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http://www.theonion.com/articles/massiv ... nce,17771/
"I can't believe someone would do that," said Saxo Bank team leader Andy Schleck, who was with the lead riders in the peloton when the four-door vehicle pulled out directly in front of them. "He came from a side road, just cut right across us without looking, and the next thing I knew I was flying over the hood. He didn't even slow down, just turned into traffic and kept going."
"I can't believe someone would do that," said Saxo Bank team leader Andy Schleck, who was with the lead riders in the peloton when the four-door vehicle pulled out directly in front of them. "He came from a side road, just cut right across us without looking, and the next thing I knew I was flying over the hood. He didn't even slow down, just turned into traffic and kept going."
"We're not holding up traffic. We are traffic."
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I know this is a spoof but something similar happened in a major race in Ireland this year. A car pulled out into the gap between the police outrider and the peleton.
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Alberto Contador, who was leading the race by eight seconds at the end of the previous stage, will be declared the posthumous winner in a quiet ceremony atop the Col du Tourmalet Monday.
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Well of course its a spoof. Le Tour wasn´t stopped early. That, and its The Onion: a satirical ´news´ site.God made the Earth. The Dutch made The Netherlands
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