Cuddles calls it a day

dolan_driver

Cadel is a member of a fairly exclusive club; The clean Tour de France winner's club! For that reason alone, he is one of the sport's greats. His Worlds win was impressive too.

As for that video where he threatens death on anyone stepping on his dog; Why exactly does he have his blooming dog at a stage race?

type:epyt

knedlicky wrote:

Evans’ style in a difficult Tour/Giro climbing stage was never aesthetically-pleasing, but in a TT, even if he didn’t win or wasn’t the most efficient/fastest, I thought him the smoothest TT-er, most aesthetically-pleasing, I’ve ever watched, including Fabu.
I also liked his sometimes melancholic honesty in interviews.

Evans TT style always looked like a less steady Levi. Big gear rouleur but the bike was all over the road which must cost in the end.

frenchfighter

RichN95 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Pleased he's gone. Just looking at those images makes me want to puke. Dislike!

Maybe this is the wrong sport for you to be following then.
I know you're very new to it, but have everything wrong. You want to be the doping sceptic, you want to be the champion of panache. You so want to be what you have garnered from internet forums what a knowing cycling fan should be. Everything you post screams desperate tryhard.

+1.
Some of the comments are wearing thin!

above_the_cows

Dolan Driver wrote:

As for that video where he threatens death on anyone stepping on his dog; Why exactly does he have his blooming dog at a stage race?

Because that dog was the only friend he had on that team.

jimmythecuckoo

Bizarre but for me the best memory of him I have is when he lost the Tour to Carlos Sastre on the Alpe in 2008.

His desperate attempts to force his bike forward and get back on terms whilst knowing full well that both Schlecks were on his wheel ready to ambush him anyway was incredible.

He knew the game was up but he refused to surrender.

And lest we forget he went that hard up that climb that Denis Menchov fell off going up hill getting round hairpin

phreak

Above The Cows wrote:

Dolan Driver wrote:

As for that video where he threatens death on anyone stepping on his dog; Why exactly does he have his blooming dog at a stage race?

Because that dog was the only friend he had on that team.

Hasn't cycling traditionally been a sport for the oddballs and loners though?

jimmythecuckoo

phreak wrote:

Hasn't cycling traditionally been a sport for the oddballs and loners though?

I am certainly both of those

above_the_cows

phreak wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Dolan Driver wrote:

As for that video where he threatens death on anyone stepping on his dog; Why exactly does he have his blooming dog at a stage race?

Because that dog was the only friend he had on that team.

Hasn't cycling traditionally been a sport for the oddballs and loners though?

What are you trying to say?

mr_goo

I don't profess to know as much about pro racing as many on this forum. But any cyclist who was an accomplished mountain biker and switches disciplines and wins a Rainbow jersey and Tdf is quite unique and worthy of many plaudits.

arran77

Mr Goo wrote:

I don't profess to know as much about pro racing as many on this forum. But any cyclist who was an accomplished mountain biker and switches disciplines and wins a Rainbow jersey and Tdf is quite unique and worthy of many plaudits.

I agree.

Not that I could really name any others as examples, there are no doubt pro's who've had far more successful road cycling careers but to have done what he did after being a successful mountain biker as well is a pretty cool achievement in my books.

joelsim

frenchfighter wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Pleased he's gone. Just looking at those images makes me want to puke. Dislike!

Maybe this is the wrong sport for you to be following then.
I know you're very new to it, but have everything wrong. You want to be the doping sceptic, you want to be the champion of panache. You so want to be what you have garnered from internet forums what a knowing cycling fan should be. Everything you post screams desperate tryhard.

+1.
Some of the comments are wearing thin!

But you are allowed to dislike Gerrans/Froome/Wiggo etc?

arran77

Joelsim wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Pleased he's gone. Just looking at those images makes me want to puke. Dislike!

Maybe this is the wrong sport for you to be following then.
I know you're very new to it, but have everything wrong. You want to be the doping sceptic, you want to be the champion of panache. You so want to be what you have garnered from internet forums what a knowing cycling fan should be. Everything you post screams desperate tryhard.

+1.
Some of the comments are wearing thin!

But you are allowed to dislike Gerrans/Froome/Wiggo etc?

I think you're only allowed to dislike things or have an opinion round here if you're part of the gang

Not saying I agree with what you said about being glad he was gone but unless your face fits don't have an opinion in this part of the forum

joelsim

arran77 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Pleased he's gone. Just looking at those images makes me want to puke. Dislike!

Maybe this is the wrong sport for you to be following then.
I know you're very new to it, but have everything wrong. You want to be the doping sceptic, you want to be the champion of panache. You so want to be what you have garnered from internet forums what a knowing cycling fan should be. Everything you post screams desperate tryhard.

+1.
Some of the comments are wearing thin!

But you are allowed to dislike Gerrans/Froome/Wiggo etc?

I think you're only allowed to dislike things or have an opinion round here if you're part of the gang

Not saying I agree with what you said about being glad he was gone but unless your face fits don't have an opinion in this part of the forum

I think it's when people consider you a noob or a doping fiend, or both. I am relatively new I agree, been watching avidly for only about 5 years.

rick_chasey

arran77 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Pleased he's gone. Just looking at those images makes me want to puke. Dislike!

Maybe this is the wrong sport for you to be following then.
I know you're very new to it, but have everything wrong. You want to be the doping sceptic, you want to be the champion of panache. You so want to be what you have garnered from internet forums what a knowing cycling fan should be. Everything you post screams desperate tryhard.

+1.
Some of the comments are wearing thin!

But you are allowed to dislike Gerrans/Froome/Wiggo etc?

I think you're only allowed to dislike things or have an opinion round here if you're part of the gang

Not saying I agree with what you said about being glad he was gone but unless your face fits don't have an opinion in this part of the forum

Unlike the bottom bracket.

Don't be such a wind up merchant.

arran77

Rick Chasey wrote:

arran77 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

Pleased he's gone. Just looking at those images makes me want to puke. Dislike!

Maybe this is the wrong sport for you to be following then.
I know you're very new to it, but have everything wrong. You want to be the doping sceptic, you want to be the champion of panache. You so want to be what you have garnered from internet forums what a knowing cycling fan should be. Everything you post screams desperate tryhard.

+1.
Some of the comments are wearing thin!

But you are allowed to dislike Gerrans/Froome/Wiggo etc?

I think you're only allowed to dislike things or have an opinion round here if you're part of the gang

Not saying I agree with what you said about being glad he was gone but unless your face fits don't have an opinion in this part of the forum

Unlike the bottom bracket.

Don't be such a wind up merchant.

Most welcoming part of the forum, no heirs and graces over there.

aidansweeney

I like Cadel, and will miss him from cycling. I can't see him being a DS or team manager, for some reason. Maybe I'm being influenced a bit by how Charlie Wegelius described him, as inflexible and not a great communicator, not to mention those (fairly entertaining, to be honest) interviews in which he yelled at various people. But you never know. Since achieving his WC and Tour, interviews have revealed him to be a lot more relaxed.

One of my fave Cadel moments was in the 2010 Tour, when he lost the yellow jersey, though I think it was Mauro Santambrogio's very best moment in his career. Despite the loss of the jersey, both of them came out of it really well. I think a lesser contender would have just given up and gone home. I blogged about it here:

http://www.nicksweeneywriting.com/last-thing-blog/beautiful-losers-winning-isnt-everything-mauro-santambrogio-and-the-2010-tour-de-france#comments.

(It's aimed at people who are not necessarily fans of cycling, so some of it features bog-standard explanations.)

Daz555

knedlicky wrote:

Evans’ style in a difficult Tour/Giro climbing stage was never aesthetically-pleasing, but in a TT, even if he didn’t win or wasn’t the most efficient/fastest, I thought him the smoothest TT-er, most aesthetically-pleasing, I’ve ever watched, including Fabu.
I also liked his sometimes melancholic honesty in interviews.

A good TTer yes but not sure I agree about his style. Wiggo looks more elegant and more comfortable in the TT position than any top rider I've ever seen and big Tony mashing the big gear is a sight to behold.

One of my favourite Cadel moments is when he lashes out at the guy who touches his sore shoulder. I'd link to it but can't get to youtube at work.

aidansweeney

His shoulder may have been sore, but he seems to have got narked at them mainly because they touched his CL lion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikzgWE3t0A

frenchfighter

salsiccia1

frenchfighter wrote:

Class.

takethehighroad

That was a great stage