Wiggins interview

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited October 2009 in Pro race
http://www.velonews.com/article/99371
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    An interesting article and it shows he can be thoughtful when he's got a minute to sit down and is in the mood.

    His $300,000 contract is interesting, that would have been a generous amount given his lack of road success at the start of the year. Now it looks like JV's got him for free! You can't blame Wiggo for wondering if Sky would pick him up.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Some good reading there. Top 10 at Roubaix! He certainly can't be described as an un-adventurous GT rider.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Some good reading there. Top 10 at Roubaix! He certainly can't be described as an un-adventurous GT rider.
    & why not?,he finished something like 15th this year
    so many cols,so little time!
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    nick hanson wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Some good reading there. Top 10 at Roubaix! He certainly can't be described as an un-adventurous GT rider.
    & why not?,he finished something like 15th this year

    Nope - he finished in a near-30 man group galloping for 19th place, over 6 minutes down. Jeremy Hunt finished in the same group and Roger Hammond (who has a good P-R track record) finished 15th, yet neither of them are being touted as future kings of the cobbled classics.

    Its good that he's prepared to have a go but it will be interesting to see if JV will let him within an asses roar of the race in 2010.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    Makes him sound a bit more humble than usual, good interview
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Garmin sounds like a really cool team to ride for. And I love him calling Dave Z "DZ Nuts!" BTW, has anyone here seen Dave's DZ Nuts ad on youtube? HILARIOUS!
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    LangerDan wrote:
    Nope - he finished in a near-30 man group galloping for 19th place, over 6 minutes down. Jeremy Hunt finished in the same group and Roger Hammond (who has a good P-R track record) finished 15th, yet neither of them are being touted as future kings of the cobbled classics.

    Its good that he's prepared to have a go but it will be interesting to see if JV will let him within an asses roar of the race in 2010.

    Didn't he get taken down by a crash in front of him semi-near the end which catapulted back into the big group? Vague recollections of it but could be wrong.
    @stagehopper
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    LangerDan wrote:
    nick hanson wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Some good reading there. Top 10 at Roubaix! He certainly can't be described as an un-adventurous GT rider.
    & why not?,he finished something like 15th this year

    Nope - he finished in a near-30 man group galloping for 19th place, over 6 minutes down. Jeremy Hunt finished in the same group and Roger Hammond (who has a good P-R track record) finished 15th, yet neither of them are being touted as future kings of the cobbled classics.

    Its good that he's prepared to have a go but it will be interesting to see if JV will let him within an asses roar of the race in 2010.
    Yep,you're right,seems he finished in the same group as Hincape,Knaven & another load of 'no marks'!!
    You may be right about JV not letting him ride next year,but I'm not so sure.
    With the best will in the world,you wouldn't put all your cards on him to win the TDF next year,so he's got to go for results in other races
    so many cols,so little time!
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    “I’ve still got a contract with Sky for about another year. The wife wants the movie package, and I’ve just got the sports package at the moment. We’ll see. The kids like all the cartoons like Disney Channel and all that, so we’ll probably keep it for another year.”

    Funniest quote ever. :lol:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    nick hanson wrote:
    Yep,you're right,seems he finished in the same group as Hincape,Knaven & another load of 'no marks'!!
    You may be right about JV not letting him ride next year,but I'm not so sure.
    With the best will in the world,you wouldn't put all your cards on him to win the TDF next year,so he's got to go for results in other races

    C'mon, Knaven hasn't won a race for 4 years and his win in 2001 was, with no disrespect intended, a bit of a freak occurrence. Hincapie would probably be the first to admit that last year was his worst Paris-Roubaix for years.

    So, no, they aren't no-marks, but look at who else finished in that group... Damien Gaudin, Said Haddou, Imanol Erviti etc... will anyone be tipping those riders next year?
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    stagehopper wrote:
    LangerDan wrote:
    Nope - he finished in a near-30 man group galloping for 19th place, over 6 minutes down. Jeremy Hunt finished in the same group and Roger Hammond (who has a good P-R track record) finished 15th, yet neither of them are being touted as future kings of the cobbled classics.

    Its good that he's prepared to have a go but it will be interesting to see if JV will let him within an asses roar of the race in 2010.

    Didn't he get taken down by a crash in front of him semi-near the end which catapulted back into the big group? Vague recollections of it but could be wrong.


    That'll be why you never see Tom Boonen more than 10 places from the front in Roubaix.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.

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