"what does everyone think of Tomalaris, peronally I think he is a
A TOOL
He has been to 10 tours and still has not learnt the nuances and intricacies.
case in point: O'Grady has got in one more breakaway (read:yet another) and not won.The break splintered because, ofcourse, no one wished to ride a fast man to the finish. Now O'Grady whinges and whines and curses the other riders in the break when they cross the line into the marshalling area. The y exchange words. Now Tomalaris jumps in with bromides and platitudes and proves the sycophant that he is.
He asks questions to the effect of, "is that in the spirit of cycling, not chasing, not doing a pull" note, tomalaris would not use the term pull for cycling that is strictly a nocturnal leisure activity.
Instead of asking OG "did you have the legs" "why did not you make the first move" "why did not you force selection" "why did you expect them to ride you to the finish" "did you expect the break just to stay together for a group sprint"... proper journo's questions. Probing OG's tactics and his road smarts. Assessing his legs on their merit on the day, Tomalaris reduces the 2 minute piece to pandering to Ogrady and feeding his ego.
Alternate case: The only time he has made a "hard-hitting" question, is when he asked a question regarding OG's age in another interview before the tour. When OG had turned 30, did Toma expect his career to slide, has he any knowledge of the most fruitful periods of a rider like OG's career http://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
Contradicting himself: Before the 2004 tour, he tell Mcewen he cannot win, that everyone is saying Petacchi is the best in the world and the fastest. EXCEPT, on Toyota World Sport, Tomalaris has mentioned Mcewen being the best sprinter in the world for 3 years since his stellar 2002 season.
Jingoistic best, always going on about our world domination in cycling.
Never mentions our lack of depth in the classics or GC, the categories that really matter. *Personal opinion, Robbie Mac is a legend and my favourite rider , just trying to be impartial.
Something needs to be done to unseat this fool from our July coverage. Dave Culbert is a brilliant presenter for a former athlete, and a brilliant presenter full stop. He caters to the layman, and the racer. He knows his stuff, like a racer. Plus the credibilty of being on the podium of a world athletics championship. He is my man..