Recent content by Brian Butterfield

  1. Brian Butterfield

    Wiggins, Clinic respect?

    After some "altitude training" in Tenerife, a fresh set of "finest" pillows and a rigorously enforced Nutella ban I am sure this department will be on fine form to really make a difference for the coming season.
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    2018 vs 2008

    - Is cycling today dirtier than it was 10 years ago? Yes - What have been the biggest changes? Doping combining old and new, traditional and modern. Old omerta and new omerta. Corporate control, media management. A dash of HyperNormalisation. "Everybody knew that what they were seeing was not...
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    Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

    Re: Re: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouYKeeTz7Yw
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: Because all the world is a stage. and the Tour has plenty of them.
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: More a carefully calibrated (and crucially: compartmentalized) combination of traditional and modern. Apologies all for the alliteration
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    All About Salbutamol

    Oh dear - the "Lol my mate stole my phone and typed that lol!" defense. It's not "Dry English Humour" in the slightest. You clearly need to take a break from all these shifts - A veritable one man electronic army cannot march on an empty stomach.
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Presumed advertorial, Sam. Presumed.
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    Dave Brailsford - cycling genius

    Wrong! regards, Ham Socking
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: I dunno, to sound clever?
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    TdF 2018 Movie titles: Close Encounters of the Sky Kind Full Alien Ahead Don't Upgrade: Lawyer Up Grade Not a New Hope Better Call Sal
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: Apologies to Juul-Jensen who is at least entertaining.
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Froome goes full Joker and doubles...triples...quadruples down. "Wait till they get a load of me..."
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    He suffers from chronic astana - give the man a break.
  14. Brian Butterfield

    Astana?

    Re: Re: pan agua y vino - the holy trinity.
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    Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

    Re: Re: Something something marginal gains.