Robert Millar Blog.

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  • andy_welch
    andy_welch Posts: 1,101
    Thanks. It's always good to hear from Robert.

    Cheers,

    Andy
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    isn't it great when someone who knows what they are on about can clearly explain and cut through all the rubbishly edited journo guff

    top class as always Robert :-)
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Been yonks since he posted on here :(
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    I'm sure BikingBernie will be along soon to propose an altogether different reason for the change...
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Yes, great to see Robert Millar write again.. a good read and provides a vivid insight into the grind of pro bike racing .
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    dsoutar wrote:
    I'm sure BikingBernie will be along soon to propose an altogether different reason for the change...
    I am surprise that Dave_1 hasn't already taken issue with RM, given that he has argued elsewhere that:
    Dave_1 wrote:
    Wiggins put in the hard work of transforming his body from pursuiter to stage racer..pre TDF 2009 he persevered and finished I think 3 or 4 grand tours with the performance boost it gives.. unlike Chris...someone who DNFd 2 TDFs willfully in a row when they were the development he needed...
    Whilst RM argues that:
    Racing at pro level is toxic, it doesn't build you up. On the contrary it hurts and you rarely get time to recover properly before you are sent to do it again. Things like a different bed every night don't help, cheap hotel food when the organiser has allowed a five Euros per person budget is generally crap, travelling to and from events is tiring and even though it may look exciting and glamorous sitting on a shiny team bus in reality it's not that great when you're trying to recuperate from being dragged round the typical race route. Added to the physical beating there's the mental aspect of racing to deal with, the fighting for position, dodging street furniture, crashes and general expectation that you'll turn yourself inside out even for the smallest event chips away at the rider.

    It seems that Boardman knew what he was doing after all! :wink:

    Of course, Sky's 'new game plan' doesn't in itself explain why Wiggins has become a contender, given that targeting and 'training to race', rather than 'racing into form', have become standard practice in recent years. It is not as if he is the only one doing this!
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    A good blog.

    Wouldn't it be great if he did some stuff for Eurosport with Harmon & Kelly on the mountain stages?
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    A good blog.

    Wouldn't it be great if he did some stuff for Eurosport with Harmon & Kelly on the mountain stages?

    His insights would be fantastic, but judging by his interviews when he was a rider i'm not sure how well his delivery would come over on TV, it's taken Shaun Kelly a long time to grow into that role.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    A good blog.

    Wouldn't it be great if he did some stuff for Eurosport with Harmon & Kelly on the mountain stages?

    His insights would be fantastic, but judging by his interviews when he was a rider i'm not sure how well his delivery would come over on TV, it's taken Shaun Kelly a long time to grow into that role.


    He was probably stressed out from racing and pressures of the job when interviewed back in those days. Am sure anyone would chill out a little when they leave that pro race world behind. Kelly is good, so no need to replace him anyways
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    What he writes is usually pretty interesting.

    I'd like to read more more often, but then again, you can't ALWAYS say something insightful.
    _
  • tremayne
    tremayne Posts: 378
    What a fantastic article. Genuine insight (albeit with some opinion as well as fact).

    Don't know much about RM - but I'd like to hear more from him.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    tremayne wrote:
    What a fantastic article. Genuine insight (albeit with some opinion as well as fact).

    Don't know much about RM - but I'd like to hear more from him.

    A great rider, and an interesting character. In many ways he was arguably the last of the great pure climbers.

    Would heartily reccomend that you watch this:

    http://cyclingweekly.ipcshop.co.uk/shop ... lar-dvd785

    and read this:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Robert-M ... 040&sr=1-1
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Surely he was one of the last true climbers who did well in the GC rather than the last of the true climbers? There are still true climbers out there now but they don't get to contest the GC in big tours very often although arguably the Schlecks are true climbers as they certainly aren't time triallists. Besides (other issues aside) surely Pantani was a true climber and came after Millar? Millar was a great rider though and my first cycling idol / first pro cyclist I'd heard of back in '84.
  • tremayne
    tremayne Posts: 378
    inkyfingers wrote:
    tremayne wrote:
    What a fantastic article. Genuine insight (albeit with some opinion as well as fact).

    Don't know much about RM - but I'd like to hear more from him.

    A great rider, and an interesting character. In many ways he was arguably the last of the great pure climbers.

    Would heartily reccomend that you watch this:

    http://cyclingweekly.ipcshop.co.uk/shop ... lar-dvd785

    and read this:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Robert-M ... 040&sr=1-1

    Cheers Inky :D
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    Thanks for that, still a hero of mine. When he does write an article it seems to contain points of view and opinion beyond the routine cycle journalism. Great man.
    The older I get the faster I was
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Stone Glider wrote:
    Thanks for that, still a hero of mine. When he does write an article it seems to contain points of view and opinion beyond the routine cycle journalism. Great man.

    Great stage which shows what a tough nut Robert Millar was, Indurain alone is left to throw the hammer down, gets him back just..and go to 22 minutes 50 seconds and the interview....respect

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPUDiiMu ... re=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    Thanks Dave, it is good to see that stage again. If F F is still looking for a definitive statement of Panache.......
    The older I get the faster I was
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    His blog during the Tour last year was excellent. His analysis of the race progression and forecast of the week ahead was spot on.
    M.Rushton
  • Remarkable
    Remarkable Posts: 187
    Another insightful blog entry this morning. :D

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/robert ... they-ready
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    He is such a good writer.

    Although I really enjoyed "in search of..." I'd really like him to write an autobiography I think it would be a great read*




    *if of course he hasn't done so already and it has passed me by.
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    What's the Japanese for ‘in five minutes’?
    don't get it.

    Another excellent blog!
    Winner: PTP Vuelta 2007 :wink:
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    scwxx77 wrote:
    What's the Japanese for ‘in five minutes’?
    don't get it.
    5分後に ???
    Winner: PTP Vuelta 2007 :wink:
  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,707
    Just noticed his blog entries over at CN for this year's Tour :D Will be checking that site considerably more often than usual.
    mrushton wrote:
    His blog during the Tour last year was excellent. His analysis of the race progression and forecast of the week ahead was spot on.
    +1 to that. Robert has always given thoughtful, well-written insight, which is uncommon in sport.
    Aspire not to have more, but to be more.
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    A good blog.

    Wouldn't it be great if he did some stuff for Eurosport with Harmon & Kelly on the mountain stages?

    His insights would be fantastic, but judging by his interviews when he was a rider i'm not sure how well his delivery would come over on TV, it's taken Shaun Kelly a long time to grow into that role.

    I think it was a couple of years ago now but Dave H did ask on air if he would send some stuff about mountain stages and he did and Dave read it out during the stages.
    'Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.'
    Neil Gaiman
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Some more comments fro Millar in today's Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ju ... ey-wiggins
    Twitter: @RichN95

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