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Dear Wiggo said:Agreed on multiples.
The whole history of TSP has been very Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!. I find it unreadable for that reason - as Nick C. pointed out it makes it seem like they're pushing an agenda, which makes them easier to dismiss as biased and detracts from those good points they make.Electress said:I think it is multiple views stitched together with lots of fake references thrown in for good measure. The tone seems Aussie to me, but i think that's the ghost writing.
blackcat said:multiple riders contribute.
it should be called "The Secret Pros". not short for lady of the night, tho that would work equally well.
it was first the dutch guy with the australian girlfriend//fiancee/wife. he rode with rabo epoirs, and he won the GP Eddy Merckx, the two up timetrial, with Thomas Dekker, when they were riding for the u23 team, so would have been 20/21/22, and they beeat the pros and veteran pros in the GP Eddy Merckx. Allbeit, not the highest of status races, and even when the pro timetrialists were gearing up for the professional worlds they would do DP des Nations or some other tt. no, not that race, the French tt, GP des NAtions is the tt in the 90s which was the defacto world tt champs.
anyway, he won that with Thomas Dekker, albeit, not the highest professional class off timetrialists, but there were good pros, think Chavanel might have always been included in a Cofidis team, and Jens was likely to be there with his team, but they were not the riders who would be on the podium for the worlds in a months time. But for 20 or 21yo?
Billie said:http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=13466
http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=726
that's the creme de la creme in tt'ing back then
but they still manage to hide alot and push an agenda and still do the popular meme in the media which excoriates some as "bad apples" like Ullrich.mrhender said:It is a shame that we need "Secret Pro" to do the insinuations journos dare not?
Froomster said:Whoever he is, he is a native English speaker, far better educated and intelligent than many cycling pros. He writes very well and uses grammar correctly, by and large. In Australia these days, sadly that almost invariably means a private school education, or educated and motivated parents.
skippythepinhead said:Look, Secret Pro(s), whoever you are (if you exist): you showed up at the Giro looking to train and one of the other doped up professional teams decided to race every stage. HTFU, beef up your program, or go home.
If kirby said it that confirms its not Phil Gil.Koba80 said:Didn't Eurosport (Kirby of all people) recently say it was PhilGil?
Mayomaniac said: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.
Wade is a native Canuck.Electress said:I think it is multiple views stitched together with lots of fake references thrown in for good measure. The tone seems Aussie to me, but i think that's the ghost writing.
ChewbaccaDefense said:Mayomaniac said: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.
Pretty much my thoughts on the subject, so I read the article and thought "Good, I hope they made you feel like you wanted to puke every day," because you helped bring is back to full-throttle by pretending that all those English speakers from the queen's realm have squeaky clean a$$holes, and ignoring the truth.
Walsh of the peloton indeed.