Robbie McEwen: A worse climber?

[Duartista]

What total BS as when Cav gets dropped he usually ends up with a race motto for company or in this case a commasiares car as he was the back of the race. A bit of mud slinging always help get rid of the opposition.

It must be very coordinated mud slinging if three riders have said the same thing...

 

[hrotha]

Greatest car-grabber of all time: Jimmy Casper.

 

[Midnightfright]

I thought he did a very good job taking 2nd in stage 6 of this year's giro as it looked like a tough climb at the end. There's no telling how hard Cav tried on the finish to that stage but he was 171st and 13 min down.

I was fortunate to have had a long uninterrupted chat one day last fall with Petacchi at a function and I was very pleased to have met a very nice and humble guy. It was interesting to hear him describe to me the changes in pack tactics over the years and the aggressiveness that he sees during finishes. His opinion, after I asked, regarding the stage finish when Cav and Haussler crashed in Tour de Suisse was very diplomatic and pretty much without blame. Just too much **** and vinegar going around and that's just what happens in a sprint.

One thing I found particularly interesting was how he pointed out to me that he just does not want to fall off his bike anymore. It was good to know that I had company in not prematurely having grown weary of pushing around in sprints.

One of my friends who works as a rep spoke to Petachhi and a few other itialian riders about 2-3 years ago and was very surprised at how friendly he was especially as he spoke to him in an unofficial capacity ( even invited my mate to a party ).

Every since every always like him.

 

[Angliru]

Petacchi when he would always abandon TDF's. Odd that he is better now than in his prime.

Likely after having ridden and excelled in the Giro, so he's entitled as was Cipo.

 

[Angliru]

What total BS as when Cav gets dropped he usually ends up with a race motto for company or in this case a commasiares car as he was the back of the race. A bit of mud slinging always help get rid of the opposition.

Were you there? This account coming from two riders who were witnessing the act. Who should we believe you or them?

 

[Boardslide]

Were you there? This account coming from two riders who were witnessing the act. Who should we believe you or them?

The independant commissares who were there

 

[131313]

two words: Ivan Quaranta

 

[Ferminal]

The independant commissares who were there

Do you have a link to their statement on the matter?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

The independant commissares who were there

bullsh*t this only happens in the tour de france ih other races there are never enough commisareses. so riders do indeed do that and it should be punished severely

 

[Benotti69]

bullsh*t this only happens in the tour de france ih other races there are never enough commisareses. so riders do indeed do that and it should be punished severely

Can you tell us how many commissaires are in the Giro???

Todays stage i witnessed at least 8 commissaires cars following after the teams cars, never mind what they have on motorbikes.

The images from Etna show Cav finishing and a Commissaires motorbike just behind him.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Do you have a link to their statement on the matter?

Cav is wearing fair play award numbers.


But what the hey, lets all start trying to prove negations, then this forum can be like the clinic.

 

[hector5950]

bullsh*t this only happens in the tour de france ih other races there are never enough commisareses. so riders do indeed do that and it should be punished severely

So you want to punish a guy for something that no race officials witnessed?

 

[El Pistolero]

Cav is wearing fair play award numbers.


But what the hey, lets all start trying to prove negations, then this forum can be like the clinic.

What has Cav or his team done to deserve that lol?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

What has Cav or his team done to deserve that lol?

It's more what they haven't done - as far as I can work out, they avoided ****ing in the wrong place. What heroes.

 

[MADRAZO]

Quaranta and Kirsipuu are definetly the two of the worst climbers of all time (at least my time that is) but there are definetly a lot of other sprinters a lot worse than McEwan even in his present semi-over-the hill-form. Generally a lot of the italian sprinters used to be very bad like Minali, Leoni etc. and McEwan used to be climbing pretty decently.

At the moment Guardini is definetly a candaite for the title but I think Alex Rasmussen (though sadly not sprinting much at the moment) might be even worse.