spalco wrote:LaFlorecita wrote:As for your second point: so we essentially agree. Not sure why my post provoked such an emotional response. Not everyone enjoys having a photo of an emaciated naked cyclist shoved into their face when they open the internet.
Don't be ridiculous, you can't possibly be that prudish? There's nothing pornographic whatsoever about that photo. He's naked, so what? That's what some human people look like.
And regardless of whether Froome is attractive or not, there's a certain non-sexual aestethic to the body of an athlete at the top of his or her game.
Like, google "Vince Wilfork espn" for the counter-point to Froome, a really fat NFL player who has a hugely impressive physique anyway.
Call me prudish but I don't want to have naked riders shoved into my face. If I am in the mood to look at naked people I'll find my way around. Cyclists' bodies just aren't very attractive to look at whichever way you turn it, especially the GC riders who tend to look like more muscular versions of concentration camp survivors.
There's nothing aesthetic about the picture except the body, if you're into it, which I'm not. As a professional photographer said on twitter, "it could have been done with more... style". Yes, I see a fit athlete but I can see that when he has his kit on as well and a fit naked body does not get my heart rate up the way it seems to for some others.
If it had been Marcel Kittel, maybe I wouldn't have minded as much, but I just do not enjoy it. That is my opinion and I am entitled to it.
I'm not going to google your "fat NFL player", I'll take your word for it.
On a side note, and this is a question for all of you, I'd be interested to know if your immediate reaction after seeing *that* Rasmussen photo wasn't either "yuck" or "what the hell"? If it was, what is the difference? Rasmussen didn't pose entirely naked so he is still fair game for criticism?
Anyway, way too much effort went into this discussion about an unattractive photo from my side and I'm tired of defending my POV. Time to move on.