Is Walsh on the Sky bandwagon?

[TailWindHome]

At the start of the Tour Nibali was clean and he could believe.

Then Contador climbed 1.5km on a short hill to finish ahead of a Nibali and Walsh declared him clean. Astounding that he can tell that from such a short climb.

But then as the Tour dragged on as Sky went from bad to worse, Walsh got thought he'd start dropping hints about Nibali.

Walsh turned up the first rest day press conference with Sky. The journalists were bored and most didn't bother attend. He wanted to know why no questions about Nibali and the previous year there was about Sky?

Clearly he forgets Astana are MPCC and Sky are not.

He really is all over the place.

Hat tip to Mr Walsh eh?

You never really lose it do ya?

 

[Benotti69]

I see.
You don't actually understand what nit picking means.

Carry on.

Hat tip to Mr Walsh eh?

You never really lose it do ya?

This type of personal attacks led to ebandits ban............just..........saying......

 

[ferryman]

This type of personal attacks led to ebandits ban............just..........saying......

Ach, nothing to see here really, but a preemptive nudge to keep it clear from personals may be in order folks....

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

How Times can change:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/walsh-hits-out-at-uci-over-passport

 

[DirtyWorks]

How Times can change:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/walsh-hits-out-at-uci-over-passport

Do you think he just doesn't understand that the UCI is protecting dopers and doping? Or, he's towing the IOC/UCI line 'those clever lone dopers!!!'

 

[thehog]

How Times can change:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/walsh-hits-out-at-uci-over-passport

I love this...

"We want a winner we can believe in. Everyone wants that. If we had Alberto Contador's involvement in Puerto properly thrashed out and found out precisely who AC was and what he was doing I'd be a lot happier."

"I've always been unhappy when thing's aren't dealt with and his alleged involvement has never been dealt with. When he's asked a question at the Tour about his VO2 Max and doesn't answer, I just think, why? Why would you refuse to answer a question like that? It's something that a lot of cycling fans would like to know."

Yes David, why would he refuse to answer that question?

 

[the sceptic]

How Times can change:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/walsh-hits-out-at-uci-over-passport

Walsh has always hated Contador. Even when he had never tested positive!

If Froome is a clean winner he can believe in, why not Contador?

 

[MarkvW]

I think that the simple answer is that Walsh just isn't that bright. When he's citing Antoine Vayer's scientifically weak speculations as evidence, he reveals himself. His prose really sucks.

 

[sniper]

I think that the simple answer is that Walsh just isn't that bright. When he's citing Antoine Vayer's scientifically weak speculations as evidence, he reveals himself. His prose really sucks.

I'm not sure. Certainly not highly intelligent, but no fool either.
He does (i mean, did) say clever things from time to time.
for instance from the article linked to above:

I'm sure it has changed to a degree but if it hasn't changed at the very top then it hasn't changed in the way we wanted it to.

that's pretty well put and in that interview he says some other clever things.

But after jumping on the Sky bandwagon he changed completely, using one laughable argument after the other to apologize for Sky and Froome. Such a change usually doesn't happen overnight.
imo either he got senile, or (more likely) he took the chance to fill his pockets.

 

[thehog]

I think that the simple answer is that Walsh just isn't that bright. When he's citing Antoine Vayer's scientifically weak speculations as evidence, he reveals himself. His prose really sucks.

I agree. I said it way back in the Armatrong era; he's a terrible writer and tends to take a position and tries to fill that gaps from there. He's been found out and if his book sales are anything to go by everyone's else knows it as well.

7DS, a movie script? Shocking.

 

[Digger]

I agree. I said it way back in the Armatrong era; he's a terrible writer and tends to take a position and tries to fill that gaps from there. He's been found out and if his book sales are anything to go by everyone's else knows it as well.

7DS, a movie script? Shocking.

Don't be expecting that movie to hit the screens anytime soon...eventhough it has been made.

 

[thehog]

Don't be expecting that movie to hit the screens anytime soon...eventhough it has been made.

Straight to DVD release?

Wouldn't surpirse me. Although sounds like they wasted money on hiring in David Millar etc.

 

[Digger]

Straight to DVD release?

Wouldn't surpirse me. Although sounds like they wasted money on hiring in David Millar etc.

If even that - was told it was so bad, that the backers have binned it...the people who made money from it as 'consultants' are unreal though - the very same ones who denounced Floyd and said he was still lying, ended up making money from his confession - because no way was this chain of events going to be set in motion, whereby a movie was made, without landis...so to watch these same people getting 70grand a pop for about three hours work....
At least landis had nothing, no input, whatsoever to do with this movie.

 

[thehog]

If even that - was told it was so bad, that the backers have binned it...the people who made money from it as 'consultants' are unreal though - the very same ones who denounced Floyd and said he was still lying, ended up making money from his confession - because no way was this chain of events going to be set in motion, whereby a movie was made, without landis...so to watch these same people getting 70grand a pop for about three hours work....
At least landis had nothing, no input, whatsoever to do with this movie.

Sounds like a disaster. Every good movie starts with a good script. That they clearly wouldn't have with 7DS.

Yes, when those Garmin guys smell the green and they tend to do or say anything. Millar is just the worst.

And yes, without Landis who arguably is the story (not Walsh) the movie would be ****e. Probably a good thing that it gets binned. Not even the Korean hackers would be able to save it by providing some notoriety.

 

[roundabout]

Looks good to me. They even got Todd from Breaking Bad to play Landis.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3083008/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

 

[thehog]

Looks good to me. They even got Todd from Breaking Bad to play Landis.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3083008/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

Good link. Oct 2015 release on Swedish Netflix's only! Lol!

Don't think Walsh will be moving to Hollywood anytime soon.

 

[hrotha]

Lol at Chris O'Dowd as David Walsh.

 

[jens_attacks]

Looks good to me. They even got Todd from Breaking Bad to play Landis.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3083008/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

that sick killer guy
still remember the motorbike kid incident

good pick

 

[the sceptic]

Dustin Hoffman as race radio?

 

[sniper]

Ben Foster seems a good pick. He's played bully-ish roles before and there are some similarities in the face as well.
If Frears is clever he's given Laura Donnelly a good deal of screen time.
Kimmage not appearing in the movie?

 

[jens_attacks]

does emma appear in some hot scenes too, anyone knows?
i hope so

 

[sniper]

does emma appear in some hot scenes too, anyone knows?
i hope so

 

[blackcat]

I'm not sure. Certainly not highly intelligent, but no fool either.
He does (i mean, did) say clever things from time to time.
for instance from the article linked to above:

that's pretty well put and in that interview he says some other clever things.

But after jumping on the Sky bandwagon he changed completely, using one laughable argument after the other to apologize for Sky and Froome. Such a change usually doesn't happen overnight.
imo either he got senile, or (more likely) he took the chance to fill his pockets.

GBP

significant GBP

 

[thehog]

GBP

significant GBP

And thought he was going to become a Hollywood star

Back to slumming it on podcasts.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

How Times can change:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/walsh-hits-out-at-uci-over-passport

20 years ago, the model might have worked. Just maybe, but not now. No chance.

Anyway I see Walsh as just an average wh0re with a pen in the hand.