Orange Crush
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| 05/13/2013 11:58 AM |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10054246/Bradley-Wiggins-Cycling-like-a-girl-You-should-know-better-Wiggo.html |
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ChinookPass
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| 05/13/2013 12:31 PM |
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| If he doesn't figure out how to go downhill with a bit more skill, soon there will be a euphemism "descends like Bradley Wiggens". |
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Entheo
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| 05/13/2013 01:02 PM |
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| simoni used to joke that basso 'went downhill like concrete'. i think italians take special pride in their descending skills.
in my limited experience italian roads are much more technical, narrower, and downright dicey than french descents. mix with water and some oil on the surface and you've got a reason to squeeze some speed out with the brakes. subtle but meaningful differences between the giro and le tour, which it appears wiggo is finding out. |
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Orange Crush
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| 05/13/2013 01:26 PM |
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What I like about the quote is that Wiggo is not afraid to heap a bit of irony upon himself. Given same circumstances, the Schleckster would be complaining.
Of course the article shows that some girls are having sensitive toes about the comparison :-) |
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Keith Richards
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| 05/13/2013 01:27 PM |
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| Hey now, he should not be dissing girls like that! lol! |
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It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong. |
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bobswire
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| 05/13/2013 01:43 PM |
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| He should have said,Women tend to be more cautious than men and I was being cautious. |
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Bodynazi
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| 05/13/2013 01:53 PM |
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well that's not sexist at all..... geebus man... adding to professional athletes not being able to speak well at all
"uh, I did good, the team did good, it uh ended up good"
Something about Wiggins bothers me - his worse than cachectic physique, they way that Sky reminds me of Postal all hammering at the front [TDF], his 70s hair... difficult to pin-point - lol
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Inferno7
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| 05/13/2013 04:40 PM |
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| Doesn't matter now he's right back in the mix. |
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79pmooney
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| 05/13/2013 06:30 PM |
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BN, it's those sideburns.
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Bodynazi
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| 05/13/2013 06:33 PM |
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yes 79, the hipster 'burns don't help anything either  |
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Orange Crush
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| 05/13/2013 06:39 PM |
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| Ever since he got rid of those burns, he hasn't been winning much. Just sayin. |
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cycling chick
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| 05/13/2013 09:23 PM |
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| Apparently, he hasn't seen me descend. |
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eurochien
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| 05/14/2013 12:09 AM |
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| Salvodelli was the man. I remember watching a Giro with the moto camera trying to stay within eyesight, you could see the speedometer on the motorcycle and it was in the 70-80kph and Il Falco still dropped them. Lunatic. |
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pikeHillRoad
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| 05/14/2013 07:14 AM |
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| Eurodog - I remember that! Il Falco ... shudder. I recall seeing his rear wheel fishtailing around when he was breaking into corners - and this was before he dropped the moto. |
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Tortue Volante
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| 05/15/2013 03:16 AM |
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Apparently, he hasn't seen me descend.
No kidding. We'd have kicked anyone who descended like that off our team. That was just embarrassing! |
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