As long as you keep playing your violin about Cadel being screwed...auscyclefan94 said:Keep plucking that same old string on the violin Angliru!
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As long as you keep playing your violin about Cadel being screwed...auscyclefan94 said:Keep plucking that same old string on the violin Angliru!
auscyclefan94 said:More likely ten minutes as graeme brown is going to bmc to be a supre domestique for cadel.
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Keep plucking that same old string on the violin Angliru!
Angliru said:Actually the first post is complimentary to your idol. Of course the second was just bait which you predictably bit on.
Iker_Baqueiro said:Fo this guy, CE, to vindicate himself in the TDF, he at least has to finish it better than lance armstrong.
BroDeal said:What do you mean vindicate himself? He won the points jersey and the most epic GT stage in recent memory as well as placed in the top five in the GC. He also provided much of the drama of the Giro. He did that despite his team when his team being as weak as U.S. beer. It was a solid performance that most riders would die for.
BroDeal said:What do you mean vindicate himself? He won the points jersey and the most epic GT stage in recent memory as well as placed in the top five in the GC. He also provided much of the drama of the Giro. He did that despite his team when his team being as weak as U.S. beer. It was a solid performance that most riders would die for.
Originally Posted by BroDeal
What do you mean vindicate himself? He won the points jersey and the most epic GT stage in recent memory as well as placed in the top five in the GC. He also provided much of the drama of the Giro. He did that despite his team when his team being as weak as U.S. beer. It was a solid performance that most riders would die for.
Mrs John Murphy said:And there we are with the excuses - Cuddles had to wheelsuck because he had no team support and was in the lead.
Cuddles ended up off the podium, with his smart, non-contributing tactics.
Vino had no team support, Scarponi had little team support, but they all worked at various points in the race.
If you think wheelsucking is smart tactics then fine, but don't try to claim that he doesn't wheelsuck and that he more often than not just follows in the mountains and doesn't contribute.
The Dr said:Spoken like a true armchair critic......yes he definitely won the Giro stage, Worlds and Fleche by wheel-sucking. You don't have to like the guy at all....it's not a popularity contest, but maybe have a little respect eh?
delbified said:i think evans has the stamina to use the Giro to condition himself and arrive at the Tour in peak form. Contador has peaked too early, judging by his performance at the Dauphine.
delbified said:i think evans has the stamina to use the Giro to condition himself and arrive at the Tour in peak form. Contador has peaked too early, judging by his performance at the Dauphine.
The Dr said:Spoken like a true armchair critic......yes he definitely won the Giro stage, Worlds and Fleche by wheel-sucking. You don't have to like the guy at all....it's not a popularity contest, but maybe have a little respect eh?
wooley7 said:Conti is some way from his peak judging by his performance in the Dauphine!
1,40 back on JB in the TT and if you look at the time for the climb of Alpe d'huez its clear to see AC is not at his best just yet but in a good place with the first climbs of the tour still 3/4 weeks away.
auscyclefan94 said:Well I think in the tt's he was going for it, even if he says he was not. on the climbs he is not there yet.
Lifeshape said:To the OP: Gotta agree with you except I am not "rediscovering," rather just discovering a newfound appreciation for "Cadels."
He hasn't been very vocal this year, but since his Worlds he's let his racing speak for him and he's broken the Rainbow Jersey curse. Last year's Vuelta comments were despicable...
As an aside and not to purposefully get off topic, I think Cavendouche should pay attention and learn from Evans now because that is him when he finally grows up.
movingtarget said:During the first mountain stage of the Giro the camera got in close and showed Evans close up, a few times. He looked like a ghost and he was obviously struggling. It turned out later on that that was the period of the race during which he was ill. He consistently lost time to Basso on subsequent mountain stages but he soldiered on. He never quits races even when he can see victory slipping away. I will never buy the wheelsucking BS. Unless you want to put 95% of the riders in the same category.
Potomac said:So everyone, outside Australia, is just imagining it?
Potomac said:So everyone, outside Australia, is just imagining it?