sorry, no i didn't mean that as reflecting badly on him at all (can see how that can be mi

sconstrued though, especially given this week's verdicts)

iirc though he did have to guess passwords for existing email accounts

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on June 27th 2014 at 12:15:27

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To non-cycling fans like me, Chris Froome seems like a bit of a twunt (General Chat) - King, Jun 27, 10:20:50
- based on what? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 11:54:47
  - I was just reading about his relationship with Wiggins this morning (General Chat) - King, Jun 27, 13:28:39
    - Well, there's a long, long history to that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 13:44:51
  - this ^^^ though i've read a biography about him, but not his auto-biography (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 27, 12:04:20
    - Indeed re the hacking, though I've never thought of that as reflecting badly on him (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 12:07:07
      - sorry, no i didn't mean that as reflecting badly on him at all (can see how that can be mi (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 27, 12:15:27
  - (am also not really sure what 'twunt' really sgnifies though (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 11:58:24
- I'm a road cyclist and can confirm..... (General Chat) - ghost of hucks, Jun 27, 11:38:23
- I'm a road cyclist and can confirm..... (General Chat) - ghost of hucks, Jun 27, 11:35:58
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jun 27, 11:46:03
  - That's what I thought, albeit from a far (General Chat) - norway, Jun 27, 11:38:36
    - Wiggins is a whole 'nother question (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 12:11:15
    - Yep spot on. (n/m) (General Chat) - ghost of hucks, Jun 27, 11:41:24
- judging by his autobiography (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jun 27, 11:14:57
  - You do have something against all British cyclists and the British cycling set-up, though (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 11:55:56
    - I don't but I work with and around several professional cycling teams (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jun 27, 11:58:43
      - Ah, good old fashioned envy then :-) (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 27, 12:10:21
        
        Given he won't say anything even slightly specific, you have to assume so (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 12:11:58
      - Right (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 12:01:01
        
        and interesting to note that your first response was (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 12:03:35
        
        I don't have one specific anecdote that shows him to be the devil (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jun 27, 12:21:35
        
        fair enough (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 12:29:08
        
        There's one section about how he held a long grudge (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jun 27, 12:42:37
        
        I think he was a jealous of the adulation Wiggins received, that has not come to him fully (General Chat) - Meh, Jun 27, 14:18:39
        
        Interesting. Of course, that criticiscm has quite a long history (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 27, 12:48:19
        
        speaking of Greg Henderson, what's Cav's problem with him? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 27, 12:45:22
        
        I haven't been following too closely (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jun 27, 12:58:02
        
        oh ok, had seen Hendo's outrage and knew there was a disagreement about a crash but hadn't (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 27, 13:06:42
        
        nicely done (n/m) (General Chat) - namedropper, Jun 27, 12:26:46
        
        Yes, I'm curious about this too (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 27, 12:15:08
- Tbf you've got to be pretty single minded/ pig headed to succeed in a sport that's so hard (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 27, 10:22:56

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