Schmaltz vs. Millar

NY Velocity interview with David Millar. Great reading as usual.

Gav here, adding: Fab interview. If you haven't seen this thing, go read it now!

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Very nice interview--thanks for posting.

by majope on Dec 14, 2009 5:25 PM EST reply actions

Now with audio

http://velocitynation.com/content/2009/millar-interview-podcast

by tedvdw on Dec 14, 2009 5:34 PM EST reply actions

That thingy was a fab read!

Can’t recommend it enough!

by Jen See on Dec 14, 2009 8:27 PM EST reply actions

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by Frinking on Dec 14, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions

Eh

Don’t always use that thing. Bah!

by Jen See on Dec 14, 2009 9:01 PM EST up reply actions

indeed

nice and honest (at least it seems) interview

Your bike doesn't want to crash so relax and let it roll!!!

by perezbike on Dec 14, 2009 10:04 PM EST up reply actions

Yep, really well done...

by Ed K on Dec 14, 2009 11:26 PM EST up reply actions

Dude...

What’s with all the cuss words?

by ManBicycleThing on Dec 14, 2009 9:26 PM EST reply actions

Quintisential Millar

He’s like three sailors in one. Always makes for good interviews :-)

by Douglas Ansel on Dec 14, 2009 11:45 PM EST up reply actions

he's a Brit, isn't he?

didn’t altogether notice till you pointed it out

by civetta on Dec 15, 2009 4:03 AM EST up reply actions

scot

"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."

--Dino Buzzati

by nrs5000 on Dec 15, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions

and?

by civetta on Dec 15, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions

maltese innit?

by thebongolian on Dec 15, 2009 7:41 PM EST up reply actions

That depends on whether he’s David Millar, champion British cyclist, or David Millar, the Maltese-born doping fiend.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Dec 16, 2009 8:25 AM EST up reply actions

Malta, Hong Kong, Home Counties...

At least he’s got pissed in Scotland a time or two. Which makes him as Scottish as I am.

by civetta on Dec 16, 2009 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

It is pretty much the same interview

Millar’s been giving the last four or five years or so… but certainly one of the best versions of it. Interesting to hear what he makes of Kimmage, too.

by civetta on Dec 15, 2009 4:06 AM EST reply actions

yeah i find their relationship interesting

do you remember that mushy article kimmage wrote about millar in the 08 tour? or maybe it was this year. i guess they’ve made some kind of peace.

"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09

by Ben Shave on Dec 15, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions

oh god, the Paul-Kimmage-auditions-for-a-gig-on-Hello! one?

yikes

by civetta on Dec 15, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions

For the one who can see from the face (Piepo, Cobo stage TdF 2008) who uses EPO

Millar All you do is, all that happens is, let’s say you’re riding up the climb and breathing really hard. – Iit really hurts. Once you do EPO, same sensation: I – it really hurts, but you can keep going. You keep going. A five k climb, where you’re like “It really hurts!” I, it still really hurts when you’re on EPO, but you get ten ks. And then you can recover immediately, boom, do it again the next climb. It sustains your maximal effort.

Also the TdF through Barca is quite hilarious. Thanx

by Frinking on Dec 16, 2009 4:11 AM EST reply actions