RIP Michele Scarponi

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  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Desperately sad, the coverage of the Alps last stage had finished on tv just 5 mnutes before I saw the news.

    RIP Michele, god bless his family.
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Very sad news.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    RIP Michele...
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Good lord. All too sudden. RIP
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,142
    Sudden, shocking and so so sad.

    My thoughts are with his family ,friends and team mates.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Just seen this, that's awful news. He'd just had a great ride at TotAs.
    His family and team must be devastated.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    By all accounts he seems to have been a class guy. RIP Michele.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    A difficult watch for anyone of an emotional disposition:-

    https://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/8 ... 5821886465
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mamba80
    mamba80 Posts: 5,032
    Terrible news, Life is very fragile

    RIP Michele Scarponi
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Caught up with Tour of the Alps this morning as I'd recorded the last weeks racing, heard the news driving back from Coventry this lunch time. Seemed to have been there about as long as I've been into the sport, one of those pros that always seemed to love riding his bike, so sad to think of his two lads growing up without their dad.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Seems he was hit by a Fiat flatbed type small truck/van that failed to give way, driver claimed he didn't see him, judging by the damage to the front of the van it couldn't have slowed much for the junction.
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Good times with Frankie!

    https://twitter.com/eurosport_uk/status/855711502111842304
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    From the Liege start, this morning:
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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    I'm really down about this. A real tragedy.

    Nice piece in Cycling News Saturday.


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    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Just caught up on this. Very sad news.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Terrible news.



    Can someone please fill in the story of the Parrot Frankie? Seen a few bits on twitter but didn't catch the full story.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited April 2017
    Dinyull wrote:
    Can someone please fill in the story of the Parrot Frankie? Seen a few bits on twitter but didn't catch the full story.
    It's just a parrot that belonged to a neighbour and attached itself to Scarponi when he went out on his bike (presumably in part because the Astana kit and the parrot were the same colour). Scarponi used to video this and post it on social media.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    To be buried on his cycling kit.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    http://inrng.com/2017/04/michele-scarponi-obituary/
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    Dinyull wrote:
    Terrible news.



    Can someone please fill in the story of the Parrot Frankie? Seen a few bits on twitter but didn't catch the full story.

    Have a good look at the photo of the crash site (above).
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    lostboysaint wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Terrible news.



    Can someone please fill in the story of the Parrot Frankie? Seen a few bits on twitter but didn't catch the full story.

    Have a good look at the photo of the crash site (above).

    I've seen that (and the videos of them riding together), but it doesn't tell the story.



    Cheers Rich.
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    The final chapter of the parrot story is here.
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,142
    Astana taking an 8 man team to the Giro. Not substituting the leader.
    Nice touch.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Astana commemorative water bottles

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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    I seem to have something in my eye
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    :( .
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Damn.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Nicky Hayden (ex world suoerbike champion) killed cycling near Rimini. Another terrible shame. Italy has a poor reputation for road safety exsoecially for cyclists.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,142
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Astana commemorative water bottles

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    I really really want Astana to win a stage in the Giro.

    It's not looking likely at the moment :cry:

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