Crash!!!

"Erik van Leeuwen" wrote in news:3f12c57f$0$45380
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Definitely out now... he's brought to hospital in an ambulance. Damn, he
looked good today, but took a bit too much risk in the dangerous descent.
Braking too late and slipping left and right.

and as he's fishtailing you can see the tire come off the rim

Lance has mountainbike experience?

or cyclocross

NS

I shattered my elbow this year, I cringe every time anyone trips, stumbles
or crashes....
http://www.nanandmont.com/bike/bike-crash.htm

I cringe evertime I see that crash! How horrible.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:00:20 +0200, "Erik van Leeuwen"
wrote:

Definitely out now... he's brought to hospital in an ambulance. Damn, he
looked good today, but took a bit too much risk in the dangerous descent.
Braking too late and slipping left and right.
Lance has mountainbike experience?

Yes, in fact in 99 Lance was supposed to have a split season, race
some road and some mtn bike for Trek. The TdF that year changed his
focus a little bit. He only raced in 2 mtn bike races, one in
Colorado and one in Napa Valley IIRC.

He also races in the Dirty Duo outside of Austin. Fun stuff.

Lindsay
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"One of the annoying things about believing in free
will and individual responsibility is the difficulty
of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And
when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often
his picture turns up on your driver's license."

P.J. O'Rourke

"Erik van Leeuwen" wrote :
Lance has mountainbike experience?

Dude, haven't you been watching those Subaru commercials?

He also race at Ft. Hood, BLORA in '99. I was there.

John in Texas

"Lindsay" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:00:20 +0200, "Erik van Leeuwen"
wrote:

Definitely out now... he's brought to hospital in an ambulance. Damn, he
looked good today, but took a bit too much risk in the dangerous descent.
Braking too late and slipping left and right.
Lance has mountainbike experience?

Yes, in fact in 99 Lance was supposed to have a split season, race
some road and some mtn bike for Trek. The TdF that year changed his
focus a little bit. He only raced in 2 mtn bike races, one in
Colorado and one in Napa Valley IIRC.

He also races in the Dirty Duo outside of Austin. Fun stuff.

Lindsay
----------------------------
"One of the annoying things about believing in free
will and individual responsibility is the difficulty
of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And
when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often
his picture turns up on your driver's license."

P.J. O'Rourke

"Erik van Leeuwen" wrote in message .. .
Definitely out now... he's brought to hospital in an ambulance. Damn, he
looked good today, but took a bit too much risk in the dangerous descent.
Braking too late and slipping left and right.

A "bit" too much risk? Locking up the rear wheel until the tire is
ground away and explodes is not s symptom of a bit too much risk, it's
a sign of panic, assuming it was not intentional. How did Armstrong,
who was right behind him, get through, cross country or otherwise, at
what must have been approximately the same speed?

Maybe I'm taking Armstrong's statement the that Beloki's rear tire
exploded right in front of him too literally. I didn't see it. Maybe
Beloki attacked where he didn't have room to make the turn and
panicked when he saw what he got himself into.

JP

"Erik van Leeuwen" wrote in message .. .
Definitely out now... he's brought to hospital in an ambulance. Damn, he
looked good today, but took a bit too much risk in the dangerous descent.
Braking too late and slipping left and right.
Lance has mountainbike experience?

Yes -- you should see some of the current (and even older) Subaru TV
commercials here in USA. Also, Lance did some official pro mountain
bike racing in 1999.

Always a good skill set to have to add to you bike handling
skill repertoire to be a complete road racer.


-KJP

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:23:29 GMT, Brian Phillips wrote:
Hope he gets well soon.

Broken thighbone, broken elbow, broken wrist. It'll take some time.

"Erik van Leeuwen" wrote in message .. .
Definitely out now... he's brought to hospital in an ambulance. Damn, he
looked good today, but took a bit too much risk in the dangerous descent.
Braking too late and slipping left and right.
Lance has mountainbike experience?

Yes he does - check him out at the bottom of this page:

http://www.dirtyduathlon.com/




"Lantern Rouge" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:52:43 +0000, Runamukluks wrote:

What a shame for Beloki!!

Yes, agreed. What a sour note to go out on....

Lance actually does a lot of mountain biking- and at competed in at
least one duathlon- around Austin over the winter season.
The photo of Beloki on the ground with Lance right behind him was
fascinating.

r.b.

"Erik van Leeuwen" wrote in message .. .
Definitely out now... he's brought to hospital in an ambulance. Damn, he
looked good today, but took a bit too much risk in the dangerous descent.
Braking too late and slipping left and right.
Lance has mountainbike experience?


"Lantern Rouge" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:52:43 +0000, Runamukluks wrote:

What a shame for Beloki!!

Yes, agreed. What a sour note to go out on....