Move over Olympics, cycling starts again! The only sport I really care about! Be gone with your Svenergy and Svencouver! No Svencores, gone is the snow and all the stuff that makes me dislike winters. Apparently the Olympics weren’t what the Dutch people expected from it. Boy, am I glad I lack any form of expectations of what other people will achieve in their lives. Surely, it’s a shame some things didn’t go the way people would’ve wanted them to go, but it doesn’t interest me at all. Am I not chauvinistic enough? Enough Winter Olympics, see you in 4 years.
This weekend was the classic opening of the cycling season with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Juan Antonio Flecha of the new Team Sky took the win in the cobblestone Omloop. I like the Team Sky jerseys by the way, nice and clean. One sponsor, not a lot of other filth on it. Flecha, who hasn’t won a race in years but has grossed in second or third places finally came through. The attack leading to his win saw him get rid of Philippe Gilbert, my personal favorite, but he definetly didn’t steal the win. Who also didn’t steal his win was Dutchman Bobby Traksel. The winds and rain was out of proportions this past Sunday. Only 26 riders finished out of over 200, so that should give an indication of how heavy it was. He wasn’t even able to shift his gears decently and some didn’t even have the energy left to speak decently after they finished. Respect to the guys that finished!
To finish it off, some other random thoughts…
- Dutch politician Geert Wilders won the debate on television according to its viewers. Good for his ego, which wasn’t too small to begin with. Still can’t imagine how our country would look like if he would be prime minister. Hopefully I don’t get to see the day.
- Guess who decided to speak up with version 38.1.9 of his story. Joran van der Sloot! This time around Natalee Holloway was dumped in the swamps, killed by a fall from the balcony while under the influence of drugs. Remind me to never play Clue(do) against that guy. And who got confession 38.1.9 out of him? A guy who’s only claim to fame is to harass people in a reality show. I would confess to killing JFK just to get that guy out of my house…
- Apparently the Playstation 3 has a bug (8001050F) that is spreading across the world rapidly. I myself am an Xbox 360 gamer. Nevertheless I hope Sony manages to solve it fast for all the people that can’t even get a game to start anymore.
- Tiger Woods’ wife doesn’t want to move in with him for now. That’s a shocker…
- Some nice iPhone apps I came across lately: Squeeze It, Tiki Totems and Drop Brick.
