Sean Kelly climbs Tourmalet on vintage single-speed

[fiamme red]

In period costume, too.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055976105

http://lespoursuivants.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/29/

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs090.ash2/37838_449996020933_763205933_6222741_7774424_n.jpg

[fiamme red]

Great photos of the Tourmalet climb in the Tour over the last hundred years:

http://www.lequipemag.fr/EquipeMag/Reportages/PORTFOLIO_100-ans-de-tourmalet.html

[thwart]

Here's some talent:

Fignon, Kelly, Indurain.

http://www.france-info.com/local/cache-vignettes/L620xH402/champs620jpged1b-37f82.jpg

[Louis]

That's no big deal. I could have done the same thing - as long as the gears were reversed and I had the rear cog on the crank and the chainwheel on the hub...

[David Kirk]

Here's some talent:

Fignon, Kelly, Indurain.

http://www.france-info.com/local/cache-vignettes/L620xH402/champs620jpged1b-37f82.jpg

That flat out rocks.

dave

[BumbleBeeDave]

Here's some talent:

Fignon, Kelly, Indurain.

http://www.france-info.com/local/cache-vignettes/L620xH402/champs620jpged1b-37f82.jpg

Should I have heard of these guys? . . . ;)

BBD

[Chris]

So good to see Fignon still amongst us.

[oldpotatoe]

So good to see Fignon still amongst us.


yes, good luck to him..I was always a fan of his.

[trophyoftexas]

This whole thread and the associated pics are SO FREEKIN' COOL! THANKS for posting...y'all need to read the article and see the other pics, a breath of fresh air from the Tour!

[wasfast]

+2 for Fignon. I was a bit surprised to see him there given his rather serious cancer fight. Good on him!

[daylate$short]

This whole thread and the associated pics are SO FREEKIN' COOL! THANKS for posting...y'all need to read the article and see the other pics, a breath of fresh air from the Tour!

+1 Versus should have covered this, way more interesting than all the bio's and home videos of the American racers ala NBC Olympics coverage.

I'd be even more impressed it he rode down it with that front brake!

Finally, I'm somewhat dyslexic and my French is suspect; it will always be the Col du Mel Torme to me....

[BumbleBeeDave]

Finally, I'm somewhat dyslexic and my French is suspect; it will always be the Col du Mel Torme to me....

Now why did you have to say that?!? I'm NEVER going to be able to think of it the same way again! :crap: :rolleyes:

BBD

[bironi]

+2 for Fignon. I was a bit surprised to see him there given his rather serious cancer fight. Good on him!

+ a bunch.

It pissssses me off that no mention is made of Fignon. VS sucks farts thru P&P's Brit noses. :beer:

[thwart]

+2 for Fignon. I was a bit surprised to see him there given his rather serious cancer fight. Good on him! Someday I hope I have the strength and guts to do something like being a commentator for the Tour (on French TV) when I have terminal cancer.

His voice has changed slightly but his insight and understanding of the racing are as perceptive as ever.

“A tumour compresses the nerves that make my right vocal fold work”, he explained to the Le Parisien newspaper. “I can only use the left vocal fold. That’s why I speak this way. It’s not going to improve by the end of the Tour but I hope the tumour will be reduced and I’ll get my voice back one day.”

“I don’t want to die at 50,” he said, revealing that he has instructed his doctors not tell him his chances of survival. “All I know is that my cancer isn’t evolving. I’m still fighting.”

Makes catching someone climbing a mountain in a cycling race look a little bit like child's play.

[johnnymossville]

I haven't seen one single pic of him actually riding the bike up the climb. Anyone else find one?

[hybridbellbaske]

Now why did you have to say that?!? I'm NEVER going to be able to think of it the same way again! :crap: :rolleyes:

BBD

I've been thinking about this Col du Tourmalet/Col du Mel Torme thing- and I am sure now it is no mere linguistic coincidence- it is a manifestation of the grand mystery of the cosmos.

Think back to last week's big stage- what did they race through at the top of the climb? -what was Mel Torme's nick name?

Are you feeling me?

[redir]

Sean Kelly is a tough son of a bitch. But I'd like to see him ride that bike DOWN the mountain :O

[gearguywb]

I would want Kelly on my side in any bar fight!

[William]

I've been thinking about this Col du Tourmalet/Col du Mel Torme thing- and I am sure now it is no mere linguistic coincidence- it is a manifestation of the grand mystery of the cosmos.

Think back to last week's big stage- what did they race through at the top of the climb? -what was Mel Torme's nick name?

Are you feeling me?


Speaking of Mel, he sings for good causes!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVA3BLEDIio



Time to get out my vertical leap shoes! :banana:






William :D