Cadel fans, help me out, please!

[auscyclefan94]

http://velocitynation.com/toto?page=3


this is great!

hilarious, lets have a rematch at the giro...

 

[unsheath]

I'd just like to chime in here as I've just read the Cadel Evans Biography, close to flying. To anyone thinking of reading it, seriously don't bother. I actually came out of the book knowing less about him than at the start. Such and half arsed attempt thats left me very disappointed. The recent Ride magazine was 10x more insightful and that was 4 pages long. Kinda want my 6 hours that it took to read back.

 

[powderpuff]

I'd just like to chime in here as I've just read the Cadel Evans Biography, close to flying. To anyone thinking of reading it, seriously don't bother. I actually came out of the book knowing less about him than at the start. Such and half arsed attempt thats left me very disappointed. The recent Ride magazine was 10x more insightful and that was 4 pages long. Kinda want my 6 hours that it took to read back.

Gee, Ride article was more insightful?? It was written by Rob Arnold just like the book was. DOH.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Gee, Ride article was more insightful?? It was written by Rob Arnold just like the book was. DOH.

Some people.... i have found the the book very insightful, informative and interesting. A great read and for some people who don't like him or find him a bit different then the book is very informative to why he is the way he is. I like how Rob Arnold writes, in his ride mag and the book he writes almost poeticly. i read the article on him about the worlds and found that intriguing but Arnold needed to leave some material for his magazine article and some for his book.

 

[unsheath]

^^ Ha. I would take more notice of what you wrote if your head wasn't so far up cadel's backside

By the way powderpuff, thats exactly my point. 4 pages vs 200. A prime example of why you should use a credentialed writer for a bio and not a journo.

 

[eljimberino]

Real writers are too difficult to work with.

 

[badboyberty]

Just finished the book. I don't want my four hours back, but I'm not gushing with praise.

The first section was interesting but the middle bit covering the 2005-2008 TdF's was disjointed and lacked narrative drive. The last section probably would have had me rivetted, had I not read the Ride Cycling Review article and extract. The book needed more Cadel, Grundy and Matt Lloyd and less Rob Arnold. And who ever decided that the extended sections of quotes shoulds be italics needs an bum kicking.

Still, the first half had me hankering for an old school Cannondale hardtail, and I'd love to see a four year old removing training wheels with a giant shifter...

 

[El Imbatido]

Just finished the book. I don't want my four hours back, but I'm not gushing with praise.

The first section was interesting but the middle bit covering the 2005-2008 TdF's was disjointed and lacked narrative drive. The last section probably would have had me rivetted, had I not read the Ride Cycling Review article and extract. The book needed more Cadel, Grundy and Matt Lloyd and less Rob Arnold. And who ever decided that the extended sections of quotes shoulds be italics needs an bum kicking.

Still, the first half had me hankering for an old school Cannondale hardtail, and I'd love to see a four year old removing training wheels with a giant shifter...

I actually quite liked the first part too and was especially interested in how he was used as the Australian Institute Of Sport (AIS) guinea pig because of his incredible blood levels. Things like: (I think these are correct, finished the book a while back so maybe BadboyBerty or Auscyclefan could help me out)

- Hematocrit has never exceeded 44 and always between 42-44
- VO2 max in the High 80's (never gave an exact figure)
- AIS used his bloods as standards in identifying young talent
- The AIS poached an Eastern Bloc coach for their cycling program that preferred traditional training methods. (Read into it what you will but i wasn't quite sure what to think when i read that)

And did anybody else pick up on how they referred to Floyd Landis's testosterone bust as Floyd's error in one part of the book. (Again maybe it is just me but i thought that didn't sound real good).

Maybe someone should start a Cadel's Book topic in the clinic if we start discussing this in more detail

 

[powderpuff]

^^ Ha. I would take more notice of what you wrote if your head wasn't so far up cadel's backside

By the way powderpuff, thats exactly my point. 4 pages vs 200. A prime example of why you should use a credentialed writer for a bio and not a journo.

What do you think any film studio does with a new movie; they pick out the best stuff to get you interested, so you will buy the tickets to see the movie or buy the dvd. With the book there was quite a bit left out and there would have been considerably more left out if the publisher had its way; it was never supposed to be just about the training levels and training programs, it was aimed at a broader market than what is present here in this forum. A co-writer other than Rob may not have been able to get as much out of Cadel due to Cadel's very protective nature, he needed some he trusted.