Vuelta complete…
Posted on September 20, 2009
I’ve been meaning to update this e-place for a while now… Only, I’m more busy than ever. I moved to Hamilton! I started school again! I’m teaching in a grade 7 class! I’ve been training well! I bought a new car! haha… This all after some serious moments after Sandra and I decided to not continue seeing each other. Can I write that? I should probably mention it to those that might not know.
Ok, I’ve decided to take some proper rest from skates. My ankle is a bit of a mess. …even still. Too much skating on some tissues that just weren’t ready for the highest levels of skating has put me back a few steps, but on the whole it was a successful season. I think I was 11th in the last marathon. The 111km was fun, but damn hard. Ruben won! Haha score. Way to go Ruben and GJ! Anyway, I’ve just been… I don’t know, out of my element.
I am alive, and frankly, really well (all things considered). I’ve been feeling quite good on the bike lately too.
Did you all follow the Vuelta? You should have. It was spectacular.
I won our mini-league fantasy Vuelta by only 2 points over DJ. That’s a close race when you consider we were all around 1600 points. I would have done better in the overall too, if it had not been for Robert Gesink’s knee injury. He slid from 2nd to 6th in just the last few stages, and I lost a whack of points. I would have been in contention for the overall if he had held onto the podium. Anyway, here is the team that I picked at the start of the this Year’s Vuelta:
Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE (11) ESP 13 426
Ivan BASSO (4) ITA 13 136
Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ (6) ESP 13 217
Robert GESINK (3) NED 13 165
Fabian CANCELLARA (4) SUI 1 140
Daniele BENNATI (10) ITA 21 149
Oscar FREIRE GOMEZ (7) ESP N/A 37
Tyler FARRAR (1) USA N/A 89
André GREIPEL (1) GER 2 256
A pretty Balanced team between the sprinters and the GC guys… plus good old Cancie who is a lock for a prologue these days, and can hold onto yellow (ahem, gold) for at least more than a day or two…
Funny though, only half my team finished!
Evans… oh Evans. Where were you in the Tour?
Anyway, I finished 12th out of 1300 teams. hehe. What fun!
I am taking a break between assignments, so I will get back to work.
Bis Bald,
Aaron.
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