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Originally Posted by Grant McLean
most riders have a "bad day" or two during the tour,
but when Lance, Jan, and Ivan are up the road,
nobody on the tee vee seems to notice...they just
slip out of view of the camera.
But two famous ones were,
Indurain in '96 tour: BOOM! lost about 5 minutes early in mtns, never recovered.
Ullrich in '98 stage 15: lost 9 minutes when he Popped
http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1...8/stage15.html |
Cadel did the same thing in the Giro when he was in Pink. I forget, 2001 or 2002 I think? The first year Paulo won and Tyler was 2nd.
-Ray