Ullrich = Weasel?!

Ya think Pantani woulda waited? ;-)


lance would have had to been on the ground for a long time to find out that
answer.

gary

On 21 Jul 2003 10:49:22 -0700 in rec.bicycles.misc,
(Appkiller) wrote:

I haven't seen the viddie but the story seems to speak for itself.

no it doesn't, and you leapt before you looked. ullrich
apparently didn't know that lance had crashed.

Wow. You admit you don't know what was going on but still took the
time to slam Ullrich. That's sad.


Wow, neither of us were there and I took the direct quotes from the
rider who was there to support my claim. You took the word of a
journalist who very possibly was not even in Europe at the time. It
appears there is some conflict. I'll stick with the story including
direct quotes from the rider who was actually OUT ON THE ROAD RIDING
RIGHT NEXT TO JAN ULLRICH.

READ THE ARTICLE.

I didn't say I didn't know what was going on. I said I didn't see the
viddie, but I did read about eight articles, including the one from
Reuters with DIRECT QUOTES FROM TYLER HAMILTON.

READ THE ARTICLE.

Did you read the Reuters article?

READ THE ARTICLE.

Your reading comprehension skills are what are really sad.

READ THE ARTICLE.

Ride safely,

App

Funny that - in a post stage interview with a certain Mr Armstrong who wears a
yellow jersey in Le Tour, he thanked Ullrich for his sportsmanlike act of
slowing until Armstrong rejoined the race. Of course, what does that Mr
Armstrong know, nothing, obviously ;-)


Cheers, helen s

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On 21 Jul 2003 10:49:22 -0700, (Appkiller) wrote:

I haven't seen the viddie but the story seems to speak for itself.
Kudos to Tyler for his heroic cycling and promotion of fair play.


Hi App

I watched the entire stage live on TV. Although Ullrich didn't stop he
looked behind often, waiting for Armstrong and Mayo to catch up with
his group. He certainly slowed down considerably.

So, IMO, not a weasel.

James

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"W K" wrote

But basically Hamilton is in the same team. Its his job to look after his
strongest team-mate.
OTOH its Ullrich's job to beat him.

Hamilton isn't on the same team any more.

He traded life as a domestique for US Postal for the more glamorous
life as the headline General Classification rider for a Danish team.

So, at least in theory, he's just as much a competitor to Armstrong as
Jan is.

On the other hand, Tyler has such a long history with Lance that I'm
sure his mind automatically keeps track of him without thinking about
it.

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I didn't say I didn't know what was going on. I said I didn't see the
viddie, but I did read about eight articles, including the one from
Reuters with DIRECT QUOTES FROM TYLER HAMILTON.

yebbut, lance said it was a bag .
He was there, and he couldn't tell it was a cap.

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Funny that - in a post stage interview with a certain Mr Armstrong who wears a
yellow jersey in Le Tour, he thanked Ullrich for his sportsmanlike act of
slowing until Armstrong rejoined the race. Of course, what does that Mr
Armstrong know, nothing, obviously ;-)


Cheers, helen s

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You guys are right. Tyler Hamilton is a big fat liar-head.

Thanks for pointing that out to me.

App

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:24:28 -0500, Kevan Smith
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Here's what velonews.com reported today:

Later in the stage, when Armstrong crashed after
hitting a spectator's bag, he (Ulrich) respected a
Tour tradition and let him return on his bike.

"I have never in my life attacked someone who had
crashed. That's not the way I race," he said.

So, there you have it straight from the man.


Yup. As well as watching the stage live, I also watched a highlights
programme on a different channel (ITV with Liggett & Sherwin). ITV
gave a translation of Ullrich's comments.

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:27:27 -0300, Chris Phillipo
wrote:

Of course the other possibilities are he didn't have it in him to take
off, or he was thinking if he takes off and wins everyone is just going
to say he won the stage because his only competition fell on his ass.
Personlly I don't know why anyone cares either way. I frequently wait
for people when something happens in several different forms of racing
because I came there to race, not ride alone for the entire duration and
coast across the finish line.

Hi Chris

Like you I can't really see what the fuss is all about. I don't race
myself - I'm far too old, unfit and generally not suitable for
anything too energetic. It did seem to me that Ullrich slowed a
little, Lance caught up (after his pedal mishap), stayed with the
leading group for bit (Carlos Sastre was doing his own thing) and only
following a short time of consolidation did he make his successful and
winning attack.

Whatever, all the major parties acted honourably, IMO.

James

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