Riders You Hate

[**Uru**]

Lemond (post riding), Evans, Millar, Cavendish

 

[hoodooguru]

Kimmage. Disgruntled loser.

 

[Belokki]

Kimmage. Disgruntled loser.

+ 1

 

[Ibanez]

He's a journalist. Unless you hate him from his years as a pro.

 

[dgodave]

I hate all the riders who like Lance, whoever they are. Are there any?
.
I hate them more than Lance, who after all is who he is. But those others... they have a choice!
.

 

[Epicurus]

Not a fan of:

Lemond (post racing)
Evans
Schumacher
Kohl

 

[dgodave]

Ricco - but I love to hate him, which is different from just hating him.
.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Schumacher - what a dubba. Hopefully he is gone for good. He got off lucky a few times now it is time for lightning to strike twice in the same place.

 

[Deagol]

Virenque, Schumacher, Ricco, Kayle Leogrande, Sella, Mayo

 

[*G*K*S*]

Whinging Poms! Millar and Wiggins.

 

[titan_90]

I wouldn't say hate, I am not a fan of(in no particular order):
Schumacher
Leipheimer
Armstrong
Virenque

 

[Anonymous]

Evans, perfect introverted, hidden kind of personality to be a dope.
Ricco, we'll see when he comes back.
Kohl, a fraud
Di Luca, too much arrogance in someone not good enough to ride the tour.
Rassmusen, was anybody surprised to find him dirty? Is he coming back? my favorite memories are of him crashing for no apparent reason.
Vinokourov, wan't surprised to find him a fraud. I'll try to keep an open mind when he comes back.

 

[hulkgogan]

Read the post, personal reasons. That he and I have

Well come on lets have it then?

Met the man a few times. Humble hoser. Greatest bike race Canada ever produced. Not a lot there to hate. He hook you once at some long forgotten crit? Went a bit pro on you with his attitude? Ok then I guess I hate Robbie Ventura...

Hope its something more substantial than that.

 

[luckyboy]

Di Luca, too much arrogance in someone not good enough to ride the tour.

Although the Giro is harder than the tour?

 

[peloton]

Riders you hate?!

What is this, kindergarten?

 

[Azdak6]

Don't know about cyclists, but I do have an inexplicable antipathy towards Phil Mickelson and his man-boobs.

 

[39*23t]

can't really say i hate any of the riders.

commentators on the other hand. ever watch eurosport.

 

[Anonymous]

Although the Giro is harder than the tour?

sometimes it could be argued so. Not this year.

re: Di Luca, I'm guessing if he can't be a tour team leader he doesn't care to be in it.

I could see him playing a role on someones tour team.

Another reason not to like him?

 

[franciep10]

Well come on lets have it then?

Met the man a few times. Humble hoser. Greatest bike race Canada ever produced. Not a lot there to hate. He hook you once at some long forgotten crit? Went a bit pro on you with his attitude? Ok then I guess I hate Robbie Ventura...

Hope its something more substantial than that.

OK he and my brother had a feud over a girl, then when I was just starting out I tried to sign for one of his teams and he found out about me and said that if they sign me he leaves the team, of course they didn't sign me, then after that I saw him and he said said tell you're brother we're even. Now at this time he was one of my idols, after that my mind turned. Great cyclist though.

 

[titan_90]

sometimes it could be argued so. Not this year.

re: Di Luca, I'm guessing if he can't be a tour team leader he doesn't care to be in it.

I could see him playing a role on someones tour team.

Another reason not to like him?

But, the Tour route this year really isn't that hard either compared to other years, to few mountain top finishes. As for excitement, I have always thought that the racing in the Giro is more exciting to watch. The Tour to me is just to predictable, so that takes some of the excitement out of the race for me.

As for Di Luca after he won the Giro in 07 he said he has no love for the Tour, a lot of Italian riders feel the same way, the Giro will always be number one for them. I think Di Luca could do well in the Tour but not win it if he gave it 100%. Because, he suffers on the real steep climbs and the climbs in the Tour aren't generally as steep as the climbs in the Giro. But he will always lose time in the TT. I agree he can be arrogant at times, but I like his aggressive riding style.

 

[BroDeal]

Can I hate on Ligget and Sherwin here? They are really starting to annoy me. I don't see how they can talk for four or five hours during live coverage and yet not say anything memorably insightful the whole time.

 

[Mr.DNA]

Can I hate on Ligget and Sherwin here? They are really starting to annoy me. I don't see how they can talk for four or five hours during live coverage and yet not say anything memorably inciteful the whole time.

Versus could save money by developing a computer program to mix 'n' match sound clips of their standard lines. Who would notice? Maybe they've already done it.

 

[SpeedWay]

Riders you hate?!

What is this, kindergarten?

I think they dropped out or haven't made it that far yet. You're taught not to hate in kindergarten.

 

[ridelikethewind]

Tyler Hamilton

What a phoney.

The action that really got me was when he spoilt the 2003 Tour by holding Ullrich up after Armstrong had crashed - what was it to do with Hamilton (bet he got a big fat brown envelope).

 

[yourwelcome]

Can I hate on Ligget and Sherwin here? They are really starting to annoy me. I don't see how they can talk for four or five hours during live coverage and yet not say anything memorably inciteful the whole time.

For incitement, you're in the right place here. Forget Paul and Phil, they're too nice to incite.