The guy's Kenyan... we don't have a history there. Also, have you ever heard of someone named Froome in Holland? Vroemvroem.Ryo Hazuki said:froome could also be a dutch/african name. that's what I thought at first
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The guy's Kenyan... we don't have a history there. Also, have you ever heard of someone named Froome in Holland? Vroemvroem.Ryo Hazuki said:froome could also be a dutch/african name. that's what I thought at first
That looks like a mountain stage of the giro with that silly profile though! But yeah, was hilarious seeing the leader's jersey being the only guy who got dropped on the "climb", which was like 700 meters at 4% or so.Libertine Seguros said:He lost four minutes on this:
That was whilst wearing the leader's jersey and after 143 riders out of 160 in the race contested the sprint.
Libertine Seguros said:
Hawkwood said:I doubt you'd need to look far back in Froome's ancestry to find English/British blood, as Froome is a English/British surname. Otherwise I agree with your point, Rudsedki's hardly a British name.
briztoon said:Ah what? Even without a broad Scotish accent, I can not make heads or tails of this statement.
trevim said:Ahah this guy Cavendish is a real character He's a brilliant bike rider but his mouth is just to large to be real class. Still, I think it's all part of his charisma, and it's what makes me like him over the boring guys that don't say anything remotely insulting to anyone.
Tank Engine said:There's obviously a bit of baiting in what Cav says, but he is praising the whole team. On a course like the 2011 Worlds or the 2012 Olympics, the GB team would be regarded as the strongest. However, with only five men in a team the Olympics are going to be much more difficult to control.
With regard to Guardini, he reminds me of Ivan Quaranta. Ivan was seen to be the successor to Cippollini when he won several stages of the Giro at the turn of the millenium. His climbing skills were never great, but unfortunately by the middle of the naughties he was pretty much guaranteed to be dropped unless it was a pan flat course. For Guardini's sake I hope his climbing skills go the other way.
El Pistolero said:I wouldn't call the British team the strongest at the Olympics. One of the strongest perhaps, but there are other countries who can put an as good team together.
Tank Engine said:If others are as strong, then the Brits are still the strongest (along with possibly others)
I'd like to see a 5 man national squad that would be stronger on a reasonably flat course than Cav, Wiggo, Froome, Millar (not sure if he's eligible) +1 other (I'm guessing that Geraint won't be riding as he'll be concentrating on the track , otherwise he'd be the obvious choice).
The Germans would have a very good team. USA maybe.
luckyboy said:I think Cavendish is the difference between Britain and Germany, USA, Belgium. Rather than the domestiques available I mean.
Fus087 said:Guardini right now is better than the Cavendish of 2007, but not yet at the Cavendish of 2008.
I mean, his non-existing climbing skills are so cliché it isn't even funny anymore.
Awesome sprint, but apart from that... well.
If Guardini can improve his strength on hills (heck, if he can develop any sort of strength on hills), there may be something about the talk.
And the same goes for Kittel, really.
craig1985 said:I think we should give Guardini some credit as he's only 21
Michielveedeebee said:Cavendish, Greipel, Farrar, Boonen,GVA,Gilbert
I don't rate Cancellara's interviews at the same level All that talk about the gladiator and stuff like that made it hard for me to cheer for him this year. But one thing he knew: he was alone against the rest of the world since his team proved to be a disgrace. Oh and his tactics too, I mean attacking 60km out in Flanders....c&cfan said:best post ever. cavendish and cancellara FTW.
trevim said:I don't rate Cancellara's interviews at the same level All that talk about the gladiator and stuff like that made it hard for me to cheer for him this year. But one thing he knew: he was alone against the rest of the world since his team proved to be a disgrace. Oh and his tactics too, I mean attacking 60km out in Flanders....
A bit off-topic but I want to see Cancellara stage-hunting at.... stage races. I mean a world class rider like him shouldn't be satisfied just by baby-sitting the Schlecks and go for the TT's. Just imagine him and Hushovd going head to head in the Aubisque descent! That's what he should be doing
Ben Swift did come 3rd there ( 2 stages ). And Cav crashed.barmaher said:Spain 1427
Belgium 1184
Italy 1172
Australia 1082
GB 947
Germany 798
Netherlands 693
US 551
Luxembourg 536
Switzerland 470
France 416
Norway 390
Ireland 309
Denmark 285
CobbleStoner said:I thought I read somewhere that the original Cav quote was a misprint, he was talking about how GB qualified the max number of riders for the worlds and said '...other countries know the rules' which got printed as 'other countries know who rules'
am I the only one who read this? it kinda makes more sense then Cav saying team GB rules!
luckyboy said:I think Cavendish is the difference between Britain and Germany, USA, Belgium. Rather than the domestiques available I mean.
CobbleStoner said:I thought I read somewhere that the original Cav quote was a misprint, he was talking about how GB qualified the max number of riders for the worlds and said '...other countries know the rules' which got printed as 'other countries know who rules'
am I the only one who read this? it kinda makes more sense then Cav saying team GB rules!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/other-countries-know-the-rules-says-cavendish
For the world champs it was about getting GB up front,” Cavendish told The Telegraph. “We showed the world we can control the championships; not just win, but control how the whole race panned out. That’s quite a dominating thing to have. Psychologically, the other teams now know who rules.”
To which CN made the following headline
Other countries "know the rules," says Cavendish