Recent content by Wattie

Well I find that in all walks of life there are selfish and egotistical people and then there are generous and kind ones and everything else in between. To single cycling out (and you didn't say team sport - you said sport) is just over the top rhetoric. You don't follow soccer but its...

I would love you to name the professional sport that isn't selfish. The notion that cycling is the most selfish sport strikes me as absurd hyperbole. What makes it more selfish than Golf, Tennis, and so on? In some ways it is one of the least selfish sports because most of the riders do it...

What strikes me as a bit ridiculous and distasteful is Sky chasing the KoM title with Froome. This was a small race at the start of the season against largely second tier teams; why did Sky feel the need to mop up a minor competition in such a race? Will having the KoM in this race even be...

Re: I think you are slightly missing the point about accusations of corporate plotting. It is not arguing that planning is based on what the pros use (as you say), it is arguing from the idea that product development is designed to generate sales and not necessarily to make bikes better...

I bet there are a number of executive and sales people at various bike manufactures getting throughly miffed at the comments of riders like Cancellara, Van Avermaet, Nibali and others. These companies have invested heavily in trying to persuade us we need to lay out lots of money on new bikes...

Probably the best news for cycling in some time. Tinkov is quitting essentially because the sport could not be bullied into behaving as his own personal plaything. He is another example of someone who believes that his wealth should entitle him to dictate the terms of anything he chooses to...

Re: Re: Well here is one person who is proud to be on your blacklist. Love and kisses, Wattie

Re: Re: I agree regarding Nibali. I thought his ride in the Tour of Spain was superb. Chiappucci would've been proud of how tight he gripped that bottle at such high speed. Oh and his throwing things at a riders who he alleges have caused a crash oozes style and charisma. Add in his claims to...

Re: I see your point, but it is also about the process of ageing and nostalgia as well as the drug use.

Just read his comments about today's peloton lacking characters. Does he have a point or is it just the usual old man's nostalgia? Claims that Sagan, Contador and Valverde are the only ones with panache. Sagan and Contador I can understand but Valverde? Valverde is one of the most risk averse...

Re: Nibali discussion thread Indeed it would appear so. Brian Nygaard ‏@nygaardbn 4m4 minutes ago Nibali: you not only got the rules wrong, but also the facts. Caleb Ewan was getting bottles when it happened. He did not cause the crash. His Nibs is not coming out of this very well at all.

Re: Spot on.

Re: I think what people are "relishing" is seeing a hypocrite exposed, rather than hating someone. Anyone who throws comments around like he did (regarding Froome in the 2010 Giro) has to be very careful that he lives up to the standards his comments set. He has manifestly failed to do so and...

“At the time, I preferred not to mention it, but in 2010 Froome was excluded from the Giro for being towed by a car…” What is the Italian for "people in glass houses" or for "brazen hypocrisy" or for "My name is Vincenzo and I have no sense of irony"?

The more i look at the footage the more credible the idea he might have been trying to get disqualified; it was so blatant, getting towed away from a bunch like that, he cannot seriously have imagined no one would complain or protest. You can even see the rider behind him sit up in amazement.