Spectators on the Tour - Page 5

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...