Fignon Statue

josame
josame Posts: 1,162
edited July 2011 in Pro race
CN mention yesterdays unveiling and then ommit a pic

anyone got a photo?
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  • Secteur
    Secteur Posts: 1,971
    Same with the ITV4 coverage - they talked about it but didnt show it...
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    edited July 2011
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  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
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  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    Where is it?

    Can't say I'm impressed. Fignon deserves better. The Reg Harris statue at the velodrome is much more impressive IMO
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    likewise am sure there are some other images of Fignon , the rimmed glasses, the sweat band on and such, that could have been used to make it more distinctive face on, on a bike, not side on bust.. He never wore those horrible oakley things as well, so had his own character
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  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Geoff_SS wrote:
    Where is it?
    It's in the Parc de la Brèche at Creteil. The 'Tour Village' was in part of the park there before the start on Sunday, and the 'Depart fictif' was in a road just adjacent the park.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Geoff_SS wrote:
    Where is it?

    Can't say I'm impressed. Fignon deserves better. The Reg Harris statue at the velodrome is much more impressive IMO

    Yup
    That looks like a human liver caught in a spiders web.

    Hinault appears to be checking the name on the plinth as if he might have accidently attended the wrong unveiling.
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  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    Oh dear.
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    It looks like a sundial with the head of a greek god. Oh well, I suppose it's better than nothing.
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Give a 3 year old some playdo and i guarantee the outcome will look better than that statue.
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  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    It's alright.
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    A bit of a fail IMO. Lacks the 'Panache' of it's subject. His opinion would, doubtless, have been trenchant.
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  • Hals1967
    Hals1967 Posts: 231
    I think we should just be glad he gets a memorial, if it sparks even one kids interest in "who is that, I'll google him" and gets them into cycling and it's rich history it'll be a plus.

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  • Road Ace
    Road Ace Posts: 16
    :shock:

    Is that really it!

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