Pub Talk - Greatest Cycling Photo Ever!

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    So am I.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    One of the few riders to pull off a 'tache like that, IMO.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
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    LutherB Posts: 544
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Booner69 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Who's the rider behind Kelly?

    Pretty sure that's Urs Freuler.

    Thanks - never heard of him, but he has a very distinctive look

    From his wiki page it looks like he was quite successful in the Giro but not so much in the TDF - probably didn't feature much on the C4 highlights show.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/03/milan ... n-history/
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    This one posted by TWH on the Nokerre Koerse spoiler thread is excellent, real close quarter action!

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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Is the Lotto rider's front wheel off the ground?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Yep.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    frenchfighter wrote:
    http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/03/milan-san-remo-moments-in-history/

    There's some beauties in there. Cheers FF.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    The escapee, helpless in the face of a pitiless peloton smeared across the road. Drama.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Huh? He wins.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    ^ Spoiler :roll:
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Have we had this one:

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    Makes me chuckle. Every. Single. Time.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Not a Zabel fan?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Crampeur wrote:
    Not a Zabel fan?

    Neither here not there with Eric. It's just funny, it would be funny whoever it was.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    It's always funny when that happens. However, it is especially funny when you do it in a monument.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited March 2014
    It's cos you can imagine him making a Scooby Doo esque huuuhhherrmmm?

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    Well that's me told (originally a pic of said Scooby Doo)
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Crampeur wrote:
    Not a Zabel fan?

    Neither here not there with Eric. It's just funny, it would be funny whoever it was.

    Fair enough! Even Zabel seems to find it funny in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rX3EBPbWA
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    very moving...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hinault attacked 80km out on the 1980 Giro (Stelvio stage) and joined his teammate J R Bernaudeau. They worked together and JRB won the stage and Hinault the GC. Old school heavyweight.

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  • 47p2
    47p2 Posts: 329
    Wish I could find a high resolution for this
  • hangeron
    hangeron Posts: 127
    This is a great thread....

    Thanks
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Anyone know the race/story?
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  • hasbeen
    hasbeen Posts: 41
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    PLENTY of things right with this image. The greatest ever Tour for a start, possibly the best ever stage, Lemond turning over Fignon in his home city, the radical helmet (not unlike Sky's Kask TT helmets these days), the TT bars (although Hampsten and 7-11 used them first in the Giro that year) which ushered in a new wave of technological advancements, the sunshine in Paris in July, the Oakley Razorblades 8)

    However, even for a non-cycling fan, you can visibly see Lemond's every sinew straining (check out his calves almost popping out) as he launches himself off the start ramp shooting for the win. It's an athlete at his prime, on top of his game.

    Even though it's now 25 years ago :shock: the fluo look is still going strong in the peloton.
  • bill_gates
    bill_gates Posts: 469
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Anyone know the race/story?
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    From what I know...

    Looks like the 1976 Paris-Roubaix as covered in 'Sunday in Hell' movie. That pic is both Roger de Vlaeminck and Freddy Maertens.

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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Anyone know the race/story?

    Looks like Freddy Maertens second in that shot on the Flandria team with the WC stripes, which would mean my guess is a classic during the 1982 season. Or 1977 since he was WC in 1976 and 1981, or am I missing something?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Thanks guys.
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