Christophe Rinero

josame
josame Posts: 1,141
edited November 2008 in Pro race
French
KOM and a few stages.....but not much else.

Seemed to decline quite rapidly
'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,857
    Decline? Yes, I think you'd have to say he was well and truly Festina'd. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    There was a moment in one of the Tour de France stages where Rinero is dropped at the bottom of a minor climb and a roadside fan shouted out something like "No EPO now, look how crap you are" and Rinero gets off his bike and either tries a swing or throws his bike at the heckler.

    He's still riding today, now with Agritubel.
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Got to remember he did sort of luck into his KoM win in 1998, as everyone else didn't seem to keen to reach Paris for some reason. You look at some of the names alongside him in the '98 Cofidis line up, and that's nearly enough to damn him by association!

    Anyway he was Cofidis till '01, then went to Otkos, RAGT and finally Saunier Duval (quiet at the back there!), before joining Agritubel this year.
  • Anna Robic
    Anna Robic Posts: 22
    Kléber wrote:
    There was a moment in one of the Tour de France stages where Rinero is dropped at the bottom of a minor climb and a roadside fan shouted out something like "No EPO now, look how crap you are" and Rinero gets off his bike and either tries a swing or throws his bike at the heckler.

    He's still riding today, now with Agritubel.

    Slight exaggeration. It was actually on the Aubisque (no minor climb!) in the 99 Tour and Rinero was in the break on the day, but well down overall.

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