OPQS team-building....
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Not sure I would want him next to me in the trenches!0 -
Richmond Racer wrote: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
Is this the one you mean? What's with the glasses? And he seems to he getting a bit of a push from someone. Looks like OPQS have a new "Eisel" for him already!0 -
You'd want him on your team for a Popeye impersonation contest, thoughgreasedscotsman wrote:
Not sure I would want him next to me in the trenches!Twitter: @RichN950 -
greasedscotsman wrote:Richmond Racer wrote: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
Is this the one you mean? What's with the glasses? And he seems to he getting a bit of a push from someone. Looks like OPQS have a new "Eisel" for him already!
THAT'S THE ONE! His little legs are not helping him at all with that obstacle. And it looks like its taking 3 of them to get him over it. Well, at least the team know what they're in for. Just one Bernie-equivalent is NOT going to be enough in the mountains. Forget anyone in the break, fellas - its all hands on deck!0 -
To be fair to him, those glasses stop him seeing. That's the object of exercise - the team have to guide him over the obstacles - so he gains trust in them.Richmond Racer wrote:greasedscotsman wrote:
Is this the one you mean? What's with the glasses? And he seems to he getting a bit of a push from someone. Looks like OPQS have a new "Eisel" for him already!
THAT'S THE ONE! His little legs are not helping him at all with that obstacle. And it looks like its taking 3 of them to get him over it. Well, at least the team know what they're in for. Just one Bernie-equivalent is NOT going to be enough in the mountains. Forget anyone in the break, fellas - its all hands on deck!Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:To be fair to him, those glasses stop him seeing. That's the object of exercise - the team have to guide him over the obstacles - so he gains trust in them.
They aren't some new super cool prototype sunnies from Oakley then?
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RichN95 wrote:To be fair to him.
Whoa there mister. Who agreed that??“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Let me get this right. Nick Fitt, that you think Roche was clean & I think Indurain is clean.Nick Fitt wrote:
And he was a doper too ;-)disgruntledgoat wrote:Also he's not as good a grand tour rider as Indurain.
That Indurain made a visit to Italy about a training programe and when he was told it involved EPO he went home and said bollox, let Riis carry on with that scheme but not for me.RTE News January 2000 wrote:files seized by the police indicate that Roche did indeed use the performance enhancing drug erythropoietin (EPO). The files, seized from Conconi's headquarters at the University of Ferrara, contain a list of 23 names that includes that of Roche, and are central in the investigation into blood doping in sport currently underway in Italy.
In 1996 he saw what Riis could do with EPO and decided to quit racing in this new shitty sport.
At a later date the TUE was introduced to cover such situations.Indurain tested positive after the Tour de L'Oise on 15 May, for the drug Salbutamol, which is found in some inhalers used by asthma sufferers. It is on the IOC's list of banned or controlled substances but sportsmen with asthma were allowed to use it.Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
Rabobank got to dig holes:
Contador is the Greatest0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Rabobank got to dig holes:
Are the holes for them to store their careers in while they are at Rabo?"I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Rabobank got to dig holes:
You mean a couple of them got to dig holes whilst the rest stood around and watched. Hopefully this is not how they are going to approach next season.0 -
Is that not the cross world champs course? They going to let the Belgians in and then bridge it0
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For someone who knows little about Pro Racing, when is Cav officially a OPQS rider? The reason I ask is that he's at the training camp, but you can see him in his Sky kit in the video...
http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en ... ks-rvv/9700 -
Prhymeate wrote:For someone who knows little about Pro Racing, when is Cav officially a OPQS rider? The reason I ask is that he's at the training camp, but you can see him in his Sky kit in the video...
http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en ... ks-rvv/970
Contracts last as long as calendar years.
So untill 2013, Cav will be wearing sky kit.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Prhymeate wrote:For someone who knows little about Pro Racing, when is Cav officially a OPQS rider? The reason I ask is that he's at the training camp, but you can see him in his Sky kit in the video...
http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en ... ks-rvv/970
Contracts last as long as calendar years.
So untill 2013, Cav will be wearing sky kit.
Ah okay, I thought that might be the case. Thanks for clarifying
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I dont understand all this Cav bashing stuff. He speaks his mind, always thanks his team mates, has won more sprints than most, past and present. Despite being told by BC that he would not make a pro cyclist never mind win multiple Tour stages. If he speaks out of turn he tends to apologise, I would rather hear his interviews than the usual media speak that most pros come out with.
Is it because he is a Brit and we are not supposed to be good at cycling?0 -
mike6 wrote:I dont understand all this Cav bashing stuff. He speaks his mind, always thanks his team mates, has won more sprints than most, past and present. Despite being told by BC that he would not make a pro cyclist never mind win multiple Tour stages. If he speaks out of turn he tends to apologise, I would rather hear his interviews than the usual media speak that most pros come out with.
Is it because he is a Brit and we are not supposed to be good at cycling?
Why can't you accept that some just don't like him. I'm sure there are riders you don't like.
And what does his nationality have to do with it? Is everone on this forum British?0 -
mike6 wrote:I dont understand all this Cav bashing stuff. He speaks his mind, always thanks his team mates, has won more sprints than most, past and present. Despite being told by BC that he would not make a pro cyclist never mind win multiple Tour stages. If he speaks out of turn he tends to apologise, I would rather hear his interviews than the usual media speak that most pros come out with.
Is it because he is a Brit and we are not supposed to be good at cycling?
You should have noticed that the amount people win doesn't particularly correlate with how much they're liked on here.0 -
Armstrong didn't win a race after 1998, yet he seems really unpopular.Rick Chasey wrote:You should have noticed that the amount people win doesn't particularly correlate with how much they're liked on here.Twitter: @RichN950 -
greasedscotsman wrote:mike6 wrote:I dont understand all this Cav bashing stuff. He speaks his mind, always thanks his team mates, has won more sprints than most, past and present. Despite being told by BC that he would not make a pro cyclist never mind win multiple Tour stages. If he speaks out of turn he tends to apologise, I would rather hear his interviews than the usual media speak that most pros come out with.
Is it because he is a Brit and we are not supposed to be good at cycling?
Why can't you accept that some just don't like him. I'm sure there are riders you don't like.
And what does his nationality have to do with it? Is everone on this forum British?
Err....no I cant, that is why I posted the question.
No, everyone is not. His nationality is the reason I asked the question, because the Brits have a national sport called "If someone is at the top they must be knocked down".
If someone came up with a better reason than, well.....I just don't like him, fair enough. But It just smacks of knocking the guy because he is very good at what he dous, but is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.0 -
mike6 wrote:Err....no I cant, that is why I posted the question.
No, everyone is not. His nationality is the reason I asked the question, because the Brits have a national sport called "If someone is at the top they must be knocked down".
If someone came up with a better reason than, well.....I just don't like him, fair enough. But It just smacks of knocking the guy because he is very good at what he dous, but is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Oh dear, I don't know what to do now. You see I don't like Mark Cavendish but I do like Bradley Wiggins. But according to you, because I am British, this just isn't possible. I must dislike both of them! They both are doing quite well after all.0 -
RichN95 wrote:
Armstrong didn't win a race after 1998, yet he seems really unpopular.Rick Chasey wrote:You should have noticed that the amount people win doesn't particularly correlate with how much they're liked on here.
Never said there was an inverse correlation.0
