#SKYvOGE

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited April 2014 in Pro race
In case you missed this odd occurrence from the two national teams:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... tag-117012

I'm certain you would not get R Millar, Contador, Merckx, Hinault, Anquetil, Pantani, Bahmontes, Fignon, Gaul, Coppi, Bartali et al certified heavyweight champions playing rock, paper scissors.

What are they going to do for the next round? :roll:
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,707
    I ll take you all at Thumb War
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    What are they going to do for the next round? :roll:

    Wife swapping.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    Above The Cows wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    What are they going to do for the next round? :roll:

    Wife swapping.

    Anquetil may have been up for some of that 8)
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    LutherB wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    What are they going to do for the next round? :roll:

    Wife swapping.

    Anquetil may have been up for some of that 8)


    :lol:
  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    LutherB wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    What are they going to do for the next round? :roll:

    Wife swapping.

    Anquetil may have been up for some of that 8)

    There wasnt much swapping involved!!
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Didn't Anquetil once challenge Eddy Merckx to an eating and drinking contest?

    Merckx won that as well as everything else he entered in 1969.
    "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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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Do NOT take on Bertie at Come Dine With Me ... You will lose ...
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,444
    Someone needs to have a word with Garmin about this Panda thing.

    It's got very old very quickly.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Do NOT take on Bertie at Come Dine With Me ... You will lose ...
    I dunno, Boonen could do donkey rides for people, that might score a few points...
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  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Drink While You Think would be a good one.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,676
    I'm fairly sure that quite a few of the riders listed by FF would have jumped at the chance to earn a few quid/Francs/Lira/Pesetas more in a demeaning and worthless competition. It used to be de rigeur in the off season, if you had a name that could be exploited.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    argyllflyer wrote:
    Drink While You Think would be a good one.

    I would be very good at this.
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    I'm fairly sure that quite a few of the riders listed by FF would have jumped at the chance to earn a few quid/Francs/Lira/Pesetas more in a demeaning and worthless competition. It used to be de rigeur in the off season, if you had a name that could be exploited.

    What even a wife swapping competition? Here's a question who would win: Anquetil, Coppi, Fat Jan or Boonen?*

    What was the actual competition today anyway?

    *Feel free to increase the field of competitors.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,676
    Above The Cows wrote:
    argyllflyer wrote:
    Drink While You Think would be a good one.

    I would be very good at this.
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    I'm fairly sure that quite a few of the riders listed by FF would have jumped at the chance to earn a few quid/Francs/Lira/Pesetas more in a demeaning and worthless competition. It used to be de rigeur in the off season, if you had a name that could be exploited.

    What even a wife swapping competition? Here's a question who would win: Anquetil, Coppi, Fat Jan or Boonen?*

    What was the actual competition today anyway?

    *Feel free to increase the field of competitors.

    Are you asking who would win a wife-swapping competition?

    Got to be either Anquetil or Coppi. If their wives were the same age as them they'd be 80 and 95 by now. Fat Jan and Tomekke have it all to lose.
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  • mike6
    mike6 Posts: 1,199
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    I'm fairly sure that quite a few of the riders listed by FF would have jumped at the chance to earn a few quid/Francs/Lira/Pesetas more in a demeaning and worthless competition. It used to be de rigeur in the off season, if you had a name that could be exploited.

    I believe all those guys rode plenty of apre Tour crits in there day, so. worthless competition anyone? (Except financial of course) :wink:
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    ^defo not Big Jan for the wife-swapping leader board

    He's always been more of a bloke's bloke than a laydees man
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    ^defo not Big Jan for the wife-swapping leader board

    He's always been more of a bloke's bloke than a laydees man

    Really?
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Are you asking who would win a wife-swapping competition?

    Got to be either Anquetil or Coppi. If their wives were the same age as them they'd be 80 and 95 by now. Fat Jan and Tomekke have it all to lose.

    That is exactly what I am asking! Keeping it classy me.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Anquetil swapped his wife for his step daughter. This isn't even a contest
    "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
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OK Anquetil versus Woody Allen?

    This is all going horribly wrong... :cry: :shock: :?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,568
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Anquetil swapped his wife for his step daughter. This isn't even a contest
    Less of a swap, more of a timeshare, no?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    This however is very well done. Sky rider (who?, shame about the beard) vs Jag:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIYSzKBqowI
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
    This however is very well done. Sky rider (who?, shame about the beard) vs Jag:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIYSzKBqowI

    I think its just an actor for the close up shots.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So round two of this odd occurrence was on the 24th. The chosen task.............a stare-off.

    Once again, no comments are necessary :roll:

    http://www.teamsky.com/video/0,27287,17 ... 2,00.html#
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    frenchfighter wrote:
    So round two of this odd occurrence was on the 24th. The chosen task.............a stare-off.

    Once again, no comments are necessary :roll:

    http://www.teamsky.com/video/0,27287,17 ... 2,00.html#

    Remember that no one else likes them so they've got to play amongst themselves... :wink:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,707
    Remember the line in The Simpsons movie when Tom Hanks says "The American Government has lost it's credibility so it' borrowing some of mine..."

    Basically what Sky are doing with OGE's "fun team reputation"
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,707
    ...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    You miss another huge point of this, like people always do with Sky. Their main sponsor is an Australian owned company. It's all PR with Sky, everything they do is.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I know this is just a bit of a laugh but it is w@%k. I thought they might do something physical like have a running race, tennis match whatever, the way they built it up I thought it was going to be like a giant Royal Rumble or something, not bloomin' conkers or whatever crazy activity they have planned next!
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,527
    I think some people need to take a few 'lighten up' pills. It's just a bit of fun is all, for some reason as soon as the 'S' word gets chucked into the mix everything has to be analysed to find something to criticise.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pross wrote:
    I think some people need to take a few 'lighten up' pills. It's just a bit of fun is all, for some reason as soon as the 'S' word gets chucked into the mix everything has to be analysed to find something to criticise.

    The reaction would be the same whatever team did it. It's stupid whether your team is called Sky or Saxo.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I personally don't have a problem with Sky, I just think it's a bit cr@p, I was expecting something epic after that build-up! It's the "Phantom menace" of cycling stand offs ;-)
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