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
He said Mauricio Soler was one of those riders that shouldn't have been a professional and shouldn't be allowed to race. He then said that others that come from the same background, a result of bigger pelotons & internationalization were similar, that get in the way, couldn't handle bikes and were, in general, not liked by the peloton. Some Colombian riders feel he meant them, so here it begins. He also had complained that Sky wasn't giving him good lead out guys and that the lead outs were bad (as he always does). Those comments always seemed to happen when Uran & Henao were racing and did their part at the 25km to 10km section. This carried over to several races @Sky, ending with their visible frustration when Wiggo a) crashed, broke a bone and abandoned one year and b) crashed, gave up and made them lose time at the Giro the next. Some feel it all started with Cav.
Main reason I was so surprised he picked Omega Pharma. If you remember early in the year, Uran was signed as their tour leader. That ended quickly, shift to Giro. Compromise was Cav skipped the Giro for the first time in years.
Soler was probably one of the most complete riders out of Colombia. He was going to be the breakout rider at that tour, just before his crash @switzerland. He had a lot of bad luck. I know that Cav is a sprinter and has the personality of a sprinter, but a lot of riders still hold a grudge when Soler was named. Remember, just a few years ago, Soler was getting ALL the colombian WT points. Uran was the other one, with like 2 points. No one else was WT. Soler was the only one (Duque was with Cofidis and Ardila with Robobank/GEOX TMC, no points from either one). He was THE Colombian rider. All these other guys saw him as a big brother. Cav's book wasn't welcomed, like Fignon's book.