Recent content by Eratosthenes

Collingwoood forever Good old Collingwood forever, we know how to play the game. Side by side we stick together, to uphold The Magpies name. Hear the barrackers a shouting, as all barrackers should, Oh, the premiership's a cakewalk For the good old Collingwood. Mind...

Cadel will be reeling in a grosso basso

I voted Basso. But it is a tricky one. Rain and gravel boosted Cadel last week, again that psychological thing with Cadel that seems more prominent than in other riders. I think the extra 10% came from his self belief derived from his Mt Bike experience (probably more so than the physical...

Well, hang on a bit. Let's analyse this a bit more. Why isn't procycling huge in Australia? Well because it is Eurocentric, most of the population have no idea about its history, and very few Australians compete in it (though much more in the last 10 years), or doing well in it (again changing...

Cheers again for the comments. No. Alternate location in regions to share the love so to speak. I mean the course for the TdF changes every year. First, let me clarify something. I live on the mainland and will soon live in BrisVegas, and I would happily travel to another mainland location...

Matt Lloyd quote: "About the only one missing is the teams (jersey), but we can't contest that because we're not racing as a team. We've got a strong smattering of riders on ProTour teams right through the peloton." Seems as if Pro Aussie riders (well some at least) are not opposed to a...

Fantastic. Just what I wanted, some great ideas and thoughts. Of course a number of ill-considered opinions as well. :) Maybe just a couple of points: - yeah history, it does add something, e.g. Cricket Ashes games at Lords. But that means nothing to Sri Lankans. I, like many new to the...

Evans does have that mesy dance on the climbs. Might be OK to stay in the tango with Basso

Yeah great, why can't they start these races early in the morning. Very inconsiderate for us Antipodeans who need to work tomorrow, scratch that, Today. :(

I know, it is easy to get emotional about things. And double standards abound here (the second part of my post was directed at BroDeal (I am not a kiwi to use the word Bro, though I am married to one) and another dude for get his/er name.)

Sportzchick I have to admit some of the things you post don't contribute a lot to put in a politik way.. but Hey Bro, the personal arrogant put downs you and others dish out in response are simply WAY more trashy and interruptive of a good forum read IMHP. EDIT: maybe not 'WAY', but then...

I started this post in another thread (Will, How and when will an aussie team have a pro team? ), and which Libertine Seguro has made some considered comments on, but I would love to hear more people's thoughts about it so I have moved my initial post here. Please read a few posts on page 3 and...

I agree, I wasn't saying that all of the current best Australian riders would have to join up together. Sure they should choose a basket to put their eggs in. A GC team would I think be more popular. Lotto probably wouldn't. There would be more "pro Tour" like teams, and those teams would...

Cheers for your considered response. I wonder though whether a team which is identified as having a national element (i.e. is talked about as being Australian and is alrgely composed of Australians) may be more attractice and draw the interest of traditional non-cycling fans who might be...

"Cadel" means 'battle', well he will certainly have to live up to his name to win this. Sastre means 'tailor', some have said this course suites him.:D Alexandre vinokourov: He will also have to fight like Alexander the great to get close to winning this. too tired to find any...