Embarrass? I'm sorry but dickheads like Clark spit in the face of the actual kids out there, coming thousands of miles from abroad to Europe, to try and make it as a professional cyclist. Hard work, sweat, tears and blood; sacrificed in the pursuit of chasing a dream. Thousands of hours and hard miles training, spent living and breathing cycling. Even more hours spent before and after, working second jobs to fund their attempts.jfranci3 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 3:08 pmI don't understand these stories they put out that try to embarass someone. That guy isn't even really a public figure. There's bullshitters everywhere, why does this guy deserve this level of embarrassment?
Note: I only read the first few sections before I was put off by the article. Maybe he starts ruining people's lives in the end, I don't know.
Somebody out there actual rode and finished in those places Clark is claiming (or sometimes not, as he made up results for events before they even existed)... for some that would be stealing somebody's success and hard work. To top it off with actual stolen valour, claiming to have served in the Army in actual peacekeeping missions. The guy is nutjob and a pathological liar, who can't even do that right. There's a huge world of different between bullshitting a story versus concocting a fake life to lure in and defraud people based upon acts you made up on a keyboard.
He doesn't deserve the embarrassment, he probably doesn't even feel it. I do feel slightly sorry for him, obviously there's something not quite right in his head, but to remove all the lies and deceit, what kind of life if he left with? He could have made his cycling store a great success without the lies... and for many that would have been good enough, to own a successful business at the heart of a community.
A sad story at the end of the day, nobody wins.
@jfranci3 you should definitely read it all.
@Mr.Gib agreed, guy has zero style (or steez as the kids say these days) in that saddle. Looks completely out of place.