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TANK91 said:Well Colombiaans are stupid then being all tribal what the hell as it got to do with Colombian's if Cav has an argument with one. You cant hold a grudge over a disagreement. Im sure if Cav would have known how unfortunate Soler has been he would not have done it.
Wait, what? I did not know about this (maybe I forgot?). Is there video of cavendish crashing Soler?Ryo Hazuki said:he didn't just insult soler, he punched him on the bike so hard soler crashed out of the gior. after stage cav wanted to fight again. also cav is supposedly racist towards certain colombian riders. or he was at least. he's not liked at all.
gospina said:Cav is known as an a**hole and he has been one to some Colombian riders. They hold a grudge because he is an a**hole, not because of some "tribal" thing.
Cav WROTE ON HIS BOOK that Colombians didn't know how to ride and specifically named SOLER as someone that shouldn't be allowed to ride. This is before Soler crashed and almost died, before he retired. Soler brought Uran to Caisse, he owned the apartment before Uran bought it where he roomed with Quintana and Henao. Soler was also supposed to guide Nairo along when he joined Movistar. Not sure how that's all "tribal", a word I'm sure you used on purpose with the indigenous context. It's brotherhood. These guys still visit Soler, they adore him. Nairo dedicated his wins for him, wore his medal during stage 20 at the tour, visited with him as do the other riders.
Uran has been very professional and didn't let that stop him from joining OPQS, but that doesn't stop Cav from being a ****.
It's just not Cav...Same goes for Fignon. Accusing colombians of taking cocaine, for buying races and for being lucky to beat him just to sell a book if very low class. Regadless on how he died, he was still an a**hole too.
Arnout said:Cav wrote that? Damn didn't know that. Acting in the heat of the moment is one thing, this is another... I quite liked him![]()
trifun said:The guy looks very good at the moment, but, if I remember well, in every stage race he's had a bad day.
gospina said:Cav is known as an a**hole
Same goes for Fignon. Accusing colombians of taking cocaine, for buying races and for being lucky to beat him just to sell a book if very low class. Regadless on how he died, he was still an a**hole too.
Bad-ish:SafeBet said:No bad days last year in the Giro.
Unless you consider a bad day the Pescara stage when he had to wait for Wiggo.
I'm taking last year's Giro with considerable reserves due to the cancellations.SafeBet said:No bad days last year in the Giro.
Unless you consider a bad day the Pescara stage when he had to wait for Wiggo.
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stutue said:Are you sure about this? I recall reading a Fignon quote where he talks about riding in Columbia and being so off his trumpet on Chan that he could barely pedal in a straight line. As for buying races, doesn't everyone?
Miburo said:I wonder if Uran can go crazy aswell in the mountains. Full ***
Although pozzovivo prob is still a better climber. I've no clue how quintana will perform.
Ryo Hazuki said:uran was going to do the tour as leader. then cav got mad and as compromise uran was sent to giro only if cav wouldn't ride it. guess who feels good now and who doesn't of the 2?![]()
Ryo Hazuki said:uran was going to do the tour as leader. then cav got mad and as compromise uran was sent to giro only if cav wouldn't ride it. guess who feels good now and who doesn't of the 2?![]()
rghysens said:I seem to remember that the team already planned at an early stage (january? december? certainly before the start of the season) to let Uran ride giro (+vuelta) and build a team around Cav to focus on the first tour stage (and the yellow jersey for that one day). But OPQS indeed bought Uran to act as tour leader on a longer term.
Jelantik said:well, how longer? If Cav is still at QuickStep, he'll be wanting to chase green jersey at TDF. So Uran will most likely to fight for GC at the Giro or Vuelta. He is 27 now? so he has 5 years before he runs out his prime form. Or he can freelance at TDF by himself, while the whole team is dedicated for cav.
hughmoore said:With Kittel challenging Cavs dominance, Cav will need full sprinter team, so cant see how can share the team.
What is his contract length and which team should Uran go to to have best chance of Tour win?
Hugh
hughmoore said:With Kittel challenging Cavs dominance, Cav will need full sprinter team, so cant see how can share the team.
What is his contract length and which team should Uran go to to have best chance of Tour win?
Hugh