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10. David Richter (Subway)
Looks like things are picking up for team Subway. I wonder where Jarrett placed? |
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That's a great result for Dave as he's a great guy. I think he won the
Bermuda 'race' last year as well. He got 2nd over at Boise Twilight just a couple weeks back but was relegated for getting a hand-sling from a teammate. |
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Andrew F Martin wrote: That's a great result for Dave as he's a great guy. I think he won the Bermuda 'race' last year as well. He got 2nd over at Boise Twilight just a couple weeks back but was relegated for getting a hand-sling from a teammate. Hand sling? That's an advanced maneuver. And people pick on the Subway team... Heck, I am headed to Subway right now. J |
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I see that Rene forgot to hand out the "Essense of cortisone" again.
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From:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?...ise_twilight05 Local rider Remi McManus (Subway Pro Cycling Team), only a couple of days later after his wife had their first baby, managed to pull off a 9th place, despite serious lack of sleep lately. He was disappointed after the race that his teammate was disqualified, who originally took second in the sprint, was disqualified for receiving a hand sling. "Its just part of racing to give someone a hand sling to get back up there," he told Cyclingnews. "He got caught behind someone who left a gap open, so we slung him back up there." Aside from that McManus was disappointed that he couldn't get himself up for the win in front of a home crowd. "The guys worked hard all day. I just wish I could have pulled it off at the end." |
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On 8 Aug 2005 12:17:55 -0700, Andrew F Martin wrote:
"Its just part of racing to give someone a hand sling to get back up there," he told Cyclingnews. In the disastrous stage 4 of the Eneco (Benelux) Tour, Dekker sr. got a handsling from Dekker jr. to close the last little remaining gap to the breakaways Julich et al. Dekker sr. comments afterwards on his site: "Stupid, stupid, stupid. Hopefully it won't cost me any penalty seconds." Well, apparently not. Unrelated but funny, in a radio interview before stage 5 he said: "Yesterday evening we took a little time to change some signs along today's course." -- E. Dronkert |
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The only problem I have with a handsling in a road event is the
possible safety factor, but I don't consider it to be any different than shielding a rider from the wind. Both involve a speed or work advantage given though the sacrafice of another's speed or work. Also depends if he got the hand sling during the sprint, or elsewhere |
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In article .com,
"jerry in vermont" wrote: Andrew F Martin wrote: That's a great result for Dave as he's a great guy. I think he won the Bermuda 'race' last year as well. He got 2nd over at Boise Twilight just a couple weeks back but was relegated for getting a hand-sling from a teammate. Hand sling? That's an advanced maneuver. And people pick on the Subway team... Heck, I am headed to Subway right now. Uh, Jerry, I don't think he meant hand slinging the bag with your samich in it out the driveup window into your car... -- tanx, Howard Butter is love. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:11:15 -0400, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote: On 8 Aug 2005 15:36:26 -0700, wrote: The only problem I have with a handsling in a road event is the possible safety factor, but I don't consider it to be any different than shielding a rider from the wind. Both involve a speed or work advantage given though the sacrafice of another's speed or work. The problem with handslings is that too many slinging riders slow down dramatically when they give on, which is a danger to the riders right behind them. JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** No, the problem is that it's cheating. Pretty soon they'd be throwing little Robbie through the air and over the top of O'Grady. Or hell, why even pedal. Your team could be on a rotating "swing shift" and they would just get in a pace line where the front guy comes up and swings you along. You wouldn't even have to pedal until you wanted to go for a win. And maybe not even then. And it's different than "shielding a rider from the wind" by a long way. D |
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