However, there were other aspects of his previous team which Friedman
is glad to put behind him.
"Riding for Garmin I was basically on house arrest in Girona. If you
go for a beer, everybody knows 'Oh my god, Friedman's drinking a
beer'. It's like being babysat.
"Other riders that I looked up to, or management, never gave me
positive affirmation, or took me under their wing and gave me positive
feedback. I would get a meagre thank you for being a super-domestique.
"I would do everything that I was asked and do it selflessly, giving
everything I had, even if I didn't finish a race. And then I find out
that I can't get a job after because I have no results to stay with
Garmin or any other team in Europe or the US. Jelly Belly was the only
team that actually offered me a contract."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/friedman-finds-a-home-at-jelly-belly
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Of course, he was no super-domestique.
> "Other riders that I looked up to, or management, never gave me
> positive affirmation, or took me under their wing and gave me positive
> feedback. I would get a meagre thank you for being a super-domestique.
>
> "I would do everything that I was asked and do it selflessly, giving
> everything I had, even if I didn't finish a race. And then I find out
> that I can't get a job after because I have no results to stay with
> Garmin or any other team in Europe or the US. Jelly Belly was the only
> team that actually offered me a contract."
>
he's was also the only protour rider built like gary coleman.