Spectators on the Tour - Page 4

07-08-2004, 05:27 PM

> I'm pretty sure Steve was talking about the 2003 musette bag
>incident. (That just can't happen ever again. No way.)

right. that person should have been beaten with a tire pump (G)

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07-08-2004, 05:34 PM

Karen M. wrote:
> Badger wrote:
>
>> please say it wasn't today! (I missed the end of the stage to go
>> ride)
>
>
> I'm pretty sure Steve was talking about the 2003 musette bag
> incident. (That just can't happen ever again. No way.)

Tell ya what, though -- right at the end of today's sprint, some yahoo is
waving a flag or hanky right in the face of the leading rider! He just sort
of ducked/deflected it, but it's beyond me why they allow fans to (almost)
interfere like that.

Bill "would have been UGLY (in terms of race results impact) if he'd gone
down then" S.

07-08-2004, 05:34 PM

Karen M. wrote:
> Badger wrote:
>
>> please say it wasn't today! (I missed the end of the stage to go
>> ride)
>
>
> I'm pretty sure Steve was talking about the 2003 musette bag
> incident. (That just can't happen ever again. No way.)

Tell ya what, though -- right at the end of today's sprint, some yahoo is
waving a flag or hanky right in the face of the leading rider! He just sort
of ducked/deflected it, but it's beyond me why they allow fans to (almost)
interfere like that.

Bill "would have been UGLY (in terms of race results impact) if he'd gone
down then" S.

07-08-2004, 05:34 PM

Karen M. wrote:
> Badger wrote:
>
>> please say it wasn't today! (I missed the end of the stage to go
>> ride)
>
>
> I'm pretty sure Steve was talking about the 2003 musette bag
> incident. (That just can't happen ever again. No way.)

Tell ya what, though -- right at the end of today's sprint, some yahoo is
waving a flag or hanky right in the face of the leading rider! He just sort
of ducked/deflected it, but it's beyond me why they allow fans to (almost)
interfere like that.

Bill "would have been UGLY (in terms of race results impact) if he'd gone
down then" S.

07-08-2004, 05:34 PM

Karen M. wrote:
> Badger wrote:
>
>> please say it wasn't today! (I missed the end of the stage to go
>> ride)
>
>
> I'm pretty sure Steve was talking about the 2003 musette bag
> incident. (That just can't happen ever again. No way.)

Tell ya what, though -- right at the end of today's sprint, some yahoo is
waving a flag or hanky right in the face of the leading rider! He just sort
of ducked/deflected it, but it's beyond me why they allow fans to (almost)
interfere like that.

Bill "would have been UGLY (in terms of race results impact) if he'd gone
down then" S.

07-08-2004, 05:34 PM

Karen M. wrote:
> Badger wrote:
>
>> please say it wasn't today! (I missed the end of the stage to go
>> ride)
>
>
> I'm pretty sure Steve was talking about the 2003 musette bag
> incident. (That just can't happen ever again. No way.)

Tell ya what, though -- right at the end of today's sprint, some yahoo is
waving a flag or hanky right in the face of the leading rider! He just sort
of ducked/deflected it, but it's beyond me why they allow fans to (almost)
interfere like that.

Bill "would have been UGLY (in terms of race results impact) if he'd gone
down then" S.

07-09-2004, 05:38 AM

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:14:41 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Of course there's the famous one from the 50s, where the guy went over a
>200 foot cliff. They showed him being interviewed in front of a plaque that
>they put on the side of the cliff for him. (Forget the specifics, and his
>name - maybe someone remembers).

Probably the most famous crash in the Tour was Luis Ocana, who would
have/should have beaten Eddie Merckx in 1971. He blew Eddie off his
wheel and took almost nine minutes out of him to lead by eight. Three
stages later he crashed and was subsequently struck by several other
riders, and forced to retire with a almost insurmountable lead.

He won a few years later. Stunning suicide at the time in the 90s.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

07-09-2004, 05:38 AM

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:14:41 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Of course there's the famous one from the 50s, where the guy went over a
>200 foot cliff. They showed him being interviewed in front of a plaque that
>they put on the side of the cliff for him. (Forget the specifics, and his
>name - maybe someone remembers).

Probably the most famous crash in the Tour was Luis Ocana, who would
have/should have beaten Eddie Merckx in 1971. He blew Eddie off his
wheel and took almost nine minutes out of him to lead by eight. Three
stages later he crashed and was subsequently struck by several other
riders, and forced to retire with a almost insurmountable lead.

He won a few years later. Stunning suicide at the time in the 90s.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

07-09-2004, 05:38 AM

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:14:41 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Of course there's the famous one from the 50s, where the guy went over a
>200 foot cliff. They showed him being interviewed in front of a plaque that
>they put on the side of the cliff for him. (Forget the specifics, and his
>name - maybe someone remembers).

Probably the most famous crash in the Tour was Luis Ocana, who would
have/should have beaten Eddie Merckx in 1971. He blew Eddie off his
wheel and took almost nine minutes out of him to lead by eight. Three
stages later he crashed and was subsequently struck by several other
riders, and forced to retire with a almost insurmountable lead.

He won a few years later. Stunning suicide at the time in the 90s.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

07-09-2004, 05:38 AM

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:14:41 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Of course there's the famous one from the 50s, where the guy went over a
>200 foot cliff. They showed him being interviewed in front of a plaque that
>they put on the side of the cliff for him. (Forget the specifics, and his
>name - maybe someone remembers).

Probably the most famous crash in the Tour was Luis Ocana, who would
have/should have beaten Eddie Merckx in 1971. He blew Eddie off his
wheel and took almost nine minutes out of him to lead by eight. Three
stages later he crashed and was subsequently struck by several other
riders, and forced to retire with a almost insurmountable lead.

He won a few years later. Stunning suicide at the time in the 90s.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...