Choppy Warburton: A prototype Michele Ferrari or a misunderstood David Brailsford?

[fmk_RoI]

Most of you will know the name of Choppy Warburton, the man who has become cycling's first villain. Well there's a new book about him and his era: http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/8/9/2352921/Choppy-Warburton

 

[little-ear]

Well there's a new book about him and his era: http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/8/9/2352921/Choppy-Warburton

nice review

What Moore's book is really about is painting a picture of Warburton and his riders and the cycling world they operated in. For me, this - not the doping, although it goes without saying that I enjoyed that bit too - was what made The Little Black Bottle such a fun read.

This lost world of multi-manned pacing machines fascinates me. We have forgotten that, in its earliest years, Paris-Roubaix was raced behind multi-manned pacers, and later behind petrol-driven ones. The myths wrought by the disciples of Desgrange mean we have forgotten that, even in that great era of individualism, cycling was very, very much a team sport. It's nice to be reminded of what the earliest days of this sport looked like.

Yo fascinating, also the one-on-one races in the good old days

The simple fact is, Warburton was a shady character, operating in a shady sport. But he was probably no better or worse than many of his peers. In collating as much of the available evidence on Warburton and his charges as he could, Moore shows that the story of Warburton's little black bottle is, unsurprisingly, far from black and white.

same opinion (in german)
http://www.cycling4fans.de/index.php?id=5356

A prototype Michele Ferrari or a misunderstood David Brailsford?

No, the one and only