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I’m not so sure...deValtos said:Pretty sure Bennet didn't mean his comments in the way a lot of people are interpreting it.
I always get a good laugh on those occasions Bennett and Chaves are both on backstage pass together.movingtarget said:Bennett is a funny guy. Always good for a quote.
42x16ss said:I always get a good laugh on those occasions Bennett and Chaves are both on backstage pass together.movingtarget said:Bennett is a funny guy. Always good for a quote.
deValtos said:Pretty sure Bennet didn't mean his comments in the way a lot of people are interpreting it.
Perhaps he will clarify his position tomorrow.
what was the dispute on stage 8?ppanther92 said:deValtos said:Pretty sure Bennet didn't mean his comments in the way a lot of people are interpreting it.
Perhaps he will clarify his position tomorrow.
Why not?
Bennett before the Giro: "The fact is that this controversy can bring the sport down, can follow the race and take away from the race. There needs to be a rule change so this doesn't happen again. Also we need some guarantee that it won't be like Alberto Contador when he started before a verdict had been reached and then they took the Giro away from him after he won."
Than they had this little dispute on stage 8.
So, i think he ment it the exact same way he was saying it. And he is certainly not alone.
It’s happened 2/3 times that I know of. I think they’re quite close.RedheadDane said:42x16ss said:I always get a good laugh on those occasions Bennett and Chaves are both on backstage pass together.movingtarget said:Bennett is a funny guy. Always good for a quote.
Wait, what, when?
Bennett sneaking into the passes?
deValtos said:Pretty sure Bennet didn't mean his comments in the way a lot of people are interpreting it.
Perhaps he will clarify his position tomorrow.
1 | Hamish Bond | 46:53 | |
2 | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:15 |
3 | Dylan Kennett | St George Continental Cycling Team | 1:23 |
4 | Joel Yates | St George Continental Cycling Team | 2:19 |
5 | Hayden Mccormick | Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy | 2:32 |
Looking at the riders 'around' him, TJ, Brandle, Dowsett, Jungels & Soler... Not a world beater, but still very decent.Hamish Bond doesn't exactly seem to be a worldbeater though.
25th and 39th at his most recent WCC ITT. Now 34 years old.
well, he won Olympic Gold in rowing, before he started cycling three years ago.Hamish Bond doesn't exactly seem to be a worldbeater though.
25th and 39th at his most recent WCC ITT. Now 34 years old.
Struggles to get himself rolling. Doesn't fancy the crosswinds either.For some reason i thought Bennett was a decent ITT'er, and that a second place in NZ wasn't that big a deal, or proof that he'd be in greater shape than he had been in the past. But i guess i must have overestimated his TT abilities.
Looks like he has about the same level as last year. Similar deficit to Bond.Struggles to get himself rolling. Doesn't fancy the crosswinds either.
A decent result at the nationals. Encouraging considering the Giro.
Climbed up the rankings, though, but yea.Looks like he has about the same level as last year. Similar deficit to Bond.
Same old Bennett, IMO
well, he won Olympic Gold in rowing, before he started cycling three years ago.
Usually he is at his strongest on the flat But of course, hard to say what a result like this is worth, or how focused he is at the moment.
well, he won Olympic Gold in rowing, before he started cycling three years ago.
Usually he is at his strongest on the flat But of course, hard to say what a result like this is worth, or how focused he is at the moment.