Choosing a winner from all the entries you fired in for this one was tough. I thought there’d be a few references to Shameless, Channel 4’s cult TV series set not a million miles from the Manchester velodrome… for which this looks like a publicity still for a couple of new lead characters in the new series… I think it’s that team shellsuit-type top that Sean Yates looks so at home in. An honourable mention to Fringe then for being on the same wavelength with his "i’ll be Liam and you can be Noel".
But the winner has to be misforturob – who appropriately enough seems to be in Manchester for this borrowing from the film Goodfellas…
"I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"
Well, it made me laugh… humour’s a very personal thing. Anyway we’ll be having a ratch down the back of the road.cc sofa and a some suitable schwag will be heading north asap.
In the meantime why not read Simon MacMichael’s interview with Team Sky’s head honchos Dave Brailsford and Sean Yates which is the reason we were sent these pictures of the two of them looking moody in the first place.
68 thoughts on “Friday caption competition: Team Sky! We have a winner!”
“We know where it all went
“We know where it all went wrong. Next year we’re gonna have Brad on a full-size bike, and we’ll take the stabilizers off”.
“Well, that’s another fine
“Well, that’s another fine mess you got us into Yatesy”
“On the blue ridge mountains of Virginia, on the trail of the lonesome pine …”
‘Well warming up on the turbo
‘Well warming up on the turbo was a bloody waste of time’.
“Wiggo is all over the road
“Wiggo is all over the road boss”
“Hmm you was right Yatsey I think letting him restock his Belgian beer collection wasn’t a good idea”
“i’ll be Liam and you can be
“i’ll be Liam and you can be Noel”
“Not millimetres – 56
“Not millimetres – 56 centimetres, you idiot”
‘kin state of these two.
‘kin state of these two. looks like they’ve escaped from somewhere. tsk!
“Your only supposed to blow
“Your only supposed to blow Shcleks bloody chain off.” X(
Giant directeurs sportifs
Giant directeurs sportifs cause peloton chaos
“Have you let rip?”
“I’m not
“Have you let rip?”
“I’m not saying a word…”
Are you sure this will get us
Are you sure this will get us an interview as replacements for the Mitchel brothers?…
It would have if you got you’re hair cut – you muppet!
I’m freezing and he’s got
I’m freezing and he’s got hair and the team coat!
Yates: Guess where I’ve got
Yates: Guess where I’ve got my left hand
Brailsford: No
I’m funny how, I mean funny
I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
– Now the Spartacus has gone
– Now the Spartacus has gone to the Luxembourg lot, we should sign Shaun Ryder.
– That’s a good plan… I’ll get in touch with his Inner Chump
– D’you think I look
– D’you think I look hard..?
– Nah, not at all…
Brailsford: Russell Downing
Brailsford: Russell Downing might have been small, but he didn’t half fill me up, I couldn’t manage the aero helmet as well.
Brailsford in thought: I’m
Brailsford in thought: I’m standing next to one of the all time hard men and I know it.
Sean Yates “Say hello to my
Sean Yates “Say hello to my little friend! No Dave not you, i meant the bike. Also you can stop trying to look tough its not fooling anyone”
Sean: “Bjarne, look on the
Sean: “Bjarne, look on the bright side, somebody’s bound to turn up for Alberto’s bike.” 😉
Plz to be telling us where
Plz to be telling us where you got that beef from?
Brailsford: If they dont pick
Brailsford: If they dont pick that dog stuff up, I’ll be down there!
After several hours
After several hours searching, neither Sean or Dave could find where they had dropped the keys for the bike lock.
We’re great big serious old
We’re great big serious old Hectors
“Look Dave [insert name of
“Look Dave [insert name of French team here] haven’t even iPhones for their riders yet”
“Poor fools haven’t they heard of marginal gains?”
Only one of us looks like a
Only one of us looks like a Mitchell brother from Eastenders.
I told you we’re not ready to
I told you we’re not ready to take those stabilizers off.
Results?! I’ll pretend that
Results?! I’ll pretend that matters, but I’m smiling inside when I think of payday…
Small bikes, big ambitions!
Small bikes, big ambitions!
Brailsford: [thinking] “If I
Brailsford: [thinking] “If I kind of… half close my eyes, and do my ‘Guvnor’ pose… then they’ll think I have a plan.”
Yates: [thinking] “How come I didn’t get a Teak Sky watch?”
Brailsford: I’ll be the
Brailsford: I’ll be the Genie, you’re Aladdin.
Just when we needed him most
Just when we needed him most the big boss in the Sky takes a vacation.
“Don´t believe the
“Don´t believe the hype!”
“Don´t believe the bike!”
“Ron, there is nothing more
“Ron, there is nothing more stupiderer…”
“than messing about with Brad’s training schedule, Ron”
“Yeah Ron, but that’s what we do, because we are…”
(together)
“The Management.”
“I’ve got the brains, you’ve
“I’ve got the brains, you’ve got the looks / Let’s make lots of money.”
so this is skys idea of big
so this is skys idea of big signings for 2011 by making the bike smaller!
Welcome to Findsbury park
Welcome to Findsbury park Dogma site, now turn those bloody headlights off Brad.
Sky say forget spending all
Sky say forget spending all your money on a virtual reality turbo trainer! Just head up to your local hill shove the bike on the top of a tesco trolley and spin away.
“I’ll give you ‘aggregation
“I’ll give you ‘aggregation of marginal gains'”
“That’s what she said…”
marginal gains approach
marginal gains approach towards genetic engineering and mutation payoff as team sky unveil their new 15ft ultra directeurs sportif…
“maybe we can get some of
“maybe we can get some of that new “Tainted Meat” saddle sore cream from DZ Nuts for the chaps.”
“…”
“It was a joke you twit…”
“We’re pleased to unveil our
“We’re pleased to unveil our latest project, the Great Bike of Berkshire. It will catch motorists eyes and remind them to look out for cyclists, as well as acting as a monument for British cycling’s past and future glories”
“Dave, that’s just Brads bike in the distance”
“Come n have a go if you
“Come n have a go if you think you’re hard enough”.
That’s why the year didn’t go
That’s why the year didn’t go as planned, your looking in one direction and I’m looking in the other!!
PCSO Brailsford with a
PCSO Brailsford with a reformed bike thief at the Cycle Task Force awareness day.
So, Blue Sky thinking in 2010
So, Blue Sky thinking in 2010 didn’t really work. Anyone know a company called Joined Up?
– We, de Management, don’t
– We, de Management, don’t approve of doping.
– Yeah, we don’t like any Chinese restaurant.
‘Looks like our sky rocket
‘Looks like our sky rocket was a dud Sean’.
Seconds later the lads were
Seconds later the lads were left to rue another ill advised publicity stunt, finding the dogma up on bricks.
The happy couple announce
The happy couple announce that Hampstead Heath will be the location for what is sure to be the biggest wedding of 2011.
Sean: Wasn’t Brad supposed to be here for this?
Dave: He’s being fitted for his new custom cravat, just stick a bike on the horizon in his place, nobody will notice.
Photographer: No, you can’t both have your hands in your pockets. One of you must fold your arms. And someone get a bigger box for the short bald bloke to stand on.
Matalan’s new exclusively black and white tank-top and tracksuit range being modelled by Inspector Frost and MacGyver.
No time for the old in-out, love. I’ve just come to read the meter.
Sean: ‘I hear road.cc are
Sean: ‘I hear road.cc are going to use the photo for a humorous caption competition’.
Dave: ‘Well, if they can find any humour in Sky’s performance this year they’re welcome to try.’
Brailsford thinking: I know
Brailsford thinking: I know f**k all about road racing, but I think I got away with it.
Yates thinking: He knows f**k all about road racing. Blue striped toothpaste, my arse.
I’m Sean’s dad, can he have
I’m Sean’s dad, can he have his ball back?
“So, next year we have a new
“So, next year we have a new strategy for the tour – for every minute Bradley loses, we break one of his fingers..”
Ladies and Gents, Team Sky’s
Ladies and Gents, Team Sky’s new management team; Albert Steptoe and Son.
Damian_Hunt wrote:Ladies and
That was the caption for last year’s Sky press photography.
Brailsford and Yates are
Brailsford and Yates are oblivious as Beldar Conehead sneaks up and steals the bike.
As seen on Gumtree:
“Road
As seen on Gumtree:
“Road bike, nearly new, selling as just couldn’t get the hang of it. Was never as fast as the man in the shop said it would be”
“Yeah – it’s not nicked, either”
Crickey Dave, were you on the
Crickey Dave, were you on the cabbage vindaloo again last night.
Whatever you are saying, you
Whatever you are saying, you are wrong and I am right
Whatever you are saying, you
Whatever you are saying, you are wrong and I am right
Brailsford: “We’re a big team
Brailsford: “We’re a big team and we have big aspirations.”
Yates: “Yeah, big team, big plans, little bikes!”
“we have ways of making you
“we have ways of making you train…..” :S
Hey Sean – know anything
Hey Sean – know anything about track cycling?
“Team managers?, nah – we’re
“Team managers?, nah – we’re the new bouncers for the new outdoor Rollapaluza”
Lets face it, as a caption
Lets face it, as a caption competition photo, there ain’t much to go on really. 😐
Dave ” Why the miserable face
Dave ” Why the miserable face Sean”
Sean ” Typical, get an invite to Kate’s and Will’s wedding and then checked the calender, only frigging clashes with the Grand Depart”
Congrats to misforturob.
Congrats to misforturob. There were some truly funny captions suggested here. This year Team Sky kind of set themselves up for this sort of treatment though. Is it my imagination or have they really been a bit quieter and more contrite of late? I hope so. I truly want them to succeed in putting a British rider on the top step of the podium in Paris, as well as giving us something substantial to cheer about during the rest of the year. Good luck for 2011 guys.