Look Who's Moving Up

While some are busy basking in their recent glory, others prefer to fly below the radar. One such low flyer is better known as Andy, King of the Cycling Pool. You can refer to him simply as King Andy.


We haven't really heard from him in a while. But he is making his presence known once again. Evidently, he thinks the patient and humble workmanship of a master craftsman will ultimately prevail over the boisterous barking of today's hot shot kids. At any rate, he finished tied for second today with Mike, sending a not so subtle signal to our current leader. Both had 500 points. Mike has extended his lead to just over 1000 points. But Andy has quietly moved into third place overall and seems to be hinting that we should not forget who the patron of the FGBC Cycling Pool is. Neither of those two won the day, however. That honour goes to Rachel. She's not the king of anything. But she regularly cleans my clock in these dumb pools. She collected 540 points today and I have been having to put up with her trash talking nonsense ever since. Will somebody please make sure she doesn't win again next weekend? My team is clearly not up to that task. Finally, let us not overlook the Wheels of Justice. Cousin Adam has moved up into second place overall.

Anthony Geslin won the bike race. He was the fastest sprinter in the breakaway of eight that managed to stay away. Philippe Gilbert won the sprint for ninth place. CN has the full story. They also have a preview of the Ronde up already. So does the Podium Cafe. As far as races go, it's a big one! As the second monument of the season, remember there are more points up for grabs than the usual run of the mill classics. A good day there could easily vault a team back into contention.

Final km:




The Top 30:

Geslin 350
Pineau 300
Wegmann 275
Leukemans 250
Kroon 225
Willems 200
Florencio 175
Knees 150
Gilbert 125
Vaugrenard 110
Eeckhout 100
Lowik 95
De Waele 90
Coenen 85
Van Hecke 80
Davis 75
Martens 70
Pauwels 65
Breschel 60
Rolland 55
Dumoulin 50
Hermans 45
Ten Dam 40
Weening 35
Reda 30
Kadri 25
Bole 20
Van Braeckel 15
Hoj 10
Mondory 5


Stage Results:

Rachel 540
Andy 500
Mike 500
Adam 490
Matt 475
Chris O 475
Chris H 425
Ian 400
Kevin 285
Bill 275
Rick 275
Dallas 225
Paddy 225
Darryl 130
Hal 130
Brad 125
Jonny G 125
Donna 100
Chris A 10
Luke 5
David 5
Jonny M 5
Naomi 5
Vic 0
Craig 0


Overall Standings:

Mike 4395
Adam 3360
Andy 3340
Matt 3260
David 3215
Donna 3215
Paddy 3180
Rick 3095
Bill 2990
Ian 2880
Kevin 2845
Hal 2735
Brad 2635
Chris O 2620
Jonny M 2545
Rachel 2460
Chris A 2450
Vic 2400
Darryl 1845
Dallas 1780
Chris H 1745
Jonny G 1675
Luke 1305
Craig 1075
Naomi 365