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Anyone that does not sing now makes me smile, in the hope that Piers Morgan is getting pissed off.
Would have loved that response to have been genuine.
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Anyone that does not sing now makes me smile, in the hope that Piers Morgan is getting pissed off.
Would have loved that response to have been genuine.
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How you know you're at the home of British Cycling
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Winner takes all.
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That is a real shame, cest la vie.
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I get the impression thats BMX
So is that all made up?
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Liam's foot came out of his cleats, in TDF final sprints thats a school boy error.
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My wife said it wasnt on his twitter account, so unless he deleated it. He did tweet he was rather wasted which is a little worring due to his former bike winning life style. The Piers Morgan bit is genuine I heard, wonderful response to whoever did it.
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No it's was someone else's response, reported to be from Wiggins, because that would be a better story.
Fair enough, it would have been cool. Piers is such a smarmy twat, and on top of that he was way out of line.
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Last chance to win a GB medal in our home Olympics as the men to battle in the mountains of Essex tomorrow.
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In cycling that is...
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Cycling by William Fotheringham
Nine out of 10. That number dominates any reckoning of cycling at the London Games, simply because Great Britain's hit rate from the track was so spectacular, the contest over the six days so completely one-sided, the flood of world records so overwhelming. Since Beijing, followers of Dave Brailsford's troupe have assumed that 2008 could never be topped. How could it? Well, win seven out of 10 golds, add in a silver and bronze and a disqualification, then factor in demented, deafening, ecstatic full houses and inch-perfect organisation, and if sporting nirvana exists, what we saw in the velodrome from August 2-7 was not far from it.
If Brailsford and his coaches, and Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton, Ed Clancy and the others deserve praise, it's for holding their nerve. In Hoy and Pendleton's case, in one final push in the face of adversity; in Clancy's, in his and his team pursuiters' capacity to take on the dominant Australians; in the sprint coaches', for not giving up when the team sprint conundrum seemed impossible. Brailsford and Sutton didn't shy at the hardest decision of all, to drop Hoy from the sprint, and it paid off; they also gambled on the nascent talent of Laura Trott and Philip Hindes at the vital moment.
Despite disappointing world championships from 2009 to 2011, the mantra remained constant: Olympic events are all that matter. It wore thin, but was ultimately vindicated. In addition, Brailsford had cover. The goalposts were moved, but not far; the loss of two timed events – men's and women's pursuits – from Beijing was compensated for by the omnium, in which – guess what? – timed events account for half the points. The two other disciplines dropped from Beijing, the points and madison, were less suited to the British methodology, and produced a single bronze between them in 2008.
The opposition came lulled by the slow British buildup and went away humiliated. But rather than allegations of magic wheels, or indulging in a bitter-Tweet symphony — to cite only the French — the opposition should take a long hard look at themselves. The Dane Lasse Hansen's victory in the omnium and Anna Meares's gold in the women's sprint were examples of occasions when fine competitors simply knew no fear; the German win in the team sprint a rare instance of Brailsford's boffins failing to dot every 'i'.
British success aside, what to retain of things two-wheeled at London 2012? On the plus side, unprecedented and immense support for the men's and women's road events, of such quality that it's hard to imagine that this is only the fifth Games in which the best – professional – road cyclists have been eligible to compete. If there was ever an argument for investment in women's cycling, this was it. On the minus side, BMX increasingly looks like a demolition derby unworthy of the Games and Team GB's domination in the velodrome should not make us ignore the flaws in the rejigged track programme, which is now too thin and too dependent on timed events, underlined in London by spreading five days of competition into six.
Wow what a year for cycling its been a brief restbite befor the vuelta kicks off, see you can get 7/2 or 15/4 on Froome although Bertie was an onimus 4th overall yesterday in Flanders land, great winner in Boom.
If we are reverting back to Geeks forum or starting a new one, my first thought would be who has the stronger team, Froome or Bertie and so these two heavy weights even need one.
Sky Procycling
Christopher Froome (GBr), Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa), Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col), Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor), Danny Pate (USA), Ian Stannard (GBr), Ben Swift (GBr), Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col), Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa)
Reserves - Jeremy Hunt (GBr), Thomas Löfkvist (Swe), Richie Porte (Aus), Salvatore Puccio (Ita)
Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa), Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa), Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa), Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa), Nicki Sörensen (Den), Rafal Majka (Pol),
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por), Bruno Pires (Por), Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
Reserves - Chris Anker Sörensen (Den), Michael Morkov (Den), Volodymir Gustov (Ukr), Mads Christensen (Den)
Nine out of 10. That number dominates any reckoning of cycling at the London Games, simply because Great Britain's hit rate from the track was so spectacular, the contest over the six days so completely one-sided, the flood of world records so overwhelming. Since Beijing, followers of Dave Brailsford's troupe have assumed that 2008 could never be topped. How could it? Well, win seven out of 10 golds, add in a silver and bronze and a disqualification, then factor in demented, deafening, ecstatic full houses and inch-perfect organisation, and if sporting nirvana exists, what we saw in the velodrome from August 2-7 was not far from it.
If Brailsford and his coaches, and Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton, Ed Clancy and the others deserve praise, it's for holding their nerve. In Hoy and Pendleton's case, in one final push in the face of adversity; in Clancy's, in his and his team pursuiters' capacity to take on the dominant Australians; in the sprint coaches', for not giving up when the team sprint conundrum seemed impossible. Brailsford and Sutton didn't shy at the hardest decision of all, to drop Hoy from the sprint, and it paid off; they also gambled on the nascent talent of Laura Trott and Philip Hindes at the vital moment.
Despite disappointing world championships from 2009 to 2011, the mantra remained constant: Olympic events are all that matter. It wore thin, but was ultimately vindicated. In addition, Brailsford had cover. The goalposts were moved, but not far; the loss of two timed events – men's and women's pursuits – from Beijing was compensated for by the omnium, in which – guess what? – timed events account for half the points. The two other disciplines dropped from Beijing, the points and madison, were less suited to the British methodology, and produced a single bronze between them in 2008.
The opposition came lulled by the slow British buildup and went away humiliated. But rather than allegations of magic wheels, or indulging in a bitter-Tweet symphony — to cite only the French — the opposition should take a long hard look at themselves. The Dane Lasse Hansen's victory in the omnium and Anna Meares's gold in the women's sprint were examples of occasions when fine competitors simply knew no fear; the German win in the team sprint a rare instance of Brailsford's boffins failing to dot every 'i'.
British success aside, what to retain of things two-wheeled at London 2012? On the plus side, unprecedented and immense support for the men's and women's road events, of such quality that it's hard to imagine that this is only the fifth Games in which the best – professional – road cyclists have been eligible to compete. If there was ever an argument for investment in women's cycling, this was it. On the minus side, BMX increasingly looks like a demolition derby unworthy of the Games and Team GB's domination in the velodrome should not make us ignore the flaws in the rejigged track programme, which is now too thin and too dependent on timed events, underlined in London by spreading five days of competition into six.
Wow what a year for cycling its been a brief restbite befor the vuelta kicks off, see you can get 7/2 or 15/4 on Froome although Bertie was an onimus 4th overall yesterday in Flanders land, great winner in Boom.
If we are reverting back to Geeks forum or starting a new one, my first thought would be who has the stronger team, Froome or Bertie and so these two heavy weights even need one.
Sky Procycling
Christopher Froome (GBr), Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa), Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col), Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor), Danny Pate (USA), Ian Stannard (GBr), Ben Swift (GBr), Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col), Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa)
Reserves - Jeremy Hunt (GBr), Thomas Löfkvist (Swe), Richie Porte (Aus), Salvatore Puccio (Ita)
Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa), Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa), Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa), Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa), Nicki Sörensen (Den), Rafal Majka (Pol),
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por), Bruno Pires (Por), Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
Reserves - Chris Anker Sörensen (Den), Michael Morkov (Den), Volodymir Gustov (Ukr), Mads Christensen (Den)