On 2 Apr 2005 16:01:11 -0800, JeffOYB@hotmail.com wrote:
I say it's the one with Moser and Duclos-LaSalle in Paris Roubaix in>early 80's, going side by side into the wind.>
Dang, I gotta find that magazine page cutout that I have of that old>photo and scan it or something!>
If anyone has any image they THINK they DARE suggest is better, let's>see it!>
--JP
One of Bernard Hinault, the year he won Roubaix. It was in a cycling magazine, an article about how he totally hated that race. He basically thought it was stupid and a big circus but he wanted to win. He was WC that year. THere's one photo of him tearing along with his muddy WC jersey and this expression of grim determination on his face; he'll win if it kills him! Of course he won.
That was a great race. There was another one, from Cycle sport, of Sorenson stuck in the mud and shouting for a push- it was just a sea of mud. I think it was Sorenson's last season.
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:08:37 -0400, blanshay@total.net wrote:> THere's one photo of [Hinault] tearing along with his> muddy WC jersey and this expression of grim determination on his face;> he'll win if it kills him! Of course he won.
That was a great race. There was another one, from Cycle sport, of>Sorenson stuck in the mud and shouting for a push- it was just a sea>of mud. I think it was Sorenson's last season.
The photo above was from 2001. Sorenson raced professionally at least into the following year.
JT
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:08:37 -0400, blanshay@total.net wrote:>> THere's one photo of [Hinault] tearing along with his>> muddy WC jersey and this expression of grim determination on his face;>> he'll win if it kills him! Of course he won.>
There was another one i remember of Hincapie; after he'd taken that header. It was a closeup of his muddy face and the look of disappointment when he obviously realized it was all over.
For some reason, when they have that gray mud caked on they make me think of elephants. DOes anyone get what i mean?
I also like the still photos they would show at the beginning credits of Paris Roubaix; some guy with blood streaming down his head, from way back when.
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:26:50 -0400, blanshay@total.net wrote:> For some reason, when they have that gray mud caked on they make me> think of elephants. DOes anyone get what i mean?
Never thought of that, but you'll probably see it again this year. It's gonna be good; rather bad weather predicted for the end of the week.
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:26:50 -0400, blanshay@total.net wrote:>> For some reason, when they have that gray mud caked on they make me>> think of elephants. DOes anyone get what i mean?>
Never thought of that, but you'll probably see it again this year. It's>gonna be good; rather bad weather predicted for the end of the week.
Yaaay! It' s been too nice and sunny the last two years. We need a real glop-fest.
I can't remember who it was, but i remember yet another article about paris roubaix, and they described someone who, if it wasn't raining, would cry. Probably a bit exaggerated, but he'd get all upset. I cant' remember who the 'cryer' was. I think it may have been marc Madiot.
Stuart O'grady always says he loves gloppy conditions,which is kind of funny when you think he comes from a nice, dry sunny climate. Or maybe that's why!
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:08:37 -0400, blanshay@total.net wrote:>>
THere's one photo of [Hinault] tearing along with his>>>muddy WC jersey and this expression of grim determination on his face;>>>he'll win if it kills him! Of course he won.>>
Looking at that site, I'm amazed Flemish television is not producing a Ronde history DVD. They used to have a VHS that went up to 1999 or so, with great footage one.
Looking at that site, I'm amazed Flemish television is not producing a>Ronde history DVD.>They used to have a VHS that went up to 1999 or so, with great footage>one.
I saw that (an English-language version) and it was pretty amazing. I wish it had been longer though -- maybe twice as much on each race.
JT
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Mark & Steven Bornfeld 5 April 2005 22:21:02 [ permanent link ]
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:08:37 -0400, blanshay@total.net wrote:>
THere's one photo of [Hinault] tearing along with his>>muddy WC jersey and this expression of grim determination on his face;>>he'll win if it kills him! Of course he won.>
