Recent content by Barkintheeye

Perfect lead out by MVDP but KG really has got nothing against Milan.

Any list WITHOUT Valverde in at least top 20 is totally nincompoop. Rankings - in any sport will always overrate ancient athletes (i.e. pre modern sports which is should differ within sports but would approximately be around the 1970s/1980s), full stop. Good examples are Ali vs Joe Louis, Bolt...

Yes, the one little kink in Pog’s armor is recovery and Visma is trying their best to exploit it. Don’t think it will work but at least they are trying and it also makes stages more enjoyable.

Hopefully Mr Knopfler can strike an accord for cyclocross and add some fame and flair to an otherwise relatively anonymous sport.

So true! Wout is a true fighter with tons of grit. One of his best qualities. I also hope he can get some wins.

”Will the Real Rim Remco please stand up, please stand up, please stand up”

I had forgotten how much I appreciated watching races with Cancellara back in the day. Amazing rider who looked great on the bike and could animate races and put on a spectacular show.

Yes someone should tell him to grow up and "own your performance or lack thereof". Blaming others will get you nowhere. If the team is too weak, change team. If your prep is too bad, do what you can and be happy with it. If your bike handling and positioning is lousy, work on it etc. Owning up...

We should start calling him Little [political figure not to be named]. Fickle as a feather changing with the smallest gust of wind yet always the best in his own mind.

If those quotes are correct he proves to a complete piece of s@@t and a total moron. So the team is to ”deliver” him into la Redoute? Ok fine but a quality rider wouldn’t need that and I don’t remember Pogacar whining about his team at MSR despite not being ”delivered” into Poggio.

I think an alternative Ranking would be to calculate an average for the top 20 all-time best riders based on subjective opinions. Basically ”who do you think is the best ever cyclist from 1-20”. Clearly the result would firstly be biased towards contemporary riders and secondly towards the...

Thanks. Clearly debatable. The relative points between categories has a huge impact. Just as an example 25 points for winning PR compared with 40 points for winning the Olympics or 20 points for winning TT WC/OC or 20 points for winning eg Tour de Suisse. It's quite difficult to arrive at a...

Just to understand the calculation. When comparing for example Cancellara (19) to MVDP (48) how come the big difference when MVDP has one more monument and a gold on the Road which FC has not? All of FCs TT golds?

He should at least get some credit for trying. Maybe not the most concerted effort but still animating the race.

So Remco decides to abandon with less than 20K to go. Completely unprofessional. He maybe still thinks of himself as a football player.