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

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.

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/

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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"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."
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F

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

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.