SMIDSY hits the pros!

msw
msw Posts: 313
edited July 2010 in Commuting chat
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."
"We're not holding up traffic. We are traffic."

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,931
    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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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Spoof? The Onion is my primary news source....
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    Gussio wrote:
    Spoof? The Onion is my primary news source....

    truth is stranger than fiction......or is it?

    i love the onion - i know there's a few who rave about the daily mash (i think it is) but i don't find it as good as the onion.
  • dcurzon
    dcurzon Posts: 290
    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.

    classic :D
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  • Limburger
    Limburger Posts: 346
    Well of course its a spoof. Le Tour wasn´t stopped early. That, and its The Onion: a satirical ´news´ site.
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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    Limburger wrote:
    Well of course its a spoof. Le Tour wasn´t stopped early. That, and its The Onion: a satirical ´news´ site.


    whooooooooooooooosh!!!!
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
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