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kerrylikesbikes
kerrylikesbikes Posts: 64 Member
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So what is the scoop "over there"... ?

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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Belgian Born Son of an Australian doesn't get on well with a Kenyan bloke.
  • composite
    composite Posts: 138 Member
    Rider most likely to win chosen to lead team over rider less likely to win.

    Less likely to win rider not picked for team as can't be trusted to fully support most likely to win rider due to what Yin said.
  • kerrylikesbikes
    kerrylikesbikes Posts: 64 Member
    ok thx....seemed to be a big news item on our side, and I couldn't see why such a big deal. Just seemed strategic to me...
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    :smile:
    Belgian Born Son of an Australian doesn't get on well with a Kenyan bloke.
    Kenyan?
    Chris Froome is as English as Mo Farah and Kevin Pietersen.

    No wait..... erm.
    :smile:
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    :smile:
    Belgian Born Son of an Australian doesn't get on well with a Kenyan bloke.
    Kenyan?
    Chris Froome is as English as Mo Farah and Kevin Pietersen.

    No wait..... erm.
    :smile:

    Not to ask a stupid question, but who are Mo Farah and Kevin Pietersen?
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Two other foreigners that are portrayed as English by our sporting press (at least when they are winning)
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    :smile:
    Belgian Born Son of an Australian doesn't get on well with a Kenyan bloke.
    Kenyan?
    Chris Froome is as English as Mo Farah and Kevin Pietersen.

    No wait..... erm.
    :smile:

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    Not to ask a stupid question, but who are Mo Farah and Kevin Pietersen?

    article_16ec9f7898cc1393_1344865461_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg
    Mo Farah (Somalian) Team GB Athletics 5,000m, 10,000m & Marathon Runner

    kevin-pietersen_2378413b.jpg
    Kevin Pietersen (South African) Ex-England Cricketer
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Is it safe to hope that the Yates Brothers could ride, it'd be nice to have someone English riding when LeTour comes over here (otherwise we'd be resorting to the Welshman and the Manx Gobshoite)
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Two other foreigners that are portrayed as English by our sporting press (at least when they are winning)
    What a cynical lot we are!

    How about Andy Murray?
    British winner of Wimbledon or the Scot that got knocked out of the French Open?
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    How about Andy Murray?
    British winner of Wimbledon or the Scot that got knocked out of the French Open?

    I thought he was 'Scottish' when he won & 'British' when he lost?

    'least he was born in the British Isles :laugh:
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    How about Andy Murray?
    British winner of Wimbledon or the Scot that got knocked out of the French Open?

    I thought he was 'Scottish' when he won & 'British' when he lost?

    'least he was born in the British Isles :laugh:

    That depends on if it's Alex Salmond or David Cameron making the speech...

    and as to where he's born... personally I'm more concerned with where he lives and pays his taxes... hence my cold loathing of Froome.

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