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Friday caption competition: Team Sky! We have a winner!

Cheer up lads, might never happen. Or rather it might. Whichever.

Choosing a winner from all the entries you fired in for this one was tough. I thought there'd be a few references to Shameless, Channel 4's cult TV series set not a million miles from the Manchester velodrome… for which this looks like a publicity still for a couple of new lead characters in the new series… I think it's that team shellsuit-type top that Sean Yates looks so at home in.  An honourable mention to Fringe then for being on the same wavelength with his "i'll be Liam and you can be Noel". 

But the winner has to be misforturob - who appropriately enough seems to be in Manchester for this borrowing from the film Goodfellas

"I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"

Well, it made me laugh… humour's a very personal thing. Anyway we'll be having a ratch down the back of the road.cc sofa and a some suitable schwag will be heading north asap. 

In the meantime why not read Simon MacMichael's interview with Team Sky's head honchos Dave Brailsford and Sean Yates which is the reason we were sent these pictures of the two of them looking moody in the first place.

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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onlyonediane | 14 years ago
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Dave " Why the miserable face Sean"
Sean " Typical, get an invite to Kate's and Will's wedding and then checked the calender, only frigging clashes with the Grand Depart"

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simonmb | 14 years ago
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Congrats to misforturob. There were some truly funny captions suggested here. This year Team Sky kind of set themselves up for this sort of treatment though. Is it my imagination or have they really been a bit quieter and more contrite of late? I hope so. I truly want them to succeed in putting a British rider on the top step of the podium in Paris, as well as giving us something substantial to cheer about during the rest of the year. Good luck for 2011 guys.

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handlebarcam replied to Damian_Hunt | 14 years ago
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Damian_Hunt wrote:

Ladies and Gents, Team Sky's new management team; Albert Steptoe and Son.

That was the caption for last year's Sky press photography.

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effemm | 14 years ago
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"I've got the brains, you've got the looks / Let's make lots of money."

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effemm | 14 years ago
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"Ron, there is nothing more stupiderer…"

"than messing about with Brad's training schedule, Ron"

"Yeah Ron, but that's what we do, because we are..."

(together)

"The Management."

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lesliejames | 14 years ago
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Just when we needed him most the big boss in the Sky takes a vacation.

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Brazzo3000 | 14 years ago
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"Don´t believe the hype!"
"Don´t believe the bike!"

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ColT | 14 years ago
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Brailsford: I'll be the Genie, you're Aladdin.

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NO Endeavour | 14 years ago
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Brailsford: [thinking] "If I kind of... half close my eyes, and do my 'Guvnor' pose... then they'll think I have a plan."

Yates: [thinking] "How come I didn't get a Teak Sky watch?"

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shay cycles | 14 years ago
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Small bikes, big ambitions!

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G-bitch | 14 years ago
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Results?! I'll pretend that matters, but I'm smiling inside when I think of payday...

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trevorx | 14 years ago
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I told you we're not ready to take those stabilizers off.

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OldRidgeback | 14 years ago
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Only one of us looks like a Mitchell brother from Eastenders.

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pabryan | 14 years ago
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"Look Dave [insert name of French team here] haven't even iPhones for their riders yet"
"Poor fools haven't they heard of marginal gains?"

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chrisc | 14 years ago
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We're great big serious old Hectors

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badback | 14 years ago
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After several hours searching, neither Sean or Dave could find where they had dropped the keys for the bike lock.

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maxlite | 14 years ago
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Brailsford: If they dont pick that dog stuff up, I'll be down there!

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Didge | 14 years ago
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Plz to be telling us where you got that beef from?

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timbola | 14 years ago
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Sean: "Bjarne, look on the bright side, somebody's bound to turn up for Alberto's bike."  3

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Philg | 14 years ago
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Sean Yates "Say hello to my little friend! No Dave not you, i meant the bike. Also you can stop trying to look tough its not fooling anyone"

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Claypole | 14 years ago
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Brailsford in thought: I'm standing next to one of the all time hard men and I know it.

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awkward | 14 years ago
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Brailsford: Russell Downing might have been small, but he didn't half fill me up, I couldn't manage the aero helmet as well.

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storeysnotinfrance | 14 years ago
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- D'you think I look hard..?
- Nah, not at all...

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storeysnotinfrance | 14 years ago
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- Now the Spartacus has gone to the Luxembourg lot, we should sign Shaun Ryder.
- That's a good plan... I'll get in touch with his Inner Chump

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misforturob | 14 years ago
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I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

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aworthycause | 14 years ago
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Yates: Guess where I've got my left hand
Brailsford: No

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wwaswas | 14 years ago
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I'm freezing and he's got hair and the team coat!

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Bev | 14 years ago
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Are you sure this will get us an interview as replacements for the Mitchel brothers?...

It would have if you got you're hair cut - you muppet!

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othello | 14 years ago
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"Have you let rip?"

"I'm not saying a word..."

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Mat Brett | 14 years ago
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Giant directeurs sportifs cause peloton chaos

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