KlapperKnop Posted July 14, 2008 Author Posted July 14, 2008 I get your point Willehond ... I just hope JL remains as humble as he is? and wish him all the luck for his future international career.
Pieter Henning Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 He is quite a bit younger than Ricco and Schleck - Keep that in mind. Whom of you knew who Riccardo Ricco was two years ago?
Willehond Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 He is quite a bit younger than Ricco and Schleck - Keep that in mind. Whom of you knew who Riccardo Ricco was two years ago?  Craven did
gianni Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 + he had a serious accident early in the year did he not ??
Saffa_G Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 be careful not to generalise ..... in my loung we all jump up and down when we see robbie or John Lee in the picture .... I am the only one that cycles and everyone sits and watches with me ....  loads of support. We even sat last night and all watched Burry Stander and greg Minaar kicking but on SS5 at the fort William event .... go Saffa's go Â
linnega Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 He is quite a bit younger than Ricco and Schleck - Keep that in mind. Whom of you knew who Riccardo Ricco was two years ago?  Craven did Yes, we knew about him two years ago. Andy Schleck maybe not - but then he is much the same age as JL. In any case, the only reason I compared them is that they are all TDF rookies.
loskop Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Originally posted by PhenHe is quite a bit younger than Ricco and Schleck - Keep that in mind. Whom of you knew who Riccardo Ricco was two years ago? Mortirolo did! Originally posted by MortiroloIn 2004, before WCH in Verona (Italy), Ricco was kicked out of Italian U23 national team, because he didnt past pre race blood test. His Hematocrite was to high and no, he doenst have exception. So Mr super natural climber must of take two weeks of and it was no wolrds for him. Than he turned profesional and the rest all of you know pretty well.
Austin Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Experience and age in cycling is not measured in years racing and years, but number of "hits" at a certain level of cycling. Like training, the more you do the quality races('hits"), the better you become. SA cyclists get sort of 3/4 hits per day of event on the Worldsview races and the Giro and possibly one other big tour a year. So that totals around a good 10 to 15 days of quality riding at that level, therefore only those amount of training days.Euro youngsters do 15 days per months for avg 9 month of the year. Therefore once we are over there, we are playing catch up and you will generally see SA riders only ever peaking or showing their promise later on. Keep you eyes on JL and be patient..
KlapperKnop Posted July 15, 2008 Author Posted July 15, 2008 The irony is when SA won the World Cup in 1994 .... how did the SA react??? This is the same feeling I have with RH and JL in the TdF .... why does hubbers want to compare SA to the international front? Common .. give RH and JL the benefit; they deserver the recognition just being at TdF reagardless there result in the tour!!!
AndreZA Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 The irony is when SA won the World Cup in 1994 .... how did the SA react??? This is the same feeling I have with RH and JL in the TdF .... why does hubbers want to compare SA to the international front? Common .. give RH and JL the benefit; they deserver the recognition just being at TdF reagardless there result in the tour!!!  Yip, we should just be happy they are there. The europeans have always been in there so it's no big deal for them. They are just as ecstatic when they make it in other "non-common" sports. Â
KlapperKnop Posted July 15, 2008 Author Posted July 15, 2008 See how the French people support any of their French Cyclists in the tour leading the race; even just in a break!!! KlapperKnop2008-07-15 01:16:52
Rhodent Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 mr brother in the uk tells me the commentators there are under the impression that there is only one african in the race - Robbie.froome is considered british, as is barloworld. when someone emailed them to tell them that there are in fact three africans, even though froome is on a british license, and barloworld is uk registered but sa sponsored they said that its a load of ****. They say froome is british thru and thru, and RH is barloworlds only contact to africa or SA
AndreZA Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 We are all african. South African to be exact and from the west rand. The Cradle of human kind proves it. Oh crap, here comes another religious debate. Â
TNT1 Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008  We are all african. South African to be exact and from the west rand. The Cradle of human kind proves it. Oh crap' date=' here comes another religious debate.  [/quote']  Your great aunty is Mrs Ples?Â
Dirtbreath Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 The irony is when SA won the World Cup in 1994 .... how did the SA react??? This is the same feeling I have with RH and JL in the TdF .... why does hubbers want to compare SA to the international front? Common .. give RH and JL the benefit; they deserver the recognition just being at TdF reagardless there result in the tour!!! Â What World Cup did we win in '94? Can't believe I missed it.
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