David Millar - Olympic Selection

TMR

David has gotten the nod for the Olympics - to be announced this afternoon.

He is a member of my club (High Wycombe) and I received the following from our secretary at lunch:

Sky News have just been on the phone to me regarding David Millar - it is likely to be announced at 1.00pm today that David has been selected for the GB Olympic team. They are aware that David is a life member of the Club and was with us in his junior days.

rick_chasey

Excellent.

Je suis en massive fan of holy dave.

Cleat Eastwood

tell sky he was a git and always with a needle in his arm - stir it up a bit and take the heat off wiggins now schlecks not riding the tdf....its your patriotic duty.

lostboysaint

Rick Chasey wrote:

Excellent.

Je suis en massive fan of holy dave.

That.

jgsi

Good!

sonny73

It's on the Sky Sports News ticker now.

RichN95.

Team GB long list for men’s road race (five to be selected):

Mark Cavendish
Steve Cummings
Chris Froome
Jeremy Hunt
David Millar
Ian Stannard
Ben Swift
Bradley Wiggins

Team GB long list for women’s road race (four to be selected):

Lizzie Armitstead
Nicole Cooke
Katie Colclough
Sharon Laws
Lucy Martin
Emma Pooley

rick_chasey

RichN95 wrote:

Team GB long list for men’s road race (five to be selected):

Mark Cavendish
Steve Cummings
Chris Froome
Jeremy Hunt
David Millar
Ian Stannard
Ben Swift
Bradley Wiggins

Team GB long list for women’s road race (four to be selected):

Lizzie Armitstead
Nicole Cooke
Katie Colclough
Sharon Laws
Lucy Martin
Emma Pooley

The TT has to be picked from someone participating in the RR right?

I'd have: Cav, Wiggins, Millar, Cummings, Swift.

No idea about the women unfortunately.

ddraver

Rick Chasey wrote:

Je suis en massive fan of holy dave.

I count 3 languages in 8 words - good effort! That's almost as good as my 4 in one sentence trying to speak to a shop assistent in Switzerland! :oops:

Re Millar. Excellent.

manonabike

The BBC have got a great photo of him...


Made me think of the drunken bakers in Viz


I hope he gets in - I'm no fan of dopers but Millar's one of the few genuinely repentant ones and it was good to see him getting some results last season.

timoid.

lostboysaint wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Excellent.

Je suis en massive fan of holy dave.

That.

+1

LeicesterLad

F*cking love David Millar.

That is all.

cycling5280

Once a doper always a doper.

LeicesterLad

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

But you like Radioshack?

B3rnieMac

Big fan of Dave, happy to see this happen!

mroli

Speaking of nice guys - I wonder what Dowsett is thinking right now. I know that he was working hard to try and get himself into a position where he could ride the TT and in doing so, he needed to be in a position where he could ride a long road race and help out Cav.

He has been unlucky with injuries, but so has Cummings - and Millar too for that matter. I guess it shows pedigree counts for something on selection.

(I am not criticising the selection process btw, just giving a thought to AD).

edhornby

I'd pick Millar, cav is our best shot at the title and he will be able to make sure he's in the right selection after box hill

does the TT selection still have to ride in the road race ? seems a silly rule, but my team would be cav, millar, wiggins, Froome, Stannard, purely on the basis that it worked at the worlds

RichN95.

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

That makes as much sense as 'Once a smoker always a smoker'

cycling5280

LeicesterLad wrote:

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

But you like Radioshack?

David Millar is a doper...say it with me. Not sure what you're trying to get at by asking that question? What Cancellara, Schlecks and Voigt are dopers?

LeicesterLad

cycling5280 wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

But you like Radioshack?

David Millar is a doper...say it with me. Not sure what you're trying to get at by asking that question? What Cancellara, Schlecks and Voigt are dopers?

Your going to play the naive fanboy routine? really?

markyboy2005

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

That is literally, figuratively and metaphorically untrue or at best pub logic.

Delighted that Millar is in the shortlist and that picture on the BBC page is a cracker.

Mahoosive fan of his!

BikingBernie

RichN95 wrote:

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

That makes as much sense as 'Once a smoker always a smoker'

Not a particularly good counter, given that over 70% of people who 'give up' smoking take the habit up again.

mroli

Christ guys - let's keep it on the cycling - no?

markyboy2005

BikingBernie wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

That makes as much sense as 'Once a smoker always a smoker'

Not a particularly good counter, given that over 70% of people who 'give up' smoking take the habit up again.

Actually a perfect counter as it means 30% don't - which kills the line "always".....

BikingBernie

markyboy2005 wrote:

BikingBernie wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

That makes as much sense as 'Once a smoker always a smoker'

Not a particularly good counter, given that over 70% of people who 'give up' smoking take the habit up again.

Actually a perfect counter as it means 30% don't - which kills the line "always".....

True enough, but there must be better parallels out there.

BikingBernie

mroli wrote:

Christ guys - let's keep it on the cycling - no?

Perhaps we should ask the 'moderator' to lock the tread because RichN95 took it off topic?

ilovebigwig

markyboy2005 wrote:

BikingBernie wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

cycling5280 wrote:

Once a doper always a doper.

That makes as much sense as 'Once a smoker always a smoker'

Not a particularly good counter, given that over 70% of people who 'give up' smoking take the habit up again.

Actually a perfect counter as it means 30% don't - which kills the line "always".....

According to a recent survey, 33% of the people asked said they participate in surveys.

Jez mon

BikingBernie wrote:

mroli wrote:

Christ guys - let's keep it on the cycling - no?

Perhaps we should ask the 'moderator' to lock the tread because RichN95 took it off topic?

It's difficult to talk about Millar without at least some mention of EPO.

OTOH, a thread specifically talking about whether Wiggo has peaked to early, going on to talking about modern education has probably run its course.

FWIW, great, love David Millar. Excited at the thought of him leading out Cav...(but getting pipped at the line by a resurgent Tom Boonen, who I have money on to win!!)

natrix

Its Millar time!!

Le Commentateur

Track Sprint:
Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
Victoria Pendleton
Jessica Varnish

Track Endurance:
Steven Burke
Edward Clancy
Wendy Houvenaghel
Peter Kennaugh
Danielle King
Joanna Rowsell
Andrew Tennant
Geraint Thomas
Laura Trott

BMX:
Liam Phillips
Shanaze Reade

Cross Country Mountain Biking:
Liam Killeen
Annie Last

Men’s Road (five to ride)
Mark Cavendish
Steve Cummings
Chris Froome
Jeremy Hunt
David Millar
Ian Stannard
Ben Swift
Bradley Wiggins

Women’s Road (four to ride)
Lizzie Armitstead
Nicole Cooke
Katie Colclough
Sharon Laws
Lucy Martin
Emma Pooley

Rodrego Hernandez

This will be the second games where Millar has taken the place of a clean rider who has worked hard and got to the level of selection only to be overlooked in favour of a cheat.