Rapha and Ullrich
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Or gamble on games. (See Pete Rose - the best player not in the Hall of Fame)Richmond Racer wrote:Dopers still revered in baseball's Hall of Fame. You have to commit a massacre to get thrown off that.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Christine Ohuruogu was today named Sportswoman of the Year.Joelsim wrote:TBH cycling is the only sport where ex-dopers are still revered. Except LA now.
Not that I begrudge that if everyone was doing it. Sad tho, that it's like that. Even LA had no other choice than to do what he did after his first couple of wins, he could hardly own up. Bullying aside.0 -
To be fair to her, there's never really been anything to say she dopes. Maybe she does, but alternatively maybe she's just disorganised. At the time it seemed that British Athletics hadn't really drilled into it's competitors the importance of ADAMS.RoadPainter wrote:Christine Ohuruogu was today named Sportswoman of the Year.Twitter: @RichN950 -
guinea wrote:I like Ulrich, but I wouldn't want my company associated with him any more than Lance Armstrong.
The hypocrisy of the cycling community is daft.
Even Betsy Andreu can't understand why Pantani was idolised while Armstrong was vilified.
Come on. I hated Lance from 99 onwards.
Anglophone fans often think the only reason people hate Armstrong is the juice. Not true.
He was the perfect villain. Disdain for tradition, brash, arrogant, dominating, boring etc.
Ulrich was his main rival. Also came across as more interesting, emotionally more fragile etc.
Nothing to do with doping.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:guinea wrote:I like Ulrich, but I wouldn't want my company associated with him any more than Lance Armstrong.
The hypocrisy of the cycling community is daft.
Even Betsy Andreu can't understand why Pantani was idolised while Armstrong was vilified.
Come on. I hated Lance from 99 onwards.
Anglophone fans often think the only reason people hate Armstrong is the juice. Not true.
He was the perfect villain. Disdain for tradition, brash, arrogant, dominating, boring etc.
Ulrich was his main rival. Also came across as more interesting, emotionally more fragile etc.
Nothing to do with doping.
He also ate more pies during the off season which gave him a quality that most of us can relate to.0 -
This ^ alone makes him the ideal brand ambassador for Rapha, given their core demographic.0
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Right. So thanks to our very own BR news page, here's the real story:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... kit-39208/
Big Jan likes Rapha kit, gets some, posts up pics on his website, calling Rapha his 'new partner'. Shoddy lazy journos over at Cyclingnews etc cant be bothered to do their basic job and check facts, and creates a story claiming that Rapha have lined up Jan as their new 'brand ambassador'
Cue pulled story...0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:Right. So thanks to our very own BR news page, here's the real story:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... kit-39208/
Big Jan likes Rapha kit, gets some, posts up pics on his website, calling Rapha his 'new partner'. Shoddy lazy journos over at Cyclingnews etc cant be bothered to do their basic job and check facts, and creates a story claiming that Rapha have lined up Jan as their new 'brand ambassador'
Cue pulled story...
Pah, you're such a spoilsport RR!
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^Soz, Luther
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That's a shame. Jan is no fool, black is very flattering to the fuller figure.
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