Who would you like to see back in the sport?

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    jwa581 wrote:
    Would be interesting to see Boardman back now competing in a supposedly cleaner sport. Always regarded him as likely to be a clean rider in a dirty peloton, and would be interesting to see what he could do on a more level playing field, think he would have been and ideal fit for Sky/Ineos. Ditto for Obree (without the sky bit).

    Bit old isn't he?

    Plus he's already doing a cracking job as a cycling advocate.
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  • jwa581
    jwa581 Posts: 24
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    jwa581 wrote:
    Would be interesting to see Boardman back now competing in a supposedly cleaner sport. Always regarded him as likely to be a clean rider in a dirty peloton, and would be interesting to see what he could do on a more level playing field, think he would have been and ideal fit for Sky/Ineos. Ditto for Obree (without the sky bit).

    Bit old isn't he?

    Plus he's already doing a cracking job as a cycling advocate.

    True, my original post meant winding back the clock so a mid twenties Boardman competing in the modern peloton. I took the meaning of the original post as any cyclist at thier peak competing in the modern peloton. However, his work as an advocate for cycling is fantastic, and I personally enjoyed his insight as a pundit, and was sad to see him leave ITV.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    jwa581 wrote:
    Would be interesting to see Boardman back now competing in a supposedly cleaner sport. Always regarded him as likely to be a clean rider in a dirty peloton, and would be interesting to see what he could do on a more level playing field, think he would have been and ideal fit for Sky/Ineos. Ditto for Obree (without the sky bit).

    Bit old isn't he?

    Plus he's already doing a cracking job as a cycling advocate.

    Its odd. But I always had the impression he didn't really enjoy cycling.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    TailWindHome wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    jwa581 wrote:
    Would be interesting to see Boardman back now competing in a supposedly cleaner sport. Always regarded him as likely to be a clean rider in a dirty peloton, and would be interesting to see what he could do on a more level playing field, think he would have been and ideal fit for Sky/Ineos. Ditto for Obree (without the sky bit).

    Bit old isn't he?

    Plus he's already doing a cracking job as a cycling advocate.

    Its odd. But I always had the impression he didn't really enjoy cycling.

    I think he's on record as saying he only did it because he was good at it but assume that was when he was under the pressure of top level racing and that once he retired he started enjoying the recreational side of things again.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Pross wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    jwa581 wrote:
    Would be interesting to see Boardman back now competing in a supposedly cleaner sport. Always regarded him as likely to be a clean rider in a dirty peloton, and would be interesting to see what he could do on a more level playing field, think he would have been and ideal fit for Sky/Ineos. Ditto for Obree (without the sky bit).

    Bit old isn't he?

    Plus he's already doing a cracking job as a cycling advocate.

    Its odd. But I always had the impression he didn't really enjoy cycling.

    I think he's on record as saying he only did it because he was good at it but assume that was when he was under the pressure of top level racing and that once he retired he started enjoying the recreational side of things again.

    He also suffered with the physiological demands of the big stage races. Later discovered to be largely caused by low testosterone, apparently. He couldn’t recover quick enough after tough stages to mount a serious GC challenge: this would be the case irrespective of how clean/dirty the peloton was.
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,122
    Nicole Cooke.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    jwa581 wrote:
    Would be interesting to see Boardman back now competing in a supposedly cleaner sport. Always regarded him as likely to be a clean rider in a dirty peloton, and would be interesting to see what he could do on a more level playing field, think he would have been and ideal fit for Sky/Ineos. Ditto for Obree (without the sky bit).

    Bit old isn't he?

    Plus he's already doing a cracking job as a cycling advocate.

    Its odd. But I always had the impression he didn't really enjoy cycling.

    I think he's on record as saying he only did it because he was good at it but assume that was when he was under the pressure of top level racing and that once he retired he started enjoying the recreational side of things again.

    He also suffered with the physiological demands of the big stage races. Later discovered to be largely caused by low testosterone, apparently. He couldn’t recover quick enough after tough stages to mount a serious GC challenge: this would be the case irrespective of how clean/dirty the peloton was.

    I thought he could legitimately have taken medication to resolve the problem but didn't want to?
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Just as a point of order, Riis runs a continental team (looking to move up next season), so he's not actually out of the sport.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Ain’t top level innit
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Pross wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    jwa581 wrote:
    Would be interesting to see Boardman back now competing in a supposedly cleaner sport. Always regarded him as likely to be a clean rider in a dirty peloton, and would be interesting to see what he could do on a more level playing field, think he would have been and ideal fit for Sky/Ineos. Ditto for Obree (without the sky bit).

    Bit old isn't he?

    Plus he's already doing a cracking job as a cycling advocate.

    Its odd. But I always had the impression he didn't really enjoy cycling.

    I think he's on record as saying he only did it because he was good at it but assume that was when he was under the pressure of top level racing and that once he retired he started enjoying the recreational side of things again.

    He also suffered with the physiological demands of the big stage races. Later discovered to be largely caused by low testosterone, apparently. He couldn’t recover quick enough after tough stages to mount a serious GC challenge: this would be the case irrespective of how clean/dirty the peloton was.

    I thought he could legitimately have taken medication to resolve the problem but didn't want to?

    He should have cut out the post stage ****ing
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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    A fully motivated Jose Rujano.

    DD.
  • redvision
    redvision Posts: 2,958
    I would love to see Pantani. I only saw him race through TV coverage and wish I had had the chance to stand at the roadside of one of the great Alps and see him fly up it. To me he was the greatest climber that has graced cycling.

    Would also love to see Riis back on the pro tour as a DS, and Armstrong as a TV analyst.

    Speaking of which, I like Carlton Kirby's commentary, although I know many don't, but I would love to see David Harmon back on eurosport and hear the voice of Paul Sherwen during races again.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    Dolan Driver wrote:
    A fully motivated Jose Rujano.

    DD.

    There never was such a thing
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Too late to come back, but Andy Schleck left way too soon. As I'm fond of noting, he's a month younger than Froome but had his last pro win before Froome's first

    I'd also like to see Benat Intxausti make a full recovery. He's had an awful time of it.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    No nominations for FrenchFighter?
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Yeah would like Frenchie back. Was a better troll than many of the new ones :P
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    RichN95 wrote:
    Too late to come back, but Andy Schleck left way too soon. As I'm fond of noting, he's a month younger than Froome but had his last pro win before Froome's first.


    Oh Andy, he will always have my heart....
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  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 483
    Cadel. Possibly could have had a couple more grand tour victories, often seemed to ride just outside of his limit but I’d reckon he’d be around froome level assuming he didn’t dope at the time.. for some reason was often the favourite to be challenged which he didn’t like. Interesting to watch though.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Cadel!? Really?... isn’t that a bit like folk getting nostalgic for the Austin Allegro?
  • mooro
    mooro Posts: 483
    Yep - classy grinder of a rider - and there hasn’t been another high pitched dog defence at the tour since....
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Yeah would like Frenchie back. Was a better troll than many of the new ones :P

    There have been no greater horse pics since.
    ddraver wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Too late to come back, but Andy Schleck left way too soon. As I'm fond of noting, he's a month younger than Froome but had his last pro win before Froome's first.


    Oh Andy, he will always have my heart....

    That 2011 Alpine stage where he went on the Izoard and kept it going all the way up the Serre Chevalier and the Galibier... That was a cracking stage!
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