EBH and Lövkvist on leaving Columbia

Nothing revolutionary but straight comments from the two on why they chose Sky.

about 2 years ago Jens 14 comments 0 recs |

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Sometimes google translate lets you down....

On my screen it says this under one of the photos

Edvald Boasson Hagen goes out and wins the fourth stage of Tour de Pologne. Leader André Greipel (right) is unable to answer the 22-year-old jerk.

Thank you for the link. With the make up of the Sky team it emphasises the Scandanavian press will probably be as big a source of Sky related stories as the UK press for at least three years (I think it is the first I’ve read that for example).

by andrewp on Nov 24, 2009 5:10 PM EST reply actions

Heh , missed that

I did a quick scan of the translation to see if any parts were nonsense. "couldn’t answer the 22-year old’s attack/burst of speed " is what it says in norwegian

by Jens on Nov 24, 2009 5:36 PM EST up reply actions

Hilarious!

I’m having a hard time getting past

As spurtopptrekker won Gudbrandsdølen namely the 4-stage because the requested shoulder André Greipel failed to match his top speed.

It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro

by majope on Nov 25, 2009 7:49 AM EST up reply actions

Bahaha. Did Greipel's Mum write that or something?

"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.

by Albertina on Nov 25, 2009 11:23 AM EST up reply actions

Poor old EBH

One article (via google) is rude about him, the next gets his picture wrong..

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2314/Boasson-Hagen-aiming-to-step-up-a-level-in-2010-will-make-Tour-debut.aspx

Shame as the article has merit. This is a hell of reference for EBH from TL

I can well say that he is most talented rider I’ve ever seen."

by andrewp on Nov 25, 2009 3:29 PM EST reply actions

Ha Ha

printing a picture of a Swede too. If you’re going to get things wrong …

by Monty. on Nov 26, 2009 2:26 PM EST up reply actions

Went googling wondering how Brailsford’s comments re Scandavians/same wavelength/not southern european etc played in Norway. OK apparently according to this. It is worth google translating this for the links on the side bar alone:

http://msn.tv2sporten.no/sykkel/derfor-ville-team-sky-ha-skandinaviske-ryttere-3021719.html

P.S. Unless I’ve missed one – sky and ctt will be only “top table” teams that will have any Norwegian pros next year.

by andrewp on Nov 25, 2009 5:52 PM EST reply actions

I'm not Norwegian

But I think it’s the same thing there as in Sweden, people (or the media) love when someone with or without authority speak well of their countries or of someone from their countries. Even if it’s totally out of the blue, stupid or just because someone asked them totally unrelated to anything at hand. An example from yesterday, when Cristiano Ronaldo for some reason got asked by a Swedish journalist what he thought about Zlatan Ibrahimovic. As if that was interesting.

Regarding Scandinavians skill of communicating, I’m being reminded of a Swedish author who once put it “You say Copenhagen is in Denmark, and I say it’s in Norway. The truth lies probably somewhere in between.”

Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.

by TheFigurehead on Nov 26, 2009 6:15 AM EST up reply actions