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@big_daddy_wayne
Do you honestly think you can get to the top of such a hard sport without having a somewhat enlarged sense of self? Did you listen to Cancellara's intro comments to this year's Tour?
Most people at the top of their chosen 'game' are self-centred. They have to be, otherwise they are not putting their all into the task at hand. Ego? Maybe, but it's perhaps necessary.
Have you read It's Not About the Bike? You'll find quite a few people think he's a hero.
On bike forums you'll find people either love him or hate him.[/quote]
read the books and seen the dvd's but my personal heros have qualities far removed from respecting one mans ability to pedal quicker than someone else -
I recognize that he has an amazing ability to pedal faster for longer thatn most people but he's not who I pretend to be when i'm doing a stupid fast descent or hauling my ample carcass up a hill