Road Captain. Who would you have?

tailwindhome
tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
edited July 2013 in Pro race
Following on from Lichtblick's questions on the Spoiler threads.

If you were a team leader who would you want as your road captain?
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!

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  • Rundfahrt
    Rundfahrt Posts: 551
    Based on his work heading into crosswinds in multiple Tours, Rogers has to be at or near the top of any list.
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    If I was on the team I'd have any Cofidis rider. Then I know I'd never have to do anything.

    NapD "shall I go in the breakaway or attack at the end?"
    Cofidis road captain "no, just sit tight at the back of the peloton with the rest of us"
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Hard to look past Rogers
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    David Millar would be good too

    I wonder if Jens is any good at it..?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Wouldn't be surprised if Tosatto is more a road captain than Rogers on Saxo.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    I'm constantly told that the whole race is dictated by DSs with radios so I don't see the point of having one.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'd have Bernie although I'd probably just ride off the road and into a ditch as I'd be too busy staring at his beautiful face. :oops:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I'd have Bernie although I'd probably just ride off the road and into a ditch as I'd be too busy staring at his beautiful face. :oops:

    Isn't he just divine? And that weird hybrid Austrian-Australian accent as well...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    I think we re all superfluous to requirements now boys... ;)

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    Although if things start happening to quickly for you AtC, just think of:-

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Be still my beating heart. :shock: I must say I took a strange delight in that series of photos of hurty Bernie, poor lamb.

    Bernie can pull those white jawbones off though through the power of his overall awesome beauty.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    ddraver wrote:
    David Millar would be good too

    I wonder if Jens is any good at it..?

    Millar was road captain for Team GB in the men's Olympic road race last year.

    Vino won. I laughed and laughed and laughed.
    Then laughed some more at the banal questions of the girly interviewer with a mike in his face immediately afterwards.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Lichtblick wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    David Millar would be good too

    I wonder if Jens is any good at it..?

    Millar was road captain for Team GB in the men's Olympic road race last year.

    Vino won. I laughed and laughed and laughed.
    Then laughed some more at the banal questions of the girly interviewer with a mike in his face immediately afterwards.

    Millar was also road captain at the world's in Copenhagen.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Geraint. If I was having a bad day (most days, then), he would be the guy to crack a joke and pick everyone's face from the floor.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Andreas Klier knows which way the wind blows round every postbox in Flanders. SO him.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,583
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Vino won. I laughed and laughed and laughed.
    Then laughed some more at the banal questions of the girly interviewer with a mike in his face immediately afterwards.

    FFS that was Hideously awful, biased, cringeworthy, uninformed and down right disrespectful questioning from Jill Douglas.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
    Geraint. If I was having a bad day (most days, then), he would be the guy to crack a joke and pick everyone's face from the floor.


    Not think he's short on experience?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Alan A wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Vino won. I laughed and laughed and laughed.
    Then laughed some more at the banal questions of the girly interviewer with a mike in his face immediately afterwards.

    FFS that was Hideously awful, biased, cringeworthy, uninformed and down right disrespectful questioning from Jill Douglas.

    examples please!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Alan A wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Vino won. I laughed and laughed and laughed.
    Then laughed some more at the banal questions of the girly interviewer with a mike in his face immediately afterwards.

    FFS that was Hideously awful, biased, cringeworthy, uninformed and down right disrespectful questioning from Jill Douglas.

    PHEW!

    Until I read the last two words I thought you were having a real go at me.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Andreas Klier knows which way the wind blows round every postbox in Flanders. SO him.

    :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Andreas Klier knows which way the wind blows round every postbox in Flanders. SO him.

    Beat me to it.
    _
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Don't think I'd get on with peter post.
    _
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    People who read the race best and the conditions too, no? Has to be keyboard warriors...

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