Canc Interview
Good read:- http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/exc ... cancellara
Hopefully we re gonna get another ding dong Vlammse/Schweiz battle this spring!
Hopefully we re gonna get another ding dong Vlammse/Schweiz battle this spring!
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Talking of Mr 60%...
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riis-da ... ember-says
Despite bigging up Riis. And Cecchini. Which does make it challenging.
If you're referring to Fabs as being selective, tbh I have to do a lttle processing of Fab's views myself.
On the other hand, if you're referring to my love for him vs how I feel about Bertie - well, lets not go down that road as you only end up getting all flouncy
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For that, he still owes me £40 in winnings.
I enjoyed the interview. I don't particularly care about people expressing admiration and gratitude to those who trangressed in the past. It's possible for people to change their ways and we should applaud people who do.
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He said that often when he makes a move so good that he thinks its capable of netting him the win, he will lose concentration and crash.
Ahh, your no fun.
...but with Cancellara being a little bit better. Let's agree to settle on that.
Arghhh, must resist, be strong Greasy, be strong... :shock:
C'mon - it's just a little bit. I'm sure deep down Tom knows it, too.
“Winning isn’t always important. Going there and showing that you know how to lose is important. So I went and I still won something that day.”
Moral victories have been an increasing part of Cancellara’s diet over the past two seasons but by and large, he has digested those disappointments with equanimity, perhaps in part because they have still been washed down by a steady flow of tangible achievement.
Rather than bemoan the heavy marking to which he has been exposed, Cancellara seems almost to revel in it, repeatedly attempting to ride his rivals off his wheel. Victories and WorldTour points may ultimately decide the small print of a riders’ contract but in Cancellara’s mind, the history books often reserve their longest chapters for the grandest gestures.
“I leave all the passion I have for this sport out there on the road. You saw that at Milan-San Remo, there were two guys on my wheel. What did I do? Pull back? No, I did what I always do – I kept going, I went for it. Even though the strongest doesn’t always win, you can’t hold back,” he says of his second place finish behind Simon Gerrans last March.
“It’s not spettacolo,” he stresses. “I ride to my limit until I fall off my bike. That’s my spettacolo. I do everything I can to win."
“A lot of people like to see the strongest win all the time, but we know that that sport is not like that. Cycling is not predictable, which is just as well, because otherwise it wouldn’t be such a beautiful sport.”
Ps. 'Canc' is not a good way to refer to him. Try any one of these:
OK, alright. I'll accept he's just a little bit better at something. Not cycling though, something else. Knitting, yes, that will do. I'm sure "Canc" is a little bit better at knitting that Boonen. If I want a jumper or a scarf, "Canc" is the man!
In the shape of Belgium.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riis-da ... ember-says
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I just wish more people could grasp that "passion" in cycling doesn't necessarily only manifest itself in grandiose or theatrical attacks (even more so when they don't amount to much: i.e generally the Schlecks until Andy pulled off a blinder on Galibier!): Cancellara's move on Muur in 2010 being one prime example (most sublime "attack" in any classic in last decade?); Wiggins's epic TDF solo whilst at Cofidis being another...
I dunno, I'm fine if people like different riders or races, styles of riding, but to suggest that other people on this forum don't have passion for cycling?
Quoth Jacky Durand.
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Er... That's kind of what I meant - that "passion" in/for cycling can manifest itself in many ways.
Train spotters don't come across as the most passionate looking folk, but I bet most of them would say that they were passionate about trains...
Yes, agreed. I was having a dig at FF. Maybe I should have quoted him, but then I'm fairly sure he doesn't read my posts anyway.