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jens_attacks said:cortico affair before la vuelta. possible bio-pass also. he's tainted our beloved papy
the sceptic said:lol, blacklisted in the US as well?
this is pretty hillarious. Maybe he should try the south american circuit?
“I couldn’t believe it,” Horner told peloton in a phone interview Friday. “I don’t know what the promoters are thinking. They’ve obviously done harm to the race by not bringing me. You left the only current rider with a grand-tour résumé who was going to show up, and I’m a past champion there.”
The Tour of California, which on Friday announced the 18 invited teams, does not publish or make public the specific criteria it uses to decide which teams it invites and which teams it does not invite.
“I figured we were already in,” he said. “Clearly they didn’t have to bring us, because we’re not a WorldTour team or anything like that. We needed the invite and it wasn’t a sure thing, but when you’re putting on one of the biggest races in the US, you’d think you want the biggest US rider to go, so I figured it was a given.
“It was disappointing,” he said. “It’s one of the biggest races in the US and one I’ve won before, so I was ready to go there and I think we could have put on a big show. I don’t think they’ve ever had a domestic team win California, and I think we could have won it. It would have been something special to do it with a purely domestic team.”
thehog said:Horner spitting chips
DirtyWorks said:If Chris wasn't such a nice guy, one conclusion would be the sport does not want him around. But, how can that be? He's a grand tour winner?
I have to look this up, but I wonder how many Tour of Cali's Mancebo rode.
#LetHornerRide
frenchfry said:How much overlap is there between the clinic 12 and the Horner haters 10?
DirtyWorks said:Personally, Chris is a great guy. Very likeable.
Hate is way too strong a word. It's the grin and clean talk that is irksome and more a reflection on the UCI's management of the sport.
frenchfry said:How much overlap is there between the clinic 12 and the Horner haters 10?
DirtyWorks said:Personally, Chris is a great guy. Very likeable.
Hate is way too strong a word. It's the grin and clean talk that is irksome and more a reflection on the UCI's management of the sport. Izzy's comments below are valid too.
I still have a stock order of "Me so Hornery" t shirts in fetching Vuelta red. Hit me up on myspace. Thx bye.frenchfry said:How much overlap is there between the clinic 12 and the Horner haters 10?