{"id":5105,"date":"2014-11-27T05:04:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T05:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankpunk.com\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2014-11-27T05:04:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T05:04:34","slug":"small-talk-interviews-cadel-evans-and-he-doesnt-like-belkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2014\/11\/27\/small-talk-interviews-cadel-evans-and-he-doesnt-like-belkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Talk interviews Cadel Evans and he doesn&#8217;t like Belkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;ve had a bit of a soft spot for Cad Bloody El! Evans ever since he made Vinokourov cry over the white mud of the Strade Bianche on Stage 7 of the 2010 Giro.<\/p>\n<p>go to about 1&#8217;04 on this video here to see Evans resplendent and filthy in the Rainbow, reminding people just what the f**k it stands for HOO HA.<\/p>\n<p>and if you haven&#8217;t seen this stage before you can thank me later&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0uBNQ4BFfSo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=ja&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>a genius ride by the Aussie.<\/p>\n<p>he was recently interviewed by the excellent Small Talk of the Guardian newspaper (crankpunk&#8217;s first true love in the journalism world, as it happens).<\/p>\n<p>he chats about pregnancy tests, his dislike of green cycling kits (sorry to Belkin then, but thanks for the misleading title of this post) and, when asked whether he&#8217;ll spend his retirement riding around his home town snaffling everyone Strava KOMs, he says:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019d rather spend my time riding my bike than talking about riding my bike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>much unlike the vast majority of &#8216;cyclists&#8217;, then [cough].<\/p>\n<p><em>click the image below to head to the article<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2014\/nov\/14\/cadel-evans-car-doors-hit-from-behind-scare-most\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5106\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2014\/11\/27\/small-talk-interviews-cadel-evans-and-he-doesnt-like-belkin\/screen-shot-2014-11-27-at-12-36-39\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen-shot-2014-11-27-at-12-36-39.png?fit=580%2C658&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"580,658\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2014-11-27 at 12.36.39\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen-shot-2014-11-27-at-12-36-39.png?fit=580%2C658&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen-shot-2014-11-27-at-12-36-39.png?resize=580%2C658&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-11-27 at 12.36.39\" width=\"580\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;ve had a bit of a soft spot for Cad Bloody El! Evans ever since he made Vinokourov cry over the white mud of the Strade Bianche on Stage 7 of the 2010 Giro. go to about 1&#8217;04 on this video here to see Evans resplendent and filthy in the Rainbow, reminding people just what the f**k it stands for HOO HA. and if you haven&#8217;t seen this stage before you can thank me later&#8230; a genius ride by the Aussie. he was recently interviewed by the excellent Small Talk of the Guardian newspaper (crankpunk&#8217;s first true love in the journalism world, as it happens). he chats about pregnancy tests, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40955418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11788],"tags":[1432606,767233542,6094],"class_list":["post-5105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","tag-cadel-evans","tag-interview","tag-small-talk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2OfoS-1kl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3626,"url":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2014\/01\/24\/3626\/","url_meta":{"origin":5105,"position":0},"title":"Old Man Evans steals the show","author":"Lee Rodgers","date":"1\u6708 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"by crankpunk. this article originally appeared on The Roar. \u00a0 Sometimes as a journalist you have to admit that you got it wrong and take off the hat (it\u2019s an English flat cap, grey tweed) and shove it in your mouth. 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