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11-13-2018, 09:20 AM
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A wonderful cycling story
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#2
11-13-2018, 01:16 PM
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Great article but such a weird story.
Sounds like sour grapes if he got beat out at the line, whether it was trickery or whatnot.. especially if the other rider didn't really remember it going down the same way. I am kind of amazed a "deal" like this could be held so sacrosanct in a period when they were all cheating each other with drugs. I bet you don't lose too many races to a trick like this before you got wise?
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11-14-2018, 02:50 PM
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I read this yesterday and it sounded really familiar - popped into my head that Steve Tilford mentioned it in a overall very interesting blog post a few years ago.
http://stevetilford.com/2013/12/19/d...-of-the-sport/
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11-14-2018, 03:52 PM
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Yup Tilford is spot on. It even happens in that amateur races. I've made deals in cat 2/3 races. One was exactly like the one above. I kept trying to get away all day. It's the only way I can win a race because I cannot sprint. I finally got away with one guy who was going to out sprint me for sure. But I was doing all the work because I wanted to stay away. I told him as such. Basically saying I'm going to go back to the field unless you help me or jsut stay out of it. He accepted and we both glided over the finish line. Even though he would have ripped my legs off in a sprint we had a deal and he was good about it.
These days it's almost always the opposite. I'll try to get in a break and it's always me saying that I'll be last  IT's totally part of the sport but I do doubt that it would be grounds for a USAC complaint.
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