More like a classics rider morphing in to a Pantani thumper. Kind of a "Yeah, right" moment.
It was bad enough when Wigans was climbing ok at the 2009 Giro, where he notched up his first ever top 110 finish at a GT when he came in the 70's. The 2009 TDF was absolutely hysterical.
Pretty sure going from being discarded to a minimum wage contract at Lampre, to 2nd on the road at a GT in the space of a few weeks fits the bill.
You've convinced me hes clean since its just an emotional/personality thing clearly.
he was ranked circa 500th in the world when he won the Vuelta (after 5 years as elite)...not 500th a la greg lemond who had been out of commission after being shot or armstrong having cancer...he was 500th because he was....er....500th.....
I forgot to add, after only being picked because John Lee Augustyn was sick and he rode the same size bike as Wigans...
Certainly you can have whatever opinion you like, but getting shot is to my view, an order of magnitude beyond crashing your bike and breaking some bones.
Perhaps. From reports Froome actually lost more blood than did LeMond. I think care was available to Froome far sooner than LeMond. Both suffered major injuries.
But do we have any 'proof' that Lemond was actually shot...or if he was that it was as serious as reported
Clearly your point about time to care is valid, again pointing to a far more serious and life-threatening injury to LeMond. I'll add that I’m extremely skeptical that anyone here knows how much blood Lemond, or frankly Froome, lost.
I wish him well and hope he recovers completely for the sake of his health and his family. Not sure why he wouldn't. He sounds optimistic, but yeah, age is a factor here, which may be as much a thing as his injuries. I hope so. As a fan of some tremendous racing and fantastic races this year, I would have hoped he'd have just tipped his cap and called it a career.
Well played, sir!But do we have any 'proof' that Lemond was actually shot...or if he was that it was as serious as reported
Agreed. There's something about champions wanting to go out on their own terms. Sometimes they are able to do it, sometimes they aren't. I'll go ahead and say he will have a difficult time of it.
I think Lemond's shotgun blast injuries were while turkey hunting, and I thought I heard that the shot size was not actually buckshot but "turkey shot" -- smaller pellets (maybe bb sized) but way more of them embedded in his organs and lungs. I realize this may be nitpicking. I concur with your points, though.Clearly your point about time to care is valid, again pointing to a far more serious and life-threatening injury to LeMond. I'll add that I’m extremely skeptical that anyone here knows how much blood Lemond, or frankly Froome, lost.
I'll happily say again that the trauma from a shotgun blast, a blast which left buckshot in his vital organs including his heart, is an order of magnitude more trauma than Froome's serious, albeit manageable injuries.
I wish him well and hope he recovers completely for the sake of his health and his family. Not sure why he wouldn't. He sounds optimistic, but yeah, age is a factor here, which may be as much a thing as his injuries. I hope so. As a fan of some tremendous racing and fantastic races this year, I would have hoped he'd have just tipped his cap and called it a career.
Well played, sir!
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