in 664855 20150709 214250 Davey Crockett wrote:
[QUOTE from VeloSnooze]
LE HAVRE, France (VN) �\ A man from nothing stepped on the cycling�fs
greatest stage, pulled on a polka dot jersey, and smiled into the
cameras. Joy? Pride? Perhaps. But the usual descriptors for happiness
fell short for Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) on Thursday, the day
AFRICA TOOK HOME ITS FIRST EVER TOUR DE FRANCE CLIMBER�fS JERSEY.
[/QUOTE from VeloSnooze]

Not so.

But good luck to him anyway.

Last time Davey looked at a map, Casablanca, Morocco was in Africa

And that's where Spotted Dick was from.

You never see his full name in print these days, but it's half a
mile long interspersed with "bin" this and and "ben" the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:R...7Huez_(cropped)
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Was Chris Froome the first Tour winner from Kenya? :-)