ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Don't know him so can't love or hate him. I like bike racing so can't be neutral, so have opted for love in the absence of 'like him'
Lance. Are you a lover, hater or neutral?
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Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Admire him in some ways, not in others; don't like his public persona at all, but I don't know him personally so no idea what he's 'really' like.
mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
As a bollock cancer survivor myself I find the 'hero' tag more than a little preposterous. One does what one needs to do to survive. I do however think he was a bit of an idiot leaving it until it was the size of a watermelon before he took it to the Dr.
For the record, I think he is a bit of a twat and yet I admire him immensely for his achievements. And I really, really hope he wins the TdF, if only to piss off a whole nation of haters.
For the record, I think he is a bit of a twat and yet I admire him immensely for his achievements. And I really, really hope he wins the TdF, if only to piss off a whole nation of haters.
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
What, the French?mickle said:
Yello, another lamb to the slaughter for you...
I don't know how he can cope with such intense media scrutiny every second whilst he is trying to compete competively in the hardest race in the world with a team that clearly isn't supporting him
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
Which channel is this other TdF being shown on then?yello said:
Kirstie
Über Member
He's an amazing person and with the personality and presence that he appears to have he is bound to polarise opinion. To me he's inspired a lot of people and has also done some good work to combat cancer.
My issue with him is that he is working in the pro peloton and using it to promote his charity fundraising agenda. I think he should keep the two seperate, because the individualised, charismatic and ultimately non-cycling agenda is bound to grate with and disrupt team and other individual performance agendas. It can't be an easy thing to manage if you are a DS.
Good luck to him though. He'll always be contraversial IMO.
My issue with him is that he is working in the pro peloton and using it to promote his charity fundraising agenda. I think he should keep the two seperate, because the individualised, charismatic and ultimately non-cycling agenda is bound to grate with and disrupt team and other individual performance agendas. It can't be an easy thing to manage if you are a DS.
Good luck to him though. He'll always be contraversial IMO.
accountantpete
OAP
I'm going down the Steve Davis route with Lance -hated him when he was winning everything but quite like and respect the guy now.
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
Interesting comparison. Steve Davis was one of my bugbears back in the days when I bothered with snooker. I always wanted one of the mavericks, a Jimmy White or an Alex Higgins, to beat him, but it rarely happened. He was so mechanical and precise, almost inhuman. Mind you, he always seemed like a nice chap and, so far as I know, never cheated.accountantpete said:
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Yeah, he's ok, I suppose. Prefer Wiggins.
mad al
New Member
- Location
- Llanybydder, mid West Wales
Well to me he is a true cyclist who takes whatever whenever is thrown in his face
mad al
New Member
- Location
- Llanybydder, mid West Wales
and as for Wiggs? He will be a force next time as I'm sure they are all aware of
