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MagillaGorilla said:I wasn't talking about his salary. I'm talking about his career, his
legacy. It's an illusion. The fact that some French team is willing to
pay him for this illusion has nothing to do with the fact that his
career palmares are garbage.
The illusion is that any sportsman's career is about anything other than
celebrity.
Geraard Spergen said:MagillaGorilla said:I wasn't talking about his salary. I'm talking about his career, his
legacy. It's an illusion. The fact that some French team is willing
to pay him for this illusion has nothing to do with the fact that his
career palmares are garbage.The illusion is that any sportsman's career is about anything other than
celebrity.
There might be something profound in this statement.
Magilla
DA74 said:For the rest of you, the point is that Voeckler is a total ass-clown
that was gifted the jersey on a rainy day at the Tour where no one felt
like riding, let alone racing.
It may not have been raining, but the same might be said of the potential
winner of the 2006 TDF.
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