Tour Down Under Stage 5: Snapper Point - Willunga 148km

[elapid]

No one needs to fear Cadel. Well, maybe the team managers who have to pay him when they explain to the sponsors why the pay for someone who will never win crap. yah, yah, yah! he won worlds, once. Stars aligned soem how. I really don't hate him, just that people always make an issue that he is a threat at the tour. Please, no more than Levi is, and i like Levi. they are both not cut out to lead or compete with the big boys.

While auscyclefan94 may be a little on the fanatical side, Cadel is a damn good rider. He has his faults and I can understand why people dislike him. But you don't come 2nd twice in the TdF and not be a contender, you don't finish 4th in the TdF and Vuelta and not be a contender, and you are definitely not a chump if you are world champion. Yes, he gets more podiums than wins, but there are very few guys in the peloton that would not want a palmares of the same quality as Cadel's achievements. Cadel deserves his accolades, and not only is he cut out to compete with the big boys, he is one of the big boys. He showed that today as well in the TDU, along with some of the other established and up-and-coming big boys.

 

[Big GMaC]

I know, he did pull his one day fluke. One day. One time. And, the whole peloton is scratching their heads and saying how does a loser win? Answer? No one ever really takes him as a serious threat so he pulled a surprise because he wasn't chased, because he is perpetually second place, second tier, no one honestly thought he would ever pull off a real win. He was let go a little too much. You have to ask yourself why? Becasue no one worries about the second rate riders. Even the losers get lucky sometime.

twice second in the TdF plus leader's jersey of the Vuelta and Giro, he has also won ITT stages. Just because someone doesn't win the Tour does not make them a second tier rider! would you say pouliodor was a second tier rider?

 

[Anonymous]

Jan 23rd and the cadel bashings started...

a thought...

What if? Cadel had attacked on the first climb of col de willunga

 

[Bala Verde]

recap on your pipe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPHFZDiCIGE

 

[Ripper]

I know, he did pull his one day fluke. One day. One time. And, the whole peloton is scratching their heads and saying how does a loser win? Answer? No one ever really takes him as a serious threat so he pulled a surprise because he wasn't chased, because he is perpetually second place, second tier, no one honestly thought he would ever pull off a real win. He was let go a little too much. You have to ask yourself why? Becasue no one worries about the second rate riders. Even the losers get lucky sometime.

WTF? You may not like the guy and hey, that's OK. But fluke and 2nd tier? I think you've got the blinders on. There are several riders I am not a fan of, but that hardly makes them 2nd tier.

 

[Ripper]

No one needs to fear Cadel. Well, maybe the team managers who have to pay him when they ...

I think you are missing that this was a reference to a different rider who made that silly statement. Humour ...

 

[Ferminal]

WTF? You may not like the guy and hey, that's OK. But fluke and 2nd tier? I think you've got the blinders on. There are several riders I am not a fan of, but that hardly makes them 2nd tier.

Missed that one, not a fluke at all if you ask me, obviously he missed the part where Spartacus absolutely destroyed everyone on the 2nd last climb. If Fabian played his cards better or Gilbert was in a better position they may have won, but it's very rough to say that Evans wasn't one of the top riders on the day.

 

[Ripper]

Missed that one, not a fluke at all if you ask me, obviously he missed the part where Spartacus absolutely destroyed everyone on the 2nd last climb. If Fabian played his cards better or Gilbert was in a better position they may have won, but it's very rough to say that Evans wasn't one of the top riders on the day.

And now back to an earlier question ... you had mentioned you had a theory about wondervance?

 

[Hugh Januss]

Sammy Sanchez? I thought it was LL Sanchez who won?!?!

According to Phil Ligget it was somebody named Jose Luis Sanchez that won.

 

[Cerberus]

According to Phil Ligget it was somebody named Jose Luis Sanchez that won.

Oh that guy, one of my favourite riders he is.

 

[Nick777]

I know, he did pull his one day fluke. One day. One time. And, the whole peloton is scratching their heads and saying how does a loser win? Answer? No one ever really takes him as a serious threat so he pulled a surprise because he wasn't chased, because he is perpetually second place, second tier, no one honestly thought he would ever pull off a real win. He was let go a little too much. You have to ask yourself why? Becasue no one worries about the second rate riders. Even the losers get lucky sometime.

Not sure if you could fluke a world championship win on that course. But anyway..

 

[Winterfold]

Fair play Cadel

Nice to see the rainbow jersey where it should be - on the attack

 

[mherm79]

What if? Cadel had attacked on the first climb of col de willunga

would have only worked, for Evans, if other riders went with him. last year Bobridge and a few others attacked on the first pass and the peleton was well and truly split by the second climb, with the sprinters in serious trouble (got a good photo of McEwens pain!)

spewing the other teams didn't attack to put HTC under serious pressure

 

[Ferdinand Artichoke]

my fave cyclist is me!- Cadel is up there though

While auscyclefan94 may be a little on the fanatical side,

It's not OK to be a fanboy for Cadel?!

Over the years I have found it laughable how anglo's (English speakers) have idolised riders from other countries... who they can't even understand in native tongue..

Pantani, Ullrich, Cipollini, even that lil Virenque c*nt.... and the litlle schleckie druggo's...

The recent worship of Jens Voight takes the cake (how hard is this big man etc etc In the real world 6ft and 80kg aint big)
Makes me wanna puke. Somehow even a kooky crash on a straight bit of road (yes, it was very fast) gets fashioned into an act of heroism.


You 'tifosi' purport to want sport to be genuine and real...then call for Cadel to be PR trained (why?, so you can whack off to his answers?!)

No Cadel shows us some humanity... some unscripted honesty... and You don't wanna see a mere mortal being as good as your plastic fantastic objects of homo-erotica fettishism. This isn't a troll... I mean it
WAKE UP!

or I cut your heads off!....ha ha ha
(I better point out to the 'whine about Cadel brigade' that this is a joke or you might get alarmed

 

[Ferdinand Artichoke]

open a tipping agency!

I'd love to see a showdown between Cadel & Valverde..... but I guess it's too much to ask for....

Wasn't..... except for that dirty sanchez!

 

[elapid]

It's not OK to be a fanboy for Cadel?!

Over the years I have found it laughable how anglo's (English speakers) have idolised riders from other countries... who they can't even understand in native tongue..

Pantani, Ullrich, Cipollini, even that lil Virenque c*nt.... and the litlle schleckie druggo's...

The recent worship of Jens Voight takes the cake (how hard is this big man etc etc In the real world 6ft and 80kg aint big)
Makes me wanna puke. Somehow even a kooky crash on a straight bit of road (yes, it was very fast) gets fashioned into an act of heroism.


You 'tifosi' purport to want sport to be genuine and real...then call for Cadel to be PR trained (why?, so you can whack off to his answers?!)

No Cadel shows us some humanity... some unscripted honesty... and You don't wanna see a mere mortal being as good as your plastic fantastic objects of homo-erotica fettishism. This isn't a troll... I mean it
WAKE UP!

or I cut your heads off!....ha ha ha
(I better point out to the 'whine about Cadel brigade' that this is a joke or you might get alarmed

Man, take a chill pill. My light-hearted dig was at auscyclingfan, not Cadel. And as auscyclingfan knows, it was just a bit of fun. But did you read the rest of my post? All I had was praise for Cadel.

 

[auscyclefan94]

While auscyclefan94 may be a little on the fanatical side, Cadel is a damn good rider. He has his faults and I can understand why people dislike him. But you don't come 2nd twice in the TdF and not be a contender, you don't finish 4th in the TdF and Vuelta and not be a contender, and you are definitely not a chump if you are world champion. Yes, he gets more podiums than wins, but there are very few guys in the peloton that would not want a palmares of the same quality as Cadel's achievements. Cadel deserves his accolades, and not only is he cut out to compete with the big boys, he is one of the big boys. He showed that today as well in the TDU, along with some of the other established and up-and-coming big boys.

+1
Don't mind if you dislike the guy but you have to respect the guy as a great bike rider. It also gets a little old when people always bag him about having a double chin or having a higher voice in after stage interviews. None of us are perfect...

 

[Ripper]

None of us are perfect...

One older rider at the TDU and one poster, cc, certainly think they are. Hmmmmm

 

[rata de sentina]

I think that if you wouldn't be so overly fanboy about Cadel in nearly every comment you make the 'haters' have very little reason to keep bringing up their dislike of Evans.

Best comment of the thread IMO which has been derailled by the delights of acf94 foolishly getting embroilled with wonderlance. The same applies to the lance fanboys half the lance hate is people gleefully winding them up