A hardy breed those early classics riders !
http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_C ... 0Cl_10.htm
Surely one of the all time classic Milan San Remo wins or any classic win for that matter . Drama and incident seemed to follow Eugene Christophe all through his career
MG
Surely one of the all time classic Milan San Remo wins or any classic win for that matter . Drama and incident seemed to follow Eugene Christophe all through his career
MG
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Moray Gub wrote:http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_10.htm
Surely one of the all time classic Milan San Remo wins or any classic win for that matter . Drama and incident seemed to follow Eugene Christophe all through his career
MG
Some race by Eugene Chrisophe...hospitalised for a month after though...sounds like a nightmare....heavy snow rutted roads, and still going for sprint primes..and 2nd placed rider an hour down on Chrisophe in San Remo :shock: :shock:0 -
I was reading in Sweat of the Gods yesterday that Gino Bartali checked himself out of hospital to go down to the finish of the '88 Tour of Lombardy to congratulate Charley Mottet after a 150km breakaway saw him win by 5 mins...
SO having watched the 1st half of the race on telly in a hospital bed, he got up and drove to the finish to tell Mottet"That's how we used to win!""In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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disgruntledgoat wrote:I was reading in Sweat of the Gods yesterday that Gino Bartali checked himself out of hospital to go down to the finish of the '88 Tour of Lombardy to congratulate Charley Mottet after a 150km breakaway saw him win by 5 mins...
SO having watched the 1st half of the race on telly in a hospital bed, he got up and drove to the finish to tell Mottet"That's how we used to win!"
cool...what a man Bartali must have been. I remember that Lombardy win...mottet was some rider . I raced in his amatuer club near Valence for a season-Charly's hometown and his 1987 Maillot Jaune was pinned up in our team sitting room in the house...had dinner with his coach loads and generally got motivated by aura of the man...0 -
That's a brillaint story!
Although having spent 48 hours in Valence on one occasion, you have my sympathy dave."In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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"Stage 1 PARIS-REIMS, 182 km winner Marcel Dussault (Fra)"
Jeez, even the prologues were hardcore back in the day.,.Le Blaireau (1)0 -
mrushton wrote:
did you see the lenghth of the final time trail of the 1949 TDF ...........it was 137 km !!!!!
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They had a few easy days leading up to it though. 275 km, 257 km, 265 km, 283 km.....Le Blaireau (1)0
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Moray Gub wrote:http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_10.htm
Surely one of the all time classic Milan San Remo wins or any classic win for that matter .
Forky nell! (and other exclamations).
In a bid to learn more about the spring classics i've borrowed William Fotheringham's A Century of Cycling from the library. More incredible stories in there too.Aspire not to have more, but to be more.0 -
Thanks for posting that link MG - it's exactly that kind of stuff, and the Bartali/Mottet story that got me into this sport in the first place - the exploits and panache that seem to be sadly lacking these days, with a few notable exceptions - but these great rides are being done by the grand champions, not domestiques looking to get their sponsors name on TV0
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Simon E wrote:Moray Gub wrote:http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_10.htm
Surely one of the all time classic Milan San Remo wins or any classic win for that matter .
Forky nell! (and other exclamations).
In a bid to learn more about the spring classics i've borrowed William Fotheringham's A Century of Cycling from the library. More incredible stories in there too.
Thats a great book that there is great a picture of a rider on the front with big glasses on looks like he has just come up from a shift down the pit.Cant remember who it was maybe André Leducq he seems to ring a bell.
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Thanks for the original link - some great tales there.
Having read http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_8.htm Henri van Lerberghe is my new ancient history hero. That's winning with style and panache as far as I'm concerned.
He moves ahead of:
Louis Trousselier: Won the 1905 Tour de France and then blew all his winnings on the final night gambling; and
Honore Barthelemy: Lost an eye in a freak cycling accident, but kept his career going, spending much of his winnings on replacement glass eyes.Twitter: @RichN950