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Roddy Hammersmythe, road captain and entertaining personality for Team Sky in this year’s Giro d’Italia explains his role within the British squad. There’s never a dull moment with Roddy and his unique perspective on bike racing makes him a fan favorite. His particulars are below. (please excuse the strange delay in the podcast start.)
Roddy Hammersymthe is a versatile rider, a rouler, hard man and captain on the road for Team Sky’s debut at the prestigious Giro D’Italia. The last man signed by manager Scott Sunderland, Roddy brings a wealth of experience and a dominating personality whenever and wherever there’s a bike race to be won.
There is no mistaking the excitment and passion Roddy brings to Team Sky. “My role is to bring the hammer,” he says. That’s the attitude, right? I set the tone on the squad and it’s all about the hammer.”
Working with a British team and so many British riders is a dream come true from Hammersmythe. “We got got something special here, it’s like when Deep Purple would hit the stage or Led Zeppelin. The lads believe in each other and we’re putting on a show,” says Roddy. We’re here to rock ‘n’ roll, top the podium and score UCI points.”
With major stars like Bradley Wiggins, Evald Boassen Hagen and Juan Antonio Flecha, it would be easy to overlook the major impact that Roddy has on the squad. “He’s the spark plus, the emotional leader of Sky, he brings the hammer,” says manager Scott Sunderland. “He makes my job easy, because Roddy knows exactly what to do at any given moment in a race. There’s nothing he hasn’t seen or done.”
Stay tuned because we’re sure you’ll be hearing plenty from Roddy as team Sky tackles the Giro for the first time.
😀 kill and maim..yeh.. 😀
long pause at the beginning for some reason..
Destroy! Kill! Maim! lmfao
hanging out for Roddy's sound bite from today's race, surely there's nothing more dangerous than a slippery hammer?
so whats happened to roddy.. 🙁
Roddy was just too busy working hard for Wiggins and I was working too hard at the Tour of California. Rumor is Roddy will be back chatting with me this week. I miss him too.