In a cruel twist of fate, just as he took the lead on the long downhill section of cobbles his testicles slipped down in his shorts, coming in direct contact with the wildly bouncing saddle.
Fuck me I just had to ride up these things now I have to bomb downhill on them. Ever heard of running water, Electricity and a little thing called Asphault assholes?”
EPO, HGH … They’re just acronym junkies. These guys are fast because they’re all hopped up on asbestos and lead paint. condoms? what condoms? ass = fast
I love how de Vlaeminck’s front wheel is actuall off the ground, while he’s seated. That is one bitch of a climb.
My guess is this is from the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1977, which he won. If it’s a pick of one of the many times he raced it and merely tore legs off rather than take the top podium spot at the end of the day, it could be from any of half a dozen years.
As for the third rider – I have no idea. I don’t know enough about team kits and bikes of the period to place him by those. And there is just enough of this forehead to tell me he’s some big brute from the low countries. Other than that…
…i just recognized de vlaeminck cuz he was kind of a bike hero…a flemish hard man amongst hard men, a guy who won big on the roads (check his palmeres) & yet managed to win the ’75 cross worlds as well…
…jan raas was just coming up at that time (late ’70′s) & w/ de vlaeminck in that green kit on a benotto, it would have been later in his career…
…i now think i’m wrong about the third rider being etienne de wilde who was a big 6-day winner but who also picked up several tour stage wins & an omloop het volk, but that was late ’80′s…
…part of my reasoning was that white helmet cuz sometimes trackies would wear those on the road…
…my thought is now that the third man was walter planckaert who did win the ’76 ronde & the ’77 ‘tour of belgium’ w/ de vlaeminck winning the ’77 ronde…
…it’s hard to find a good reference that tells ya not only who won what races but also what teams they were on a the same time…
I had me one a’ them Benotto’s–same Champagne color and everything. I even had the crit bars on it like de Vlaeminck. I don’t think I ever wheelied it on a climb but I did spin out once going up a steep wet road with an Avocet tire on the back. Rode it till the seat tube snapped just above the bottom bracket. After it broke, we took the Campy dropouts out of the fork and made bottle openers out of ‘em.
…ok, for anybody still wanting to know…de vlaeminck only rode for the italian squadre ‘sanson’ in ’78…probably conflicted w/ ‘cecco’ moser who was ‘sanson’s’ longstanding captain & the ‘in saddle’ world champion from his win in ’77…
…so, the photo is definitely ’78 & if it is the ronde, the now infamous walter godefroot (think jan ulrich conflict) won for ijsboerke/gios…
…jan raas, the ti/raleigh rider in the photo won it the next year, de vlaeminck won it the year before in ’77 for brooklyn chewing gum & while i did mention walter planckaert, who won the ronde in ’76 for maes*pils/rokado, that ain’t him as third guy on that climb…
…i can guarantee you the man on the left is riding for marc zeepcentrale/superia, but as to who, i’m not sure…merckx’s old lieutenant herman van springal did place 6th for marc/superia in ’78, so maybe so…
…nope…pheta-freddy was riding in the red team kit of velda/flandria at the time…
…i think it’s a three man chase of de vlaeminck *sanson/ benotto, jan raas *raleigh/ti & herman van springel *marc/superia, trying to pull back the winning break of godefroot *ijsboerke/gios, pollentier *velda/flandria & braun *peugeot/esso who are up the road…
…we know the podium & we know van springel did get 6th in the ’78 ronde soooo, i think we’ve nailed it as far as we’re gonna get w/ out somebody who was actually there filling in the blanks…
…fun research though…back when hard men were hard men & so were the drugs, dammit…none of this sissy designer stuff…
March 4th, 2008 at 9:49 am
oops, i shit my pants.
March 4th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Tarmac’s for pussies. Real racers rock on cobblestones
March 4th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Those amphetamines are really working.
March 4th, 2008 at 10:22 am
And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit. It hits all by itself.
March 4th, 2008 at 10:28 am
In a cruel twist of fate, just as he took the lead on the long downhill section of cobbles his testicles slipped down in his shorts, coming in direct contact with the wildly bouncing saddle.
March 4th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Fuck me I just had to ride up these things now I have to bomb downhill on them. Ever heard of running water, Electricity and a little thing called Asphault assholes?”
March 4th, 2008 at 11:01 am
http://www.rogerdevlaeminck.be/static/fotos/rogerfan.htm
screw you guys, I’m still rolling with hot ass chickas, the groupies never stop ya!
March 4th, 2008 at 11:03 am
HELL YES!!!!
March 4th, 2008 at 11:18 am
(THINKING TO SELF)
Hmm..Did I feed the Trunk Monkey this morning?
March 4th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Indexed down tube shifting at least removed the rough edges from the good old days.
March 4th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I like to feel the bike underneath me.
March 4th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Check out my dope hairnet, yo.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Those Pussies! I haven’t even shifted to the little ring yet.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Fucking LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
You Will not pass me…Fuck-off
March 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
If I win This..I bet Ill Get Laid….
March 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
My cotton socks feel really good right now.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Was that guy carrying a purse?!?!
March 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Maybe some day I could get a bunch of guys on drugs to do this for me…
March 4th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
…they spend our tax dollars on bike paths & THIS is what we get ???…
…damn !!!…
March 4th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
cocaine, cobbles and cotton. The best pro-cycling ever offered.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Daaaaaaayum….that Britney Spears is one FUCKED-UP beotch.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
“I knew I should have had a V8.”
March 4th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
I don’t do Dick; I get Dick done!
March 4th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Polish cycle team attempts ill advised short-cut
March 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Suddenly he thought, “Damn, this helmet isn’t going to do shit against these cobblestones!”
March 4th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
“M-m-m-m-m-my b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-butt hurts!”
March 4th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I’m so fucking old, I think I know who that is…Joop Zoetmilk…if so my comment would be….not second place again!
March 4th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
..(where is that bastard eddie?)…
March 4th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
pops on March 4th, 2008 12:44 pm said,
“Was that guy carrying a purse?!?!”
Its not a purse! Its a handbag.!!
March 4th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
…roger de vlaeminck is first man up, obviously…
…dutchman jan raas in the ti raleigh kit shadows him…
…but who is the third man ???…anybody really know ???…
…my money is on belgian etienne de wilde…
March 4th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
WTF?
Let’s take a spaghetti break! I have the COLANDER on my head!
March 4th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Taints of steel.
March 4th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
T-shirt:
My Parents went to Belgium to watch the Tour of Flanders and all they brought me back was this lousy vial of pot belge’…
March 4th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
How the hell does water flow uphill?
March 4th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
EPO, HGH … They’re just acronym junkies. These guys are fast because they’re all hopped up on asbestos and lead paint. condoms? what condoms? ass = fast
March 4th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I still don’t think that new soigneur got my caffeine suppository in right
March 4th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
fuck fuck fuck fuck. are we there yet?? hehe
March 5th, 2008 at 3:12 am
…come on, nobody on this blogsite is gonna get any hollywood offers for their comedy, so somebody out there help me identify the third rider…
…sheesh, this is like tryna organize a chase in a cat 4 event…which was about as good as i ever got…
March 5th, 2008 at 3:46 am
could it be Barry Hoban?
March 5th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I love how de Vlaeminck’s front wheel is actuall off the ground, while he’s seated. That is one bitch of a climb.
My guess is this is from the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1977, which he won. If it’s a pick of one of the many times he raced it and merely tore legs off rather than take the top podium spot at the end of the day, it could be from any of half a dozen years.
As for the third rider – I have no idea. I don’t know enough about team kits and bikes of the period to place him by those. And there is just enough of this forehead to tell me he’s some big brute from the low countries. Other than that…
March 5th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Bikesgonewild, Good call on Roger De Vlaeminck. Mirroir Du Cyclisme 1979ish?
March 5th, 2008 at 7:55 am
I don’t see it here. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/riders/d.htm#devlaeminck
March 5th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Joe:
Ronde van Vlaanderen = Tour of Flanders
March 5th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
…i just recognized de vlaeminck cuz he was kind of a bike hero…a flemish hard man amongst hard men, a guy who won big on the roads (check his palmeres) & yet managed to win the ’75 cross worlds as well…
…jan raas was just coming up at that time (late ’70′s) & w/ de vlaeminck in that green kit on a benotto, it would have been later in his career…
…i now think i’m wrong about the third rider being etienne de wilde who was a big 6-day winner but who also picked up several tour stage wins & an omloop het volk, but that was late ’80′s…
…part of my reasoning was that white helmet cuz sometimes trackies would wear those on the road…
…my thought is now that the third man was walter planckaert who did win the ’76 ronde & the ’77 ‘tour of belgium’ w/ de vlaeminck winning the ’77 ronde…
…it’s hard to find a good reference that tells ya not only who won what races but also what teams they were on a the same time…
March 5th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I had me one a’ them Benotto’s–same Champagne color and everything. I even had the crit bars on it like de Vlaeminck. I don’t think I ever wheelied it on a climb but I did spin out once going up a steep wet road with an Avocet tire on the back. Rode it till the seat tube snapped just above the bottom bracket. After it broke, we took the Campy dropouts out of the fork and made bottle openers out of ‘em.
March 5th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
fried opossum
March 5th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…
March 6th, 2008 at 3:04 am
…ok, for anybody still wanting to know…de vlaeminck only rode for the italian squadre ‘sanson’ in ’78…probably conflicted w/ ‘cecco’ moser who was ‘sanson’s’ longstanding captain & the ‘in saddle’ world champion from his win in ’77…
…so, the photo is definitely ’78 & if it is the ronde, the now infamous walter godefroot (think jan ulrich conflict) won for ijsboerke/gios…
…jan raas, the ti/raleigh rider in the photo won it the next year, de vlaeminck won it the year before in ’77 for brooklyn chewing gum & while i did mention walter planckaert, who won the ronde in ’76 for maes*pils/rokado, that ain’t him as third guy on that climb…
…i can guarantee you the man on the left is riding for marc zeepcentrale/superia, but as to who, i’m not sure…merckx’s old lieutenant herman van springal did place 6th for marc/superia in ’78, so maybe so…
…& there WILL be a quiz on friday…
March 6th, 2008 at 8:52 am
1978 broke down like this at the Ronde:
1- Walter Godefroot (Bel)
2- Michel Pollentier (Bel)
3- Greg Braun (Ger)
Walter Godefroot writeup:
http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/…Godefroot
March 7th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
3rd rider – the amphetamine-addled Freddy Maertens perhaps?
March 7th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
…nope…pheta-freddy was riding in the red team kit of velda/flandria at the time…
…i think it’s a three man chase of de vlaeminck *sanson/ benotto, jan raas *raleigh/ti & herman van springel *marc/superia, trying to pull back the winning break of godefroot *ijsboerke/gios, pollentier *velda/flandria & braun *peugeot/esso who are up the road…
…we know the podium & we know van springel did get 6th in the ’78 ronde soooo, i think we’ve nailed it as far as we’re gonna get w/ out somebody who was actually there filling in the blanks…
…fun research though…back when hard men were hard men & so were the drugs, dammit…none of this sissy designer stuff…
March 8th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
At least it’s pushing my hemorroids back in.