Boonen said after yesterday's stage ( http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/jul06/jul15news3 ): Boonen had some strong words about sprint rival Robbie McEwen, who joined Boonen in an early attack and, Boonen claimed, destroyed the break's chances. "I went into the attack because I thought it would go all day," said Boonen. "I went with it to win the stage; but Robbie was acting ridiculously the whole day, the entire peloton is really [censored] at him."
What I don't get, is why would Boonen expect McEwan to let him go? I would have thought it was obvious that McEwan would want to be in any breakaway that had Boonen in it, or am I missing something?
"I went into the attack because I thought it would go all day," said Boonen. "I went with it to win the stage; but Robbie was acting ridiculously the whole day, the entire peloton is really [censored] at him."
FFS, someone better remind Tom about how the overall GC works, or that Robbie's a sprinter, ie: pedals along nicely in the peloton, *then* makes his mark in the final sprint. Or failing that, Tom doesn't like Robbie's yobbo humour, maybe there was a joke circulating around that he didn't get.. 😄
On 2006-07-15, cfsmtb (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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DaveB said:
"I went into the attack because I thought it would go all day," said Boonen. "I went with it to win the stage; but Robbie was acting ridiculously the whole day, the entire peloton is really [censored] at him."
FFS, someone better remind Tom about how the overall GC works, or that Robbie's a sprinter, ie: pedals along nicely in the peloton, *then* makes his mark in the final sprint. Or failing that, Tom doesn't like Robbie's yobbo humour, maybe there was a joke circulating around that he didn't get.. 😄
Boonen was furious after the stage according to this:
FFS, someone better remind Tom about how the overall GC works, or that Robbie's a sprinter, ie: pedals along nicely in the peloton, *then* makes his mark in the final sprint. Or failing that, Tom doesn't like Robbie's yobbo humour, maybe there was a joke circulating around that he didn't get.. 😄
I think Tom knows _he_ is the joke circulating in the peleton.... meeeooowwwwww!!
So who else thinks Micheal Rogers comes across as a bit of a bogan?
Oh that's a bit unfair. People even said Hell on Wheels was a good movie. How boring was Zabel? And how thick were his mates? OTH, conversation and culture can't be that great if you spend 7 hours a day on your bike and the rest of your day sharing meals and rooms with the same folk.
I reckon Mick's a genuine Aussie legend and deserves a bit more of a profile. How many triple world champions have we got?
Next you'll be wanting rugby league players not to drink and to be gentle with women. ;-)
So who else thinks Micheal Rogers comes across as a bit of a bogan?
Don't know enough about the things he does in his spare time, but if you're saying this just because of his ocker accent, then it's a bit unfair. He's just a good Aussie lad, like lots of other friends of mine.
Where I come from the 'bogans' are just as likely to dance to the bazouki, or talk with a thick Lebanese accent!
What I don't get, is why would Boonen expect McEwan to let him go? I would have thought it was obvious that McEwan would want to be in any breakaway that had Boonen in it, or am I missing something?
Boonen wasn't complaining about McEwen to let him go, or even tagging along and coasting on the bunch.
What McEwen was doing was disrupting the rhythm of the bunch be taking the lead then slowing down. Which is what teams do when they have someone in the break and want to hinder the peleton chasing them down. It is not cricket in a breakaway though.
McEwan was also critised by not respecting a call of nature by the Yellow in the peleton. McEwen's defense was he isn't competing in the GC and Freire in the breakway wasn't stopping for it either.
