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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The very best of enemies. Sean Yates and Lance Armstrong -- The Telegraph
@Campagnolo Vince!
If my guns looked like that, damn right I'd wear my shorts short. Can't hide those puppies!
@the Engine
WIN! Thanks for that link, I'm ordering mine now.
@Lepidopterist
That's definitely our work. You can find the history over here.
@frank
Yeah, i think the last issue of Rouleur interviews him and he talks about racing literally with a pacemaker implanted in his chest as he had a few small heart attacks a while ago. Says that he tries to be the first pacemaker implanted finisher in each race he does. Dude is a pure BadAss!
@SWells
Awesome!
@itburns
He seems way less bitter recently in interviews and has even had a few guest slots on some live update tickers. I imagine he is less bitter now as almost everything he has claimed for the last twenty years is coming out nearly 100% correct. But then again, i am not too objective as I will always think he is the BEST!
Is no one going to comment on the hosiery Wiggins is wearing in the photos with Yates? (looks like & name on ribs looks like Wiggins)
And, the photo of Yates in yellow at the head of the pack. His hoods are so far down. Can't imagine riding like that. Compare the position of them in that photo to Wiggo's in the dual shot. Very different. I'm still curious why such a drastic change in reach/positioning.
Is it wrong that I kind of like that photo of Yates & a young COTHO? He seems likeable, hungry, a like cool racer when younger. Vastly different from what he became. (though I might become a nut if I nearly died AND had such popularity.)
@Ron
Wiggo Compression. SKY may have suggested a haircut too -- a shame. (shorn image)
I am thinking Wiggins is becoming the Sinatra of pro cycling -- a Chairman of the Board.
(Romandie Casino Hotel image)