{"id":22735,"date":"2013-09-20T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/rainbow-jersey-a-burden-for-gilbert\/"},"modified":"2013-09-20T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T12:59:22","slug":"rainbow-jersey-a-burden-for-gilbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rainbow-jersey-a-burden-for-gilbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow jersey a burden for Gilbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=17384\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17384\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17384 \" alt=\"Philippe Gilbert. Photo: velonation.com \/ Sirotti\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9faee_Gilbert_Philippe_TDF13_st16-1.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philippe Gilbert. Photo: velonation.com \/ Sirotti<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Gilbert (BMC) has admitted that the rainbow jersey has been a weightier burden than he had expected, but the world champion is determined to defend his title in Florence next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian has endured a difficult season and only recorded his first win of the campaign when he claimed stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana.<\/p>\n<p>While Gilbert dismissed the notion of the curse of the rainbow jersey, he admitted that it does not make the task of winning any easier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a believer, I don\u2019t have any religion if not that of a job well done,\u201d Gilbert told L\u2019Equipe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut after a while, I said to myself that there was something about this jersey, as though it blocked me in my quest for more success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a cursed jersey, but the problem is that it doesn\u2019t pass unnoticed in a peloton where everybody is looking at it. In the finale of a race, nine times out of ten, there\u2019ll be someone on your wheel when you attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a point of pride to go after the world champion. It\u2019s not about the person \u2013 it\u2019s not Philippe Gilbert they\u2019re watching, but the world champion. This jersey is a symbol unto itself.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cyclingnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Philippe Gilbert\u00a0news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/henrik-stenson\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f5e09_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippe Gilbert. Photo: velonation.com \/ Sirotti Philippe Gilbert (BMC) has admitted that the rainbow jersey has been a weightier burden than he had expected, but the world champion is determined to defend his title in Florence next week. The Belgian has endured a difficult season and only recorded his first win of the campaign when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-22735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}