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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 13-03-2013 18:07
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What happened to this guy..... |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 13-03-2013 18:12
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What the hell are a French deputy and AS doing in Munich?
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Posted on 13-03-2013 18:13
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That explains his ''mental'' instability right now. |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 13-03-2013 19:02
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cio93 wrote:
What the hell are a French deputy and AS doing in Munich?
Bumped into each other in the lift of an airport hotel, according to the deputy, where surprisingly the deputy was knowledgeable enough to recognize the cyclist unable to push the proper lift button.
Btw, I don't care much about what A. Schleck does in his private life, but I guess that says a lot about his current state of mind and explains why he can't perform anywhere near what he's expected to do. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 13-03-2013 19:15
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Link: https://inrng.tumblr.com/post/45273531...drunk-andy
The guy gets worse and worse for every day...
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| kumazan |
Posted on 13-03-2013 19:34
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He should take a break from pro cycling and sort out his life. Otherwise this could be dangerous for him.
Edit: Anyway the French politician isn't showing much class by making this public. Schleck's private stuff is nothing of his business.
Edited by kumazan on 13-03-2013 19:38
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-03-2013 19:39
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This is nothing new, he was thrown out of the Vuelta by Riis a few years back when he got piss drunk with O'Grady and they both caused a big scene at 3am trying to have a party in the hotel corridors
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 13-03-2013 19:55
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I really liked Schleck a few years back, but after his constant whining, inability to even got on the TT-bike, lack of tactics, etc... I'm just so sick and tired of the guy.
If he were to retire from cycling I wouldn't shed a tear.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 13-03-2013 19:56
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kumazan wrote:
Edit: Anyway the French politician isn't showing much class by making this public. Schleck's private stuff is nothing of his business.
It's better if it is in the public eye because hopefully it might give him a kick up the arse and make him sort his life out! |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 13-03-2013 21:07
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From the tone of the message(s), he's rather respectful of his palmares sympathizing than making publicity or overwhelming him.
To translate the messages he wrote, if you've not read them before :
Late check in a Munich airport hostel. A pretty drunk guy painfully manages to enter the lift and vainly tries to push the button. I recognize a great cycling champion, twice second of Le Tour these last few years. Depressing.
And later :
That was Andy Schleck. Wearing his former team Leopard Trek jacket. He couldn't stand on his legs. I pushed the button to his floor. I found it was a very miserable situation. He had abandoned an Italian race the day before and hasn't finished a single race since Spring 2012. His brother Frank is suspended during one year for doping offence. I thought I was seeing a young lost guy, drunk and alone at night in an airport hostel.
He seems to have a decent knowledge of cycling (I guess barely two guys at work would be able to recognize Andy Schleck, would they bump into him).
I agree it's Schleck's private business, but the politician seems to feel like most of us : it's a shame and it's depressing.
Edited by Aquarius on 13-03-2013 21:08
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-03-2013 21:26
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Why are people acting like he's in a Vandenbroucke/Pantani spiral of self-destruction?
He got drunk. We know he already had that habit years ago, so it's not because of any possible depression.
It's not like he was caught snorting coke off the blade of a knife. People get drunk, and while I personally think it's a retarded thing to do, millions do it every week without it being made into a tragedy.
Lighten up 
Yes, he's throwing away his talent.....welcome to 2009 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 13-03-2013 21:37
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Well, I think that, if I was Andy, I would leave his team. I think that his team doesn't help him at all. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 13-03-2013 21:44
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It's not that he got drunk. I mean, I got drunk myself yesterday, and it's definitely not a tragedy. But it's not the same to get drunk in a party with friends/work mates like on the 2010 Vuelta and to get drunk alone in an airport hotel.
Anyway I don't think he's in a Vandenbroucke/Pantani/Chava spiral, but rather that he's at risk of ruining his career, which is much worse than just wasting his talent by only caring about two events in the whole calendar.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 13-03-2013 22:38
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Miguel98 wrote:
Well, I think that, if I was Andy, I would leave his team. I think that his team doesn't help him at all.
The team was half set up specifically for him before the merger, so no way in hell that is happening.
Edi: maybe it is because Schleck doesn't ever get the joy of getting pissed after a win?
Edited by CountArach on 13-03-2013 22:39
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-03-2013 23:07
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CountArach wrote:
The team was half set up specifically by him before the merger, so no way in hell that is happening.
Fixed
Seriously though, wouldn't surprise me to see him leave. His giant ego versus Bruyneel's giant ego is bound to end in a bust-up sooner or later.
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Edi: maybe it is because Schleck doesn't ever get the joy of getting pissed after a win?
Now that's just mean
Edited by issoisso on 13-03-2013 23:08
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-03-2013 06:00
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issoisso wrote:
Why are people acting like he's in a Vandenbroucke/Pantani spiral of self-destruction?
He got drunk. We know he already had that habit years ago, so it's not because of any possible depression.
It's not like he was caught snorting coke off the blade of a knife. People get drunk, and while I personally think it's a retarded thing to do, millions do it every week without it being made into a tragedy.
Lighten up
Yes, he's throwing away his talent.....welcome to 2009
Well, i was going to write exactly this. We have so many moralists here. 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-03-2013 06:36
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At least it's different from all the doping news. He's... a form of entertainment, maybe?
You have to admit, he always makes you wonder: will he quite? Will he even start? Is he pissed?
And then when he does quit, you can't help but smile, can't you? 
All kidding aside, it's his business if he wants to get pissed, no one is forcing him to do this for a living. If he doesn't like training on a bike: quite cycling.
Edited by Ian Butler on 14-03-2013 06:45
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-03-2013 06:42
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In the end, it is his thing. If he gets paid for being a professional cyclist, who gets pissed and does not finish almost any race, it is stupidity of the ones who pay him, not his. I would take this job gladly.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 14-03-2013 07:16
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Interesting reading :
https://www.cyclis...the-house/
Excerpt :
Emilio Magni – Liquigas Cannondale
Emilio started out as Team Doctor at Mercatone Uno, where he was hired specifically to look after team leader Marco Pantani. In 2001 he moved to Fassa Bortolo where, in 2001, he was the subject of an investigation into doping practices. He was responsible for doping the likes the of Bartoli, Casa Grande and Rumsas. Currently providing medical advice for young talent Peter Sagan.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-03-2013 07:25
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Aquarius wrote:
Interesting reading :
https://www.cyclis...the-house/
Excerpt :
Emilio Magni – Liquigas Cannondale
Emilio started out as Team Doctor at Mercatone Uno, where he was hired specifically to look after team leader Marco Pantani. In 2001 he moved to Fassa Bortolo where, in 2001, he was the subject of an investigation into doping practices. He was responsible for doping the likes the of Bartoli, Casa Grande and Rumsas. Currently providing medical advice for young talent Peter Sagan.
Ouch. 
It seems that pretty much half of the doctors in teams are connected to doping somewhat...
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 14-03-2013 07:26
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