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mcelliott said:
No, a few days ago you said you only suspected Indurain when the whole world and his dog knows those wins weren't honest. But that's cool, that's a naivety that chimes very well with your unbridled support of Sky.
nearly half the peleton in those days were asthmatic they should have qualified for the para Olympics.Trigbert said:
Todays stage in that weather looked terrible. Almost like there was a gentlemen agreement over the last climb to keep what you've got, can't fault that tbh. Respect to all of them, Chapeau!
Indeed chapeau, to Froome and his team first and foremost for winning the TdF, three weeks of pedaling, 3,529 km or 2,193 mi......johnxjsc1985 said:
mcelliott said:
No, a few days ago you said you only suspected Indurain when the whole world and his dog knows those wins weren't honest. But that's cool, that's a naivety that chimes very well with your unbridled support of Sky.
nearly half the peleton in those days were asthmatic they should have qualified for the para Olympics.Waiting to see if the Russian ban applies to Paralympians too, it bloody ought to, it was all the same anti-doping officials and labs being f
ked with after all. I just don't understand why it's only athletics, they really ought to be at least as worried about cycling and such. Hate to even think it never mind type it but the amount of "this is a superhuman effort" "most people couldn't possibly do this" etc coming from the commentators today about, primarily, Sagan, made me fret a bit. Oleg Tinkov seems unscrupulous enough for it.
On which note did you lot see ITV4's 'the world according to Oleg' thingies on the rest days? I'm astounded at the blatantness of the piss taking, UK broadcast media don't usually go that far, but it was completely hilarious.
mcelliott said:
pablo said:
mcelliott said:
pablo said:
Dont walk away, Sway I think everyone knows you are right but they cant admit it. They like the romance of the Italians winning everything, that marks them out as old-school (pre-Wiggins) and this new world order doesnt sit well for some... I was reading cycling news forum the other day (dont ever go there!) and the best the Sky-haters had was "at lest he'll never win the Giro...." I mean thats the level you have to drag yourself down to before you can argue with these people....
Says the man who counts Miguel Indurain as one of his idols - haha.Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 22 July 14:47
As for the final comment I don't support any team or rider, you know that but you like to think I do because it fits with your agenda. You're a bully, have a think about what you post.
FlyingMeeces said:
johnxjsc1985 said:
mcelliott said:
No, a few days ago you said you only suspected Indurain when the whole world and his dog knows those wins weren't honest. But that's cool, that's a naivety that chimes very well with your unbridled support of Sky.
nearly half the peleton in those days were asthmatic they should have qualified for the para Olympics.Waiting to see if the Russian ban applies to Paralympians too, it bloody ought to, it was all the same anti-doping officials and labs being f
ked with after all. I just don't understand why it's only athletics, they really ought to be at least as worried about cycling and such. Hate to even think it never mind type it but the amount of "this is a superhuman effort" "most people couldn't possibly do this" etc coming from the commentators today about, primarily, Sagan, made me fret a bit. Oleg Tinkov seems unscrupulous enough for it.
On which note did you lot see ITV4's 'the world according to Oleg' thingies on the rest days? I'm astounded at the blatantness of the piss taking, UK broadcast media don't usually go that far, but it was completely hilarious.
Usually ? Are you sure ? UK media ? the UK is far from the the least nationalistic country in Europe, most Brits probably even question whether the UK is in Europe at all. Regarding nationalism it's probably somewhere in between Turkye and Slovenia, right up there with France.
And I don't know Oleg's comments, and I do not care, but if you have any knowledge of the sport you'd know that a bit more respect to Sagan's performance in this TdF wouldn't go amiss.
Right up their with Froome, if not beyond that.
Edited by DeltonaS on Saturday 23 July 22:29
I actually can't tell whether you're intentionally missing the point to pick a fight, or just not getting what I'm saying.
Did you see the Oleg sections I mentioned? It was funny. Nationalism irrelevant.
"If you have any knowledge of the sport…" - not interested in dick measuring contest. Also not interested in being told who or what I ought to respect, to be quite honest. Sagan has indeed done some incredible things, he's stunningly dominant, has been for some years now, but I heard the phrase "out of this world" this afternoon, watching live, and I thought… actually, yeah, that's not inappropriate to wonder about. I'm not declaring what is or isn't happening, I am observing my own instinctive reaction, that's all.
Did you see the Oleg sections I mentioned? It was funny. Nationalism irrelevant.
"If you have any knowledge of the sport…" - not interested in dick measuring contest. Also not interested in being told who or what I ought to respect, to be quite honest. Sagan has indeed done some incredible things, he's stunningly dominant, has been for some years now, but I heard the phrase "out of this world" this afternoon, watching live, and I thought… actually, yeah, that's not inappropriate to wonder about. I'm not declaring what is or isn't happening, I am observing my own instinctive reaction, that's all.
Digger said:
Surprised no one has raised this, but no dopers caught in the tdf this year?!
that's a good thing and the fact people complained it was boring maybe because a clean rider is not a superman and needs rest and has off days. the avg speed over the last few years has tailed off after being on the rise each year for decadeshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3...
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armitstead-cleared...
Three missed tests in a career would be bad enough, but three in the space of a year? Good job she's not Russian.
Three missed tests in a career would be bad enough, but three in the space of a year? Good job she's not Russian.
mcelliott said:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armitstead-cleared...
Three missed tests in a career would be bad enough, but three in the space of a year? Good job she's not Russian.
apparently the Hotel receptionist would not give the testers her room number at 6am and they left so give her that one but what about the other two. Either the system isn't working or someone needs a rocket up them.Three missed tests in a career would be bad enough, but three in the space of a year? Good job she's not Russian.
If they were Russian there would be a big stink about it for sure.
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