Poll of new era, second round

[maxmartin]

I hope Zam_Olyas don't mind.
Feel free to explain why you feel so about SKY team.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

According to webvan i am probably a hater.

 

[Miburo]

That's a better poll.

I dislike them.

 

[maxmartin]

According to webvan i am probably a hater.

Your choice clearly states otherwise

 

[maxmartin]

I dislike SKY due to their racing style and too much similarity to US Postal.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Don't like it when the team element becomes too dominant in our sport.
Its a broader issue than Team Sky however.

Enjoying the competition at the Giro so far.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

indifferent.
If you can't attack them it just means that you are not strong enough.

 

[LaFlorecita]

indifferent.
If you can't attack them it just means that you are not strong enough.

Pff, I call BS

 

[BYOP88]

I love Sky. The reason I love them so much is they'll kill and destroy cycling. Which means when I'm out driving I wont have to worry about idiots riding their bikes. The more Sky win the quicker cyclists leave the road.

 

[jaylew]

It's weird. I dislike Sky as a collective and I REALLY dislike Wiggins but I like a bunch of their riders.

Uran
Henao
Porte (though some of my enthusiasm for him has waned, I'm staying a fan for now - don't know if it will last through his Sky contract renewal though )
EBH
Kiri
Eisel
Dombro
Boswell

and there are a couple others I like ok.

In fact, off the top of my head, the only team who has more riders I like might be Movistar. I think it just comes down to how much I dislike Wiggins and how they (smartly) control the races in which he leads.

 

[maxmartin]

I love Sky. The reason I love them so much is they'll kill and destroy cycling. Which means when I'm out driving I wont have to worry about idiots riding their bikes. The more Sky win the quicker cyclists leave the road.

I hear you, then you should be the first brave one to choose the last choice

Oops, brave Eraserhead is ahead of you.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Pff, I call BS

How come?
If AC can't get a gap in the mountains on the Sky train, fair enough. Not fun to watch at all, but there is no reason to start disliking the whole squad for that.

 

[Le Baroudeur]

None of the above...

I'm more or less indiferent to the riders on the team with the possible exception of a few i Like, and a few i don't such as regarding Porte to be a bit of a weasel, and Wiggins as an over-postulating self-aggrandising arrogant ****, but none to the point of emotional involvement.

However, I have complete contempt for media providers, and event organisers/facilitaotors/or sponsors, being allowed to sponsor individual teams, and especially when the sponsor has associations and history as ethically and morrally corrupt as sky.

Overall the team comes across like a classic example of a coup d'etat through media PR based on false claims of origionality in approach and preparation to wow uniformed and new viewers.

On balance: unemotional contempt for the team as a concept.

Not seeing the this option in the poll

 

[maxmartin]

None of the above...

I'm more or less indiferent to the riders on the team with the possible exception of a few i Like, and a few i don't such as regarding Porte to be a bit of a weasel, and Wiggins as an over-postulating self-aggrandising arrogant ****, but none to the point of emotional involvement.

However, I have complete contempt for media providers, and event organisers/facilitaotors/or sponsors, being allowed to sponsor individual teams, and especially when the sponsor has associations and history as ethically and morrally corrupt as sky.

Overall the team comes across like a classic example of a coup d'etat through media PR based on false claims of origionality in approach and preparation to wow uniformed and new viewers.

On balance: unemotional contempt for the team as a concept.

Not seeing the this option in the poll

Isn't the third one your choice? you even used the word yourself

 

[Le Baroudeur]

I love Sky. The reason I love them so much is they'll kill and destroy cycling. Which means when I'm out driving I wont have to worry about idiots riding their bikes. The more Sky win the quicker cyclists leave the road.

I'm not the only one that has noticed a huge rise in the number of newbie cyclists dressed in team kit, zigzagging up narrow country lanes and endangering all road using traffic traffic in the process then

 

[spalco]

Overall I like them, and I truely hope they [redacted: Clinic].

Anyway. Like any group made up of many people, there are good apples and bad apples among the team. But all the whinging about them annoys me, their tactics are completely legitimate, even if they don't fulfill the cycling fan's yearning for Coppian/Pantaniesque passionate carelessness for consequences.

It's up the other teams to beat them. If they manage to do that, and many do try, see Nibali, then fair play and wholehearted congratulations to them.

 

[Spicco]

It's weird. I dislike Sky as a collective and I REALLY dislike Wiggins but I like a bunch of their riders.

I think it just comes down to how much I dislike Wiggins and how they (smartly) control the races in which he leads.

This pretty much describes my feelings towards them as well.

 

[airstream]

Ofc I like them. How it is possible not to like such great athletes? Plus two my guys Kiri and Kostyan ride for them.


Btw, Carols brought a great idea with his 'I'm being duped' explanation. If one can't understand something on a rational basis, one can use such argumentation.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

They are playing to their strength when they control a race if they have a leader..what are they supposed to do?.... yea i know it is not attractive

 

[Eraserhead]

I don't hate them because of clinic stuff, it's integral part of cycling after all, I don't hate Wiggins because of calculated way of racing, cuz it's works, but I really hate Sky and particularly Wiggo when I hear pretentious PR BS from them e.g. they working harder than anybody and because of that they are so dominant... It's hilarious.
All in all, I really can enjoy actual racing, but can't enjoy media bubble around them.

 

[Le Baroudeur]

Isn't the third one your choice? you even used the word yourself

Possibly if I pretend to myself that sky is actually a airline brand and watch the races with the jingoistic commentary muted, or I'm lucky to find an alternate language feed.

If forced to watch Sky on Sky (as is the purpose of their endeavour i fear) then perhaps a stronger poll option called for...

 

[IndianCyclist]

Indifferent to Sky train. It is simply the best tactic when you have strong riders. Its upto the others to attack. Unfortunately the others donot have the necessary turbo to attack. Wait for Contador and Purito. They will derail the train.

 

[Netserk]

I hate the team and the management. I like several of the riders.

 

[spalco]

Don't like it when the team element becomes too dominant in our sport.
Its a broader issue than Team Sky however.

Enjoying the competition at the Giro so far.

That's one of the things I really like about them.

How can you not love 8 men giving their all and sacrificing everything for one of their mates to win? If Colombia or Androni does that effectively to win a stage (let alone a big stage race), everyone here celebrates.

 

[jaylew]

They are playing to their strength when they control a race if they have a leader..what are they supposed to do?.... yea i know it is not attractive

Exactly. I'd probably do the same thing if I were them but it still sucks.