The Secret Pro

[MartinGT]

Hmmm what is he trying to say here:-

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/06/the-secret-pro-on-the-giro-there-were-days-when-youd-just-despair/

 

[BYOP88]

No idea what he's trying to say

But he should unmask himself and let the world know who he is.

 

[May0maniac]

The Secret pro is just a butthurt anglophone clown, when Sky dominated the Tour he praised them and defended Froome against all the doping talk, it's just the same crap as most anglophone cycling media.

 

[Ricco']

For me it's Ryder Hesjedal.

Multiple Giro appearences, goes to the Tour, if he raced with Wiggo in Juniors he must be born between 1979 and 1981 and his team sponsor has goals in California.

If not him Rogers, or maybe less likely Kiryienka or Eisel.

 

[the sceptic]

Re:

The Secret ro is just a butthurt anglophone clown, when Sky dominated the Tour he praised them and defended Froome against all the doping talk, it's just the same crap as most anglophone cycling media.

the secret pro is the Walsh of cyclists.

 

[Miburo]

Re:

For me it's Ryder Hesjedal.

Multiple Giro appearences, goes to the Tour, if he raced with Wiggo in Juniors he must be born between 1979 and 1981 and his team sponsor has goals in California.

If not him Rogers, or maybe less likely Kiryienka or Eisel.

No way it's rogers lol.

I wouldn't put it past hesjedal.

 

[hulkhogansknees]

"Anyway, what about this year’s Giro, eh?"
He is obviously Canadian, so Hesjedal is a good bet.

 

[SeriousSam]

What if he knows "eh" will have everyone thinking he's Canadian, though? Exploitable.

He's an Aussie.

 

[del1962]

Also around Wiggo's age

Brett Lancaster
Pieter Weening

 

[Ricco']

Re:

Also around Wiggo's age

Brett Lancaster
Pieter Weening

They are not going to the Tour.

And Orica didn't went to California this year, so I assume that it isn't a big goal to their sponsors.

 

[vedrafjord]

Re:

For me it's Ryder Hesjedal.

Multiple Giro appearences, goes to the Tour, if he raced with Wiggo in Juniors he must be born between 1979 and 1981 and his team sponsor has goals in California.

If not him Rogers, or maybe less likely Kiryienka or Eisel.

Assuming it's not a merged account of multiple riders, it's not Hesjedal because TSP did the Tour last year and Hesjedal didn't. Also the tone in general is of an exasperated domestique nowhere near the front of the race, unlike Hesjedal who was climbing with the best in the third week.

In which article did he say he raced with Wiggo as juniors? That would rule out a lot of people.

 

[Ricco']

Re: Re:

For me it's Ryder Hesjedal.

Multiple Giro appearences, goes to the Tour, if he raced with Wiggo in Juniors he must be born between 1979 and 1981 and his team sponsor has goals in California.

If not him Rogers, or maybe less likely Kiryienka or Eisel.

Assuming it's not a merged account of multiple riders, it's not Hesjedal because TSP did the Tour last year and Hesjedal didn't. Also the tone in general is of an exasperated domestique nowhere near the front of the race, unlike Hesjedal who was climbing with the best in the third week.

In which article did he say he raced with Wiggo as juniors? That would rule out a lot of people.

In the most recent.

" I remember racing against him as a junior and knowing back then he was going places."

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

I'd say it's Adam HansenHansen

Edit: maybe I should've read the article first

 

[the sceptic]

pretty sure it's greg henderson btw.

 

[Billie]

it's more than one rider....

 

[King Boonen]

He needs to read up on some of the rules governing cycling.

Complaining about the UCI not revoking Astana's licence has been covered in plenty of places detailing the fact it is an independent decision. Others Have been penalised in exactly the same way Porte was and the rule makes perfect sense (if any team-team interaction were allowed and a similar thing happened you can guarantee he'd be complaining about collusion between Italian teams if they started helping out Aru). He seems to imply Kreuzigers case has been dropped because he isn't performing? He obviously does not understand anti-doping rules if he thinks you can cheat and then just back off and it's a legitimate way to get the case closed. He moans about Astana and then praises Contador? WTF?!


Wiggins has done it all? ***.

 

[Nick C.]

I found the gratuitous name checks/sympathy/gushing re: Porte and Wiggins to be a bit out of context with the rest of the article. I never read it before so at first it comes off as exasperated pro, but then it seems more like person with an agenda to push.

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

I found the gratuitous name checks/sympathy/gushing re: Porte and Wiggins to be a bit out of context with the rest of the article. I never read it before so at first it comes off as exasperated pro, but then it seems more like person with an agenda to push.

This is pretty much the way it's always seemed to me, although it's never been quite so obvious in the few I've read previously...

 

[SeriousSam]

That's the worst thing about the secret pro's musings. His insulting good guys- bad guys narratives. The Walsh of cyclists is quite apt.

 

[The Hitch]

The account lost all credibility when he defended ogrady as only doping once and being pressured into doing so while in the same article treating Santa as the devil incarnate.

Some people may say it's a step too far to call what sp -be it a real cyclist or a fake account set up by the rag to get publicity, does, racist. To me that's exactly what that kind of - Anglophone good, southern Euros evil, mentality involves.

 

[King Boonen]

I'm not sure I'd go as far as racist, see his Contador comments, but I would say heavily anglophone/populist biased approaching racism.

 

[robertmooreheadlane]

Its a Sky PR stunt

 

[BYOP88]

Re:

Its a Sky PR stunt

That's why they had the motorhome

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Re:

I'd say it's Adam Hansen

+1

Done the Giro and doing the Tour. Talk about yourself in the third person to throw off the scent.

Aussie, so the English is good and native, but lives in Czech Republic so can effect a slight euro tone having lived there a while and partnered up with a native (from memory).

 

[King Boonen]

If it's Hansen it would mean he's also lying about ToC being a sponsorship target then, which is perfectly possible.

I'm leaning towards several people to be honest, it seems to fragmented to come from one mind...