It is as if he never won

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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Mike I » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:36 pm

The Grauniad is generally better than most at covering cycling, and there is a report on the website [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/mar/22/mark-cavendish-milan-san-remo-win[/url] to follow up yesterday's in the Observer.

I imagine space must have been at a premium in the sports pages today - what with the rugby, the women's World Cup cricket victory, Formula 1 not quite starting and Wigan v Hull City :roll: .

Progress is being made though. I see the world track championships have reached the dizzy heights of BBC2 now :D .
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Rob Q » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:58 pm

Have to agree with you Sean, I got the Sunday times and only a snippet about Cav. I was most annoyed that even after the tdf was in the UK and the Olympics highs no sports editor gave him or the significance of winning that race more space in the back pages. :(
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby -Adam- » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:09 pm

Just another shining example of why I can't wait to leave this country behind!
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Dombo » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:24 pm

So long as Walsh and that ridiculous Kimmage write for the Sunday Times any cycling coverage will be on the level of poking around in dustbins looking for scandal. Sport section of Murdoch's flagship rag goes straight in the guinea pig hutch where Snuffles and Fluffy give it the attention it deserves.
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby MJ_1993 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:30 pm

Now, if you bought a good, reliable and generally rather awesome paper like the Independent. THERE WAS ONE!!!! =P

moral of the story: buy the Independent.
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby -Adam- » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:52 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"][quote="-Adam-"]Just another shining example of why I can't wait to leave this country behind!



....and go to one that barely exists on paper, where one half of the country hates the other and neither will speak the other's language..oh and it rains just as much if not more. :lol: :lol: :lol:


I know, but none of that matters. I saw enough on Saturday to convince me. I wouldn't rule out France or Italy either. You'd be begging me to stay if I moved to the later though eh! Somehow though there really is only one choice...
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby MJ_1993 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:56 pm

independent is an awesome paper. albeit the guardian is solid reading too. FT wins (except for sport)
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Ian A4size » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:52 pm

Article about Cav in the times today,

independant..... oh yeah?

gruniad........... hmmmmmmmm

belgian beers the best........ :D
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Graham O » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:10 am

Just got to get my morning rant sorted before I start work...

Got the Times this morning. There was a picture on the back page of Lance sitting on his backside after falling off his bike. There was also a quite large writup of how his season is under theat. Noticed it was also in other papers. Apparently this is bigger news that a Brit winning a major classic for the first time since the 60s.

I wouldn't be surprised if Cav just leaves the UK....He doesn't get any mainstream support really...

Another point, why oh why are the papers much more interested in writing about things going wrong, than celebrating things going right. If they gave some support to Cav, it might inspire many to try to achieve more in cycling \ sport....
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Graham O » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:29 am

Probably going to CG....
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Dombo » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:15 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"] You CGing tonight or a slower more gentile lot tomorrow?

Sean


That's a little unorthodox :D
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Re: It is as if he never won

Postby Mike I » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:09 pm

[quote="Graham O"]Got the Times this morning. There was a picture on the back page of Lance sitting on his backside after falling off his bike. There was also a quite large writup of how his season is under theat. Noticed it was also in other papers. Apparently this is bigger news that a Brit winning a major classic for the first time since the 60s.


Maybe he did take a dive to keep himself on the back pages. Mmm, makes you wonder about the stolen bike as well, doesn't it?
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