Anatomy of a Photo: Sean Yates V. 2.0

"What we have here is a failure to communicate." photo by Andrew Hood

Sweet Jesus, here is a DS you can’t bluff. Having Raas, Tchmil or Sean Yates as a director must make you a better rider; you will be getting little sympathy from the team car with one of these guys behind the wheel. Some ex-racers really let go when they retire but only Sean Yates looks meaner and leaner after he quits the pro peloton. This photo is quite a contrast to an old photo from his early years in the professional ranks.

We have always held Sean in very high esteem. He has always appeared unstoppable, indestructible, a cyclist who actually might end up winning a bar fight. I bet he can put some of the present climbers on the Sky team in a spot of bother on the flats any time he rides with them. He even looks bandaged up here like he went down in a corner. And that black wrist band, I reckon it is a HTFU, Rule V special. No need to speak to a rider when he drops back to the team car to moan about the work being done on the front for Cav, just a quick look towards his black wrist band is all it takes.

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  • @frank

    @packfiller

    Got the HTFU wrist bands in the mail!! Only thing is, how, as a school teacher, do I get away with it, or at least remember to remove it before going to work??

    "Teacher, what does your wrist band say?"

    oooohhhh shit.

    How old are the kids you teach? Whatever it is, its probably not too young for the Rule #5 Talk.

    With my V year old and my V/2 year old, I simply shorten the phrase to "Harden Up." I find it to be an indispensable parenting tool.

  • @packfiller

    Got the HTFU wrist bands in the mail!! Only thing is, how, as a school teacher, do I get away with it, or at least remember to remove it before going to work??


    "Teacher, what does your wrist band say?"


    oooohhhh shit.

    Ha! I have worn one ever since Stewart O'Grady had them at the tdf and I saw it in a photo. I have never had any patients, or anyone else, ever remark on it. I wear it in clinic everyday. The few times I have told someone about it, they have always said that they thought it was a memorial bracelet or a POW bracelet and did not realize what it actually said. But then again, you're dealing with kids, and they often seem much more perceptive of their immediate environment than adults.

  • @frank, @Nate
    I've found the truncated Rule 5 to be invaluable both as a parent and as a first aider to the Under 9's rugby team although you've got to be a little careful with how you phrase it with the new kids.

    Mummy, that man just told me not to be such a wuss...

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