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Tyler Hamilton is a big liar head
Mark Hickey wrote in message . ..
(Appkiller) wrote: Hamilton has been quoted as saying Ullrich was not going to wait for Armstrong after the crash on Luz-Ardiden. But, as has been pointed out to me by a number of people, Phil Liggett and an AP reporter in NYC are better judges of what happened on that climb than he is, even though Hamilton was there. And video is certainly better than the statement of a rider in the race who was there. I wonder why he would denigrate Ullrich's character so? He never said that about Ullrich, and I'll bet you you can't come up with a single reference quoting him that says he did. Read his quote - he was talking about the rest of the field. Of course, maybe you can explain how after Armstrong crashed the entire field (including Hamilton) who had all be soundly dropped was instantly able to bridge the significant gap to the now-accelerating Ullrich who had put the hammer down and was trying to ride away from Lance? Yeah, THAT makes sense. I bet he's lying about the collarbone too. The *******. Whatever, Mr. Troll. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame Mark: "LUZ-ARDIDEN, France (Reuters) - Overall leader Lance Armstrong had former team mate Tyler Hamilton to thank for his victory on the 15th stage of the Tour de France Monday. Hamilton slowed down the favorites group, which included second-placed German Jan Ullrich, after the defending champion crashed on the climb to the finish. Armstrong had just counter-attacked behind Iban Mayo when he appeared to get a spectator's bag snagged in his brake lever, bringing himself and the Basque rider crashing to the ground. "There's an unwritten rule in cycling that when the yellow jersey crashes or has a mechanical (problem) you wait for him," said Hamilton, who was Armstrong's right-hand man at U.S. Postal until he left the team at the end of 2001. "I didn't feel like the riders were waiting and I felt a responsibility to go to the front and make a hand gesture to slow down...." Yes, Mark, you are right, he didn't mention Ullrich by name. But Ullrich was in the referenced group that the direct quote in the Reuters article refers to. I take it that your contention is that Ullrich was not physically present in the group slowed by Hamilton?. This post was intended as sarcasm in response to "hunrobe the penishead" who has doggedly ignored the statements of a rider who was there with a bias toward seeing how much rage he can engender by ignoring the realities of news reporting. That final comment about Hamilton's collarbone was intended to be a sarcastic exclamation point to the entire posting. If you examine my original post, I congratulated Hamilton on his courage (wrt his collarbone) and sportsmanship (wrt his concern for maintaining the chivalry of the tour) and that was NOT intended to be sarcastic. Whatever, Mr. Misinterpretation. Mr. Troll. |
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