Pub Talk - Greatest Cycling Photo Ever!
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Probably not many will agree but it definitely encapsulates TDF 2012.0 -
Oh and I also love this from 1985...I reckon you have to be a cyclist/fan to get this, so possibly not the greatest though, but it also tells a great story. I first saw this in 2003, at the Tour's centenary exposition at the Hotel de Ville in Paris.
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No, that's a good photo - definitely evocative - which is half the battle. (Although I'm not in the camp that thinks Froome could have won)jam1e wrote:Probably not many will agree but it definitely encapsulates TDF 2012.
Similarly - this photo - which had to have been set up and actually probably photoshopped - is non the less, brilliant.
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This thread just goes to show what a wonderful sport this is.0
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Booner69 wrote:RonB wrote:Poulidor vs Anquetil in 1964.
Sorry, but to me...but there's nothing quite like this.
If a pic ever told a story this is it...drama, rivalry, determination, balance, poise, grace......ace!
....and Anquetil is one of my heroes, so I am unashamedly biased
Yep....No1 for me.
The rivalry so bitter and intense they even want the same piece of road. Magic. 0 -
Booner what is the story behind that photo - never seen it before.Contador is the Greatest0
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frenchfighter wrote:Booner what is the story behind that photo - never seen it before.
It's the podium at the '85 Tour.
For me each face shows the climax of the story of that Tour: Hinault looking stoical, defiant and victorious in his own way...Lemond looking finally beaten, disillusioned, having tried and ultimately failed to topple Hinault from within his own team and Kelly looking absolutely knackered and lost in his own thoughts, maybe showing that the Maillot Vert wasn't enough for him. Indeed I remember Kelly crashing out in 87 (?), hitting a bridge and breaking his collarbone...going for the overall, being a real favourite in the Kas team.
To me, Kelly had (as all successful riders of that era had to if they were to make it abroad, such as Millar, Roche, Yates etc.) totally immersed himself in the cycling culture there...he was all but Belgian.
For me, the Tour was much more 'French' then, maybe Hinault made it appear so, I don't know, but there were also many more good French riders....and Dutch and Belgian too....so Kelly and Lemond were both seen as something of outsiders.
The thing is here, that there are no helmets or shades; you can see the riders eyes and see a little bit more than you can today, where riders tend to be able to hide a bit.
There was a huge print of this on a wall at the Paris exposition and it was really something.
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knedlicky wrote:
How good is your cheating?gpreeves wrote:
Christophe Agnolutto?greasedscotsman wrote:Looks like the Casino team, not a team Tafi rode for. No idea who it is thought, but does look like Arenberg Forest to me.
(I did cheat to work that out)
Because I don’t think it’s Agnolutto – his face was narrower and he mostly had his hair cropped short.
I don't know who it is, but what about Andy Flickinger?
He had the same high forehead and in the ’99 Paris-Roubaix he was in the initial break of about 10 riders until he had a mechanical. As a result of that, by the time they went through Arenberg, I think he was alone, inbetween the remainder of the break and the main peloton.
He is now a DS with Europcar.
Probably not great, I'd have been 10 at the time the photo was taken so you've got an advantage on me there. You could be right with Flickinger, he was on the startlist I found:
Casino:
51. Jan Kirsipuu (Est)
52. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
53. Lauri Aus (Est)
54. Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
55. Andy Flickinger (Fra)
56. Arturus Kasputis (Lit)
57. David Lefèvre (Fra)
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Thanks for the explanation. I agree totally about being able to see the riders eyes. There have been times I havent recognised a rider with no glasses or helmet on.Contador is the Greatest0
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Pretty special I would say. Quite unique. Froome actually looks Spartan.Contador is the Greatest0
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http://www.laureus.com/sites/default/files/indurain_tour_de_france_4.jpg
Can someone please put this up not sure how to'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'0 -
josame wrote:http://www.laureus.com/sites/default/files/indurain_tour_de_france_4.jpg
Can someone please put this up not sure how to
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josame wrote:http://www.laureus.com/sites/default/files/indurain_tour_de_france_4.jpg
Can someone please put this up not sure how to
Use the wee Img box at the top of the full post options and put the URl between. 0 -
mike6 wrote:Booner69 wrote:RonB wrote:Poulidor vs Anquetil in 1964.
Sorry, but to me...but there's nothing quite like this.
If a pic ever told a story this is it...drama, rivalry, determination, balance, poise, grace......ace!
....and Anquetil is one of my heroes, so I am unashamedly biased
Yep....No1 for me.
The rivalry so bitter and intense they even want the same piece of road. Magic.
The best thing about this picture is that it encapsulates the battle and the story of the tour. Not easy for a picture to do for a 3 week race over more than 3,500km.0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
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Couldn't resist !
Hinault and Phil Anderson getting stuck in to some protesters on the '84 Paris Nice...30 years ago, yikes!
Ahh the good old days
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Phil Anderson is hardly getting stuck in, I'm surprised he is allowed back into Australia after that pathetic showing. Shame it wasn't Shane Sutton instead.0
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Ha ha, fair point, Anderson looks like he's wobbling on his cleats!... Sutton is solid, that would've been a sight!!0
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Booner69 wrote:Couldn't resist !
Hinault and Phil Anderson getting stuck in to some protesters on the '84 Paris Nice...30 years ago, yikes!
Ahh the good old days
Is that Seve Ballesteros holding his hands up? 0 -
Alain Prost
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Hoping we get some drama en route to Roubaix this year :-) !!
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Who's the rider behind Kelly?“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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TailWindHome wrote:Who's the rider behind Kelly?
Pretty sure that's Urs Freuler.0
