mickkk said:The greatest Australian Victory since since Captain Cook.
Baden Cooke was great but let's not forget McEwen.
Then again I guess it's arguable whether Queensland is part of Australia ;-)
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mickkk said:The greatest Australian Victory since since Captain Cook.
jobiwan said:Of course I have nothing but ENORMOUS RESPECT for Cadel's ride. A deserving winner.
BUT....this thread was still started after Stage 1. STAGE 1!!!
It looks great now, but OP got lucky!
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:that image represents the sort of evans riding I resent.
sitting on gesink's wheel an entire climb, not pulling once and then have the bad taste to context the win.
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:OHH lorrd.
Permanent Evans Avatar for moi
Congrats Evans, I underrated your abilities and you are a worthy winner.
El Pistolero said:The thing about Evans is, he's really ego centric and wants to win everything for him self. I actually find it strange Phil and Cuddles are friends and that Cuddles has actually helped Phil get some nice wins in the past. It's hard to find 2 more ego centric cyclists then those 2 in the peloton. And they'll be riding in the same team next year But for some reason I can't explain, they're friends and work well together. So why not.
That sort of riding is still there in Cuddles. And you can't really blame him for that imo.
movingtarget said:Maybe he was a sprinter in a previous life ? Gilbert definitely strikes me as egocentric and seems to lap up the attention. Evans to me seems more awkward and quiet. Not sure why you would think he wants win everything for himself but isn't that his job anyway to get wins for the team. Just like any other team captain ? Even though Evans is a bit eccentric he has a lot of self belief. To me that's not egocentric.
Rip:30 said:Cadel racing in Vail!
movingtarget said:Maybe he was a sprinter in a previous life ? Gilbert definitely strikes me as egocentric and seems to lap up the attention. Evans to me seems more awkward and quiet. Not sure why you would think he wants win everything for himself but isn't that his job anyway to get wins for the team. Just like any other team captain ? Even though Evans is a bit eccentric he has a lot of self belief. To me that's not egocentric.
El Pistolero said:All his team mates and ex team mates call him egocentric. And they're the same as the team mates Phil has now. They really have a lkot of stories about him
He really is ego centric. Obviously I'm basing my opinion on his (ex) team mates as I don't know the guy personally.
Dermie said:
Would this suit, Molly in Rabobank kit.
Dermie said:Hey Timmy-loves-rabo have you had a chance to see if molly will suit as your new avatar??
ihatescarves said:Does anyone have more photos of Cadel from the early 90s? I tossed out all of my old magazines years ago. One with him using the number 28 would be nice...
Dermie said:
Would this suit, Molly in Rabobank kit.