambrogio
First Control Positive= Silence Lotto
Please give sarcastic cyclist the respect he deserves. Chuffs my bollocks that a hot anything would hang with a Scot (unless he is always gone cycling around the world).
Vive le France,
July 9th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Maybe Moncoutié listens secretly to the TJPC. He sure sounds inspired.
David Moncoutié (Cofidis) wants to win the final mountains’ jersey this year.
“Winning the jersey at the Vuelta gave me the idea to try for it at the Tour, too,” he said. “Moreover, the route this year is well-suited to attacks in the mountains. Three stages start with climbs right away, so I hope to be out front on those days.”
“It wasn’t me who told him to set himself this goal, I swear!” said Cofidis manager Eric Boyer. “He suggested it, and I think he’s now capable of it. He has to attack in the Pyrenees right away, then we will see how many points he can make. He needs to be in the top three [of the classification] by the end of the first week to remain in contention. If he is not, then he might let go of his goal and aim at a stage victory instead.”