Johnny Hoogerland Appreciation Thread

Slideshowbob

JH is the man.

I wonder how the peloton will acknowledge his misfortune tomorrow?

Will other riders give him a wee push to help him if he is struggling!?

Might they let him up the road to regain time he lost due to the incident?!

I can see something happening .....

jiffybag

Even if he does take to the start line tomorrow I dont think he will get too far . 33 stitches in his legs and trouble sleeping will take its toll . It will be a brave effort to make it to the feed zone at 77kms.

macadam

GO Johnny GO GO GO.

ednwireland

Jens Voigt has a Johnny Hoogerland poster in his room.

Slideshowbob

ednwireland wrote: »

Jens Voigt has a Johnny Hoogerland poster in his room.

FACT

treborm

Always been a big fan of Johnny, love turning on eurosport to hear he's in a break.

macadam

The man is a legend, those posts he broke were concrete and to be cut to shreds and continue and finish the stage LEGEND

Graphic pic beware..

Rovi

Chuck Norris wears a Johnny Hoogerland replica kit when he goes for a spin!

AG2R

What a rider, Even if doesn't finish the tour he was won it already, he was won the fans hearts and the riders respect

Hermy

Barbed wire has tattoos of Johnny.

mahoo

ednwireland wrote: »

Jens Voigt has a Johnny Hoogerland poster in his room.

the jensie just joined twitter... he joined just over 2 hours ago and he already has over 17,000 followers. no mention of the Jonny Hoogeland poster yet, but it must only be a matter of time

https://twitter.com/#!/thejensie

but jonny is the man. hope he makes it through tomorrow ok.

TheBlaaMan

A brave man for sure, and a really great guy to watch go on the attack.

At the same time....concrete posts ? I dont think so ....... lichen covered wooden posts, I think. He is very unlikely to have survived without fractures of some sort - or worse - if they were concrete.

leftism

Massive respect for him no matter how far he gets tomorrow! Its that kind of spirit and determination that makes the Tour the greatest sporting event on earth... Witnessing a guy climb back onto a bike after such a horrible crash and finishing out the stage is just awe inspiring! IMO stories like these do a lot to heal the damage done by years of systematic doping...

Have to say, i wasn't full of hope for this years Tour (mostly due to Contador's presence) but the drama and heroism shown, coupled with incredibly open racing in the first week has definitely changed my opinion!

mahoo

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

..concrete posts ? I dont think so ....... lichen covered wooden posts, I think..

A true legend is born. the exaggeration has started already... in a few years it will be titanium posts with diamond tipped razor wire

happytramp

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

At the same time....concrete posts ? I dont think so ....... lichen covered wooden posts, I think. He is very unlikely to have survived without fractures of some sort - or worse - if they were concrete.

They were concrete. :mad:

Slideshowbob

mahoo wrote: »

the jensie just joined twitter... he joined just over 2 hours ago and he already has over 17,000 followers. no mention of the Jonny Hoogeland poster yet, but it must only be a matter of time

https://twitter.com/#!/thejensie

but jonny is the man. hope he makes it through tomorrow ok.

JH is 11.2 times harder than JV - FACT

I'll defy anyone who says otherwise

Hermy

I wonder will Harmon finally stop with his incessant slagging off of Johnny now.
Fncking hope so.

Johnners1878

The TG4 highlights show tonight referred to him having fractured bone(s) as well as stiches, though I didn't see that in any other coverage. Might be wrong, or maybe the posts were concrete!

Sardonicat

Johnners1878 wrote: »

The TG4 highlights show tonight referred to him having fractured bone(s) as well as stiches, though I didn't see that in any other coverage. Might be wrong, or maybe the posts were concrete!

Yeah, I heard that, too.

He was bloodly lucky they weren't a few yards further along the road when the accident happened or he would have been catapulted into a tree.

He was incredibly forgiving of the driver, too.

Junior

Someone's up and about on their training ride yesterday...

Sr. Assumpta

Junior wrote: »

Someone's up and about on their training ride yesterday...

Those dressings are really going to mess with his tan lines.

Chips Lovell

He has a fine arse. I've seen enough of it in the last 24 hours to pass judgement.

OldPeculier

King of the Hills jersey, however high an accomplishment it still doesn't seem to be high enough praise or recognition for his spirit and determination!

Roche said of him..."I didn't find out what happened until afterwards but couldn't help notice the blood streaming down his leg as we caught him a few kilometres later."

Delighted to see that he was out on the bike yesterday!

ROK ON

Is that a BikePure bracelet that he is wearing in the picture?
What are his views on doping I wonder? Apparently he has a naturally elevated level of testosterone in his body.

Explains a lot really.

He is a terrifically exciting rider. The songle best race I have seen was a breakawy in the Tour of Britain when Hoogerland and Dan Martin fought it out over 150km. Fascinating.

Best of luck to him today. Hopefully him and Flecha will be allowed some leeway.

Hungrycol

Junior wrote: »

Someone's up and about on their training ride yesterday...

...and blood still seeping through the bandages. Would he be allowed pain killers?

AG2R

Hungrycol wrote: »

...and blood still seeping through the bandages. Would he be allowed pain killers?

about to say there was blood seeping through, doubt he would be allowed them tbh

TinyExplosions

AG2R wrote: »

about to say there was blood seeping through, doubt he would be allowed them tbh

I think they are allowed certain ones (most likely given to em by the doc from the medical car)

jimm

Junior wrote: »

Someone's up and about on their training ride yesterday...

Careful Johnny...there's a barbed wire fence to your right!!!!

gmoorewest

ITV Sport saying on twitter that he was woken this morning at 7am by doping control.

AG2R

I'm not surprised tbh Takes some man to get back on and finish. Wearing a Bike Pure bracelet I highly doubt he will be doping himself though

AG2R

Just seen his interview with Eurosport. Wow what a humble man. "We're still alive and Weyland died". Tears in his eyes.

pmcd22

Respect to Johnny. Hopefully he will continue on today.

Hermy

jimm wrote: »

Careful barbed wire fence...HERE'S JOHNNY!!!!

FYP

Chips Lovell

AG2R wrote: »

I'm not surprised tbh Takes some man to get back on and finish. Wearing a Bike Pure bracelet I highly doubt he will be doping himself though

I don't think he's in Bike Pure. At least he's not listed on their website. It looked like one of their wristbands he was wearing, but there's so many different ones about these days.

He tested positive for testosterone at the age of 18 and was fired by Rabobank. He wasn't sanctioned though, as his explanation of a naturally elevated level was accepted.

Plenty of chat about his amateur days on the Cycling News forums.

el tel

Poor flecha, talk about being upstaged, no one gives a **** that he was hit by a car

He shoulf stuff his shorts with ketchup sachets for added effect next time he meets the tarmac. O

Hermy

Today Raymond Poulidor got to meet the legendary Johnny Hoogerland!

pmcd22

Raging seen this. Hope he gets the bullet.

Hermy

pmcd22 wrote: »

Raging seen this. Hope he gets the bullet.

I wouldn't give people like that the time of day.
It's like trolls - DON'T feed them.

niceonetom

Rovi

niceonetom wrote: »

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Is that actually for real?
I don't see it on their website.

Colonialboy

well done johnny on all counts.

Slideshowbob

Appreciate this:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-11/photos/182340

and this:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-11/photos/182347

and this:

Stage 11 Result:
1 Mark Cavendish
119 Johnny Hoogerland - same time

Johnny - what a guerrier* !!! Bravo !!

(*French for battler)

Makes "shut up legs" pail into insignificance

Ryaner

macadam wrote: »

The man is a legend, those posts he broke were concrete and to be cut to shreds and continue and finish the stage LEGEND

Graphic pic beware..

happytramp wrote: »

They were concrete. :mad:

They were concrete. Pic 25 of http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011---part-1/100105/

Definitely super lucky to hit where he did missing the posts

Joeyde

They have to be wooden stakes. If you've ever done any fencing in your life you would get why..

F1ngers

Rovi wrote: »

Is that actually for real?
I don't see it on their website.

It's there now.

http://stomachofanger.com/

Guybrush T

Ryaner wrote: »

They were concrete. Pic 25 of http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011---part-1/100105/

Definitely super lucky to hit where he did missing the posts

Joeyde wrote: »

They have to be wooden stakes. If you've ever done any fencing in your life you would get why..

1. Loook at pic 26, if you can tear your gaze from Johnys pert waxed arse you can see a lichen covered wooden post between his legs
2. As Joeyde says, if they're concrete, then French fencers have awesome skills with a hammer to be able to knock the staples in.

n-dawg

I love Johnny, he's on the attack again

Yi Harr

The post that just keeps giving.