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Live blog: Team Dimension Data hand out bikes for Qhubeka charity; Woman forced to abandon 1,000 mile ride after seven miles thanks to giant pothole; André Cardoso gets four year ban for positive EPO test; Wiggo has a pop at Cav +more
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mdavidford 11 minutes ago
Sounds like a recommendation to me - after all, who'd want their writing to be emotionally empty?
mdavidford 13 minutes ago
I think MM's point is more fatally flawed than that - people *do* complain about inequality in running. There might be less inequality than in cycling, but there's still an over-representation of white people and barriers to participation.
Jack Sexty 22 minutes ago
@MaxiMinimalist Sorted 👍
Rendel Harris 34 minutes ago
@MaxiMinimalist Would you care to give an example of any of those traits to which you claim Jack inclines, because I can't see any of them on display here.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
@lemonenema You start at grassroots, reach out to every community and give them a chance to try the sport and go from there. You maybe encourage pro teams to think about trying out more young black athletes, they're well known for taking youngsters from sports like rowing and cross-country ski-ing and turning them into cyclists, I'm sure with the natural advantages of Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes there are some young men and women in those nations who could be great climbers if encouraged to try. Nobody is saying just take the best twenty black women cyclists and dump them in the peleton. You seem to be concerned about the unfairness of something that nobody, as far as I can see, is actually proposing.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
@MaxiMinimalist Nobody complains about a lack of diversity in marathon running (if such exists, I don't really follow athletics any more but there seem to be plenty of white runners whenever I see it) because equality of opportunity in the sport already exists and nobody objects if the best then get to the top. Road cycling in many regions is almost 100% white dominated and there are problems with a lack of encouragement for black youth to get involved in road racing at least (near me the excellent Peckham BMX club does sterling work getting black kids to try BMX racing on our Olympic-standard track, with the result that it's hugely popular with that demographic and we are seeing black kids start to come through at national and international level). If equal opportunities existed and no black rider made it into the pro peleton then so be it, but until they do the complaints are justified. Your analogy rests on a false premise and is frankly rather stupid.
lemonenema 1 hour ago
And that's very commendable, but it needs to be done right, not done for the sake of appearances. How do you ensure that potential barriers are removed and diversity is promoted without unfairly selecting specific ethnicities for the sake of inclusion?
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@lemonenema Good job that Ms.McGowan is not asking, as far as the evidence above goes, for any sort of quota system then, isn't it? She's talking about increasing the opportunities for black women to participate in the sport and removing any barriers that may exist to them reaching their greatest potential, not simply enforcing an X% black women representation regardless of ability.
GSte 2 hours ago
Driver expected to drive in accordance with the highway code. I can see why he was vexed by that!
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
Leaving aside the joke sentence, how on earth did someone with a history of mental problems, substance abuse and serious crime involving motor vehicles manage to obtain a licence and then employment driving the most dangerous vehicle on the road? Who did the vetting and when are they resigning?
11 thoughts on “Live blog: Team Dimension Data hand out bikes for Qhubeka charity; Woman forced to abandon 1,000 mile ride after seven miles thanks to giant pothole; André Cardoso gets four year ban for positive EPO test; Wiggo has a pop at Cav +more”
Is that right, Wiggins?
Is that right, Wiggins?
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Michael+Kacer+Invictus+Games+Day+Three+Indoor+wo7TpsEq-2Ql.jpg
I’m starting to get bored with this guy’s obnoxious and tedious antics just to get cheap headlines. He wouldn’t know a hard life if it thumped him on the head.
roadmanshaq wrote:
American so doesn’t count.
Well, you’ve got an
Well, you’ve got an opportunity to use your position of popularity to spread some good stuff and you go and waste it by spouting shite, Sir Bradders.
#Wanker
I saw Geraint Thomas on stage
I saw Geraint Thomas on stage in Monmouth last Friday; he was really interesting, genuinely self effacing and seemed very normal.
I certainly wouldn’t waste my money on seeing Wiggo; I read one of his books once and lost any respect I had for him, as he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of type on explaining how great he was.
Chris Boardman was on stage in Monmouth a while back and he was really engaging too.
Wiggins and Cav are like an
Wiggins and Cav are like an old married couple – The Hooky and Barney (Sumner) of the sporting world. But – The work Wiggins did to get Cav his Rainbow jersey – then Wiggo in yellow leading Cav in the stripes onto the Champs Elysées – their Madison win at the 2016 Worlds. Some pair! (The description of Brailsford made me spit my coffee out…
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JohnnyRemo wrote:
Aye but look how that turned out 🙁
Wiggins is deffo Hooky (the cooler one) while I can see Cav losing it on too many Pernod and oranges. They should do an LP together and call it ‘Power, Corruption & Thighs’. I’d buy it!
I was at the Kentish Town
I was at the Kentish Town date, so not the one reviewed, but some thoughts:
– my interpretation of his comments re Cavendish was that they were very much tongue in cheek. Ribbing a mate rather than criticising him. He also had some very warm words to say about him.
– His view of Armstrong was very much more nuanced that has been presented in the press. I didn’t agree with everything he said, but it was somewhat removed from what the press have seized upon (although given the amount of Armstrong jerseys in the book, I take that with a pinch of salt.)
3. Wiggins is who he is. Yes he’s gonna wind some people up the wrong way, but he has an interesting story to tell, and comes across much less self absorbed than some might think.
Saintlymark wrote:
Likewise with wife, daughter and daughter’s boyfriend. Some great pops at champagne spraying Rapha wearers, absolute clarity on Armstrong and some real insights into his life and “flawed character” (his words). I met him at a track league event he rode out to watch the day he got his new Confidis kit and bike (so years ago). Banter towards Tony Gibb was pretty harsh but seemed a nice bloke then too. If you don’t like him don’t go – there were lots of people there who Im guessing felt it was worth the money.
Brad gonna Brad
Brad gonna Brad
Book to sell, people to rile up etc etc
I saw Ned Boulting last week – for the second time. Brilliant show, lovely bloke, sort of fella you could have a long session with in the pub after just meeting him. Opposite to Bradley in many ways, but I think it’d be just as easy to get shitfaced with him too.
I read that cyclist review
I read that cyclist review and I just thought that it sounded like a journo scorned had written it, maybe Sir Biggo had hurt their feelings in the past.
I’m not saying that Sir Waggo isn’t a douchebag, he’s clearly not very media friendly, but the writing in that article screams of bias.
I note that there is not an author attributed to the article it either, which is prettylow,if you’re going to write a damming review at least have the courage to put your name against it.Edit, I can see that there is a name against it. Trevor Ward.
Also… while I think, ‘Cyclist’ hate team sky, have been a massive stoker of hate over the past couple of years.
Perhaps the rowing failure is
Perhaps the rowing failure is because he is getting close to 40, rather than if he has a bag of sugar up his arse. And as for insulting national treasures, leave Dermot out of it.