Disgruntled comedy cycling trio Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden
and Tim Brooke-Taylor have labelled Team GB coaching staff as ‘ageist’ after
being denied an opportunity to compete for gold at their home Olympics.
Three-time Olympic silver medallists Brooke-Taylor, Garden and Oddie
The anarchic trio
believe that despite being in the comedy cycling wilderness for nearly thirty
years they deserved one last shot at Olympic glory. But they claim that Team GB
chiefs overlooked them in favour of younger comedy cyclists like Bradley
‘Wiggo’ Wiggins.
Oddie, Garden and
Brooke-Taylor became known as ‘The Goodies’ after a run of form saw them reach
three consecutive Olympic finals between 1976 and 1984, as well as scoring pop chart
success with ‘the funky gibbon’. But since then they have been absent from the comedy
cycling circuit as their brand of family friendly bike based silliness fell out
of favour.
Despite recently
writing more contemporary material and posting some very competitive times
during training the pedal pushing pensioners failed to make Team GB’s Elite
Comedy Cycling Squad.
In
response to his omission from the Olympic team bitter bird botherer Oddie told
World of Sports: “It seems that Team GB prefer knob gags and foul mouthed toilet
humour.” He added: “That may well be Sir Chris Hoy’s style, but it’s certainly
not mine.”
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