After whinging and whining (as I do) about Chechu Rubiera's web-site stealing a photo of mine of Alberto Contador from the TdF presentation, I had a couple e-
mails from the guys who put together that section of his web-site. Both guys apologized which I really appreciate! Believe it or not the photo was taken off the web-site within minutes. As I said before I didn't really mind so much about Rubiera's web-site as he's a rider, and I believe riders deserve and certain understanding and respect. At the end of the day if they weren't around we wouldn't have anything to take pictures of. I actually found it quite funny in a way that Rubiera's guys (the ones I really wasn't too worried about) were the ones to contact me, apologies and remove the photo. I thank them for that, and have given them permission to use the photo should they so desire (though I'm sure they have better things to do than endlessly removing and adding photos.) :-)
I should also probably stop brandishing Chechu Rubiera's name around as none of this really has anything to do with him. He'll be sitting on his bike all day in the cold getting ready for 08. Here's wishing Rubiera a great 2008 season, which he will apparently be kicking off down here at the Tour down Under. This will be his first trip to Aus, and I hope he has better weather than I've had for my first trip to Australia. I don't yet know if I'm going to Tour Down Under, I should find out Friday, so maybe I'll get the opportunity to "shoot" him... on film of course! Now if HE were American he'd be suing me. ;-)
mails from the guys who put together that section of his web-site. Both guys apologized which I really appreciate! Believe it or not the photo was taken off the web-site within minutes. As I said before I didn't really mind so much about Rubiera's web-site as he's a rider, and I believe riders deserve and certain understanding and respect. At the end of the day if they weren't around we wouldn't have anything to take pictures of. I actually found it quite funny in a way that Rubiera's guys (the ones I really wasn't too worried about) were the ones to contact me, apologies and remove the photo. I thank them for that, and have given them permission to use the photo should they so desire (though I'm sure they have better things to do than endlessly removing and adding photos.) :-)I should also probably stop brandishing Chechu Rubiera's name around as none of this really has anything to do with him. He'll be sitting on his bike all day in the cold getting ready for 08. Here's wishing Rubiera a great 2008 season, which he will apparently be kicking off down here at the Tour down Under. This will be his first trip to Aus, and I hope he has better weather than I've had for my first trip to Australia. I don't yet know if I'm going to Tour Down Under, I should find out Friday, so maybe I'll get the opportunity to "shoot" him... on film of course! Now if HE were American he'd be suing me. ;-)
No that's not Rubiera out training, it's John Parks... I don't have a pic of Rubiera... yet.
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