Though appearances may indicate otherwise, G:TB's readership is among the more diverse and worldly of any in the genre (the genre, in this case, being niche blogs devoted to facial-hair growing contests, basketball, filler, and self-deprecation). Today we serve that diversity and answer a reader request with a very special Bite Me, Randy Newman.
28 year-old Frenchman Samuel Dumoulin sits in 85th place in the 2009 Tour de France, having climbed steadily through the pack after a dismal time trial in the Tour's first stage. You'd be hard-pressed to see the diminutive Dumoulin in the peloton, though, as he stands a mere 1.59m (like 5'2.5" or so, if my metric to American calculator can be trusted).
Like my father always told me, dynamite comes in small packages (picture below offered with amused irony). Dumoulin's victory in the third stage of the 2008 Tour testifies to Pop's wisdom. As does my incendiary temper.
Dumoulin's most noted for his sprinting acumen, counted on by his Cofidis team to steal a victory or two in 2009. He's also G:TB's new favorite cyclist. Viva le Dumoulin.
Holy moose knuckle.
ReplyDeleteGeoff, Moose Knuckle was actually our ump the other night.
ReplyDeleteThat guy calls a strong game...almost as strong as the threads holding together his Bike shorts.
ReplyDeletemustache status: itchy
ReplyDeleteGot to be the only guy riding with a codpiece.
ReplyDeleteStache foundation is good just not filling in the way it should.
Facial hair status: preposterous.
ReplyDeletenot a great day for our samuel. 164th in the stage, down to 134th overall, some 30 minutes behind the yellow jersey. he's a sprinter, not a climber.
ReplyDeletepatty mills broke his foot in summer league ball. this is not a good sign.
ReplyDeletePatty Mills' decision to go pro is getting worse with each passing day. It never made sense in this pg deep draft in the first place but once he didn't receive rave reviews in workouts he really had no business being in the draft. Could one more year at St. Mary's have really been that bad.
ReplyDeleteExcuse my punctuation.
ReplyDeleteAlso...anyone notice the entire Cardinal pitching staff growing mustaches? Joel Piniero's stache is especially breathtaking. Are they going to OBFT too?
I'm trying to lure the entire Phillies roster to OBFT and send them deep sea fishing with Scott Peterson.
ReplyDeleteI saw those 'staches last night on espn...take the worst one you saw, make it a thousand times worse, and that's what I'm sporting.
ReplyDeleteI've got to admit, I'm a little jealous. I wish I had a reason to grow a ridiculous mustache.
ReplyDeletebeard status: more like casey blake every day. i have no idea how to groom this thing.
ReplyDeleteTaking Mir over Lesnar. Lesnar is too inexperienced.
ReplyDeleteMulligan
ReplyDeleteAnyone else think Michael Bisping might have been dead last night, immediately after Dan Henderson annihilated him?
ReplyDeleteanother rough day for sammy d. finished in a group 18:48 back, now in 144th place. the curse of gtb not helping.
ReplyDeletealso, fine weekend for us. probably due to it being one of the worst sports weekends of the summer. that, or the beards.
beard status: shaggy
I'm delighted to see cagefighting discussed on G:TB/G(TB).
ReplyDeleteGoodbye Manny Acta. Its someone elses turn to try to start a fire with a couple of damp sticks.
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