wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4043
Loc: Man of Kent
|
|
I believe, Three in a row,
Then he's off to Missouri, great.
And no show at the worlds, supposedly. Oh well, he obviously has late season form and is using it in the Tour of Ireland and The Tour of Missouri. I know some of you think that's a good idea.
But what about Paris-Tours, Lombardy, The Worlds. To me that seems like a waste.
--------------------
Invicta
|
Smokin_Joe
Reged: 09/06/2006
Posts: 2143
Loc: Fishguard
|
|
Grrrrrr!!!
Why couldn't you put "Spoiler" in front of your post? I watched the highlights on ITV4 with the sound turned off and my back to the TV so I didn't know the result till Thursday's comic came out 
--------------------
Nobody ever got laid because they rode Shimano.
|
fizban
Reged: 15/09/2007
Posts: 922
|
|
would it not be easier to wait for sports personalty of the year to come round?
--------------------
i before e except in Leipheimer
|
bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 3653
Loc: Sticks ,Scotlandshire
|
|
Yeh like he will win that with that swimmer girl about!!
--------------------
I now accept PAYPAL!!!!
|
johnstrac
Reged: 05/11/2006
Posts: 761
|
|
The problem this year with SPOTY is that the cycling vote will be too diluted to get anyone high up in the final standings.
I'm a committed Hoyist but the Cavendishtas and Wigginsites will obviously go for their own man.
Can't help but think a lot of us would like to get behind Vicky though !
--------------------
Nobody wins unless everybody wins.
|
bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2288
|
|
droooooooooooooooooooooool
|
colnagodram
Reged: 06/04/2008
Posts: 769
Loc: Langholm, Dumfriesshire. 10 mi...
|
|
Quote:
The problem this year with SPOTY is that the cycling vote will be too diluted to get anyone high up in the final standings.
I'm a committed Hoyist but the Cavendishtas and Wigginsites will obviously go for their own man.
Can't help but think a lot of us would like to get behind Vicky though !
  
|
James70
Reged: 09/11/2006
Posts: 436
|
|
Do you not think he's done enough this year? At 23, and with just a few wins in the bank, I think he could do with a rest. He'll have lots more chances to win Paris Tours (why the hell would he ride Lombardy? Have you seen the profile?), and the worlds can wait for a flat course.
--------------------
Don't confuse independent thought with the rantings of a bitter old man
|
wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4043
Loc: Man of Kent
|
|
The finish at Lombardy doesn't suit him but he appears to have the form. Paris tours has a better finish for Cav, well an ideal one. The worlds, why not? at 23 he can stop this pointless stuff in Ireland and Missouri, have a couple of weeks off, and come back. I don't get it, has the poor lad worked too hard?
What would/did Merckx do?
What would/did Cipollini or Bettini do?
I don't want to be a prophet of doom, but how many years do you get at this level, not many for most riders.
--------------------
Invicta
|
johnstrac
Reged: 05/11/2006
Posts: 761
|
|
Cav can't win the World's with the current GB supporting cast.
He needs a pan flat course and trade team help.
--------------------
Nobody wins unless everybody wins.
|
Smokin_Joe
Reged: 09/06/2006
Posts: 2143
Loc: Fishguard
|
|
23 would probably be too young to shoulder the responsibility and pressure that comes with being world road champion. I think the team are being wise to make him give this one a miss.
Apart from the fact that the rainbow jersey is often the kiss of death for the next twelve months.
--------------------
Nobody ever got laid because they rode Shimano.
|
thatwomanagain
Reged: 30/07/2006
Posts: 2335
Loc: Hugh Porter country...
|
|
I'm with James70 on this one. Give Cav a break and let him do what he wants to. Two Giro stages, 4 Tour de France stages, then pissed about by the Beijing fiasco, a change of scenery in Missouri will do him good, then he'll come back refreshed next year.
He's already got the Tour of Britain points jersey in his palmares. And as for the Worlds, I can't imagine for one moment that he's in any mood to represent his country - I think they might need to do a bit of building bridges first!
--------------------
If you want something done, ask a busy penguin...
|
wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4043
Loc: Man of Kent
|
|
OK, if you don't think he should ride the worlds, so be it, as for not wanting to represent his country, that's the way Wegelius went. I don't want that for Cav. I don't think Cipo or Merckx were as egocentric, to be frank, although Cav has a streak of that.
If road classics are the way to go, then Paris Tours is one of the biggest, and pissing about in Ireland and Missouri is a waste of time.
--------------------
Invicta
|
hawker
Reged: 11/08/2007
Posts: 38
Loc: Central, a little to the side,...
|
|
Quote:
Yeh like he will win that with that swimmer girl about!!
I can see what's being said about the cycling vote being split, but Chris Hoy has had so much good, high profile publicity in the press and the TV that I reckon he'll have a decent shout at the award thanks to Joe Public as well as his cycling fans thanks to those three gongs around his neck.
And good on him if he does win as well.
--------------------
Never store your vaseline next to your superglue.
The spout will fall off your teapot.
|
fizban
Reged: 15/09/2007
Posts: 922
|
|
Quote:
The problem this year with SPOTY is that the cycling vote will be too diluted to get anyone high up in the final standings.
I'm a committed Hoyist but the Cavendishtas and Wigginsites will obviously go for their own man.
Nice situation that this could be a problem though?
(Sorry didn't mean to turn this into a SPOTY thread, it was just the longest time I could thing of for Smoking Joe to avoid the result)
--------------------
i before e except in Leipheimer
|
goblin
Reged: 31/03/2007
Posts: 1389
Loc: down yur me anzum
|
|
Quote:
Yeh like he will win that with that swimmer girl about!!
The swimmer forums are probably having the same discussions about having that cycling bloke about, when we all know that if Hamilton wins the F1, no one else will get a look in anyway.
As someone has already said, the BBC will cover themselves by lumping all the Olympians together in the team catagory.
|
thatwomanagain
Reged: 30/07/2006
Posts: 2335
Loc: Hugh Porter country...
|
|
Quote:
OK, if you don't think he should ride the worlds, so be it, as for not wanting to represent his country, that's the way Wegelius went. I don't want that for Cav. I don't think Cipo or Merckx were as egocentric, to be frank, although Cav has a streak of that.
If road classics are the way to go, then Paris Tours is one of the biggest, and pissing about in Ireland and Missouri is a waste of time.
I don't think you can possibly label Cav as egocentric or anything yet. He simply needs a break. We all do sometimes, assuming that we're human not robot. Hopefully he's got a few more years left in him still. Better not to get too burnt out too soon. Isn't that how Boonen's gone off the boil already??
--------------------
If you want something done, ask a busy penguin...
|
johnstrac
Reged: 05/11/2006
Posts: 761
|
|
Wegelius didn't choose not the represent his country, his country has chosen not to pick him.
--------------------
Nobody wins unless everybody wins.
|
El_Cid
Reged: 02/08/2007
Posts: 1499
Loc: Ilkley, Yorks
|
|
Yes, but he rode for Italy when he was dressed in GB colours.
--------------------
"TODAY, WE RIDE"
|
wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4043
Loc: Man of Kent
|
|
Indeed
--------------------
Invicta
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit
Reply
Quote
