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Sky Team . .Road cycling by captaingaulty (U14047929) 24 June 2009  The proposed formation of the Sky Team to compete in TDF & take on the best teams does seem like a natural step in many ways. Following the success on the track & alongside the current surge in road racing, check out any weekend sportive, is one & another I feel is as a country we are far more European in culture, thought & attitude. This is why I feel this team will slip into the main races & be competitive, of course the quality of the riders will help, but gone are the days of joining an obscure team abroad & making up the numbers to race at the highest level. Cavendish, Wiggins etc all know they will never command the attention of other major sportsmen in the UK but they will win races & have real respect from the top European pro riders. Good for Sky & lets hope the TDF comes back soon, oh there's another reason & move towards us being European the crowds at TDF in London 08. Great news & let's get Lance over here to start a stage of the Tour of Brit later this year. Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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tgsgirl (U12454324) posted Jun 25, 2009 Found a way around it. Thank you blogspot.
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pigeons in the park (U13966009) posted Jun 25, 2009 Funny how both "Giro" and "Vuelta" are words in foreign languages but ok... gah!
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tgsgirl (U12454324) posted Jun 25, 2009 Also domestique, grupetto, tour... but never mind. I won't educate you then
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hockinsk (U1650299) posted Jun 25, 2009 'rouleur' is my favourite. There's not really an English version of it.
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pigeons in the park (U13966009) posted Jun 25, 2009 BBC rules make no sense! The other day I had the word "nope" refused as likely to offend
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tgsgirl (U12454324) posted Jun 25, 2009 My very favourite cycling word is sjas-patatten. It's when a rider is caught between a break-away and the peloton and he can't catch up with the guys in front of him and the peloton won't catch up with him.
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starpetec (U13930426) posted Jun 30, 2009 We have a problem in the UK and that is the failure to recognise just how superb our top cyclists are.Last year Mark Cavendish won more stages in the Tour de France than any Brit before but when honours came,nothing.Already this year he's won stages in every major tour so far,yet still little or no recogniition by the media.Hopefully a Sky backed tour team will at last give these amazing cyclists the credit they deserve.Talk to most folk and to them the Tour de France is a drug ridden bore,instead of seeing it as one of the greatest and challenging sports events anywhere on earth.Gee,if this was soccer it would never be out of the press because other than Wimbledon fortnight or The Ashes that seems to be the only sport that exists.Come on British media get 100% behind these amazing and incredibly successful cyclists and give them full credit as national winning riders.Sure a British team would be great along with an emerging development squad of up and coming young riders,say under 18's so as we develop for the future as well.
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Tpott55 (U10609275) posted Jun 30, 2009 Does anyone in their right mind expect Cavendish to jump ship from Columbia (the most successful team at the moment) to Sky??
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findlad (U14054770) posted Jun 30, 2009 The only problem I see is that I don't see anybody who is a genuine Yellow jersey contender? Will it be an all Brit team or will it be a British team with international riders> Comment on this article
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