The World of Cycling According to G
Started on this last night and am really enjoying it. Can certainly recommend for a bit of off-season chilling.
No earth shattering revelations so far (unsurprisingly) but a good insight to the life of a pro.
Anyone else reading it, or any other recommendations for the dark winter evenings?
No earth shattering revelations so far (unsurprisingly) but a good insight to the life of a pro.
Anyone else reading it, or any other recommendations for the dark winter evenings?
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Also just started reading it very entertaining so far, no stunning revalations but he'd obviously be very good company for a night out on the sherbet.0
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the amazon pixies havent quite got around to delivering my copy yet, but I read a few of the extracts printed last week which were quite amusing.
but Ive still got Nicole Cookes book to finish, and Cycling anthology volume 6, and road.cc recommended Riding the Revolution this week. but its less pages and more expensive that G's book.0 -
Enjoyed it. I like the fact its not a straight autobio, but a spin through his thoughts on different aspects of being a pro, plus lots of great anecdotes
Not sure what earth-shattering revelations people expect? that Stannard wears a pair of womens frilly knickers under his shorts?
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19734278#p19734278]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:Enjoyed it. I like the fact its not a straight autobio, but a spin through his thoughts on different aspects of being a pro, plus lots of great anecdotes
Not sure what earth-shattering revelations people expect? that Stannard wears a pair of womens frilly knickers under his shorts?
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Ive started it. Its a nice read that you can pick up and put down easily - no long chapters going over detailed training data or recounting every pedal turn in the last 20km of a race. Just a load of thoughts and opinions on stuff thats pretty lighthearted - good stuff.
I got my signed copy off him in Cardiff on Saturday
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19734278#p19734278]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:Enjoyed it. I like the fact its not a straight autobio, but a spin through his thoughts on different aspects of being a pro, plus lots of great anecdotes
Not sure what earth-shattering revelations people expect? that Stannard wears a pair of womens frilly knickers under his shorts?
I KNEW it!
It's a nappy by the looks of things.0 -
Engageing and amusing interview with G on the new Cycling podcast, says he didn't want to produce just another sports biog. He clearly loves the sport.0
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Read it over the last few days and he just comes across as a normal guy who has a fair old bit of talent. his insights into Wiggins, Cav, froome and others are reasonably insightful but there really isn't much given away.
comparing it to my time (the wiggins 2012 mini biog) it comes across that G is far more of a team player. but then we all knew that...0 -
Read it over the last few days and he just comes across as a normal guy who has a fair old bit of talent. his insights into Wiggins, Cav, froome and others are reasonably insightful but there really isn't much given away.
comparing it to my time (the wiggins 2012 mini biog) it comes across that G is far more of a team player. but then we all knew that...
Geraint's the ultimate team man...thing is that to be a GT winner - you have to have a bit of a bastard in you. Maybe a lot. Does he have that? Can he find it?0 -
I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....Trainer Road Blog: https://hitthesweetspot.home.blog/
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I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
She was furious with him for running the piece quoting her, right?0 -
I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
The Racer just came across like Alan Partridge's "Bouncing Back" to me. I read it twice just to make sure I wasn't just in a really bad mood the first time.
Every anecdote he tells comes back to David Millar as the central character. Wouter Weylandt dies in the Giro? Well it’s up to old Dave to make sure the show goes on. Dave in a months long funk after not getting picked for the Tour? Nathan Haas pulls him out of it by reminding him that David Millar is the heart and soul of the team and they are nothing without him."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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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735688#p19735688]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
The Racer just came across like Alan Partridge's "Bouncing Back" to me. I read it twice just to make sure I wasn't just in a really bad mood the first time.
Every anecdote he tells comes back to David Millar as the central character. Wouter Weylandt dies in the Giro? Well it’s up to old Dave to make sure the show goes on. Dave in a months long funk after not getting picked for the Tour? Nathan Haas pulls him out of it by reminding him that David Millar is the heart and soul of the team and they are nothing without him.
the lad has got a complex I reckon. good rider in his day but that last year it seems he couldn't be bothered and threw his toys out of the pram.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735688#p19735688]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
The Racer just came across like Alan Partridge's "Bouncing Back" to me. I read it twice just to make sure I wasn't just in a really bad mood the first time.
Every anecdote he tells comes back to David Millar as the central character. Wouter Weylandt dies in the Giro? Well it’s up to old Dave to make sure the show goes on. Dave in a months long funk after not getting picked for the Tour? Nathan Haas pulls him out of it by reminding him that David Millar is the heart and soul of the team and they are nothing without him.
Have you thought about writing reviews professionally? I'll admit it was effectively the "David Millar Show", but then again it was his book.Trainer Road Blog: https://hitthesweetspot.home.blog/
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735687#p19735687]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
She was furious with him for running the piece quoting her, right?
I'll bet you stand outside the local cinema giving away the plots to films don't you!
Trainer Road Blog: https://hitthesweetspot.home.blog/
Cycling blog: https://harderfasterlonger.wordpress.com/
Blog: https://supermurphtt2015.wordpress.com/
TCTP: https://supermurph.wordpress.com/0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735687#p19735687]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
She was furious with him for running the piece quoting her, right?
I'll bet you stand outside the local cinema giving away the plots to films don't you!
Only in exchange for a LARGE box of salted popcorn0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735688#p19735688]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
The Racer just came across like Alan Partridge's "Bouncing Back" to me. I read it twice just to make sure I wasn't just in a really bad mood the first time.
Every anecdote he tells comes back to David Millar as the central character. Wouter Weylandt dies in the Giro? Well it’s up to old Dave to make sure the show goes on. Dave in a months long funk after not getting picked for the Tour? Nathan Haas pulls him out of it by reminding him that David Millar is the heart and soul of the team and they are nothing without him.
There is undoubted an element of that about Holy Dave but I do love the fact that he can talk, and at length which isn't a criticism. In the recent Cycling Podcast special he is asked a question about a golden moment and he gives a 10 minute reply on his solo break around the champs in his last TdF. It was a good listen and I like his heartfelt style. Her isn't into PC sound bites he's prefers to open himself up. I don't think many sportsmen like to do that because it is perceived as showing weakness.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735697#p19735697]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735687#p19735687]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:I've just finished reading the "The Racer" by David Millar, quite enjoyed it, gave some good insights which I wasn't aware of.
I'm also 75% of the way through Emma O'Reillys book which I'm also enjoying. Read pretty much everything on the LA saga, this gives a lot of new angles, especially about David Walsh....
She was furious with him for running the piece quoting her, right?
I'll bet you stand outside the local cinema giving away the plots to films don't you!
Only in exchange for a LARGE box of salted popcorn
Good choice Trainer Road Blog: https://hitthesweetspot.home.blog/
Cycling blog: https://harderfasterlonger.wordpress.com/
Blog: https://supermurphtt2015.wordpress.com/
TCTP: https://supermurph.wordpress.com/0 -
Some of it I really liked, his description of the barely organised chaos of a classic was good. But it was unfortunately interspersed with his "man of the people" act with the mechanics that he had to tell us all about. Oh and I got a laugh out of his shortcut back to Oudenaarde at the foot of the Koppenberg. Because Many a time I've looked at it and gone "nahhhhh" at that exact moment.
And if I hear one more bloody word about his "exclusive cycling and dining club...""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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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735704#p19735704]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:Some of it I really liked, his description of the barely organised chaos of a classic was good. But it was unfortunately interspersed with his "man of the people" act with the mechanics that he had to tell us all about. Oh and I got a laugh out of his shortcut back to Oudenaarde at the foot of the Koppenberg. Because Many a time I've looked at it and gone "nahhhhh" at that exact moment.
And if I hear one more bloody word about his "exclusive cycling and dining club..."
There's only one response to that phrase, Goat....
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I know it was hardly going to match his first book but the new one had nothing about it. His last year was a shocker so I suppose he had to fill it with other stuff.0
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But back on topic - I like how Geraints book is set out. Reminds me of the Clarkson newspaper articles that he hashes together in a book, but better.0
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Cycling Podcast this week was all G... and Lionel scoffing flapjack.
Apparently Stannard showers too often. And Froome's a bit mental, wanting the team to blast it on the front at times and needs to be calmed down.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735697#p19735697]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:
Only in exchange for a LARGE box of salted popcorn
Good choice
Pah... the only decent popcorn is Chicago Mix
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19735697#p19735697]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:
Only in exchange for a LARGE box of salted popcorn
Good choice
Pah... the only decent popcorn is Chicago Mix
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Listened to the Cycling Podcast interview with Thomas this morning. Very enjoyable listen, I can't find anything not to like about him...other than his frustrating crashability.! Seriously though what a thoroughly nice chap, no edge or agenda and just prepared to get his head down and do what the team requires.0
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Listened to the Cycling Podcast interview with Thomas this morning. Very enjoyable listen, I can't find anything not to like about him...other than his frustrating crashability.! Seriously though what a thoroughly nice chap, no edge or agenda and just prepared to get his head down and do what the team requires.
Agreed. Very difficult to dislike. And nothing seems to change him or faze him0 -
Not the hungriest of riders though is he?
Makes him more likeable but can't help but think that's why he's not won more.
(Not to say he's not a good rider. Quite the opposite)0 -
He was lovely on the podcast... but just a tad boring maybe? Though that maybe just be because he's on a book tour...0
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He was lovely on the podcast... but just a tad boring maybe? Though that maybe just be because he's on a book tour...
Oof..bit harsh. I thought there were a couple of times he attempted to spice things up with a dry comment (that Moore and Birnie both nearly missed, it seemed) about if he was feeling good or saw Froome was in trouble he'd "put the boys on the front" and attack him…
Anyway, by his own admission, he had a pretty ordinary and unremarkable upbringing (as he said, not being "chased by hippos, like Froomey").
Rick said he's "not the hungriest of riders" - but I think it's an aspiration thing: he still can't quite believe he's riding at the level that he is. It made me think of the Mickey Flannigan sketch about the careers lesson at his school. Gary Hutton says he wants to own a van. "Hutton! You're a dreamer! No one from this school has ever owned a van. We are the people who take the stuff to the van".
Maybe to get some ambition Geraint needs to hang out with Froome in Monaco and see tw@ts in gold leaf coated Lamborghinis - or have a night out there with Boonen...0
