The Graciousness Of A Champion

[Nick Burns]

"Richard Adams" <[email protected]> wrote in message

>
> 'Campionissimo' isn't so much a label as a title. It would be in the american dialect 'The
> champion of champions.' When someone in the context of cycling refers to 'il Campionissimo', you
> have a pretty good idea who they mean.

It is both. If you say "il", as in "THE" then that is Coppi. If you say "un", then they are hyping
another dude. Remember that the French, Italians and Americans for that matter are sometimes guilty
of excess hyperbole.

 

[Richard Adams]

Nick Burns wrote:

> "Richard Adams" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>
>>'Campionissimo' isn't so much a label as a title. It would be in the american dialect 'The
>>champion of champions.' When someone in the context of cycling refers to 'il Campionissimo', you
>>have a pretty good idea who they mean.
>
>
> It is both. If you say "il", as in "THE" then that is Coppi. If you say "un", then they are hyping
> another dude. Remember that the French, Italians and Americans for that matter are sometimes
> guilty of excess hyperbole.

Oui, I mean, si!

 

[Anonymous]

B. Lafferty wrote:
>> Wrong yet again, Henry.

Nick Burns wrote:
> You are wasting your breath.

Is one of the required attributes for a champion RBR poster a large lung capacity ?

 

[Bob Schwartz]

> B. Lafferty wrote:
>>> Wrong yet again, Henry.

> Nick Burns wrote:
>> You are wasting your breath.

> Is one of the required attributes for a champion RBR poster a large lung capacity ?

Do you mean lung, or bladder?

Bob Schwartz [email protected]

 

[Nick Burns]

news[email protected]...
> B. Lafferty wrote:
> >> Wrong yet again, Henry.
>
> Nick Burns wrote:
> > You are wasting your breath.
>
> Is one of the required attributes for a champion RBR poster a large lung capacity ?

What this really means is that the more you argue on RBR, then less effective your training is. The
people that argue the most are *obviously* not putting in the hours on the saddle.

 

[Kurgan Gringion]

"Nick Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> What this really means is that the more you argue on RBR, then less effective your training is.
> The people that argue the most are *obviously* not putting in the hours on the saddle.

Damn, you must be pretty slow.

K. Gringioni very, very slow