2011 Pro-cycling season thread

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Simpson died while using drugs and while wearing the rainbow jersey. British World Champions do not have much luck.

to be fair, he had eight victories in '66, which isn't bad in the rainbow jersey where you are traditionally well marked.

Let's face it though, the rainbow jersey is usually won through luck and a strong team rather than it being an indicator of supremacy in the peloton. In many ways it's outmoded, but I do still love it.
I actually take a perverse pleasure in a 'nobody' winning it, and seeing a smug chancer gliding through the pack with more privilege than he deserves just because he' wearing a jolly stripy jumper.

william fotheringham just tweeted that Cav has actually signed for Sky

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,15264_7235754,00.html

Damn you guys are quick

blows imaginary smoke from finger and puts it back in 'holster'

That's right

weeps at missed opportunity to be the first to bring news to the forum

Still I had time to fail here, read the article, go make a coffee and still be the first to post it on my Tri club's forum.

Cav to Sky.. Where did that come from?

About 9 months of negotiations I believe

Wow.. Such a surprise..

gosh

Hows the team going to be split between supporting cav or wiggo?

They'll not. They'll crumble and Cadel will win #2.

They'll not. They'll crumble and Cadel will win #2.

That's rich.

Cadel has crumbled more times than Delia Smith.

^Pub humour at its very worst.

That sounds harsh. But true. Can do better.

That's rich.
Cadel has crumbled more times than Delia Smith.

Tell that to his yellow jersey and WC jersey.
Wiggo should've stuck to the track.

Mmm... crumble.

I believe this is now resolved

and bernhard eisel to team sky..

Meant to be Simpson and Millar but a confusion arose with erroneous information in Wikipedia as i was checking my facts. He did with the TT World Chapionship in 2003, as I had thought, and had it stripped off him. Wiki says he won silver which is not the case.

Simpson died while using drugs and while wearing the rainbow jersey. British World Champions do not have much luck.

Good job Cav's not a brit then.

Someone should've told Team GB this, rather than them wasting all day riding for him at the World Championships.

Anyway, he's just a scouser who can swim.

Cav has no swim.

Sorry, that's Cancellara.

Here we fucking go again...

le sigh