Chris Horner is torching knuckleheads and murdering everyone's name

[Sciatic]

In no way trying to defend him. I just going to point out he was never prosecuted. Investigated and brought before a Grand Jury but the investigation was dropped without charges being filed.

Your right he was not prosecuted in a criminal trial—he was successfully sued and settled by paying $5 million.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I don't watch Horner's analyses so much anymore. Too many races are being decided way before the interesting tactical maneuvers (and potential blunders) come into play. It's sad for cycling.

 

[scribers]

Yeah, the VDV thing was getting a little bizarre. It seems like Horner is kind've in the Armstrong camp, and Roll and VDV are definitely in it. So interesting to see him completely bag on VDV. Horner definitely seems like a bit of a wildcard though. Says a lot of stuff just to get a reaction. The greatest interview would be Horner and MVDP. MVDP is such humble, laid back guy "off the field", but it would be funny to know if he has gotten any whiff of the way Horner discounts his accomplishments.

I thought Horner was just bitter from being dropped by nbc.

A couple of things here. Horner is awful as an on air personality. Could be worse though. The aussies they put in the analysis booth where Horner and VDV were are terrible. But that’s not vdv’s fault. They relegated him to the camera bike, which is hilarious to watch

 

[saunaking]

I'm in no way suggesting you are wrong, but out of curiosity, did Horner provide examples why Pidcock is a better CX bike handler? If so, how does his opinion differ from yours?

Horner said something like that, i can't remember the exact words - better bike handler / better cx bike handler.
It seemed he realized he said something ridiculous so he carried on and did give examples but softened his take saying Pidcock has won ROAD races with his bike handling and that he makes better use of transferring his cx handling skills on the road, goes on to talk about alpe d'huez stage win when he made a huge bridge on the descent). Also mentioned his Strade solo where he attacked on the gravel descent passing the motorbike on the way.

 

[joe_papp]

Much respect for Chris Horner's youtube channel and race analysis.
I think he does an amazing job of breaking down the stage tactics and I learn a lot from him... even if I dont agree 100% of the time...

I'm finding his 2024 Vuelta coverage to be especially compelling. I even refrain from ffwd'ing through the sponsor bit at the beginning. (Thank god I don't need a Bluetooth-enabled light!!)