Recent content by hegemon

Yes we can. I think she looks quite lovely in that photo. Froome's wife is quite a bit better looking than his bike riding style.

Exploitation requires a limitation of choice that pressures people to do things then less than what they deserve. Just because a company can pay more does not make them exploitative, it makes them capitalists.

This is a strange way to look at it. To me, if a rider can't make enough money to live, then by definition he is not competing "for a living". The only thing making a rider a 'pro" and not an "amateur" is that he gets paid money to ride. There is nothing to say that that he has to be paid so...

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Yeah, I'm a big Valverde fan, but have to admit he just never really had a chance to win the TdF. Vuelta is his stage racing pinnacle, and even then, I have doubts he'll get there again. He should support Quintana at the tour, foster some goodwill, and get everyone to bury themselves for him...

One thing not mentioned here, I think, is that because Armstrong is banned, he can't be insured during the race. This makes him a big risk to other riders, because if he is involved in a crash, the other riders are NOT covered. Liability could be in the millions. As an example, when my bike...

Never undestimate Valverde's ability to podium. I now pick him as a podium contender for races he is not even entered in.

Yeah, that might be an exaggeration. Wiggins' performance at Paris-Roubaix is more on par with, say, Roger De Vlaeminck.

Is that a photo of Lim helping with a blood transfusion?

Except Pete Rose never cheated. He just placed bets on his own baseball team, always to win.

Former Vuelta winner, winner of 6 other GTs, with demonstrably great form on the season, wins 2014 Vuelta by just 70 seconds, and THAT hits all the "not normal" boxes?

No way Froome does the Giro next year.

That's going to hurt your total post count!

I don't understand the part where YOU decide that YOUR criteria for rider of the year are the only only ones that matter, and those that disagree must be spoken to in a condescending tone.

You disagree with yourself. If a UCI/WT-like points system was used to weigh placings and determine the best TdF cyclist of the 70s it would still be Merckx, because he had as many podiums as Joop, but Merckx's were mostly wins. You see, using objective tabulation of a pre-established point...