Saturday, March 28, 2009

I Wanna Be Like Mike

Everybody sing it with me now:

Sometimes I dream
That he is me
You've got to see that's how I dream to be
I dream I move, I dream I groove
Like Mike
If I could Be Like Mike
Like Mike
Oh, if I could Be Like Mike
Be Like Mike, Be Like Mike
Again I try
Just need to fly
For just one day if I could
Be that way
I dream I move
I dream I groove
Like Mike
If I could Be Like Mike
I wanna be, I wanna be
Like Mike
Oh, if I could Be Like Mike









That Mike is so awesome. He can handle the rock almost as well as the Duker. He wins vicarious bike races. And sometimes real ones too. And of course we all know about his refined sensibilities in the bike culture dept. That photo above of Mike finishing ahead of Boonen and Iglinsky is appropriate in more ways than one. It has been conclusively demonstrated that Cervelo stole the sweetest jersey in the world from the FGBC. But check out Katoosha's faux RRR jersey.

Mike made it look easy again today. With Pozzato, Hushovd, Chavanel and Devolder in the top 6, he wins his second race in the last three with 1025 points. He also extends his overall lead to almost 700 points. It looks like we might be witnessing another Andy or Gary style ass-whuppin'. I'm starting to wonder whether anybody can stop this guy. From my perspective, at over 2500 points back, it all looks mighty impressive. Oh, and for the record, Mike picked his team using option 3.

Rick was second on the day with 940 points. Just behind him was David S, who brought home 925 points. In the overall race, Mike is way out front. David (option 3) and Donna (option 1) round out the podium for now.

In the real race, it was Tom Boonen who made it all happen today. He attacked with 25 km to go and only Pozzato and Iglinsky could stay with him. Those three stayed away until the end, where Pozzato won the sprint ahead of Tornado Tom. Nice win for Pippo. And Boonen is having another fine season too after last year's much maligned and rather average campaign. Evidently, he's stopped playing around with the nose candy and looks focused and on form. Watch out for him next weekend in the Tour of Flanders.


Highlights:




Final 3 km:




The Top 30:

Pozzato 350
Boonen 300
Iglinsky 275
Hushovd 250
Chavanel 225
Devolder 200
Nuyens 175
Hincapie 150
Langeveld 125
Burghardt 110
Eisel 100
Offredo 95
Flecha 90
Bole 85
Terpstra 80
Haussler 75
Hoogerland 70
Bandiera 65
Goddaert 60
Muravyev 55
Schierlinckx 50
Tjallingi 45
Vandenbergh 40
Hoste 35
Klier 30
Baossen Hagen 25
Spilak 20
Van Avermaet 15
Van Impe 10
Westra 5

Today's Results:

Mike 1025
Rick 940
David 915
Ian 900
Andy 825
Bill 795
Dallas 740
Paddy 705
Chris O 660
Donna 650
Hal 560
Matt 530
Adam 510
Brad 500
Rachel 485
Vic 480
Jonny M 480
Luke 475
Chris A 420
Jonny G 405
Kevin 390
Darryl 300
Craig 190
Chris H 125
Naomi 5


Overall Standings:

Mike 3895
David 3210
Donna 3115
Paddy 2955
Adam 2870
Andy 2840
Rick 2820
Matt 2785
Bill 2715
Hal 2605
Kevin 2560
Jonny M 2540
Brad 2510
Ian 2480
Chris A 2440
Vic 2400
Chris O 2145
Rachel 1920
Darryl 1715
Dallas 1555
Jonny G 1550
Chris H 1320
Luke 1300
Craig 1075
Naomi 360

5 comments:

Brad the Impaler said...

Maybe the best post ever.

luke enns said...

i feel like i'm moving up slightly

mike said...

In the words of Charles Caleb Colton "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" However, if you imitate me, then I lose my dominance, so- be exactly what you are- and that should work out fine for me (and my team.)


PS. I need a photoshop tutorial. Well done, thanks for the laugh.

mike said...

Luke, keep trying. You're doing great. Keep up the good work. And oh yeah, drink gatorade.

PaddyH said...

funny how I thought Naomi's' team would be better than mine....