Ian Butler wrote:


Some of the dates don't match up since it got screwed up using different formats, but the year is always correct

Now we are late October 2016.

sammyt93 wrote:
On an unrelated note, is there anyone Milan's not had an exchange with? he forgot to mention that he seems to have a rivalry with Dubois in his recent piece considering there's been comments going back and forth between the 2 a couple of times this season which I thought I'd continue to build on in my latest piece.

Milan being good but not good enough

sammyt93 wrote:


Ian could we get this on the first page of the thread please, I had a bit of a hard time finding it when I wanted to check back how young Listerijn was for my Dubois post.

Also with the calendar are the rider's getting a week off after the Christmas Classic? Seeing as if Christmas is a Sunday then otherwise wouldn't Fujicross still be in December and Pyeongchang on New Years Day?

On an unrelated note, is there anyone Milan's not had an exchange with? he forgot to mention that he seems to have a rivalry with Dubois in his recent piece considering there's been comments going back and forth between the 2 a couple of times this season which I thought I'd continue to build on in my latest piece.

TheManxMissile wrote:
Milan just starting fights with everyone. The guy clearly has some issues and entourage equivalent to Armstrongs pushing him forwards. The peloton needs to band together and deal with the agressive Bouhanni-esque lunatic that is Listerijn

Ian Butler wrote:


Everyone except his eternal bro Lipawsky

trekbmc wrote:
Sounds like Sylvain needs to start a fight with someone other than Vague.

Also, Ian, is it alright if Chetout races Alpe d'Huez?

Ian Butler wrote:
Unfortunately, the results are already in.

jandal7 wrote:


that pace Hopefully I can beat you to the buzzer with this blog post

Ian Butler wrote:


Unfortunately, the results are already in.
He could start if you want to, but he won't finish
Alpe is a tough race anyway, last year we didn't have too many finishers, so not the easiest cross to come from the U23 for the first time

trekbmc wrote:


Would it be ok if he starts but fails to finish? Just to keep consistency with what he said?

He's hopelessly inconsistent anyway, So not finishing is pretty likely.

jandal7 wrote:
Also, I must tip my hat to TMM for doing it in this thread where I can't do anything

Name: Blel Chetout
Nationality (region): France (Aquitaine)
Date of Birth: 21/3/1993 (22 years old)
Height: * 178cm
Weight: * 76kg
Specialty: ** Inconsistency: Will sometimes be spectacular in his performances, if he feels right. Sometimes he can just win a race out of nowhere.
Bad Weather Specialist: He's great in bad weather, he feels his best when everybody else feels their worst, well not always.*
Impulsive Rider
Weakness: ** Inconsistency: A lot of the time will struggle and not be able to keep up, winning a classification is almost impossible for him.
Bad in Good weather: Everybody else feels better when the sun is out, he doesn't usually.*
Handling Media
Impulsive Rider

*These are just general, he's an enigma with these things.

Biography: Blel was born in Bordeaux, France. He was an introvert by nature and loved to watch the tour de France. Seeing this inspired him to get out on the bike and he would ride for hours, loving training and at the age of 13 he showed up at his first race a road race near his home, he won, attacking from the start and staying away the whole race, he was amazed and more motivated then ever, but came back in a higher grade and lost badly. When the CX season came he wasn't liking riding his bike anymore but decided to give it one more go, his first CX race, in Aquitaine, flat except for a small sharp hill. The rain was pouring and they were considering calling the race off but given it was CX they didn't. The race began at a frantic pace, being inspired by the rain in a way but once they hit the first hill Blel went and wasn't seen again. He came back the next the next week and tried the same, but they wouldn't let him get away and he only won one more race that season. Still he loved it and throughout his young career he has had some terrible performances, in over a fifth of his races he has not finished or come last, but some spectacular wins as well, despite only ever finishing 2nd once. Still he's France's biggest hope to get back on the CX scene.


Stats: [Choose between: very low, low, medium, high, very high]

Bike Handling (technical): Very High - Very Low
Sand: medium - Low
Uphill: High - Very Low
Cobblestones: High - Medium
Sprinting: High - Very Low
Explosiveness: Very High - High
Flat (TT/riding hard): Very High - Very Low
Power: Very High - Very Low
Running: Very High - Low
Snow/Ice: Very High - Very Low
Jumping: Very High - Very Low

Here I've given relative stats, between a perfect day and a terrible day, all of these are relative of course. (Sorry that a lot of them are Very High to Very Low, for them the order of how good he is Explosiveness, Snow/Ice, Bike Handling, Power, Flat, Jumping)