Alright, it's time to talk pro racing again.
Last GT of the season is well underway and after two mountain-top finishes the GC leader is…Slovenian Janez Brajkovic, all of 22 years of age (and 115 lb).:eek: Ryder Hejsdal is currently looking good in 13th place overall. Michael Barry is also putting in domestique duties for Discovery.
Anybody know of a channel that is carrying Vuelta coverage?
Also, I'd like to start a contest to come up with a decent nickname for Brajkovic, The Next Lance (Popovych vacated the position in July, Danielson bequeathed it earlier today). I've seen names like "stick insect" and "insect" used so far.
Obviously, the fisheye lens doesn't help, but this guy is freaking skinny. I bet Rasmussen feels fat when he sits next to Brajkovic.
"The song of a bird…We used to ask Ennesson to do bird calls. He could do them. How he could do them, and when he perished, along with him went all those birds…"-Return from the Stars, Stanislaw Lem
"We just walk around, and sometimes we go out and dance, and then we listen to the environment."-Ralf Hutter, Kraftwerk