Pacifier

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Zippy the Pinhead said:

Just imagine someone pedaling thousands of kilometers, uphill and down, carrying a goddamn
pacifier in his jersey -- just in case he won a stage somehow and had to have his picture taken.

Maybe he dedicated his effort on that stage to his newborn kid, and the pacifier was some sort of
mojo, amulet or charm to him?

Or maybe it was just a sneaky drug delivery system <w>

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(Tom Keats) from said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Zippy the Pinhead said:

Just imagine someone pedaling thousands of kilometers, uphill and down, carrying a goddamn
pacifier in his jersey -- just in case he won a stage somehow and had to have his picture taken.

Maybe he dedicated his effort on that stage to his newborn kid, and the pacifier was some sort of
mojo, amulet or charm to him?

He probably carried it as a good luck charm.

Here's what Velonews wrote:

Sastre, a former member of the ONCE team who was recruited by CSC manager Bjarne Riis to
help Tyler Hamilton in the mountains, came over the line in
5:16:08 and with a baby's pacifier in his mouth in a tribute to his wife and baby.

It is his first major victory for the Danish team and will do wonders for Riis, who has
had to contend with Hamilton's shoulder injury in the past 10 days.

"It's a dream come true for any professional rider to win a stage on the Tour," said the
Spaniard, who spent three years at ONCE without a single win. "I was thinking about my
wife and daughter who are the two most important things in my life."

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Kevan Smith at [email hidden]//> wrote on 7/19/03 12:33 PM:

Quoted message said:

He probably carried it as a good luck charm.

Here's what Velonews wrote:

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Quoted message said:

"It's a dream come true for any professional rider to win a stage on the Tour," said the Spaniard,
who spent three years at ONCE without a single win. "I was thinking about my wife and daughter who
are the two most important things in my life."

Quoted in the same article:

"I have it in my pocket every day I race, so I remember my baby and don't take too many risks on the
descents" - Carlos Sastre

Zippy the Pinhead wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

The Stage winner at the TdF today came across the line, all posed for the cameras, just like
everyone else does.

Except that he had a pacifier in his mouth.

It must be a Spanish thing, the other day that other Spanish guy Flecha did that lame bow and
arrow thing.

I remember back in the1993 TdF when I took the stage of Saint-Lary-Soulan / Pla d'Adet.

I made a big D and B symbol when I came across the line.

You see Drew Barrymore was in Soulan the night before, she was in between filming Wayne's World 2
and Bjergen Kjergen Amy Fisher Story and out for a good time in France!

That was before she let herself get old and fat.

Jim Edgar said:

"I have it in my pocket every day I race, so I remember my baby and don't take too many risks on
the descents" -

That is cool. In fact, that is downright classy.

But it still leaves the question: why the HELL did he have to cross the finish line with it stopping
up his gob?

I guess we should count ourselves lucky that he doesn't carry a disposable diaper to remind him that
he has dependents...

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Quoted message said:

Jim Edgar said:

"I have it in my pocket every day I race, so I remember my baby and don't take too many risks on
the descents" -

That is cool. In fact, that is downright classy.

But it still leaves the question: why the HELL did he have to cross the finish line with it
stopping up his gob?

Binkies, pacifiers, dummies (British term), are these days commonly seen in the possession of people
much over the age of 5. They are used for enjoyment while using the drug Ecstasy (an MDMA for the
inhibition of seratonin reuptake which induces a sense of happiness) popular in the last 10 years
among teenagers and college students going to "raves".

I'm really relieved that Sastre was expressing his love for his family and not for the drug. I hate
to say it, but Ecstasy was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the adult sucking a
pacifier. I agree with Zippy that holding the thing up in the air would have made more sense than
sucking on it.

john//

(John Black) said:

I'm really relieved that Sastre was expressing his love for his family and not for the drug. I hate
to say it, but Ecstasy was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the adult sucking a
pacifier. I agree with Zippy that holding the thing up in the air would have made more sense than
sucking on it.

Yeah, but we wouldn't all be talking about it if he just held it up. If you're only going to win one
race in a few years, you want people to remember it!

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Just imagine someone pedaling thousands of kilometers, uphill and down, carrying a goddamn
pacifier in his jersey -- just in case he won a stage somehow and had to have his picture taken.

It boggles my feeble mind.

Evidently, he's been carrying the pacifier since his daughter was born, just so he could do it at
the first race he won. His daughter is TWO -- it's been a while since he won a race.