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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  • I dare you to point out the Rule 51 violation to him.

    Um, excuse me, Mr. Yates, sir. But it's, uh, come to my attention that you are"”actually"”contra... contravening Rule 51. I'm terribly sorry to have to bring this up, and please don't shoot the messenger (or make him wither under your glare), but...

  • "...a cyclist who actually might end up winning a bar fight..."

    Brilliant. (R Costa he ain't.)

  • @brett
    ewwwww, I couldn't watch two of my favorites doing that. Better to see either one whipping up on Robert Ferrari, right on the finish line.

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