Which Pro would you like to have a beer with?

jon208
jon208 Posts: 335
edited August 2009 in Pro race
Bit of nonsense to fill the Post Tour Depression on a rainy Saturday. :wink:

Which Pro, past or present, would you most like to have a beer with and why?

I'll start with Chris Boardman, absolute legend as far as I'm concerned. Watching his career as I grew up really got me hooked on cycling.



..........either him or Ricco, so I could smack him in the face.
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  • bristolpete
    bristolpete Posts: 2,255
    Lance for me, having been down there with illness and had three operations in 2007 and back out cycling I think the guy is magic. Had a week off in Spain last week and dreamt he came to visit me. Mad eh? told my GF she was killing herself laughing.

    I love his Brian Clough kinda irony as well. so, yep, Lance for me.

    Sorry to be a bore !
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Bradley Wiggins.

    It would be mash up, mate!!!
  • Baroque Bordello
    Baroque Bordello Posts: 2
    Robert Millar, i bet he has loads of storys he could tell and ive always enjoyed reading articles he writes.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Boardman? Really?

    Got to be Frank Vandenbroucke.
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Baroque Bordello wrote:
    Robert Millar, i bet he has loads of storys he could tell and ive always enjoyed reading articles he writes.

    BB - did you name yourself after the Stranglers song? If so, you should go onto Cake Stop and introduce yourself to Nicensleazy, he's always putting stuff up about the Stranglers as well as various other punk/new wave bands.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    afx237vi wrote:

    Got to be Frank Vandenbroucke.

    You'd start with a beer but before long you'd be in a house of ill repute with a couple of Russian babes and all manner of gear around you....

    Good call :wink:

    Greg Lemond probably.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rockmount
    rockmount Posts: 761
    1. Tom Boonen
    2. Brad Wiggins
    3. Jens Voigt
    .. who said that, internet forum people ?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    rockmount wrote:
    1. Tom Boonen
    2. Brad Wiggins
    3. Jens Voigt

    I was going to say Wiggins and Voigt, but chucking Boonen in there as well is a great idea.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ArroyoDave
    ArroyoDave Posts: 49
    Baroque Bordello wrote:
    Robert Millar, i bet he has loads of storys he could tell and ive always enjoyed reading articles he writes.

    You want to sit in a bar to have a beer with a man dressed as a women??
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  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    Lance for me. I would suck up to him for as long it took for him to trust me with his house keys. Then I'd invite l'Equipe over to rummage through his bathroom cabinet.
    <hr>
    <h6>What\'s the point of going out? We\'re just going to end up back here anyway</h6>
  • ElLawro
    ElLawro Posts: 59
    I'm greedy, the Schleck Brothers :)
  • GyatsoLa
    GyatsoLa Posts: 667
    I was about to suggest Jacques Anquitil, until I remembered of course he would never touch beer, he would have insisted on Champagne, probably a Krug or Dom Peringnon Presige Cuvee.
  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    Cippolini and Pozzato and the dozens of women they would attract.
  • Rudd
    Rudd Posts: 264
    I'm lucky enough to have had dinner with Bradley Wiggins and David Zabrinski (and thier wives) after this years Giro. Brad was pretty quiet ( but this is totally understandable given he has missed the timetrial by a just a few seconds!). Zabrinski was great fun, a very entertaining and off the wall guy.
  • SteppenHerring
    SteppenHerring Posts: 720
    David Millar. Just because.
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Dinner with JV, Greg Lemond, Dave Zabriskie, Brad Wiggins and Jens!


    Thereafter, I would retire to the Drawing Room with Linus, Cav, (Cav would have to bring Renshaw, but I could more than cope with him too) Sir Christopher, Dave Millar and some saucy Italian (there are too many to choose, so I'd raffle them.) And the Schleck brothers. And Svein, cos he's tough. And Heinrich.

    Cav, of course, has my heart, but the others could fill in whilst he was recuperating from my demands.



    I'd let them all go again in the morning.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Millar does seem an eloquent chap and I believe he likes to have the odd beer or two when the time is appropriate.

    If we're not limited to current riders though, it would be Merckx and Sean Kelly. Legends.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    David Millar, Robert Millar and Fabian Cancellara - good pub quiz team I reckon. Stylish riders and smart cookies. Vickie Pendleton also more than welcome.
    :D
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    'a beer'?- theres no such thing as 'a' beer :D
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • richard wants a baum
    richard wants a baum Posts: 744
    Stuey OGrady, home town legend
    Take care of the luxuries and the necessites will take care of themselves.
  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    With these guys

    http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/wp-images/cafe7.jpg

    http://bikehugger.com/images/blog/bike_beer.jpg

    And with Bernard Hinault just in case anyone gets rowdy and needs to be ejected

    http://www.deraileduk.com/2008images/July/hinault.jpg

    And hopefully, I won't get too drunk and end up going home with her...

    http://feministing.com/imageStorage/bitchcruiser.jpg
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    neilo23 wrote:
    With these guys

    with Bernard Hinault just in case anyone gets rowdy and needs to be ejected

    http://www.deraileduk.com/2008images/July/hinault.jpg
    Does anyone know if Hinault got to 'have a word' with Armstrong,re his rather rude comments relating to Hinault (possibly on his tw*tter site)
    so many cols,so little time!
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    Re the Beer question,Wiggo,& ask him,off the record,what he thought of Armstrong trackstanding him off the leading group on the Col Du Rom/Colombiere climb.
    Does he take it as a huge complement that LA was so scared of his abilities (Wiggos),
    or does he think LA acted totally unproffesional?
    (Still think Armstrong would have got chinned if he was anyone else for pulling that move).
    so many cols,so little time!
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  • timdanaher
    timdanaher Posts: 120
    Eros Poli --

    One of the funniest, nicest, most self-deprecating riders ever to grace the peloton. The sight of him handing out gladiloli to all the swooning laydeee fans after his epic Ventoux win in 1994 (?, not bad for a tester) still makes me smile.

    To add to the quotes on the Wiki page, he was also asked what the greatest disappointment in his life was. His reply: "Getting married wearing white shoes."
    Cheers,

    Tim

    http://vizarch.blogspot.com
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    got to be voight
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    afx237vi wrote:
    Got to be Frank Vandenbroucke.
    +1

    EDIT: changed my mind: VP or RR.

    Better still, VP and RR.
    My hour on the plinth
  • Baroque Bordello
    Baroque Bordello Posts: 2
    ArroyoDave wrote:
    Baroque Bordello wrote:
    Robert Millar, i bet he has loads of storys he could tell and ive always enjoyed reading articles he writes.

    You want to sit in a bar to have a beer with a man dressed as a women??

    If he wants to turn up dressed as a women thats up to him i have no hang up with that beside even dressed as a women he would still leave me miles behind on a bike. :lol::lol:
  • Bernie S
    Bernie S Posts: 118
    Armand de las Cuevas or Dimi Konyshev....anyone who could disappear for weeks on end then return and win first time up unshaved legs and all has to be a good drinking companion
  • ArroyoDave
    ArroyoDave Posts: 49
    Baroque Bordello wrote:
    ArroyoDave wrote:
    Baroque Bordello wrote:
    Robert Millar, i bet he has loads of storys he could tell and ive always enjoyed reading articles he writes.

    You want to sit in a bar to have a beer with a man dressed as a women??

    If he wants to turn up dressed as a women thats up to him i have no hang up with that beside even dressed as a women he would still leave me miles behind on a bike. :lol::lol:

    Good point.



    I actually have shared a dinner table with Robert and his stories are great.
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