Strong words from Millar about Wiggins and Sky

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Why wouldn't he be? Millar doesn't have anything against Sky, just Wiggins.
Millar could look slightly foolish in a few weeks time.
To be fair, both Millar and Vandevelde did quite a lot of work to help Wiggins in the 09 Tour.
They were spot on 18 months ago, now he just looks a bit bitter to me.
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As for Millar, he's really starting to annoy me recently. I probably need to read the book and get a more balanced view as opposed to all these irritating soundbites. He's a classy rider with a lot of guts and I hope he gets a chance to make his mark at the tour.
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Millar should let bygones be bygones... oh what's that you say he has a book to sell? Good idea David, slag off Britains GC contender in the media for added sales
I remember Van De Velde working like a dog for Wiggins and he finished 8th, so he can't have been TOO far off the pace at any time.
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I think Millar's right to be annoyed at how Wiggins jumped ship after the support they had given him, but his sentiments do seem a bit over the top. Looks like headline-grabbing to me.
Headline grabbing will be by journalists trying to make a story rather than Millar. Although Millar has publicised his book well by wearing pink at the Giro and winning the final TT.
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That is what teams are for to support their GC. Wiggins lept up the GC unexpectedly and Garmin chose to move their eggs to his basket.
What is Wiggins supposed to do be eternally grateful and go down on bended knees?
Didn't Garmin receive around 2million Euros in compo for his move to Sky? Not a bad sum and I'm sure after Ryder Hesjedal performance last year Vaughters isn't worried.
Wiggins moved on and people need to get over it. Divorces are always messy and there is always one party who feels worse off.
Perfect for getting peoples attention and more publicity for his book.
I thought Brad should have saw out his contract as well; however I can easily imagine that Dave B was constantly on the phone to get him to sign for sky and that will have played on his mind
and yes it does sound bitter 18 months later but the book will have been on the shelf for a long time
always 2 sides to every story and the journalists covering the story are clearly going for the juciest 1%
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More likely - Millar says an awful lot about an awful lot to publicise his book just before the Tour and one particular thing gets picked up on...
So it's sour grapes about having taken in the past and not being able to get a higher profile on a well paid team is it not? 8)
we are the proud, the few, Descendents.
Panama - finally putting a nail in the economic theory of the trickle down effect.
The bit in holy David's book about this is interesting. Wigans started negotiating with sky during the Tour, and Garmin continued to support him. Then on the last day when the whole team got behind working for Farrar , Wigans sat in the bunch and couldn't work for someone else
I never quite get this argument - honestly if you got a phone call from a headhunter tomorrow offering you an interview/job with a state of the art business with loads of cash and the latest tech, where a few of your mates from the good ol' days also work, oh and they are offering to quadruple your salary would you not want to go?
And, of course, he didn't actually break his contract. Garmin tore up his contract in exchange for a fat wodge of cash. They could have told Sky to f*ck off, but it looks like they made a pretty shrewd move - £2m + Wiggins wages saved, and an utterly forgettable season foregone.
Can't blame Wiggo for leaving Garmin, he just finished 4th and gets offered a massive contract that will see him through for life? Or stay with Garmin, have a disappointing tour the next year and get no big contract from anywhere.
Guess Millar is just jealous.
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He's not really slating Wigans. He's very positive about him a lot of the time, but his behaviour left a lot to be desired. It's not that surprising - I've read Wigans (fairly awful) book and the brother has got some issues.