Recent content by Elverde

Kirby has lost it. He is out of order in his criticism of the wildcard teams. There are no decent commentators on the English language TdF coverage. Eurosport are pathetic. ITV 4 are worse. I prefer to watch tdp which is in Spanish. I do not fully understand the language but it is better than...

I agree with most of the comments and criticisms about Phil & Paul. I imagine them like Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough who played two old women called Ada & Cissie on British Television. For all their faults I still think that they are far superior to Harmon & Kelly. Harmon frequently shows his...

You know nothing. Hugh Porter was World Pursuit champion four times in the 60's, he was also an excellent road racer with numerous victories to his credit. He raced as a pro in UK for Condor/Mackeson one of the bigger British teams of the day, he did ride in the TdF for the British team in 1967...

Couldn't agree more. It's so bad that I have started watching it on Eurosport, with the sound off.

I couldn't agree more, but why bring it up on a cycling website, I come here to get away from the eyewash. By the way a survey in England (not Britain), found that 78% of those questioned didn't have any interest in Bill and Kath or the wedding or indeed the royal family (intentionally did not...

Selection for Worlds and Olympics will be dependent on the size of the donation to the UCI selection commitee

I would ask him nothing, I would not trust any answer that he gave.

Darryl, I remember you, you were a star, if I had been as good as you I would have used my real name.

My background, I raced for 9 years as an amateur, 4 years as an indepenent and 6 years as a professional. Most of my racing was done in UK but I did spend fairly long periods in France and Belgium when I was an amateur. I saw lots of doping during the whole of my racing career (not as...

What a good idea, tests for agents. Now here is a better idea what about a test for UCI presidents?

I am lucky, I live in Spain, although Eurosport is my first choice for watching cycle racing, I am lucky that I can also watch a Spanish channel, TdD. The commentary is in Spanish but sometimes that is a bonus after listening to Harmon and Kelly. I refuse to watch ITV4 with the sound on when...

The 1950s and 1960s were the best years for charging, mainly amphetamines. If you didn't win anything, at least you enjoyed the racing, and everyone was so chatty!

Yes, and as a matter of fact doping didn't start until after the 92 Olympics, and it picked up steam until approximately Sept 96 then it abruptly stopped. Then, it started again in 98 and stopped suddenly in 2006-2008. Then, it started again in earnest. I have a feeling it will stop again...

I think a lot of your lack of recognition is because Ocsar is Spanish.