Re: Cycling : Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:23 pm  

John_D wrote:

Pardon my ignorance - who?

please keep up John...

I think he means Jonathan Tiernan-Locke a really good british cyclist who had his career cut short with a nasty viral disease a few years back - he's come back and has been racing in the second tier but looking for a deserved break in the big time - I reckon he could be taking over from Cav at SKY if the rumours are correct

can't think of another 'JTL'

Re: Cycling : Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:23 pm  

Sanjunien look at the last post of the previous page

Your right by the way

Re: Cycling : Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:39 am  

Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:

Sanjunien look at the last post of the previous page

Your right by the way

oops, sorry FTMM, didn't spot the post

JTL is a decent bet for bigger things IMO - just unlucky that illness put him back a few years if not, we may heve seen him wearing the yellow jersey recently ?

Re: Cycling : Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:05 am  

Wouldn't surprise me to see Inverdale at the cycling today. He followed all the success yesterday when he was at the rowing in the morning and the athletics in the evening.

The guy gets involved in more celebrations that John Terry at the moment....

Re: Cycling : Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:19 pm  

Been reading and hearing plenty about Tiernan-Locke this season, and his most likely destination probably is Sky. I'm looking forward to seeing what impact he makes on the World Tour scene.

Re: Cycling : Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:42 am  

I'm not sure if he will go sky to be honest. The way he's shaping he might want to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond. I'm sure that he will seen the froome v Brad issues. I think he will see himself as a GC at the tour can Sky afford to have both of them in the same GC team? Or will he even want to be stuck in that situation?

Re: Cycling : Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:51 am  

Also I knew the omnium was a bet to far!
I had a E/W accumulator on the mens team pursuit, mens sprint, mens keiren, mens omnium and mens team sprint. Unfortunately they only pay out to 2 places

1 place away from £100

Re: Cycling : Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:49 pm  

Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:

I'm not sure if he will go sky to be honest. The way he's shaping he might want to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond. I'm sure that he will seen the froome v Brad issues. I think he will see himself as a GC at the tour can Sky afford to have both of them in the same GC team? Or will he even want to be stuck in that situation?

It depends on his motives really. But I think he has a way to go yet before he's riding competitively in Grand Tours, so a few years riding with Sky and getting a shot at some of the shorter stage races in the meantime might be just the ticket. He's also expressed a desire to do well in the Classics, which were something of a disappointment for Sky this year.

Re: Cycling : Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:43 pm  

looking forward to the Tour du Limousin next week - it starts and finishes in Limoges and passes through our town which is great !

a few TdF racers cycling this year including Hinault & Roche - usually a competitive race, can't wait ...

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:46 am  

Perk of the job, I get to see this before many.
Sky's team for the Vuelta announced. Froomedog, as expected, will lead it. Juan Antonio Flecha, Sergio Henao, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift, Rigoberto Urán and Xabier Zandio make up the rest of it. That looks strong to me.