Cavendish angry

[BikeCentric]

I see the Brits of the board are going pretty far out on a limb to defend their Hobbit-like pottymouthed sprinter after his latest round of *** comments.

I have a message for my snaggle-toothed tea-swilling friends on the other side of the pond: it's okay to call an a-hole an a-hole. I'm an American and I can admit that Armstrong is an a-hole, now you silly Brits can grow up and admit that your Hobbit sprinter is in fact an a-hole.

 

[spanky wanderlust]

greipel is a terrific sprinter. he needs to get away from cav so he can show his form in the top races. he cannot win msr or any tdf stages or the green jersey if he is not allowed to race.

some have suggested that he is not at the level to compete with the big boys. i think that is crap. it may have been true a couple years ago, but last year he was on fire. i personally would have put him in msr, as cav was completely useless.

cav at 80%? i would take greipel.

 

[BikeCentric]

Oh and just to prove that I don't have an irrational hatred of all despotic British despite their past predilection for taxation without representation:

I do think that David Millar is a quality lad despite his penchant for charging with illegal go-juice.

 

[BikeCentric]

greipel is a terrific sprinter. he needs to get away from cav so he can show his form in the top races. he cannot win msr or any tdf stages or the green jersey if he is not allowed to race.

some have suggested that he is not at the level to compete with the big boys. i think that is crap. it may have been true a couple years ago, but last year he was on fire. i personally would have put him in msr, as cav was completely useless.

cav at 80%? i would take greipel.

Agree.

Hopefully these two can get contracts on seperate teams so they can **** heads in races and spare us from their incessant off-the-bike yapping.

 

[Angliru]

I think Cav has started to calm down - at least he didn't threaten to get off his bike and hit Griepel

I think he knows Greipel would likely snap him like a twig and use him for a toothpick.

 

[ScottyMuser]

I see the Brits of the board are going pretty far out on a limb to defend their Hobbit-like pottymouthed sprinter after his latest round of *** comments.

I have a message for my snaggle-toothed tea-swilling friends on the other side of the pond: it's okay to call an a-hole an a-hole. I'm an American and I can admit that Armstrong is an a-hole, now you silly Brits can grow up and admit that your Hobbit sprinter is in fact an a-hole.

As A Brit, I see very few Brits defending him per se, more pointing out some grammatical errors. As to his actual statements, looking at the races, Greipel's HAVE been at smaller races (one could argue about the Vuelta, but the evidence is there were ZERO sprinters on the level of Petacchi/Cav/Hushovd to compete with, and Cav's achievements in BOTH the Giro's and Tours are better); although he was a little overly rude about the whole issue and is a bit of a pr*ck to be like that

As for the whole riding in Giro/TOC, he is clearly suggesting the TOC is a smaller race, which it DAMN well IS, and that, IMO, should be applauded. 1 Stage win is EASILY worth more than all the sprint stages in the TOC combined, and as the number 1 sprinter in a team he should have the right to choose which events he enters. This is clearly what annoyed him the most about the incident, and he reacts in his usual manner by throwing toys out of the pram. Hopefully he will gain a little humility in the process; after the TDF last year (and heck, even after the infamous stage), he had retracted his comments made then in anger about the DQF and praised Thor for that break that sealed him the Maillot Verte, so he has occasionally got *some* humility.

 

[Angliru]

+1.

Cav is arrogant and it's great. Some people take him far too seriously though - which i'm sure is exactly what he wants!

I doubt he has the media savvy to be thinking with that much complexity. He just spouts off without concern for the consequences.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I see the Brits of the board are going pretty far out on a limb to defend their Hobbit-like pottymouthed sprinter after his latest round of *** comments.

I have a message for my snaggle-toothed tea-swilling friends on the other side of the pond: it's okay to call an a-hole an a-hole. I'm an American and I can admit that Armstrong is an a-hole, now you silly Brits can grow up and admit that your Hobbit sprinter is in fact an a-hole.

I'm British and my only posts here have been to defend Greipel.

I don't care either way about Cavendish. He's a sprinter, and I loathe sprint stages. I am either apathetic to or antipathetic to all the British and American teams because they love sprints and time trials, and their GC candidates all subscribe to the tedious Leipheimer mould of GT riding, and so Cav at Sky would be the worst thing that could happen for me.

 

[coppiman]

I see the Brits of the board are going pretty far out on a limb to defend their Hobbit-like pottymouthed sprinter after his latest round of *** comments.

I have a message for my snaggle-toothed tea-swilling friends on the other side of the pond: it's okay to call an a-hole an a-hole. I'm an American and I can admit that Armstrong is an a-hole, now you silly Brits can grow up and admit that your Hobbit sprinter is in fact an a-hole.

I think what the Brits are trying to do is just explain what he may have meant with him using a British saying. He's basically inserted s*** for 'very' for emphasis. We also use it to emphasise being scared - 's***-scared'. That is what he seems to be expressing.

However, i do agree that these rants are getting silly and he's becoming rather irritating and arrogant. I think the same of Bradley Wiggins, arrogant. They do interviews for magazines etc, puff out their chests and go all pottymouthed. In fact, i'd say arrogant is being quite kind.

 

[fatandfast]

Oh and just to prove that I don't have an irrational hatred of all despotic British despite their past predilection for taxation without representation:

I do think that David Millar is a quality lad despite his penchant for charging with illegal go-juice.

Talk about holding a grudge they haven't taxed you for a couple hundred years get over it

 

[BikeCentric]

Talk about holding a grudge they haven't taxed you for a couple hundred years get over it

It was a joke.

 

[ferryman]

It's not a British saying. Maybe a North West English one but not used where I'm from in the UK. Indeed my reading of it was the literal one like everyone else. Doesn't really matter either way, that he is not a likeable person is to put it mildly.

 

[Michele]

One question for the UK based guys; doesnt this kind of magazines (like the Guardian) tend to exagerate here and there or take off some sentences from the true meaning?
Well, actually this happen with most of media....

Just asking as the interview seems kinda harsh.

 

[thehog]

One question for the UK based guys; doesnt this kind of magazines (like the Guardian) tend to exagerate here and there or take off some sentences from the true meaning?
Well, actually this happen with most of media....

Just asking as the interview seems kinda harsh.

Think you're referring to the tabloid press which is the Sun or the Daily Star. They don't print stories on cycling!

The Guardian is a very well respected newspaper in Britain. Probably the one with the least political influence and a paper that doesn't involve itself in sensationalist stories or cheque book journalism.

 

[Michele]

Yeah, mixed them up.

 

[thehog]

Think you're referring to the tabloid press which is the Sun or the Daily Star. They don't print stories on cycling!

The Guardian is a very well respected newspaper in Britain. Probably the one with the least political influence and a paper that doesn't involve itself in sensationalist stories or cheque book journalism.

Sorry forgot to add..... unlike this forum which always involves itself in sensationalist stories.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Think you're referring to the tabloid press which is the Sun or the Daily Star. They don't print stories on cycling!

The Guardian is a very well respected newspaper in Britain. Probably the one with the least political influence and a paper that doesn't involve itself in sensationalist stories or cheque book journalism.

Errrr - The Guardian is a quality daily, but it is extremely politically alligned, and has a very strong influence on the left in general and Labour in particular.

Under the currently labour government the Guardian has become largely public funded, with an enormous jobs section full of public sector advertising.

Whilst we're on UK issues, poor Arsenal.

 

[The Cobra]

So what if cav does a bit of trash talking, he clearly doesnt like Greipel and vice versa. We have no idea whats gone on behind the scenes. Personally I think its entertaining, lets stoke up the rivalry some more, let them fight it out at the worlds!

 

[goggalor]

It is a bit unfortunate for the Brits that their first big huge superstar in years has turned out to be a cad and a bounder... I don't think Wigans is a bad guy, though. He's made some stupid comments, sure, but anyone can do that. Cavendish is on another plane.

Viddy this tape: http://nos.nl/video/37663-rooijakkers-op-zoek-naar-cavendish.html

I think the way he treats Rooijakkers in that clip says a lot about his character. That is not the "mentality of a sprinter" or "heat of the moment"--he's had a day to cool down and reflect, yet he still acts like a bully and a brat. It actually reminds me of the stunts a certain other Tour de France star has pulled through the years...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It is a bit unfortunate for the Brits that their first big huge superstar in years has turned out to be a cad and a bounder...

and a ruffian!

 

[flicker]

To me it makes business sense to send Cav to an American race.

Despite his foibles he is the best. Good advertising for Columbia an american clothing manufacturer.

Cav will have to show someting without George in the train.

I personally would love to see Boonen smoke Cavendish here in Cali.

Go Toemke!

 

[thehog]

It is a bit unfortunate for the Brits that their first big huge superstar in years has turned out to be a cad and a bounder... I don't think Wigans is a bad guy, though. He's made some stupid comments, sure, but anyone can do that. Cavendish is on another plane.

Viddy this tape: http://nos.nl/video/37663-rooijakkers-op-zoek-naar-cavendish.html

I think the way he treats Rooijakkers in that clip says a lot about his character. That is not the "mentality of a sprinter" or "heat of the moment"--he's had a day to cool down and reflect, yet he still acts like a bully and a brat. It actually reminds me of the stunts a certain other Tour de France star has pulled through the years...

He wonders why half his team left him this year. He left his life long girlfriend for an Italian model, he farked up his teeth with cometic surgery and hasn't won a thing all season. He's going to get dropped soon. So bloke is going to smash him. No one will give a s=it when it happens to. In the old days you'd get a pump through the spokes if you behaved like Cav.

 

[franciep10]

Errrr - The Guardian is a quality daily, but it is extremely politically alligned, and has a very strong influence on the left in general and Labour in particular.

Under the currently labour government the Guardian has become largely public funded, with an enormous jobs section full of public sector advertising.

Whilst we're on UK issues, poor Arsenal.

Go Barca, no surprise here the Brits losing to Spaniards nothing new here

 

[ridley]

Cav is a young lad - in a few year's time when the testosterone has settled, he will look back, get a personality and apologize for mouthing off ... or so we can all hope

 

[thehog]

Errrr - The Guardian is a quality daily, but it is extremely politically alligned, and has a very strong influence on the left in general and Labour in particular.

Under the currently labour government the Guardian has become largely public funded, with an enormous jobs section full of public sector advertising.

Whilst we're on UK issues, poor Arsenal.

Stupid c-ck. What do you know?

It was the first paper to begin to publish the truth about WMD against the Blair Labour government.

Smasheddick.