A Report From the President

It almost reads like a poem:

WE were almost F'd
The K & H [sic] did a tally for the WRONG group...
regardless.
spoke with LEE this AM as to why no  returned call.
ALL IS good
Nothing is F'd
It will all be ready tomorrow for anyone i.e FGBC to pick up.

In other words: The Beer is Going to Ingolf. All is well.

Stage 17

More exciting downhill racing. Too bad Sir Bradley and his utter lack of descending skillz quit the race. That would be fun to watch.

As for the vicarious race, it was another stage win for the DFL--the fifth one of the race. This time it came courtesy of some guys named Giovanni and Fabio. In the Giro, it is never a bad idea to go with dudes whose names end with vowels. Which is but another way of saying that you should look for names that sound like they could be characters in trashy romance novels. David was second on the stage. Andy and Karel shared third place.

Dan has Visconti as well and Randy does not. So Randy's lead in the overall race got a bit smaller today. His lead over Dan is now down to 299 points. If the Prince of Vicarious Racing can convince Visconti to win two more stages, they'll be even. King Andy remains in third overall.

Full results and overall standings here.

TNR Report

The annual Spring Dogfest. It happens on the final Tuesday before the Spring Ride. Except that it almost didn't happen this year. But then KK took to the Twitters to remind us that this is what we do. And Brad the Impaler stepped in for Juan Eppstein and provided the venue. The only thing missing was dogs. And the Secretary. But the Awesome One grabbed the reins and, with a series of rather bold claims, made sure it was a night to be remembered. Though perhaps not by himself.

The Northwest Passage was traversed. The Hipster's birthday party was recounted and the CycleChick's birthday was commemorated.

There was some talk about Spring Ride details. But mostly we will wing it, just like we always do. Just be at Deacon's Corner on Friday at 9:30 am and all will be fine.

"I believe in the Seventies," was his opening line. It went downhill from there.

There was fire, but surprisingly few dogs.

Stage 16

Well, that was exciting. The real race, that is. The vicarious race, less so. Unless your name is Dan. He won it, with 170 points thanks largely to Tanel Kangert.

Full results and overall standings here.

Randy still leads the overall and looks pretty untouchable, with Nibali as his main GC guy. Dan sits in second overall and is probably the only legitimate threat to Randy's vicarious pink jersey. But Dan also has Nibali, not to mention 4 other riders he shares with Randy. So if he's going to make a move, it'll have to come from Kangert, Visconti, Pozzovivo, or Blythe.

For the record, here are their two teams:

Randy

Vincenzo Nibali

Damiano Caruso

Mark Cavendish

Giacomo Nizzolo

Mauro Santambrogio

Maxim Belkov

Danilo DiLuca

Peter Stetina

Wilco Kelderman

Dan

Vincenzo Nibali

Damiano Caruso

Mark Cavendish

Adam Blythe

Domenico Pozzovivo

Tanel Kangert

Giovanni Visconti

Peter Stetina

Wilco Kelderman

Stage 15

Crappy weekend for riding bikes. But at least there's vicarious racing. Stage 15 details here.

Stages 12-14

Everything you need to know is right here.

TNR Report

Big turnout. Good times. Rode the Silver Ave Bike Expressway. Sat outside for a while at the Klubhaus.

Highlights:
1. Hot Legs Dave gets asked about the fancy (not) paint job on his bike and he responds by throwing it in a very large ditch. That seemed to mark an appropriate time to head back to the klubhaus.

Dave retrieving his bike from the ditch.

2. Watching the plane come in.

where the planes go.

Stage 11

Charlene wins it, ahead of Karel and David.

No big changes in the GC.

Full results and overall standings here.

Stage 10

More bad news for Hesjedal, more good news for the Dark Lord. Is there a pattern here? I hope not.

There was good news for Randy and Dan too. Randy finished second on the stage and pushed his lead in the overall race up over 200 points. Dan was third on the stage and moved into second overall, bumping Andy down a spot to third.

Full results and overall standings here.

Stage 9

It was a bad day to be Ryder Hesjedal. It was a good day to be the Dark Lord.

Full results and overall standings here.