Thomas Devisscher

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2009-11-04T20:53:00.001-08:00

Stage 4 131kms

2009-07-06T18:04:00.000-07:00

Today was a good day I could say! I'm not bustin everybody but im surviving! I came in the tour with no expectations what so ever and Im doing pretty good considering some of the teams here.
Tomorow is the queen of the stages. 3 major climbs! Categorie 2!

I haven't got much to say today i'm tired and hittin the hay!

Cheers

Stage 2 flat Number 2, Stage 3 TT.

2009-07-05T17:24:00.000-07:00

Today was a 2 stage day. Started off with a 95km road race and in the afternoon we had a 7km individual time trial. The road race today was good. I felt better than yesterday and I was able to ride with the main group and even try a few moves. At on point the pack split up and I was in the wrong split. Happily in the descent i was able to catch up.
Afterwards in one of the longer climbs i got up on my handlebar and noticed my front tire was soft... oh no! another flat. John and Kevin got up the caravan very fast and did a perfect wheel change. I got up the hill just behind the main group and again I made back in the descent. 2 more climbs left! I got over one very well, I had a good rhythm and good concentration. The last climb of the day it was mayhem! And inevitably I got dropped towards the top. I race down the other side but with the rain that had fallen it was very sketchy going through all the switchbacks. I finished a few minutes back. At this point I will try and do good at a few stages but I can forget a spot in the general classification!
In the afternoon, there was a 7 km TT in the capital of Fort de France. There was huge crowds! And the TT was very short. 7km. I did just ok. Mid pack.
Then we had to wait for the bus for 1h before we could drive back to Trois-Ilets, where are hotel is. SHOWER AND SUPPER PLEASE!

I found those little tree frogs. I wonder if there the ones who scream all night.

Now good night ! More updates and photos tomorow

Day 2 and 3

2009-07-04T15:33:00.000-07:00

Hi
After our advenutre on thursday it started all over again on Friday. We got to the Washington-Dulles airport, and flew to Miami. There we started feeling the heat. We waited 5 hours to our next flight to Puerto Rico. Just as we were going to board our flight to Martinique we were evacuated from the airport, for a reason that no one knows. Anyways one hour latter we got there and there was no problem getting to our hotel.

Stage 1
2 km in the race I punctured. The change was very fast. I still need to spend lots of energy to get back, and when the climbs arrived it would have been nice to have a bit more juice left. I had to settle for the grupetto.

Here is a picture of our hut. We got three of them plus one for our bikes! Its very humid and it promises to be stinky by the end of the race.

We're at the equator and lots of animals live here, first theres tree frogs that scream so loud that you need to wear earplugs at night. Theres little crabs that make holes in the grass, they come out in the morning. And there are little iguanas wondering around on the huts.

Day 1 June 2nd

2009-07-02T18:23:00.000-07:00

So day one of our adventure is over and thank god! Not that were not having fun but i've been up since 3 am. Tomorow I'm up again @ 3:30 am. Here's the whole story.

When we got to the air port the stewardess told us straight up : '' there's no way your bikes are going on the plane!'' After John worked his magic on her she accepted. Luckily our flight was delayed because we were late! First flight is fine! We arrive in washington and run to the next gate to catch our next plane. UhOH we missed it by 30 seconds. When we got to the gate they were closing it. So we were in for a lot of waiting around while Kevin and John worked on finding us a way to Martinique. One of the first scenario's was : Washington, Paris, Puerto rico. Wich would have been fun but very tiring. The final scenario is Washington 6am, Miami then puerto rico and finaly Martinique.

So tomorow promises to be another adventure, I will check back Saturday or maybe tomorow in miami!
Cheers

Thomas

I'll be back for a while !

2009-07-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone just to let you know that I' m going to martinique to compete in a 10 day stage race. I will update as much as possible with pictures and tweets make sure to check it out!

Saturday AM

2009-05-23T13:07:00.000-07:00

Well just a quick on today! I rode ! In the sun and it was beautiful!
Cheers

Week.and tuesday wrap up!

2009-05-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody... I know I haven't been as update-full these days. I have no excuse and am working on returning to my old self. With all the training, the racing, the working and the friends I don't have much time for blogging.

So anyways... it's not the first time I mumble about running out of time

Last weekend was the Grand Prix de St-Raymond. It's a 3 stage race. 2 road stages one of 104km and the other 135. In the evening of the shorter road race there is a TT of 12km. The weekend started off ok. In the first road race I rolled in to 9th position, thus keeping myself close to the leaders on the GC. But in the evening, things weren'T going so well. It was very cold and rainy outside. I found it hard to warm up properly, and the officials were running the race late. I got up to the start gate a little early, wich made me even colder. It's no excuse for not going hard enough though! I ended up 12th, only 30secs back. I know I could've done better, but my mind wasn't up to it!
The next morning, the 2nd road race started, and a break got away in the first 100m of the race. Luckily w had someone in it and didn't have to assume any work! The race regrouped about halfway, and then the speed realy picked up and the race started. The groups split in three. Break, chasers, and peloton. I was in the chasers unfortunately. I ended up 10th in the GC. It's not bad, but far from my best!

Granby TT

2009-05-09T20:56:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!
I haven't updated my blog since I came back from the south! Today was a great day for me! It was the Grandby time trial.

My week had been pretty hectic because on Tuesday I headed to Montreal to pick up my time trail bike only to learn it was an XL! I NEED A MEDIUM. In wedenesday i called the director and he said he'd send me one ASAP to Greg Christie's Ski and cycleworks where i work! It arrived friday afternoon at 4 oclock. I had to build it! So four hours latter and after banging my head really hard on the bike rack I had it done! My position wasn't perfect but i had no time!

Today I left a 7h, stoped in brossard to get my new TT helmet and a pair of wheels my team mate!

Around 11h it started to rain! Then it started to poor! I was luckily warming up under a tent! My warm up done, I headed to the start ramp and it was COLD! Every raindrop that fell on me went straight through my suit, and chilled me!

1300 hours ! GO! I was off... from then on... it was just incredible, i felt my legs spin so fast and so hard!
Anyways I finished third I was verry HAPPY.

Thats my first podium in senior 1 2 races

TD

Hey Guillaume

2009-04-24T21:34:00.000-07:00

Here's a shoutout to my number one fan! LOL He's been asking for a blog update for the last 2 weeks!
Actualy I have nothing to update. I've been training and I have a race on the weekend! So surly I will update sunday evening!
Alright?
Thankyou!

Thomas

No more internet for a while!

2009-04-04T08:28:00.003-07:00

No more internet for a while!

2009-04-04T08:28:00.001-07:00

No stress PLEASE!

2009-04-03T16:38:00.000-07:00

Hi...
Today was our last day at our beautiful house on lake Keowee. This morning we headed north to Virginia! We left around 8am after stopping at Starbucks for a Soy Milk Vanilla Latte. It was the first time I tasted this drink... it's actually pretty good though it's a bit to sweet.
We were off! The traffic was good and the sun was shining. We made a first stop for gas, in this hillbillies gas station. I met this old preacher! She handed me out a pamphlet all about GOD and how GOD can solve all your problems. Ryan was getting scared at this point so we drove off!
Then it began! Marc started being stressed out as he was going to be late for his meeting with the team Quebec coach in Virginia. We were about an hour away, and me and Ryan still had to find a hotel! So upon arrival in Charlottesville Ryan and I were sleeping and Marc was driving. After passing Charlottesville I woke up and I started looking for hotels. We soon realized we were not heading the right direction, and we had to go back. Marc was totally freaking out at that point! He was driving and he was driving fast! This was becoming a little out of hand... But he got what he asked for! He got stopped by a trooper. 80 mph in a 60. 156$ latter Marc was driving slower and we felt safe again.
We then found our hotel. The Best Western for the Charlottesville international airport. Very nice hotel! and 130$ for one night! But hey when your desperate to find a place to stay you take what you can get.

So Marc just dropped all our bags at the hotel and left in a hurry!

Now i'm just sitting in the hotel room and relaxing! We had lot's of fun a the Dunkin Donuts with the waitress.

There that was my day!

Cheers

Good morning everyone!

2009-03-30T09:37:00.001-07:00

Hey nice morning here in South Carolina! We cleaned up the hole house today... cause the owner is coming over to meet us!...(hope it's clean enough!) I also washed my bike!
Hey Angus and Kevin! Here's a shout-out to you! Thanks and don't worry when I get back we can go bike after work!
Send me your emails... I've been meaning to send you emails but I don't have them!
thomasdevisscher@hotmail.com

Thanks everyone!

Cheers

Almost 1 month!

2009-03-27T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hey It's been almost a month we're here down at the house! I must say it's been pretty perfect, until yesterday. Arnaud, was training with Marc in the rain while Ryan and I were at the house. I was chatting on MSN when Shanie asked me what was hapenning with Arnaud? At the time I had no Idea! She said something about him getting hit or getting hurt, I was startled. I asked her for Marc's Cell phone number and I called Mark who was with Arnaud at the hospital. We rushed to the hospital, Arnaud had been hit by a white SUV and the driver had thrown him in the ditch without even slowing down. The doctors, said that Arnaud was fine and that he should take a few pain relievers and that he should be back to normal soon. But this morning we got a phone call from the hospital, and they called us back in so that they could take another CT scan of his back. Turn's out Arnaud has small fractures in his vertebrae! On top of it they need to take an MRI to check if ligaments in his knee have been damaged!

All in all it was a verry long day! I just got back from the hospital! On the flip side! We've seen what America is all about! I've seen hicks and rednecks like never before! This one girl came in cause she got bit by a spider! SERIOUSLY? And all these crack addicts just walkin around like they came from another world, plus sheriffs coming in to arrest these wiggin people. I learned Wiggin means being on crack!

So to all you folks out there
GOD BLESS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

The land of the free!

Cheers

Epic Day!

2009-03-23T18:29:00.000-07:00

WOW! Today was probably the best day I've had here in South Carolina! It started off like any other! I ate a big breakfast and then I got on the bike. We went over to Greenville and came back by making a nice loop! 100miles, hence it's an epic day!
Towards the end of the day we stopped at a fish and tackle store determined to find a way to catch those fish in lake Keowee! We resorted to the last option and the most effective!
We Left the house and went to the Hot hole, its called. It's just in front of the electric dam and beside the nuclear power plant. So you hook the minnow by the tail, tie a split shot about one meter in front of in on the line and you throw your line in the watter and wait! We didn't wait for long! Eric got one after 5 mins. I followed about 2 mins latter and Shanie got one about 15 mins latter. Poor Ryan he didn't get one! He was realy enthusiastic about knocking him out though!
After our little fishing evening we went to Moe's Southwest grill and ate a huge burito with quessadillas and nacho chips. It was delicious! To top off the day I had a Chai Latte at starbuck!
There you go! My epic Day!

Cheers!

FISH!

2009-03-21T18:32:00.000-07:00

There is a huge (maybe 2 pounds) fish that hangs around under the dock. We've been throwing fishing lines at it for 3 days now. Worms, food, minows, Jigs, spinner bait, catfish bait, Rappalla, ... I think theres not much else we could try! Why doesn't he bite!
He bit once, and he got undone!

Were gona catch this sucker! And when we do I'm gona post a picture of him! Were gona eat him!

LOL

BTW : Bravo Mark Cavendish for victory at MSR

Hard ONE

2009-03-18T18:51:00.000-07:00

Wow today I did a realy hard Ride! THe plan was 4h with six ten minute intervals up a climb. That went fine! It was realy hard but it was nothing compared to the rest of the ride.
I continued over the eastern continental divide... thats me there! I was kinda tired as you might see.

I wanted to do a loop around and back to the house.But I had a bad feeling and asked for directions. That guy who was walking his dog along this little road in the middle of the mountains ALSO HAD A HAND GUN! And he sent me off in the wrong direction. I GOT LOST! It'd been about 100km and I should have been home now! I went back on my footsteps and ended up having a 165km day. I spent 5000 calories! Along the way I filled my bottles at 2 corner stores and a water source witch I wasn't too sure of... but I realy needed water so I took a chance. I'm fine for now!
I also got passed buy a speedbike and was like :''What a dumbass!'' he probably was going 60miles an hour on a small mountain road. Too bad for him... about 5 mins after he passed me, I cought up to him... his bike was in the ditch! He was just standing there and he looked PISSED OFF lol. Good for him he's still alive. I asked if he was alright he replied : '' Thanks I called a tow truck!'' ...you get what you ask for!

Cheers

P.S. Tuesday evening was the Spinners race. I finished 5th... If you ain't first you're last!

I'm back to Blogger

2009-03-16T18:32:00.000-07:00

This week I switch my blog over to tumblr and I'm sorry for mixing you all up. I've had some comments telling me that the blog was better on blogger. So i'm back!

Rain Rain Rain three days of it! I heard it's nicer in Canada! Oh well. I'm gona ride tomorow for real. 4h in the sun.

I need to get some pics

Cheers

MOVING

2009-03-12T12:08:00.001-07:00

Hey I'm moving my blog to tumblr. check it out!

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Don't mess with the Greenville Spinners! Or wait..Why not?!

2009-03-10T19:50:00.000-07:00

Hey
Today was a great day! This morning after a good coffee and breakfast. We went out for an easy spin... It lasted 3h but i probably had like a 120hr average. Afterwards, we got the bikes and the car ready and we were off to the races! It was the first of the Greenville Spinners Training Races. There was lot's of people( about 150), we were three people from the house, Hugo, Marc, and I. We totally dominated the Spinners. It started off real easy, and the hostility's started about 10k in the race. We were in every single move, jumpin from wheel to wheel effortlessly. It's actually called sandbagging but we had lot's of fun, and it's not like if nobody could follow us! Towards the end there were three guys in front that took about 200m over the field. I decided to bring the pack back to the breakaway, but i actually created a gap, and followed true. I gave it all to make the bridge. After a few moments of recovery behind i took the front and pushed up a notch. The pack was roaring. Hugo bridge up to us, and I was fading. I gave it all at the 1k mark. Afterwards Hugo attacked the group, and finished solo FTW!

Good Race, Good Feelings, Good Legs!

After the race we Cannucks celebrated a bit too much for our fellow Amricans. I screamed out loud, ''CANADA VS USA 1-0''. It didn't go down with one of the guys who answered... '' You race with us you race according to our RULES'' I don't know what we did! LOL but he continued cussing up shit for a while and we turned to the french people who don't understand anything mode.

That's all fur NOW!

Till tomorow... Y'all have a blessed day!

Cheers

Ceasers Head

2009-03-08T14:25:00.000-07:00

Today was the day!
We did 110km and 4 hours, with a little incline on the way. Ceasers head, it took us about 35mins from the base and we kinda pushed it. Got up with an average of about 285 watts. Afterwards the descent down the hill was pretty fast but there was sand in the corners witch made it little sketchy. Riding is realy been great!
But tanning has been even better! I've been working on my tan a lot these days. On saturday, I had an easy recovery ride so i rode shirtless, to get rid of my tan lines. Today after the ride we went on the dock and just sat in the sun for about 2 hours. We also jumped from the dock, about ten feet down in freezing cold water. I heard it's good for recuperation. I have a sunburn on the scalp of my head! Lucky me...Why the H***ll did I shave my head?!

Up Wallhala highway

2009-03-06T14:26:00.000-08:00

Today I rode 4h and a 100km. It was a great ride. We went up Wallhala Highway, and came back by Salem. During the ride Vince got a flat, he fixed it, blew it up, and it was flat again. After a long discussion about giving out a tube our not, we decided to keep are own tubes because if we had a flat then we were the ones who were going to be F*****cked. Vince got off pretty good, he hitch hiked his way back to the house and went off to ride another 3 hours.

When I got back to the house I made great pasta, with tomatoes, feta cheese, black olives and fresh herbs. I have enough for supper and lunch tomorow.

Curry Chicken

2009-03-05T14:17:00.000-08:00

This evening I made Curry Chicken. It was very good! Thanks mom and dad for your recipes. Im now blotted to the max. Im gona relax and watch TV a bit, I might be up for a ping pong tournament latter on this evening. My ride was only 2.5 hours Z1 so it was pretty easy, I had time to go to Clemson to have a chai latte at starbucks. The weather outside is terrific, I was wearing shorts today! Tomorow is gona be a hard one so I probably wont have as much time to write or cook.

Cheers

Full!

2009-03-04T15:12:00.000-08:00

Right now i'm sitting in the living room and I hear the chaos happening in the kitchen. That's the only problem, the kitchen is too small. Today we made pasta and meat sauce, it was very good. Though I hate really fast and a lot, now i'm just sitting in a chair with a stomach ache.
The weather today was decent, about 8 degrees. I had intervals this morning and afterwards an hour of easy spinning gave me a chance to look at the scenery. Trailer homes, old rusty cars and garbage sum's it up, except for the mountains in the background.
That's about it for today, till tomorrow,
Cheers

SNOW In SC

2009-03-02T13:34:00.001-08:00

So last night it snowed about 5cm! Pretty sketchy if you ask me!
This morning we left at 12h to let the snow melt a bit! There was still snow on the ground at some places when we were riding. We did a nice loop up to Pumpkintown and back by Highway 11. It was 80km. It felt good but I must say I feel it in the legs!
Here are a few pictures of the ride.

Fireplace and Livingroom

2009-03-01T14:07:00.000-08:00

Hey I'm sitting here in the living room and relaxing
Its actually snowing in SC. Good thing I trained this morning. So this morning When i got lost! I ask a hillbilly how to get back to my place...I abandoned the idea of asking for a ride after seeing him and his beer gut plus his stubled face!

Because I cant go outside and take pictures but I'll show you the inside of the house.

And I also have pictures of dinner last night breaded chiken with rice and vegetables. It was pretty good.

Last thing! When I uploaded my pictures I found the pictures of the RWR Rideau Canal adventure! It was lots of fun. We had a few races Robie O and I were the champions odviously! On the long distances Rob was the king cause he had SkiSkate blades. So there you go...(I was rejected from the club pic! :))

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Here in South Carolina!

2009-03-01T09:59:00.001-08:00

Hey Everybody
I'm here and it's awesome. The house is huge and the roads are great. Today it's pretty cold we scheduled an easy 1h ride but I got lost! SHIT
My ride was 2h but it's ok I was well dressed.

Thats all for now but I will get poctures on the blog very soon just as soon as the sun comes out!

Cheers!

Retour

2009-02-25T20:51:00.000-08:00

Après une longue absence je suis de retour. Je part vendredi pour la Caroline du Sud. Je vous garderez au courant de tous mes merveileuse sorties et de tous les petites avendtures qui m'arriveront.
Pas facile amener une machine à esspresso dans le sud!Mais «That's how I roll»

A bientot!
Prochain post en arrivant à seneca! Je vais vous envoyer des photos de la maison!

Salut

Long time

2009-02-06T21:57:00.000-08:00

HAHA I dont have much to say but i'd like to keep blogging regularly. All I can say is everything is A ok!
I'm leaving in 20 some days and its gona be GREAT!
Cheers

Cervelo OLYMPIC edition

2009-01-28T20:49:00.000-08:00

Hey I just wana show you this sweet bike we got at the store!
So let me explain :
S3 frame size 52cm with olympic rings paint Scheme
Sram Red Gruppo
Zipp 808 Wheelset
Zipp SL bars
3t Stem and fork
Selle Italia
I know it's not totaly according to the rulebook! But still 14lbs latter you get a pretty fast bike!

I'd like to say that the internal cable routing system is actualy very easy to assemble. Cervelo also has a video witch shows you how to route the cables.

Thats it thats all!
TD

Hey ''Look'' I was just riding along!

2009-01-28T20:20:00.000-08:00

Hey
I actualy have lot's to say today unlike other days!

First Off, i got up and sat on the trainer for one hour and a half, mind boggling! Then I went to work, and things took off slowly in the morning, because there was a snowstorm. The store needed to be cleaned up a little so thats what i did! But after the store was cleaned I still had way more than half the day to spend. So after a few Base Preps I decided to take a few photos! It was very conclusive. Carbon fiber is a very strong material! First off, do not try this at home as you're frame will not be warrantied. The tests that were conducted were dun by trained professionals and no functional parts or frames have been harmed in the process!

First ''LOOK'' then i'll explain the procedures!

The Seat stay
After the infos for warranty were sent to the company, they told us to destroy the frame so no one could use it and possibly hurt themselves... We started by removing the rear triangle from the frame. This operation took a lot of power, as Glen stood on the bike, and nothing happened! After Jumping with all his weight a few times it cracked.

The seat tube

Then the bike was just sawed in a few pieces, just LOOK how thin the seat tube is! I took a hammer to it has hard as i could, and nothing hapened! I realy had to bash it as hard as i could for it to be altered!

The full frame

Here is the full bike with the tools we used for our testing. The testing conisted of a series of big blows to the tubes, in an attempt to understand the physical attributes of carbon fiber. In conclusion, carbon fiber is an extremly strong material, and i dont understand how anybody could crack a frame, while using it normaly. Another conclusion I have come to is that, it's probably a lot harder to dent carbon fiber than aluminum, so why the hell would you want an aluminum frame!

So you people who come to warranty your frames, better have a better excuse than '' Hey LOOK i was just riding along!''

The Big Bang Machine

2009-01-27T21:15:00.000-08:00

Have any of you heard of CERN's (Centre Européen de Recherche Nucléaire) LHC ( Large Hadron Colider? I'm totaly fascinated by it. It's actually the biggest scientific experiment since man as set foot on the moon in 1969.
Question : Were does the universe come from?
Goal : Recreate the universe at the very beginning so we can understand how it was created
How : By building the biggest particle collider in the world.

The LHC is a 27 killomettre, with 4 buildings around it! It's actually 100m bellow the earth's surface. The scientist are gona fire protons around the tunnel. They will travel 11000 times a second around the tunnel. No one know's what will happen when these protons will collide.

Here's documentaries about the LHC, it's well explained there.

http://tvshack.net/documentaries/Bbc_the_Big_Bang_Machine_2008/

Kinda out of nowhere but hey! I'm out of the ordinary!
Cheers
TD

Brain numb!

2009-01-27T12:13:00.000-08:00

Hi My brain is Numb from being on the trainer. I don't like being on the trainer, I can't take it! I should just go down south right now and everything would be great!
This spring I rented a house down south, on Lake Keowee's east shore. It's just near Seneca, wich is a great place to ride. Down in the valley there's rolling hills, and if you go to Georgia there's nice mountains, and towards Clemson there's suposedly nice hills too. I've never went past Clemson. Here are some photos of the house! If any of you are interested in staying at my house during the third week of March please comment and ask about it, there are 5 spots left.

Sunday Evening

2009-01-25T16:13:00.000-08:00

Hey
Today, work + Ski + Shovel the driveway + Nap + Supper = a busy sunday!

The ski was interesting though my skis weren't gliding verry well.

Trainer AGAIN!

2009-01-24T16:30:00.000-08:00

Hey, I'm a busy person!
I'm multitasking all the time. For instance, today at work, I was blogging and answering the phone at the same time! There i one thing i just canot do... Talk to someone on the phone and chat at the same time. ITS IMPOSIBLE!

Today was intervals, and my legs are kinda shot right now, it wasn't verry long but it was at verry low RPM's so it was a bit like weight training.
For today it's about it cause i'm almost done my training. Maybe i'll try and update my blog with some photos soon.

CHEERS
TD

At work...

2009-01-24T10:22:00.001-08:00

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Blogging on the trainer!

2009-01-21T16:03:00.001-08:00

Hey whats up!
I'm actualy sitting on the trainer, riding zone 1. I'm well set up! I found an old music stand and my laptop sits on it while i ride! That way i can chat and blog at the same time. It makes training a lot easier cause cycling on a trainer is very hard for motivation.
OH! warm up is over let put it up a notch!

So yeah i'm riding! I am watching the news also, obviously, BARACK OBAMA, is THE main subject of conversation. It's good, he's already working realy hard i hear! Lots of foreign policy changes. THe people who back him are also very interesting people, he is suroounding himself with all kinds of people from all opinions.

So its been 10mins! Time go's slow!!!

Today at work we received the Cervelo S3 with the Olympic Rings paint scheme. It's SWEET! Though the chain stays have changed a fair bit, they've become a lot larger, wich does not allow all wheels to fit ( R-SYS, 808, etc), It's still pretty nice. A bit heavier than the Soloist SL with 1.05 kg in a 52 cm but who cares! the UCI doesn'T allow lite bikes!

Oufff 15mins!

Ok i'm gona watch Tour Down Under on Cycling.tv

Cheers
TD

PS Sorry for the mitakes... i'm on the trainer give me a break!

OH Cell Phones!

2009-01-21T07:13:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to say that cell phone company's are verry hard to deal with and that i am verry frustrated at the moment.

Other news is that theres only one month left before i leave for south carolina!

THats about it for today, if inspiration comes too me during the day i'll post something else!

TD

P.S. Never get a Telus phone!

Ride to conquer Cancer

2009-01-20T10:09:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody
Serious subject today. Cancer is a very wide spread disease that affects all of us. Statistics have shown, cancer will affect 1/2 of us in our lives! WOW THATS TOO MUCH! We have too do something! Cancer is everywhere!
On june 11th and 12th, there is a ride to conquer cancer in Quebec City, and I intend to be there! Supporting cancer research is very important too me and I hope it is for you too.
This is a good ride! Montreal to Quebec!
I invite you all! Or if you're not a cyclist get involved in some other cancer foundation! Because sooner or latter cancer is gona be part of you, or part of your life. Cancer was part of part of mine and you?

www.conquercancer.ca

TD
I support LIVESTRONG and The canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, please get involved!

Photos and Updates

2009-01-19T09:50:00.000-08:00

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Hey
So you know this weekend I went to a magnificent 24h breakfast joint. It was decent! lol
I thought I should take pictures first of the breakfast i ate and then with the waitress, who couldn't believe how happy I was too eat breakfast à 10pm! lol I was extatic... hey it's not everyday you eat bacon and eggs at 10 pm!
so... there you go

Otherwise... if some of you were wondering what a Quinzy was, its actualy an Igloo for lazy people. You dont make snow blocks, you just make a huge pile of snow, let it set for one night and dig it. It makes a nice and cosy place too sleep. It's suposedly warm in there... I'll give you some more news and pictures when I actually sleep in it!

OH!!! on thursday it was verry cold... I went to montreal for a team meeting, more news on that latter on! But it was very very cold. On the 417 comming back from Montreal i saw -33 on the thermometer in the car. I've never seen that cold. I was thinking i'd probably die within 1h if my car broke down or something bad hapened. Happily i'm still alive.

Patio Vidale

2009-01-18T16:39:00.000-08:00

Quelle fin de semaine! Hier, ayant absolument rien à faire... comme b'habitude on est aller au Pation vidale. Le Patio Vidale est un genre de resto gastronomique qui sert des déjeuners 24h sur 24. J'était évidement au paradis!
Je me suis commander de bons oeufs avec du bacon. Bon ok ce n'est pas le choix santé mais j'avais la fringale!

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KREUTZ

2009-01-16T07:18:00.000-08:00

Hey I just seen Elizabeth Kreutz internet site. It's incredible!
Some of the nicest and most interesting photos of Lance Armstrng.

My favorite?
THe one were you see Lance, Taylor Phinney and Ben King, at Lance's swimming hole in texas! I had never seen that place... and Lance has wrote about it as the place were he forgot about everything.

ANyways go see for yourselves

http://www.elizabethkreutz.com

She has a blog too!

http://www.elizabethkreutz.blogspot.com/

Ouch!

2009-01-07T21:10:00.000-08:00

Wow! I just heard I might be invited to the OUCH pro cycling team training camp! More news on that in a few days.

Other news! I'm building a Quinzy! It's pretty kool, and verry big. The mountain of snow is about 7feet tall and 20 feet in diametre. We shall see how strong it's gona hold. We plan on sleeping in it on sunday... It's GONA be COLD!

And last news of the day...I'm getting new glasses... Oakley Radars Of course... White frames, red ear pads and O plus Red irridium lenses... Perfect for team canada!

Talk to you latter
TD

Temps des Fêtes

2009-01-05T07:12:00.000-08:00

Cela fait un bout que je n'ai pas publier de message. Aujourd'hui, j'écrirai en anglais!

Hey it's been a while! But with Christmas and work I haven't had any time to blog, sorry.
So Christmas was pretty simple for me, I had supper with my family on the 24th and then supper with my family the 31st! WOW verry exciting.
But that's not all. I've been skiing a lot on my new Madshus Nanosonic. They are realy the number on ski brand in the world. No wonder Axel Teichman has won 2 stages of the Tour de Ski this year. The Tour the Ski is like the TDF for skiers, but I have to say that Tour de Ski is not even half the difficulty of the TDF. I've been having lot's of fun waxing my skis, i'm doing lot's of experiences with different kind's of waxes.
On the 26th I did a turkey burn off with the local ski club called Nakkertok. It was team sprints, that means my team mate and race one lap each and relay each other. we had to complete 3 laps each. So here's the story : The race started at 11h. Before the race I was warming up, and I was still learning about doing fast starts. But obviously when they said go, I had a bad start! That was just the begining. I was already almost last and I planted my ski in a snow bank! S*** SH*** SH**T I fell! Now i'm realy last! Then it was Guillaume's turn to race. He had to catch up with everybody and give me the relay again. I lost ground again... and so on and so on... I fell 3 times, and we managed to finish 11th! Thanks Guillaume for saving my honor! It was lot's of fun, I now know that i'm not a skier. But wheneve theres a local ski race, i'd like to do it.

Christmas was realy exciting because I got a Computrainer. I've never liked training on that thing but now I can do it a bit more. It's realy interesting. Spinscan seems to be a good tool, but i'm just learning how to use it.
For those who are looking for a place to stay for the 3rd week of march in South Carolina, please ask me! I have about 5 places left.
Now thats about it, till next time, wich I hope will be soon I will be on the trainer, at work or on the skis. See ya!
TD

Grosse journée!

2008-12-18T19:26:00.000-08:00

Bon de retour!
D'abord, la semaine dernière je me suis fait enlever mes dents de sagesses! Mais je dois dire que ça n'a pas fait mal! (pas vrai)
Aujourd'hui! c'est la première fois que mon cœur allait vers les 200 de pulsations en 1 mois! Je dois dire que c'était difficile de suivre Antoine Matteau qui fait partie de la super dupper Garneau Club chaussures! Mais j'ai survécu et maintenant je dois récupérer car demain je retourne!
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FROID

2008-12-07T19:28:00.000-08:00

Et voilà! -16 et ça descend. On dirais qu'on vient d'entré dans la première vague de froid de l'hiver!
Cette après midi je suis aller skier au P16 ( un stationnement perdu dans le bois). Il venait de tomber 10cm de neige environ et la piste n'était pas dammée. Déjà, le niveau de difficulté augmentait. En plus, le vend était glacial!
Après 1h, nous nous sommes arêté à un petit chalet. Le feu était déjà allumer. Petit repos et on repart. Arrivé à la voiture avec un glaçon qui nous pendait du nez nous sommes retournés à la maison pour un bon souper!

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Esspresso Starbucks

2008-12-02T14:39:00.000-08:00

Bon je viens de me faire un esspresso du mélange à café Starbucks. Je suis agréablement surpris. Il n'est pas trop amer. Très bon équilibre. La crema était parfaite, mais peut-être que cela vient de ma machine.
De plus, n'oubliez pas d'aller au Starbucks vous acheter un breuvage supportant la cause du SIDA dans le monde. Product RED.

Et puis dans l'esprits de Noël, ils ont reçu leur verres de Noël!

Bon assez parlé de ce café aujourd'hui!
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Madshus

2008-12-02T11:34:00.001-08:00

En fin de semaine, j'ai reçu mes nouveaux skis. Les Madshus Nanosonic 2008. Vraiment, ce sont de bon skis! J'ai eu la chance de skier samedi. Le Parc de la gatineau est vraiment parfait. Les pistes sont tous dammées et les conditions impécables! Je vais tenter d'y retourner ce soir, sinon j'irai au gym faire de la musculation.

Cette semaine et la semaine prochaine je dois me concentrer sur ma fin de session à l'école. Beaucoup de pain sur la planche pour moi! Je devrai essayer de bien gérer mon temps pour pouvoir m'entraîner correctement.

Puis, que s'est t'il passé à Ottawa hier?! Le gouvernement a duré 6 ou 7 jours! Bravo!
Maintenant, M. Dion est techniquement le premier ministre de canada avec Duceppe et Layton.

Espresso

2008-11-27T12:36:00.000-08:00

Bonjour
Je dois me décider! Saeco Aroma ou Rancilio Silvia! Les deux machines sont intéressantes et évidement, la plus cher l'est encore plus. C'est juste que la Rancilio a plus de style, et elle est fabriquée beaucoup mieux. La Saeco elle, est vêtue de certaines pièces en plastiques tandis que la Rancilio est tout acier inox. Avec une difference de 400$ entre les deux je crois que mon choix est fait! Ce sera la Saeco. Elle fera amplement le travail et permettra un espresso en 20 secondes, parfait pour avoir une bonne crema et un café sans traces d'amertumes.
Sur ce

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Ski!

2008-11-26T20:28:00.000-08:00

Bon ça fait un bout!
Je reviens et j'espère que ça va durer.
Aujourd'hui je suis aller skier. Il est tomber 15cm de neige dans les deux derniers jours et je me suis dit qu'il serait intéressant de troquer mon vélo de Cyclocross pour mes planches. J'ai bien fait! La température était superbe en plus il tombait quelques petits flocons. Je n'ai pas skier longtemps, seulement 1h30min mais je dois dire que j'en avais assez! Je ne suis pas habituer au ski donc mes muscles se sont fatigués vite fait! Je dois féliciter Demsys, la compagnie de traçage des pistes, d'avoir déjà damer une partie du réseau(une très petite partie, 5kms)

Alors à la prochaine fois
TD

SmartPhone

2008-07-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

Bonjour

Mardi soir se déroulait la 7e étape des mardis cyclistes de lachine. La course était assez rapide et j'ai seulement pus accumulé 15 points. Domage!

Après le Lachine, mon prochain objectif était de faire réparer mon cellulaire. Le monsieur chez future shop m'a annoncer que mon téléphone était aller dans l'eau et que il était surement irréparable. Alors maintenant je me retrouve sa téléphone! Je suis un peu déboussoler. En ce moment je me question à voir si je ne devrais pas m'acheter un blackberry pour pouvoir avoir tous mes emails et mon facebook en tout temps. Bon je sais c'est inutile mais on verra bien.
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Ça fait longtemps!

2008-07-22T07:03:00.000-07:00

Bon je vais me remettre à bloger. Messages court aujourd'hui! On se voit à lachine, et on se reparle plus tard.
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Ste-Martine

2008-04-27T19:58:00.001-07:00

Bonjour
Aujourd'hui, se disutait la première course du Québec. C'était dans le petit village de Ste-Martine. Je suis parti ce matin avec Sandy Fulton, un de mes adversaires de l'équipe EVA devinci. Évidemment, nous avons parlé de vélo, très intéressant! En arrivant, je suis aller rencontrer Jean-Yves qui m'a donné mes vêtements. Heureusement ils me faisaient. Je me suis préparé, j'ai mangé...
3...2...1... PARTEZ! et voilà c'est parti. La course commence lentement, il y a beaucoup de vent. Déjà, au premier tour il y a des attaques. Et voilà il y en a une qui est partie. J'était pas dedans! Merde! Alors j'ai continuer ma course, j'était un peu fourvoyer, je ne pouvais pas terminer cette course ainsi. Alors, je me suis coller aux roues de ceux qui attaquaient. Aucun d'entre eux a réussi. C'est alors qu'à environ 2km de la ligne, Marc boudreau a attaqué et je suis parti avec lui. J'ai pris mon relais, encore, encore, en fait j'ai tiré et tiré et tiré. J'ai réussi à me rendre à la ligne sans me faire rattraper. 8e aujourd'hui, quand même assez satisfaisant pour ma première course au Québec et aussi ma 4e course senior à vie.
Sur le chemin du retour, nous avons été bloquer par je ne sais pas trop quoi sur la 417. Ça nous a pris un heure trente de plus pour se rendre à la maison. C'était par chock à par chock.
Bref, je devrais aller me coucher il commence à être tard!
Bonne nuit
TD

You gotta dig deep

2008-04-22T07:09:00.000-07:00

What a great weekend of racing. It all started on friday. I left home at around one o'clock and headed to Montreal to meat Antoine and Yannick. After being an hour a late and meeting with an impatient team mate, we were off to salem New York.
As we were aproching our destination, we felt like we were not getting any closer to anywere. It was verry rural and wild. But we took a right turn onto a horrible dirt road that climbed up the mountainside very steeply. It wasn't getting any better. But as we went up the road we found our place. A beautyfull ''auberge'' out in the middle of nowhere, with a verry nice lawn and magnificent architecture. The night was good though it was a little to warm in the room. The next morning we were served strawberry pancakes with some muffins and scones.
Ok now let's jump to the race. It started pretty slow.I felt really good...for a while. Then the big guys started riding. Up the first climb no problem though getting my heart going and maybe wasting a lot of energy. But then, the first dirt climb was horrible, and packed with horrible blokes who felt like it was best to get off the bike... NOT!!! So got around them and realised the peloton had left! Oh man this is gona be a long day. Luckily I joined a group and after telling them what to do a bit we started a paceline and slowly but surly got back to the main field. I quickly realised that thoes guys are a lot stronger then I am. I stayed put, in the pack. Towards the end, the last obstacle was another dirt climb, I was done. Gave it all i had. Dug real deep, but it looks like it wasn't deep enough cause i was dropped off the back. What a shame. I finished the race on my own. All and all I am pretty satisfied, considering these guys are all professionals and that it was also my first race of this caliber.
Head back to montreal, drop the boys off at there car, drive home, eat, sleep, eat, and leave for Calabogie motorsports.
I have nothing to say about this race! I didn't race smart. I felt strong and wasted it. OVER
So tonight is the first Seenite criterium. I'll have lot's of fun there and i'll race smart. I'd really like to win!
It was a good weekend, but I think I need to learn how to race. I've made a lot of mistakes and it's frustrating to know that I could have done better.

Till next time...
TD

Café Molo!

2008-04-14T12:58:00.000-07:00

Le lundi, je n'ai jamais d'école. Alors j'en ai profiter pour faire une longue sortie. Ces temps si, le travail occupait beaucoup de mon temps. Je suis parti ce matin vers 11h en direction de Luskville, ou plutôt Lostville. Je ne vais pas souvent par là car on doit toujours revenir sur nos pas et c'est ennuyant. Cependant, il existe une route qui traverse le parc de la gatineau et qui se rend à Ste-Cécile de Masham. Le problème c'est que la route n'est pas pavé. Avec l'esprit des classiques en moi, j'ai décider d'y aller. C'était la première fois que je passais par là en vélo. 17km de chemin en terre battue, sans crevaisons heureusement, car je n'avais pas le matériel nécessaire alors ça ajoutait du défi à mon aventure.
Par la suite, rien d'intéressant, j'ai vue : de l'asphalte, de l'asphalte, de l'asphalte et encore de l'asphalte. En arrivant au merveilleux village de Wakefield, je me suis arrêté au Café Molo. Je n'avais jamais remarqué, le café était très bon. Maintenant en allant à Wakefield je saurai ou m'arrêter.
Sur le retour, j'ai eu la malchance de crever mon pneu. Ce n'est pas grave car quelques secondes plus tard, un cycliste est arrivé en sens contraire et m'a offert une chambre à air et une pompe. Quel cadeaux du ciel!
Bon alors le retour s'est fait sans pépins. Ce fut une magnifique sortie. Un peu plus de quattres heures de bonheur!
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Classiques

2008-04-11T08:59:00.000-07:00

Cette semaine, il y a trois grandes classiques. Le Tour des Flandres, le Gent Wevelgem et le Paris Roubaix. Maintenant que le Ronde et Gent wevelgem sont terminés, il reste l'Enfer du nord. Ça promet! George Hincapie qui a finit cinquième de la GW sera à surveiller. Il faudra aussi garder un oeil sur Cancellara et O'grady qui ont tous deux une victoire à leur actif. Côté belge on peut espérer une victoire de Tom Boonen ou bien de Nick Nuyens qui se montre en forme ces derniers jours. Et même si les espagnols détestent le froid et la pluie, peut-être verrons nous Juan Antonio Flecha s'imposer. Il serait le premier espagnol à gagner la classique. Enfin,dimanche, au terme des quelques 260 kilomètres, des 28 secteurs de pavé et l'arrivée au Vélodrome de Roubaix, nous saurons qui aura gagner la 106eme éditions de la plus grandes des classiques.
Un rendez-vous cycliste à ne pas manquer!
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Headwind

2008-04-10T20:01:00.001-07:00

I am getting tired of going to Wakefield and back every day so I decided I’d ride the Carp loop trough the west end of Ottawa. I crossed Champlain Bridge really fast! But then turned on to Richmond and hit the headwind. Carling was the same. Really hard and unforgiving head wind. No need to say that coming back was pretty fast! It was a decent ride.

I finished my day with work! Were doing the switch-over from X-Skiing to cycling which is a drag. Lot's of arduous work. The good thing is we get to unpack all the new arrivals. And I get first picks on tires and seats. I got myself a pair of cheap training tires (Michelin Krylion Carbon) and I also got a TT saddle. It's the SLR T1; witch should be a good choice for comfortable but yet racy TT saddle.

Anyhow time for bed!
TD

Extra Extra Extra!

2008-04-03T19:52:00.000-07:00

Hey!
Today was a great day for riding my bicycle outside. It was warm and sunny, plus the roads were dry. What more can you ask for? So I road my bike for 1h30mins and had to call it a day cause of work. Wow! Not much happening. Let’s just say, I’m just 9 days away from Mosport and afterward’s it’s a go for season number 3 of road biking. I’m truly looking up to a great season even dough I’ve moved up to the big league. All winter I’ve been carefull not to catch anything, I’ve eaten well and above all have trained very well. I guess all that’s left to do is race! Till Mosport…
Cheers!
TD

P.S. April fools this year was the most disapointing for me! (How can you joke about things like that, (HIGH ROAD)

2008-03-26T08:51:00.001-07:00

On dirais que cette semaine, la température me permettra de rouler dehors presque tous les jours. Cette après midi il fait 4 degrés! Aujourd'hui je sortirai avec mon vélo de contre la montre, question de m'y habituer et d'être capable de généré autant de puissance que possible. Il n'y a pas grand chose qui se passe ces temps si alors je serai moins ponctuel avec mon blog.
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Congé forcé

2008-03-18T17:47:00.000-07:00

Aujourd'hui, un ingénieur du bâtiment est venu à l'école et a juger que le bâtiment risquait de s'effondrer sous le poids de la neige. En conséquence, pas d'école jusqu'à mardi prochain. Cela me donnera la chance de m'avancer dans mes travaux à l'école. Je pourrai peut-être travailler un peu aussi. La morale de la journée, c'est de ne pas tirer de pétard dans la toilette. Elle pourrait briser...

Congère!(banc de neige!)

2008-03-17T19:28:00.000-07:00

Après vingt heures de voiture et environ autant de sommeil, aujourd'hui, ayant le cœur à l'aventure, je suis sorti de chez moi à vélo. Mon entrée mal déblayer et la rue plus étroite que jamais furent mes premiers obstacles. Ensuite, il m'a fallu me battre avec les automobiliste pour avoir un peu d'espace sur les rues plus étroites qu'à l'habitude. Une fois arrivé au centre Asticou, un genre d'anneau de 2km ou il n'y a pas de circulation, j'ai pu commencer mon entraînement. Aujourd'hui pas trop compliqué on tourne les jambes 1h et on ajuste son vélo! Sur le retour, j'ai eu la chance de me faire couper par un piéton! Ce petit jeunot qui sans doute ne m'entendais pas venir a traversé la rue sans regarder. Après l'avoir violemment avertit de son imprudence, je suis rentrer à la maison.
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De retour

2008-03-16T14:15:00.000-07:00

Après quelques semaines sans nouvelles, je suis de retour. Faut dire que la période avant mon camp d'entraînement fût ennuyante. Hier matin(5h), je suis revenu de la caroline du sud. Je suis partie le 1er mars. En arrivant là bas, nous sommes restés bouche bées! L'endroit ou nous restions était tellement affreux, et nauséabond. En entrant dans «The Barracks» une odeur de propane nous agace les narines. Le plancher nous colles sous les pieds et les murs reflètent une ambiance désolante et hostile.
Assez chialer, le lendemain, nous sommes évidement aller faire du vélo. 100km un peu rapide à mon goût. Je ne vous raconterai pas tous mes sorties mais je vous dirai que j'ai fait tout juste un peu moins de1500km, une course et une étape du Tour de Géorgie. La course se tenait à River Falls en quelque part dans les contrées campagnardes de la caroline du sud. Tout juste avant le départ, le soleil s'est pointé. Parmi les cyclistes au départ, il y avait Edward King de l'équipe Bissel. Arrivant de la Californie, il a raflé la victoire avec environ 7 minutes d'avances sur le peloton. Pour ma part, mes petites attaques matinales m'ont fait souffrir pour le reste de la journée. Je n'ai pas disputer le sprint et je me suis contenté de finir avec le peloton pour ma première course senior.
Mardi, le 11 mars, moi et mes coéquipiers, se sont rendu en Géorgie pour faire l'étape de Brasstown Bald. Après une heure de voiture dans les routes sinueuses qui mènent en haut de Brasstown Bald, nous nous sommes rendu comte qu'il faisait beaucoup plus froid que prévu. 3 degrés. Après avoir enfiler tout les morceaux de vêtement que nous avions nous sommes parti. 4h en selle! Dans certaines montées, sur le paver on apercevait les noms de certains cyclistes tels Lance Armstrong ou George Hincapie. Selon Lance, Brasstown Bald est une des plus belles arrivée en montagne des États Unis. Avec seulement qu'une 23, je me suis lancé dans l'ascension. Déjà 100m de parcouru et je suis au bout de mes vitesses. Mon coup de pédale perd en souplesse et se déchaine ma puissance musculaire. Un coup à la fois comme si je montais des escaliers. Mon vélo se promenait en zigzag. À l'approche du sommet, les pourcentages s'accentuent et l'idée de descendre de mon vélo et de marcher me plane dans la tête. Mais qu'est ce qui me prend? C'est le mal des montagnes! J'ai réussit à gravir le sommet en 20 minutes environ. Ce fut amusant!

Il s'est passé beaucoup d'autres chose là bas, cependant, ce qui s'est passer là bas restera là bas. Maintenant je sais où est située la ville de Walhalla et je sais aussi que les Walmart sont ouverts 24h et qu'on peut y acheter a peu près tout!
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Rhume?

2008-02-02T20:30:00.000-08:00

Je crois que je commence une petite grippe. Alors aujourd'hui repos! J'ai écouter deux films et je suis parti plus tôt du travail. Je n'ai pas vraiment l'intention de tomber malade! J'ai fait des recherches aujourd'hui au travail, vue que c'était très occupé! J'ai trouver de jolis souliers SIDI. Ce sont ceux de l'équipe Liquigas. Je crois que je les comanderai bientôt. Là je commence à être impatient de recevoir mon vélo de route. Je dois le monter et m'assurer que ma position soit corect avant de partir pour le camp. Entoucas, je sais qu'il est en chemin. D'ici à ce que j'aie d'autres nouvelles palpitantes, bonne nuit!
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Ah, comme la neige a neigé

2008-02-01T18:23:00.000-08:00

Aujourd'hui, j'ai dû balayer mon auto 3 fois. Peleter l'entrer 2 fois et peleter l'entrer au travail. Ah! j'ai aussi eu à passer la soirée au travail dans des souliers mouillés car je me suis aventuré dehors sans bottes. Ah oui! Est-ce que je vous ai déjà mentionner que j'ai hate que la neige soit fondu? La neige en décembre m'a fait du bien. Elle m'a permis de faire beaucoup de ski de fond et de me changer les idées. Moins de temps sur le vélo, plus de temps sur les skis, plus de motivation. En janvier, j'était indifférent. Mais en ce premier février je crois que c'est trop! Je voudrais que toute la neige fondent et que tous les cyclistes puissent sortir leur vélo. Entre temps, je garde la motivation en pensant au camp d'entraînement en mars.

Sur une note plus positive, j'ai reçu mon vélo de contre la montre jeudi. C'est un Cervélo P2SL. Devinez ce que j'ai fait jeudi soir? Et oui, j'ai monter mon vélo. J'ai trouver que ça m'a pris plus de temps qu'à l'habitude. Un vélo de contre la montre comporte beaucoup plus d'ajustements de positions et je ne crois pas avoir fini. J'ai tout de même rouler une heure dessus cette après midi. Je me suis rendu compte que la selle n'est pas dutout comfortable. Je l'ai échanger avec ma nouvelle Fizik Arionne et voilà que tout allait mieux. Je crois que je garderai cette selle pour ce vélo. C'est une selle qui se prête bien au contre la montre étant donné qu'elle est assez longue. Au pire, j'acheterai une Arrione de contre la montre. Mon vélo est monter en Dura-ace, initialement j'avais commander un vélo en Ultégra mais Cervélo m'ont envoyé un P2SL Dura-ace. C'est pas trop grave.
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Bloc 2

2008-01-27T19:14:00.000-08:00

Voilà, ma semaine de récupération est terminée. Maintenant, il me reste trois semaines et je serai prêt pour mon camp d'entraînement en Caroline du Sud. Ces trois jours de repos m'ont vraiment fait du bien. Je me sens d'attaque pour le dernier p'tit bout de l'hiver. Aujourd'hui j'ai skier 2h30 c'était superbe. Les pistes ont étés damées durant la nuit et elles étaient parfaites. Ça fait changement!
Je recevrai mon vélo de contre la montre cette semaine! J'ai décider de me procurer un Cervélo P2SL. Se sera amplement suffisant. Je pourrai travailler ma position et être prêt pour les contre la montre cet été. Cette année j'ai l'intention d'enlever une minute à mon meilleur temps. L'année passer j'avais réussi 20 min 50 sur 15km, sans roues pleines. Bon alors je sais que le vélo ne fait pas la différence mais je crois que de bonnes roues peuvent quand même me donner un avantage. Donc l'an prochain 19min 50 serait intéressant. Je crois que c'est possible.
J'ai aussi remarqué la performance de Slipstream au Tour du Quatar. Une 2eme place au crono par équipe. J'ai bien hâte de voir s'ils auront la chance de faire le Tour de France. Déjà qu'ils ont été invité pour le Giro. En tous cas, voilà une équipe qui fera parler d'elle en 2008.
pour l'instant c'est tout

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Green!

2008-01-25T18:03:00.000-08:00

Hey
So today I am writting in english. Not much hapening though. Today I went to school, and went to work. I also sorted some things out for my phys-ed class. I am doing it by correspondance. How easy is that!
Because there ain't much hapening, why not tell you about my new team. First of all, were sponsored by Kuota bikes. We are going to be riding the Kredo with Sram Force and fulcrum wheels. We are also going to be sponsored by Apogee for clothing. So in the team, there's Garrett, Geoff and Ryan who comme from Nova Scotia. And from Québec There's Marc, André, Antoine and me. So Thats the team. Oups! Should'nt forget the team's most important caracter. The man who's life is dedicated to cycling. Jean Yves Labontée. He's are director sportif and manager. He'll be the guy telling us what to do to win races.
Well that's about it!
Oh! Did i tell you we are going to be green and white?
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Démarre!

2008-01-24T19:22:00.000-08:00

Je suis le roi de la mal chance ces temps ci. Tout va mal côté transport!
Ce soir, mon auto ne démarrait pas. Ma batterie était soit gelé ou morte. Il était 20h50! Alors on est sauté dans l'auto de Véronique et sommes allés au «Canadian Tire» acheter des câbles à «booster». Après un petit moment de pitié : « Madame, j'ai besoin de câbles à «booster mon auto est tomber en pane», avec la gentille demoiselle au comptoir, elle m'a laissé entrer. Vingt-cinq dollars plus tard, j'avais mes câbles à «booster» et nous sommes retournés à la voiture. Noire sur noire, rouge, sur rouge, tourne la clé... rien qui se passe. Tourne la clé encore...rien qui se passe. J'ai dû appeler mon père et lui demander de venir m'aider. Comme de raison, il est arrivé et au premier coup il réussit à démarrer la voiture.
Et voilà mon aventure pour la journée!
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CONFIANCE!

2008-01-24T09:25:00.000-08:00

J'ai une nouvelle résolution pour 2008. Je sais qu'il est un peu tard pour les résolutions mais je me dit qu'au lieu d'attendre à 2009, il est mieux de la faire toute suite.
Il m'arrive souvent de dire mes intentions et mes pensées à mes amis et à mes connaissances. Vous savez, les courses que je ferai, l'équipe que je joindrai, des gens que je n'aime pas. Cependant, en 2008, j'essayerai de ne pas vous faire part de mes plans, ni de mes pensées. Je me suis souvent trouver dans le trouble pour avoir dit certaines choses à des gens de confiances. Vous savez, on croit tous que nous avons des amis sur qui nous pouvons vraiment faire confiance. Par contre, À ce jour, je n'ai pas d'amis qui on réussi à garder tous les secrets que j'aurrais pus leurs dire. Parfois ils s'echappent sans faire exprès.
Je vous parle de cela car ce matin j'ai reçu un courriel et l'expéditeur m'a demander de saluer mon nouvel entraîneur. «Bonjour Érik!» Je me demande de où aurait-il pu apprendre le nom de mon nouvel entraîneur. La seul réponse valable est d'un de mes amis. Moi qui pensais que seulement mes parents, mes meilleurs amis, et moi sachions ces infos. Et bien il paraît que non. Alors maintenant vous le saurez! Un secret est bien mieux garder par soi même.
Mais bon je n'ai pas de secret, mon entraîneur c'est Erik Lyman.
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Réveil!

2008-01-23T05:46:00.000-08:00

Encore ce matin mon réveil matin n'a pas sonner ou bien je l'ai éteint et me suis rendormi. Étant en retard pour mon cours je n'ai pas pus entrer car la porte était fermé. Je me suis rendu à la bibliothèque pour passer le temps et travailler un peu sur un petit devoir de français. J'ai vendu mon vélo!
Je m'en vais chercher mon nouveau vélo le 2 février. Ce sera un Kuota Kredo monter en SRAM Force. Je devrai le monter moi même parce que chez Kuota ils ne montent pas les vélos. En fait ils les envoient aux magasins pour qu'ils soient monter.
Aujourd'hui ce sera de la musculation et un peu de repos.
Finalement, j'ai réussi à rentrer en classe durant ma pose! Je suis entré juste au bon moment. Le prof nous a donner un petit quiz politique.
Je crois que je laisserai mon blog comme il est pour un bout. Donc rien à changer?
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Ouff!!!

2008-01-22T15:24:00.000-08:00

Bon!
Je reviens d'aller skier dans la neige folle! Tous mes pas étaient forcés et sans glisses. Entoucas 1h c'est assez, de toute façon cette semaine est ma semaine de repos. Aujourd'hui j'ai rajouté un compteur de «click» sur mon blog et j'ai rajouter un album photo. Je ne suis pas encore très très familier avec Blogger.
Alors pour l'instant c'est tout.
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2008-01-21T16:10:00.000-08:00

Hey
Here's my blog! This year is my 2nd year of competitive cycling! It's great. For now i am training hard and getting ready for the 2008 season. I will be riding with Apogee Kuota. My season will start with a training camp in south carolina. Till then, you can find me on the trails of the Gatineau Park, at Greg Christie's Ski and Cycleworks, or at school. Anyways! Tonight i am going to play hockey with some friends.

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