OPQS team-building....

Richmond Racer

ok, so OPQS have their team camp this week with the obligatory (for them) set up of riders being dumped in a forest and shouted out by military fitness peeps.

HOW IS CAV GOING TO COPE??

ddraver

Is it too mean to suggest that living with Peta might be good practice?

Richmond Racer

ddraver wrote:

Is it too mean to suggest that living with Peta might be good practice?

Yes.

ddraver

Ok

TMR

ddraver wrote:

Is it too mean to suggest that living with Peta might be good practice?

I suspect Peta has the worst of that deal. Cav is a right moaning little sh*t. I thought I was a grumpy pr*ck, but I'm sure he has me beat :shock:

LangerDan

Pffft. Saxo have a more "proactive" method of fostering team-spirit.

They're giving them guns :

Richmond Racer

s'pose that'd be one way of incentivising Nico to finally get a GT stage win

but sorry, LangerDan, a camp that involves banana boats is hardly hard-core

frenchfighter

Wow you think OPQS is good. Check out what Roche says about Saxo's:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13363 ... rward.aspx

(Ps., Contador haters should steer clear of the link above as in addition to team building info it contains positive info on the best GT rider of the last 20 years)

TMR

frenchfighter wrote:

(Ps., Contador haters should steer clear of the link above as in addition to team building info it contains positive info on the best GT rider of the last 20 years)

I laughed

Richmond Racer

frenchfighter wrote:

Wow you think OPQS is good. Check out what Roche says about Saxo's:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13363 ... rward.aspx

(Ps., Contador haters should steer clear of the link above as in addition to team building info it contains positive info on the best GT rider of the last 20 years)

Nico loved the banana boat the best. We all know this.

ddraver

frenchfighter wrote:

Wow you think OPQS is good. Check out what Roche says about Saxo's:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13363 ... rward.aspx

(Ps., Contador haters should steer clear of the link above as in addition to team building info it contains positive info on the best GT rider of the last 20 years)

erm...all that says is that he's better GT rider than Roche - not sure there's anyone that disagrees with that....

(or that he speaks spanish better than a Franco-irishman and a Dane)

Nick Fitt

LangerDan wrote:

Pffft. Saxo have a more "proactive" method of fostering team-spirit.

They're giving them guns :

They are just staring at her guns

derbygrimpeur

ddraver wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Wow you think OPQS is good. Check out what Roche says about Saxo's:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13363 ... rward.aspx

(Ps., Contador haters should steer clear of the link above as in addition to team building info it contains positive info on the best GT rider of the last 20 years)

erm...all that says is that he's better GT rider than Roche - not sure there's anyone that disagrees with that....

(or that he speaks spanish better than a Franco-irishman and a Dane)

he's also failed more drugs tests than Roche

disgruntledgoat

Also he's not as good a grand tour rider as Indurain.

Nick Fitt

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Also he's not as good a grand tour rider as Indurain.

And he was a doper too ;-)

rick_chasey

What, no coke and jailbait?

RichN95.

Rick Chasey wrote:

What, no coke and jailbait?

Obviously not:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen- ... lding-camp

rick_chasey

Ah, well played Mr Boonen, well played.

mfin

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Also he's not as good a grand tour rider as Indurain.

Or Armstrong, he was a great climber and TTer.

Richmond Racer

Sickly Tommeke...had to skip the camp (bet he was devastated)

and also a pic of genuine contender for Ugliest Cycling Trophy

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen- ... lding-camp

Paul 8v

That is a rubbish trophy! Looks like two giant roller blade wheels...

rob churchill

mfin wrote:

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Also he's not as good a grand tour rider as Indurain.

Or Armstrong, he was a great climber and TTer.

Never won anything though, did he?

Richmond Racer

there are a couple of cracking pics coming out of the team-building, of Cav looking WTF. Can someone less technically inept than me, post 'em up? one in particular has just made me laugh so much, tea I was drinking just shot out of my nose

RichN95.

rob churchill wrote:

mfin wrote:

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Also he's not as good a grand tour rider as Indurain.

Or Armstrong, he was a great climber and TTer.

Never won anything though, did he?

He did OK. World Champs, Fleche W, San Sebastian, Tour du Pont. Basically the Alessandro Ballan of the 90s

TMR

Richmond Racer wrote:

there are a couple of cracking pics coming out of the team-building, of Cav looking WTF. Can someone less technically inept than me, post 'em up? one in particular has just made me laugh so much, tea I was drinking just shot out of my nose

What web site are they on? Just link to that.

RichN95.

"What the fook is this! At Sky we had jet packs"

Lots more photos: http://www.tdwsport.com/en/imagedesk/fe ... 2/month/11

TMR

LOL @ Cav's face. I'm useless with heights as well.

Richmond Racer

That's SO NOT what he signed up for when he turned pro

Richmond Racer

The Mad Rapper wrote:

Richmond Racer wrote:

there are a couple of cracking pics coming out of the team-building, of Cav looking WTF. Can someone less technically inept than me, post 'em up? one in particular has just made me laugh so much, tea I was drinking just shot out of my nose

What web site are they on? Just link to that.

That one wasnt on a website, it's on @laura_meseguer 's twitter feed. Cav looks like he's stuck half way up a climbing obstacle. its just brilliant

EDIT: just seen it in the link posted up

RichN95.

"So you're absolutely sure that's Peter Sagan's house"

Richmond Racer

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery ... ining-camp

Cyclingnews accurate as ever (sic) with their sub-heading 'More team building for the team which dominated 2012'

Think CN missed off the crucial word 'Classics'