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Live blog: Laura Kenny advocates 'the Addison Lean'; Hinault urges riders to strike if Froome races the Tour (and Team Sky's response); shocking driving from Dublin bus + more

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brooksby | 5 years ago
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That Dublin bus driver was a bit incompetent, eh?   I think bus drivers should be trained to look ahead and see if anyone is waiting at a stop, so they don't do stupid and dangerous last-minute  manoeuvres like that one!  Oh, wait...surprise

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FrankH | 5 years ago
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Meaningless statistic of the day:

"Research commissioned by Addison Lee following incidents involving its drivers and cycle couriers found that 65 per cent of cyclists have been involved in a car-dooring incident or know someone who has."

Did they also reveal that 100% of the population is female? Or know somebody who is female?

sad 

 

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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25mph on the pavement?  Pathetic! 

At the public meeting to consider the chicanes put in by the local authority on the Bristol-Bath cycle path, after they'd put them in, one person claimed that the cyclists were doing 60mph.  It did get quite a big laugh.

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peted76 | 5 years ago
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risoto | 5 years ago
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What a relief with some straight talk. There is no smoke without a fire. These things should be settled quickly with no options for appeal and not with this stupid system where things are decided in court rooms.

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handlebarcam | 5 years ago
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Team Sky may be partially correct about Hinault. His call for a boycott probably isn't based on a full knowledge of every detail of the Froome case. But then I suspect they'd respond in the same way to anyone who hasn't read all 1500 pages of "evidence" which they've submitted to delay and obfuscate the case.

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don simon fbpe replied to handlebarcam | 5 years ago
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handlebarcam wrote:

Team Sky may be partially correct about Hinault. His call for a boycott probably isn't based on a full knowledge of every detail of the Froome case. But then I suspect they'd respond in the same way to anyone who hasn't read all 1500 pages of "evidence" which they've submitted to delay and obfuscate the case.

Remember, it's not Team SKY's fault that they are dragging out the case and not supplying information, it's 100% fault of the UCI.

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Yorkshire wallet | 5 years ago
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A frenchman calling for strikes. Whatever next.

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DaSy replied to Yorkshire wallet | 5 years ago
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Yorkshire wallet wrote:

A frenchman calling for strikes. Whatever next.

 

Although he was also famous for punching those strikers who got in his way.

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DaSy | 5 years ago
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I think The Badger is taking a leaf out of the 1966 Monte Carlo rally rule book and planning to disqualify everyone until he gets to the token Frenchman, who will then be crowned the victor. He was one of the all-time greats of cycling, but he was always a proper tool.

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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It's so sad when one of your heros turns out to be a prick.

But so good to see East Dumbarton Police getting a right royal shafting on twitter for their absurd, victim blaming campaign.

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don simon fbpe replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

It's so sad when one of your heros turns out to be a prick.

But so good to see East Dumbarton Police getting a right royal shafting on twitter for their absurd, victim blaming campaign.

Why is he (Hinault) a prick? He has an opinion like everyone else and is entitled to air it, doesn't make him a prick though.

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mike the bike replied to don simon fbpe | 5 years ago
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don simon wrote:

 Why is he (Hinault) a prick? He has an opinion like everyone else and is entitled to air it, doesn't make him a prick though. 

 

Aah Don, you seem to be unaware the man is a foreigner.  From abroad.  Over there.

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don simon fbpe replied to mike the bike | 5 years ago
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mike the bike wrote:

don simon wrote:

 Why is he (Hinault) a prick? He has an opinion like everyone else and is entitled to air it, doesn't make him a prick though. 

 

Aah Don, you seem to be unaware the man is a foreigner.  From abroad.  Over there.

I'm sure that's true, but I expect burtthebike can give their own explanation, it'd be a pretty stupid thing to say otherwise.

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dreamlx10 | 5 years ago
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The Sky fan boys are out in force today

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Dicklexic | 5 years ago
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Old Bernard really is being a bit of a prick. I'm not condoning or defending Froome and Team Sky's alleged misdemeanours, but the fact is that all this shouldn't even be in the public realm at this stage. If the adverse finding hadn't been 'leaked' then this would all be happening behind closed doors where Froome would (or at least should) be getting a fair hearing, and like other riders should be free to race until convicted/banned/acquitted or whatever the outcome may be. As already said above, if anyone should be feeling the wrath of Bernie, it should be the UCI for being lax with their data security in the first place, apparently relying on a rather sub-standard and questionable test for Salbutamol and subsequently handing the whole situation rather poorly.

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check12 | 5 years ago
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Hinault, yawn, such 1980s mentality. 

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Leviathan replied to check12 | 5 years ago
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check12 wrote:

Hinault, yawn, such 1980s mentality. 

Strikes never went out of popularity in France.

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Welsh boy | 5 years ago
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Hinault can see his position as one of the elite 5 time winners being diluted so he is trying to undermine Froome who is perfectly entitled to be riding. It is the UCI that he should be having a go at, not someone racing who is perfectly entitled to be doing so. Nice comment by Christopher. 

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Christopher TR1 | 5 years ago
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Bernard Hinault: Cycling legend, and a bit of a nob.

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dreamlx10 | 5 years ago
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My money is on the Badger, he'd take Froome in a fight

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maviczap | 5 years ago
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Only if you admit to doping when you refused to take a dope test after your tour win.

Hinault head of the desperate Roman Bardet for GC campaign, as it's the only he's going to beat Froome, or unless Froome has an unfortunate mishap.

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