roches vuelta diary

ednwireland · 22-08-2011 9:54am #1

its back

edit that seems to have disappeared off the website - weird

theres this one for sat

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/nicolas-roche-if-i-dont-do-well-all-i-will-remember-from-this-year-are-the-crashes-2853485.html

(sometimes wonder whether hes doing himself any favours being this honest)

CheGuedara · 22-08-2011 10:45am

Web page seems to have evaporated!

ednwireland · 02-09-2011 10:56am

you really have to wonder about the ag2r team, they need there own chef i think

Along with the HTC team, my Ag2r La Mondiale squad have been staying in the same motorway hotel-cum-garage forecourt for the past three nights and the smell of petrol everywhere is starting to get to me a bit now.

My girlfriend Chiara is still on the race but the only time I get to see her is at dinner and breakfast. While I'm racing, she is with the soigneurs, helping them at the feed zone. At the finish, she gets the guys drinks and food to pass the time. Then she has to wait for me to get showered, changed and have a massage before we go to dinner.

After the stage yesterday we had an hour and a half drive back to the hotel on really narrow, winding mountain roads and didn't get dinner until 10.30. The food has been brutal in the hotel, so last night the HTC team chef took pity on us and gave us some of their dinner. Some teams bring their own chef on every race, but we've never had one. As luck would have it, myself and Chiara had already eaten the shrivelled-up hotel pasta and missed out, but the guys said HTC's was way nicer.

iregk · 02-09-2011 1:31pm

They should but I don't think they have the budget for it. Also maybe that was a sensational move for a new job by the HTC chef. Spying an opening and diving into it.

GetWithIt · 05-09-2011 10:14am

Anyone read the hard copy know what the bus driver said that made Roche lose the rag? Online is a broken link once again.

ednwireland · 05-09-2011 10:32am

GetWithIt wrote: »

Anyone read the hard copy know what the bus driver said that made Roche lose the rag? Online is a broken link once again.

the bus driver (over the radio) said he'd made pasta fro when they got to the bus, roche said he thought they were getting apizza as it was a rest day tomorrow, bus driver said they didnt deserve it after the stage they had. roche then lost the rag.

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