Cipollini on Machismo

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited December 2010 in Pro race
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cipolli ... f-machismo

Some good comments here and an entertaining read.
Contador is the Greatest

Comments

  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    edited December 2010
    never disappoints does he :D and he's right about a lot of stuff
    M.Rushton
  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    Loved it.
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    Absolute top stuff.

    “I read an interview with Umberto Veronesi, a scientist, a reputed oncologist and Minister for Health,” Cipollini continued. “In five hundred years or more, human beings might have both sets of genitalia, male and female. I don’t want this evolution to have started already in cycling…”
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    dougzz wrote:
    Absolute top stuff.

    “I read an interview with Umberto Veronesi, a scientist, a reputed oncologist and Minister for Health,” Cipollini continued. “In five hundred years or more, human beings might have both sets of genitalia, male and female. I don’t want this evolution to have started already in cycling…”

    And this from a man who wore tiger-print leotards and uses industrial quantities of hair products.

    Whats the Italian for "metrosexual"?

    Good to see he hasn't got sense in his old age.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Stu T
    Stu T Posts: 127
    LangerDan wrote:



    Whats the Italian for "metrosexual"?

    .

    Italian :D
    I wear Lycra because I like the way it feels
  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    he doesn't say it in that article but i bet he loves cav
  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    Didn't he say once that he'd like to die in an orgy?
    Let's close our eyes and see what happens
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Sprinters.

    Sigh. Real men.

    Wonder what Cipo has to say about the Buddhist.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Have to say, I err on the side of agreement when he's discussing the friendship between arch rivals and their behaviour when they lose?

    Have they not read the end of the rider?
    _
  • TheDrunkMonk
    TheDrunkMonk Posts: 181
    The good old days, when men were measured by the thickness of their blood. Having your testostrone levels measured in litres just isn't allowed anymore... shame.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    TheDrunkMonk wrote:
    The good old days, when men were measured by the thickness of their blood. Having your testostrone levels measured in litres just isn't allowed anymore... shame.

    Oh yes, those were the days :lol:
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Brilliant read.......some great digs at Bertie 'the accountant'!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    On the subject of Cipo, I noticed last month that his bike company has a women's team for next season:

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6381/Three-former-World-champions-to-new-womens-MCipollini-Giordana-team.aspx

    It made me think of this character from the Fast Show:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0HHX4Ur9g
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    If you buy a Cipo bike you get a free trip to the factory & a personal fitting overseen by the man himself ;)
  • dulldave
    dulldave Posts: 949
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Have to say, I err on the side of agreement when he's discussing the friendship between arch rivals and their behaviour when they lose?

    Have they not read the end of the rider?

    That's what I was thinking about when I read it.
    Scottish and British...and a bit French
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The more time goes on, the more I Freakin' love Cipollini.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yes Cipo def loves Cav. See MSR win photos.

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6673/ ... n-win.aspx
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Mccaria
    Mccaria Posts: 869
    They did have a little falling out when Cavendish overtook Cip in a TT just using one leg to pedal. It was deemed to be disrespectful. However I think Cavendish apologised for being a divot and things were smoothed over
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Mccaria wrote:
    They did have a little falling out when Cavendish overtook Cip in a TT just using one leg to pedal. It was deemed to be disrespectful. However I think Cavendish apologised for being a divot and things were smoothed over

    That incident was taken out of context, what Cav was implying was that they were both on a go easy day, saving themselves for the sprints and it got misconstrued, so he apologised.
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    Good old Cipo! Never backward at coming forward with an apt comment!
    'Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.'
    Neil Gaiman
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    “Cases like Riccò and Di Luca were only a matter of small motors trying to improve their engines. Riccò is not Pantani, but Contador is of another calibre.

    Interesting quote. He's got a point on one things, but he really doesn't grasp evolutionary science.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.

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