Chris Horner is torching knuckleheads and murdering everyone's name

[jmdirt]

Who is actually listening to this mug after that *** he pulled in 13', this guy never had any actual talent on a bike.

Just another no talent dude who raced pro for 20 years.

 

[Jeppeb]

Just another no talent dude who raced pro for 20 years.

20 years of fetching bottles

 

[veganrob]

Who is actually listening to this mug after that *** he pulled in 13', this guy never had any actual talent on a bike.

Actually he was a very talented pro. Mostly in the US but he rode pretty well mountain domestique for Cadel Evans. And his Vuelta win was brilliant.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Who is actually listening to this mug after that *** he pulled in 13', this guy never had any actual talent on a bike.

While not my favorite guy, you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

 

[jmdirt]

20 years of fetching bottles

OK, got it, you were just putting the worm on the hook there.

 

[joe_papp]

Actually he was a very talented pro. Mostly in the US but he rode pretty well mountain domestique for Cadel Evans. And his Vuelta win was brilliant.

Tremendously talented. Massive engine. Phenomenal recovery. And that was in the mid-1990s. What a treat to race side by side with him over a few years in the U.S.!

 

[FroomeWagon]

Amazing thing to me is he won the Vuelta at age 42. (deepseek says 41 years and 327 days).

Some think of Roglic as now being over the hill and yet Horner was 7 years older when he won his GT.

 

[noob]

20 years of fetching bottles

Even if that would've been what he did (it wasn't) trust me the domestiques really has to be able read the race. A GT winner is nothing without their domestiques.

 

[Unchained]

Tremendously talented. Massive engine. Phenomenal recovery. And that was in the mid-1990s. What a treat to race side by side with him over a few years in the U.S.!

I am sure there are a few San Diegans who read and remember.... Horner as a junior and very young man had a beat up Firebird and a 3rd hand hammered looking Guerciotti, or something old Italian steel as his first bikes.
He would travel Southern California in search of racing of any kind did multiple rides and races in San Diego for a few years, with very good results.
At his cycling beginnings he had a Steven Seagal looking silly ponytail.. which was genetically cancelled!!
Horner rode all over East county San Diego training on all the most mountainous terrain in the area, raced in Northern Mexico, Los Angeles, California coast..again with success. Horner worked very very hard not to waste time.. Training very hard for a couple of years before going into a more organized system..
Seeing him race and train it was evident that he had some kind of cycling destiny. My only surprises came from shaky European start, returning to American domestic scene, he was good, many others were also, he was always up there but not winning everything. He got a call in @2004 for European team and he never looked back.. Guy had a solid ride for 20 years, all kinds of different squads..

Once famous, and his teammates over the years.. Always going to have detractors..

Guy is a San Diego legend, most of Southern California, you could have have talked to him from 90s until today, easy smile ,handshake, super personable guy , he is friendly with everyone.
There is also some bizarre misplaced concept that Horner was always attached to controversial Armstrong crew, just not the case, Chris was connected with teams well before anything Armstrong. Chris' record is pretty clear decades on the bike, victories here and there but primarily consistently employed as a worker, climbing companion for superior riders within his own teams .
Just guessing, but from his personality, hundreds, if not thousands would describe him as friend or friendly.