Back in the day, or more specifically, 2005. Tom Boonen (or Tomke, as his Belgian fans like to call him) had his breakthrough year. He was the man to beat in one-day races. Everyone was talking about the hungry youngster being the next Eddy Merckx.
May be it was a case of too much, too soon for Tomke. He seemed to have a mid-life-crisis sometime in his twenties. He got himself a hot 16 year-old girlfriend.
And a Lamborghini. Which he crashed while avoiding a cat.
Not to mention the cocaine. Which got him banned for a little while, but not too long
And he's also had his fair share of crashes and injuries.
But probably the biggest barrier to Tomke's success has been this guy.
Yes, that Fabian Cancellara (or Farticus as I believe he is known to his fans) has been a race-winning machine for the last few years and makes winning a Classic look like a piece of piss. Last year he cleaned-up at Flanders and Paris-Roubaix; leading to all those silly electric bike rumors. This year it seems everyone is talking about his magic bearings.
The point of all my ramblings is that the Velogames Classics site is now open for the first set of transfers. It's time to pick your squads for the upcoming Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, and only a fool would leave Fabian Cancellara out of his team. After Gent-Wevelgem, it looks like the Bile Beans have just held onto the lead, but Evil Dr Chan had a good showing on Sunday and are closing in fast.
Well, they do look like a very nice set of bearings...
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