Recent content by Superbagneres

You say it in jest, but it is that possibility of unfair influence or confict of interest, or at least the appearance of it, which has always seemed dangerous to me about the linked relationship between British Cycling and Sky.

Four years in a row. I suggested after last year that they turn it into a Derny race and allow him to tow the leader to the finish on a motorbike.

Interesting, thanks for the responses as it caught my eye as being quite a lump. Anyway, I thought it worth asking on a quiet news day;)

I must say I was delighted to see Pooley win, but when I got round to watching it last night I couldn't help noticing that to my eyes she seemed to have on her back under her skinsuit the rectangular box which I have always understood to be race radio equipment. One of the phtos on the CN...

All born and raised. I guess Monaco is what the question is about.

Agreed, in fact I think that's now the 19th GT stage he's only won because rider x wasn't there.

Hey Contador, today was the day to be practising track stands on the big climb of the day

I have never believed that Brailsford genuinely believes Wiggins can win the Tour. Sky is all about whether Brailsford can turn the first rider he lined up - Peter Kennaugh - into a GT winner. It may never happen, but if it does it won't be for a few years yet, and that is why Wiggins is so...

I think that if Cav doesn't win today or tomorrow the idea of switching him to Renshaw's lead-out man is actually a very good one, not as a "disciplinary" move but as a way of giving Renshaw a crack and also increasing Cav's strength, confidence and sharpness without the pressure of needing to...

To put some flesh on what is clearly a point of interest the funeral date of his late grandmother (Marjorie, CN readers might be intrigued to know) was set by last weekend as the funeral notice had already been published by then. As a very wild guess, given that he was already down to race in...

If they don't refer to the funeral they are hiding something, if they do they're going for the "dead relative sympathy vote".

Are you the same bianchigirl I know from another forum, who at the 2008 Giro said that "any other rider would have been rightly criticised for riding in such a defensive manner" and that his "wheelsucking performance in the mountains" was a "new low for a GT winner"?

The Isle of Man (population of less than 80,000) currently has three ProTour professionals - Cav, Jonny Bellis (World under 23 road bronze medallist), and Peter Kennaugh (3rd in 2009 Baby Giro and 4th at the World under 23 road Worlds). It also has three Great Britain Academy riders in Tim...