Why? Because he spoke out against someone you like? Even though he was, you know, right?taiwan said:Doesn't mean Kittel isn't a ****.
taiwan said:Doesn't mean Kittel isn't a ****.
hrotha said:Why? Because he spoke out against someone you like? Even though he was, you know, right?
That's not what I was getting at. It's more about the Contador fans here.BroDeal said:It is easy to pick the obivous brown guy on a small team that no one in Europe cares about. Where is Kittel when it comes to the obvious white guy on the big team in the Tour?
BroDeal said:It is easy to pick the obvious brown guy on a small team that no one in Europe cares about. Where is Kittel when it comes to the obvious white guy on the big team in the Tour?
King Boonen said:Lets not imply someone is racist without any evidence.
As for Sky, maybe he believes in them?
taiwan said:Maybe he knows which side of his toast has jam on it.
And put it this way: he's clearly not that concerned about the sensitivity around a prominent German going for a Turk on twitter
King Boonen said:As for Sky, maybe he believes in them?
BroDeal said:Funny how the European peloton believes in their own while calling out a small fry rider in a small fry race in a small fry cycling country. The Tour of Freaking Turkey? It is meaningless. Kittel might as well have complained about fifty year old freds using testosterone in a local crit.
King Boonen said:I don't know that obviously, but just a suggestion.
As far as I'm concerned anything is better than nothing, there's no need to imply racism.
I agree he should call out others, but then that's up to him.
BroDeal said:How do you explain it? He calls out a guy named Mustafa, who in the world of cycling is pretty much irrelevant. Meanwhile when his clubbing buddy, Chris, makes a mockery of cycling's biggest event, just rips to shreds the idea that the sport has cleaned up, he has nothing to say.
King Boonen said:He called out a doper, that's what fans want isn't it?
BroDeal said:Funny how the European peloton believes in their own while calling out a small fry rider in a small fry race in a small fry cycling country. The Tour of Freaking Turkey? It is meaningless. Kittel might as well have complained about fifty year old freds using testosterone in a local crit.
l.Harm said:Where was he catched for?
Watching the race yesterday not only reminded me of Kittel's tweet but the Eurosport commentators, who where as bad if not worse than Kittel, with their accusations at the Tour of Turkey. And look at the reaction of the same commentators yesterday.....Red Lobster said:Yes and no ... because calling out the nobody doper in a nothing race smacks of protecting the "club".
But, I can see a less malign explanation in that maybe Kittel would in a perfect world like to call out some big fish but is worried about Omerta and professional blow back. He's not much worried about needing to find a job on a Turkish team any day soon, so Sayar is an easy target.