Originally Posted by
grolby
Yeah, I thought that was a bizarre statement.
BigTea sounds like another pretender to authoritative knowledge on Euro culture and history when he is in fact ignorant of some pretty basic facts of European sport culture. Like, that F1 is huge, possibly more culturally universal in Europe than NASCAR is in the USA (those who know, is this true?).
The only thing that we've clearly established in this thread so far is that cycling is more popular in Europe than the USA, that its popularity varies enormously from nation to nation, and that it's probably most popular in Belgium and Italy.
1) My comment had nothing to do with the comparitve popularity of F1 and NASCAR. It was about the similarity of cycling's heritage with that of NASCAR and the cultural beginnings of both. By the way, I'm not the first person to make that observation.
2) Your second observation would certainly bring laughter from Spaniards and insults regarding your intelligence from the French.