By my original point is that we need to stop all the hand wringing and just say 'bloody well done.' Too many don't want to celebrate Team S*y's (for Pogue Mahone) success and instead, question it. Personally, I think this is cultural baggage we need to get rid of, and instead hang out the...
But hang on. I don't really think the French would give two hoots about us celebrating an Englishman getting to the Wimbledon final. Why should we be too concerned about their little cycling difficulties? And now they all appear to be going off in a Gallic huff (the Tour is on page 12 of...
Jesus wept, we Brits are a funny bunch.
You can bet your bottom dollar that if Sky were a mega-bucks French outfit and Thibaut Pinot was wrapping up his fourth victory today, there would be bunting in every French rue and no hand-wringing over how bad it all was for cycling.
I would love to see Sky win it with a Frenchman. That would just be hilariously brilliant.
I agree with Stat. Why people moan about Sky is beyond me. They pay big bucks, but there are other teams also paying significant sums. Sky work as a team, and they are good at it. Time for the other teams...