Cancellara snubs Hinault

[embankmentlb]

It it just me, or did Cancellara snub Hinault at the stage 1 podium? It seemed he shuck everyone's hand at least twice yet never gave Hinault a glance.

 

[Hotbrakes]

No nothing in it. Hinault is on official duties.
I love the way Hinault gave Prince Albert a big shove closer to the podium.

 

[Bagster]

It it just me, or did Cancellara snub Hinault at the stage 1 podium? It seemed he shuck everyone's hand at least twice yet never gave Hinault a glance.

Probably not but anythings possible given Hinault's penchant for shooting his mouth off and upsetting all and sundry.

 

[dolophonic]

Did not get that vibe.

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

God I hope we get to see Hinault beat someone up again this Tour. Last year we got spoiled . . .

 

[Anonymous]

God I hope we get to see Hinault beat someone up again this Tour. Last year we got spoiled . . .

Cadel Evans.

 

[Bagster]

Cadel Evans.

Cadel would 'rip his throat out'

 

[msjett]

Cadel Evans.

No, Cadel's dog! lol

 

[grimpeur]

Probably not but anythings possible given Hinault's penchant for shooting his mouth off and upsetting all and sundry.

Hinault has the palmarés to say pretty much whatever he wants.

 

[Bagster]

Hinault has the palmarés to say pretty much whatever he wants.

Well in that case we will have to accord the same courtesy to LA.

But hey great reasoning, you win a few bikes races and then you can have carte blanche to slag anyone off you choose! and with no right of comeback, even better!

 

[grimpeur]

Well in that case we will have to accord the same courtesy to LA.

But hey great reasoning, you win a few bikes races and then you can have carte blanche to slag anyone off you choose! and with no right of comeback, even better!

Please don't compare a rider that focused on one race during his career with a champion that was active during an entire season, won all grand tours more than once and many classics. In a recent interview Eddy Merckx stated he raced 150 days in one season. LA—30, 40 days?

 

[Bluebeard]

According to a secret ASO document I recent got to skim read, by my translation, if the tour has turned into a bit of a flop, Hinault and Evans are to duke it out atop the Ventoux.

 

[BroDeal]

According to a secret ASO document I recent got to skim read, by my translation, if the tour has turned into a bit of a flop, Hinault and Evans are to duke it out atop the Ventoux.

I bet on Evans. His chin is probably as solid as granite.

 

[Animal]

Well in that case we will have to accord the same courtesy to LA.

Compare:

Bernard Hinault
1977 Liège - Bastogne - Liège
Grand Prix des Nations
Ghent - Wevelgem
Dauphiné - Libéré
1978 Tour de France
3 stages, Tour de France
Vuelta a España
5 stages, Vuelta a España
Criterium National
Grand Prix des Nations
Super Prestige Pernod Trophy
1979 Tour de France
Points Competition, Tour de France
7 stages, Tour de France
Tour of Lombardy
Flèche Wallone
Grand Prix des Nations
Dauphiné - Libéré
Super Prestige Pernod Trophy
1980 Giro d'Italia
1 stage, Giro d'Italia
Tour of Romandy
World Pro Road Race
Liège - Bastogne - Liège
3 stages, Tour de France
Super Prestige Pernod Trophy
1981 Tour de France
5 stages, Tour de France
Paris - Roubaix
Amstel Gold Race
Dauphiné - Libéré
Criterium International
Super Prestige Pernod Trophy
1982 Tour de France
4 stages, Tour de France
Giro d'Italia
4 stages, Giro d'Italia
Tour de Luxembourg
Grand Prix des Nations
Critérium des As
Super Prestige Pernod Trophy
1983 Vuelta a España
2 stages, Vuelta a España
Flèche Wallone
1984 Tour of Lombardy
Grand Prix des Nations
Trofeo Angelo Baracchi, with Francesco Moser
Four Days of Dunkirk
1 stage, Tour de France
1985 Tour de France
2 stages, Tour de France
Giro d'Italia
1 stage, Giro d'Italia
1986 KoM, Tour de France
3 stages, Tour de France


Lance Armstrong
1993 World Pro Road Race
1 stage, Tour de France
1995 Clasica San Sebastian
1 stage, Tour de France
1996 Flèche Wallone
1998 Tour de Luxembourg
1999 Tour de France
4 stages, Tour de France
2000 Tour de France
1 stage, Tour de France
Grand Prix des Nations
GP Eddy Merckx, with Viacheslav Ekimov
2001 Tour de France
4 stages, Tour de France
Tour of Switzerland
2 stages, Tour of Switzerland
2003 Tour de France
2004 Tour de France
2005 Tour de France
2006 Tour de France

 

[count jim moriarty]

I bet on Evans. His chin is probably as solid as granite.

How come he needed a bodyguard last year then?

 

[B.Rasmussen]

How come he needed a bodyguard last year then?

To protect his stuffed lion.