General News Thread

[Ryo Hazuki]

I take it then, that you will not be donating 10euros to the Belkin PayPal account?!?

yes. crowdfunding for one of the most overpaid sports teams in the world is a great idea!

 

[ILovecycling]

Christopher Froome wants a decade of TdF domination.

Lol he will be glad he has got 1

 

[Akuryo]

Lol he will be glad he has got 1

Thought the same thing. This year Contador will show him how it is done!

 

[ILovecycling]

Thought the same thing. This year Contador will show him how it is done!

yep,and next year Alberto again (if he will be in good form) or nairo/bananito if he will be 59kg and hilly tt

 

[pastronef]

well, Hendy not happy at Cav

https://www.twitter.com/Greghenderson1/status/481132470516342785

 

[MartinGT]

Whats all this about?

https://twitter.com/Greghenderson1/statuses/481134284410224641

 

[ciranda]

He's gonna beat up Froome and Cavendish and then jam wistfully on the harmonica.

 

[Gloin22]

What does that comment has too do with Froome???

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Professional Greg Henderson professionally chatting on twitter. Like a Professional would.

 

[ciranda]

What does that comment has too do with Froome???

Froome dissed Henderson and ranted about him in his book.

 

[Gloin22]

Fair enough. I heard Greg is not liked by many in peleton.

 

[Boardslide]

Whats all this about?

https://twitter.com/Greghenderson1/statuses/481134284410224641

+1 what's he on about as there's nothing on Cav's Twitter & I've not seen anything in the public domain apart from what he's written himself.

They were never good friends with no love lost between them as Henderson slagged him off when he followed Greipel to lotto years ago and takes any opportunity now to have a go.

 

[pastronef]

+1 what's he on about as there's nothing on Cav's Twitter & I've not seen anything in the public domain apart from what he's written himself.

They were never good friends with no love lost between them as Henderson slagged him off when he followed Greipel to lotto years ago and takes any opportunity now to have a go.

maybe Cav sent a wrong text message or a private message on twitter, and he sent it to Greg instead.

 

[Arnout]

+1 what's he on about as there's nothing on Cav's Twitter & I've not seen anything in the public domain apart from what he's written himself.

They were never good friends with no love lost between them as Henderson slagged him off when he followed Greipel to lotto years ago and takes any opportunity now to have a go.

He clearly states that Cav sent him a private message so it's no surprise you can't see it... Apparantly Cavendish sent him a message about his racing manners in combination with his private life, which wouldn't surprise me as Cavendish is a xenophobic bigot.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Cavendish is a xenophobic bigot.

Evidence, or libel?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Cavendish is a xenophobic bigot.

Oh the Cav BS brigade are out again, as has been said before Greg is disliked by most of the peleton, Cav is also a dad himself and I doubt very much he would bring that into it.

 

[Arnout]

Evidence, or libel?

Read his book, he said that Colombians do not belong in the euro peloton because they don't have the same skills. He also punched Soler because he dared to interfere with the sprint (i.e. stay out of trouble till the last 3km).

This is coming from someone who liked Cavendish until I learned about this.

 

[movingtarget]

Read his book, he said that Colombians do not belong in the euro peloton because they don't have the same skills. He also punched Soler because he dared to interfere with the sprint (i.e. stay out of trouble till the last 3km).

This is coming from someone who liked Cavendish until I learned about this.

The only good thing I can say about Cavendish is that he is an excellent sprinter. The rest is unprintable and his interviews bore me to tears.

 

[Michele]

Oh the Cav BS brigade are out again, as has been said before Greg is disliked by most of the peleton, Cav is also a dad himself and I doubt very much he would bring that into it.

Source?


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[Pricey_sky]

Source?
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I've seen articles and reports where most of the Aussie team (especially Porte), Froome, Cav and a lot of Cav's old HTC guys that didn't join Lotto have all showed their dissatisfaction towards Greg. You also get a hunch from years of watching the sport which riders are liked and disliked too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Read his book, he said that Colombians do not belong in the euro peloton because they don't have the same skills. He also punched Soler because he dared to interfere with the sprint (i.e. stay out of trouble till the last 3km).

This is coming from someone who liked Cavendish until I learned about this.

Must be quite weird for him being teammates with one of the 'Colombian superstars'.
Surely he won't claim that Uran "doesn't have the skills" to ride in the European peloton. Not to mention a guy like Quintana.

 

[Ferminal]

I've seen articles and reports where most of the Aussie team (especially Porte), Froome, Cav and a lot of Cav's old HTC guys that didn't join Lotto have all showed their dissatisfaction towards Greg. You also get a hunch from years of watching the sport which riders are liked and disliked too.

Cav's old "HTC" guys like Sieberg, Hansen, Bak, Greipel, Reynes? More have been through LTB than not. Eisel? Doubt Goss and Renshaw have a problem with him unless its a chip from their days on the track.

 

[Boardslide]

Read his book, he said that Colombians do not belong in the euro peloton because they don't have the same skills. He also punched Soler because he dared to interfere with the sprint (i.e. stay out of trouble till the last 3km).

This is coming from someone who liked Cavendish until I learned about this.

You keep bringing up quotes from a book written 5 years ago when Colombians weren't thought to be be as good as they are today. Although today they are still only credited as good mountain men and not in the melee of sprint finishes which is all he's concerned about.

 

[ciranda]

To stereotype people by nationality sucked as much five years ago as it does today.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Henderson had just tweeted that he made a mistake and got it wrong. I guess he at least he had the guts to say sorry. Made Cav look bad when he was innocent all along in this!