Afscheidscriterium Johan Museeuw

Richard Adams

What is this? Like a post-career crit? Fund raiser?

(from CyclingNews.Com)

1 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon
2 Peter van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon

Richard Adams

How lame, replying to my own post. Seems the answer cam up 15 minutes
later on CN.

Richard Adams wrote:

> What is this? Like a post-career crit? Fund raiser?
>
> (from CyclingNews.Com)
>
> 1 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon
> 2 Peter van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo
> 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon
>

Ewoud Dronkert

On Monday 03 May 2004 00:04%, Richard Adams wrote:
> What is this? Like a post-career crit? Fund raiser?

One big party is what it was. It was a goodbye-crit/kermesse, with friends,
team mates, and other invited big names doing a few laps around the beer
tent. Huge turn-out, they spoke of 50,000 people. It was lovely weather.
Lots of tv camera's, interviews, highlights from the career, you name it.
Dave Bruylandts who shot the race away played along nicely and remained
dead-serious when they asked him what the chances were of Museeuw winning
And yes it was a fundraiser too, because they auctioned off his bike
for E.15,001 (for a child cancer charity).

I thought about going, as my parents' house is sort of in the neighbourhood,
but reckoned cycling back 50 km at 3 am with (maybe) a few beers in me
would just be a bit too much.

Steve

On 5/2/04 3:26 PM, in article 409575c1$0$568$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl, "Ewoud
Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> On Monday 03 May 2004 00:04%, Richard Adams wrote:
>> What is this? Like a post-career crit? Fund raiser?
>
> One big party is what it was. It was a goodbye-crit/kermesse, with friends,
> team mates, and other invited big names doing a few laps around the beer
> tent. Huge turn-out, they spoke of 50,000 people. It was lovely weather.
> Lots of tv camera's, interviews, highlights from the career, you name it.
> Dave Bruylandts who shot the race away played along nicely and remained
> dead-serious when they asked him what the chances were of Museeuw winning
> And yes it was a fundraiser too, because they auctioned off his bike
> for E.15,001 (for a child cancer charity).
>
> I thought about going, as my parents' house is sort of in the neighbourhood,
> but reckoned cycling back 50 km at 3 am with (maybe) a few beers in me
> would just be a bit too much.
>

Why not stay the night?
Did Mom & Dad rent your room out??

Ewoud Dronkert

On Monday 03 May 2004 00:49%, Steve wrote:
> Why not stay the night?
> Did Mom & Dad rent your room out??

I have no driver's license, so it would all be quite a hassle; backpack with
change of clothes for starters. Anyway, it's a long journey to get there
from where I live, 3 hours by train, boat, bus. And bring bike, more
clothes, <sigh>

Yes, my mommy and daddy rented the room out when I went away for a while, to
one horribly perfect lodger. I wanna kick him in the gulliwuts, but I
can't. Only a bit of the old Ludwig Van can ease my pain.

Steven Bornfeld

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> Yes, my mommy and daddy rented the room out when I went away for a while, to
> one horribly perfect lodger. I wanna kick him in the gulliwuts,

I had to look that one up. My guess was wrong:

http://wso.williams.edu/~mhacker/clockglossary.html

Steve


but I
> can't. Only a bit of the old Ludwig Van can ease my pain.
>

Tom Kunich

"Steven Bornfeld" <dentaltwinnospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:40958294.4090400@earthlink.net...
> Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> > Yes, my mommy and daddy rented the room out when I went away for a
while, to
> > one horribly perfect lodger. I wanna kick him in the gulliwuts,
>
> I had to look that one up. My guess was wrong:
>
> http://wso.williams.edu/~mhacker/clockglossary.html
>
> but I
> > can't. Only a bit of the old Ludwig Van can ease my pain.

Ewoud is remarkably civil and much better educated than he has any right to
be. Sometimes I think that I ought to be more careful around him but he
shocks so easily....

Howard Kveck

In article <40958137$0$567$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,
Ewoud Dronkert <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> Yes, my mommy and daddy rented the room out when I went away for a while, to
> one horribly perfect lodger. I wanna kick him in the gulliwuts, but I
> can't. Only a bit of the old Ludwig Van can ease my pain.

Thanks, Ewoud, I really needed that.

--
tanx,
Howard

"Moby Dick was a work of art, What the hell happened?"


remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Robert Chung

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
>
> Yes, my mommy and daddy rented the room out when I went away for a
> while, to one horribly perfect lodger. I wanna kick him in the
> gulliwuts, but I can't. Only a bit of the old Ludwig Van can ease my
> pain.

http://groups.google.com/groups?sel...%40news.free.fr

otto

Ewoud Dronkert <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<409575c1$0$568$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>...
>
> Dave Bruylandts who shot the race away played along nicely and remained
> dead-serious when they asked him what the chances were of Museeuw winning

i'm glad i wasn't the only one who thought that. did he severe a nerve
in his face once? i can't remember ever seeing him smile.

BTW - does eddy museeuw go to the same hair care consultant as johan?
they look like they got a 2 for 1 hair transplant/toupee.

benjo maso

"Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:40958137$0$567$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> On Monday 03 May 2004 00:49%, Steve wrote:
> > Why not stay the night?
> > Did Mom & Dad rent your room out??
>
> I have no driver's license, so it would all be quite a hassle; backpack
with
> change of clothes for starters. Anyway, it's a long journey to get there
> from where I live, 3 hours by train, boat, bus. And bring bike, more
> clothes, <sigh>
>
> Yes, my mommy and daddy rented the room out when I went away for a while,
to
> one horribly perfect lodger. I wanna kick him in the gulliwuts, but I
> can't. Only a bit of the old Ludwig Van can ease my pain.


Your mean "Alle Menschen werden Brüder"? Even the lodger and you?

Benjo Maso

Ewoud Dronkert

On Monday 03 May 2004 13:36, benjo maso wrote:
> You mean "Alle Menschen werden Brüder"? Even the lodger and you?

Well, if Freude weilt sein sanfter Flügel, who knows.

Richard Adams

Ewoud Dronkert <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<40958137$0$567$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>...
> On Monday 03 May 2004 00:49%, Steve wrote:
> > Why not stay the night?
> > Did Mom & Dad rent your room out??
>
> I have no driver's license, so it would all be quite a hassle; backpack with
> change of clothes for starters. Anyway, it's a long journey to get there
> from where I live, 3 hours by train, boat, bus. And bring bike, more
> clothes, <sigh>
>
> Yes, my mommy and daddy rented the room out when I went away for a while, to
> one horribly perfect lodger. I wanna kick him in the gulliwuts, but I
> can't. Only a bit of the old Ludwig Van can ease my pain.

Some drunken cyclist you are ... can't even pass out in a shrubbery.