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Chris Hoy
My big day of the sporting year - Paris-Roubaix - outshone for once by
that astonishing move by Chris Hoy to win the Keirin. Can't find a video except on the Beeb which won't work abroad, probably too early for YouTube, but seek it out. You know how in cartoons characters can just suddenly move from one place to another, stop and accelerate off again? Well you'd swear that what he did was physically impossible. I've been watching track live and on TV for, oh, ****, forty to fifty years and I never saw anything like it... UD |
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Chris Hoy
Uncle Dave wrote:
My big day of the sporting year - Paris-Roubaix - outshone for once by that astonishing move by Chris Hoy to win the Keirin. Can't find a video except on the Beeb which won't work abroad, probably too early for YouTube, but seek it out. You know how in cartoons characters can just suddenly move from one place to another, stop and accelerate off again? Well you'd swear that what he did was physically impossible. I've been watching track live and on TV for, oh, ****, forty to fifty years and I never saw anything like it... Fabian is renting out his Gruber while he's out of action. |
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On 2012-04-08, Uncle Dave wrote:
My big day of the sporting year - Paris-Roubaix - outshone for once by that astonishing move by Chris Hoy to win the Keirin. Can't find a video except on the Beeb which won't work abroad, probably too early for YouTube, but seek it out. You know how in cartoons characters can just suddenly move from one place to another, stop and accelerate off again? Well you'd swear that what he did was physically impossible. I've been watching track live and on TV for, oh, ****, forty to fifty years and I never saw anything like it... That's a serious "never give up" attitude, and some amazing skillz. Here's a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yJOGljilE -- Gregory S. Sutter Mostly Harmless http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ |
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Chris Hoy
On 10/04/2012 02:41, Gregory Sutter wrote:
On 2012-04-08, Uncle wrote: My big day of the sporting year - Paris-Roubaix - outshone for once by that astonishing move by Chris Hoy to win the Keirin. Can't find a video except on the Beeb which won't work abroad, probably too early for YouTube, but seek it out. You know how in cartoons characters can just suddenly move from one place to another, stop and accelerate off again? Well you'd swear that what he did was physically impossible. I've been watching track live and on TV for, oh, ****, forty to fifty years and I never saw anything like it... That's a serious "never give up" attitude, and some amazing skillz. Here's a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yJOGljilE Indeed, impressive 'space finding/creating' from Hoy. Thanks for the link. |
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Chris Hoy
On Apr 9, 8:41*pm, Gregory Sutter wrote:
On 2012-04-08, Uncle Dave wrote: My big day of the sporting year - Paris-Roubaix - outshone for once by that astonishing move by Chris Hoy to win the Keirin. *Can't find a video except on the Beeb which won't work abroad, probably too early for YouTube, but seek it out. *You know how in cartoons characters can just suddenly move from one place to another, stop and accelerate off again? * Well you'd swear that what he did was physically impossible. I've been watching track live and on TV for, oh, ****, forty to fifty years and I never saw anything like it... That's a serious "never give up" attitude, and some amazing skillz. Here's a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yJOGljilE Thank you for posting that link. Inspiring, to say the least. --D-y |
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On Apr 9, 11:26*pm, atriage wrote:
On 10/04/2012 02:41, Gregory Sutter wrote: On 2012-04-08, Uncle *wrote: My big day of the sporting year - Paris-Roubaix - outshone for once by that astonishing move by Chris Hoy to win the Keirin. *Can't find a video except on the Beeb which won't work abroad, probably too early for YouTube, but seek it out. *You know how in cartoons characters can just suddenly move from one place to another, stop and accelerate off again? * *Well you'd swear that what he did was physically impossible. I've been watching track live and on TV for, oh, ****, forty to fifty years and I never saw anything like it... That's a serious "never give up" attitude, and some amazing skillz. Here's a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yJOGljilE Indeed, impressive 'space finding/creating' from Hoy. Thanks for the link.. Still can't figure out how he made that much space between him and the kiwi without getting relegated. Not saying he should have been relegated: saying the kiwi really gave him a lot of room for no clear reason. |
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Chris Hoy
On Apr 10, 3:17*pm, --D-y wrote:
On Apr 9, 8:41*pm, Gregory Sutter wrote: On 2012-04-08, Uncle Dave wrote: My big day of the sporting year - Paris-Roubaix - outshone for once by that astonishing move by Chris Hoy to win the Keirin. *Can't find a video except on the Beeb which won't work abroad, probably too early for YouTube, but seek it out. *You know how in cartoons characters can just suddenly move from one place to another, stop and accelerate off again? * Well you'd swear that what he did was physically impossible. I've been watching track live and on TV for, oh, ****, forty to fifty years and I never saw anything like it... That's a serious "never give up" attitude, and some amazing skillz. Here's a video of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yJOGljilE Thank you for posting that link. Inspiring, to say the least. --D-y Also, here's a really good HD video of the whole thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_5Y-...eature=related Trivia: the commissaire shown briefly at 5:52 is Wayne Pomario, who is both the UCI's favourite track commissaire, and a local (still remember being forced to remove knee warmers at his directions a few years ago, as he was reffing a race in Stanley Park). Subtle detail on the replay: Hoy giving the kiwi a gentle elbow-tap, twice, to get some room. On the finishing stretch. |
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Chris Hoy
On 4/11/2012 10:36 AM, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
saying the kiwi really gave him a lot of room for no clear reason. If Van Velthooven had held his position against Levy, Hoy would have been SOL. And it appears that Hoy recognizes the gift. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cha...keirin/results ----------- "I'd given up - not physically, but I thought the chance of winning had gone by the time I hit the back straight with half a lap to go," Hoy told BBC Sport. "Normally I'd go around the outside and put my foot down but I'd lost momentum. It was one last chance - I've never gone up the inside before in my life, it's a real last-chance saloon - I couldn't believe the door opened and I managed to get through. In some ways I'm very lucky, but very grateful to have won." ----------- F |
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Chris Hoy
atriage wrote:
Hey this is Keirin, in Japan they're pushing for the riders to be allowed to carry sharp edged weapons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana |
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Chris Hoy
On 11/04/2012 16:42, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
Subtle detail on the replay: Hoy giving the kiwi a gentle elbow-tap, twice, to get some room. On the finishing stretch. Hey this is Keirin, in Japan they're pushing for the riders to be allowed to carry sharp edged weapons. |
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