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Erik Zabel = Joop Zoetmelk

"Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
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Okay, so this is getting really, really freaky. How many is this -- 200?
More?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2006/feb06/med06/med061
2 Erik Zabel (Ger)

Dan

Joe King said:

Erik Zabel = Joop Zoetmelk

"Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Okay, so this is getting really, really freaky. How many is this -- 200?
More?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2006/feb06/med06/med061
2 Erik Zabel (Ger)

Dan

No way Joop had THAT MANY seconds. He finished second in GC in a few Tours,
I believe. What Eric's doing is supernatural.

Dan

Hiya:
Why all the seconds? My theory: Zabel is blind. Not "nothing at all
works" blind, but "the eye chart at the DMV is a white smudge in that
direction even with my contacts in place" blind. His iPod is loaded
with text to speech conversions from the Braille Monitor's web site, he
lets others lead until the sprint where he can see the finish and
that's where he tries to get ahead. He won't race Paralympics because
Annie Compton was already committed to her stoker and the rest of the
Paralympics pilots sounded a little bit on the wheezy and out-of-shape
side. Paralympic competition is simply not widespread or plentiful.
And frankly, he's so tired of,and cranky about, getting pity pats from
folks he and his pilot dropped by the start of the club rides and
citizen's races that it's less stressful for him to pass as sighted and
race as a pro.

Robert Leone [email hidden]

Dan Connelly said:

Joe King said:

Erik Zabel = Joop Zoetmelk

"Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Okay, so this is getting really, really freaky. How many is this -- 200?
More?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2006/feb06/med06/med061
2 Erik Zabel (Ger)

Dan

No way Joop had THAT MANY seconds. He finished second in GC in a few Tours,
I believe. What Eric's doing is supernatural.

Dan

Quoted message said:

Hiya:
Why all the seconds? My theory: Zabel is blind. Not "nothing at all
works" blind, but "the eye chart at the DMV is a white smudge in that
direction even with my contacts in place" blind. His iPod is loaded
with text to speech conversions from the Braille Monitor's web site, he
lets others lead until the sprint where he can see the finish and
that's where he tries to get ahead. He won't race Paralympics because
Annie Compton was already committed to her stoker and the rest of the
Paralympics pilots sounded a little bit on the wheezy and out-of-shape
side. Paralympic competition is simply not widespread or plentiful.
And frankly, he's so tired of,and cranky about, getting pity pats from
folks he and his pilot dropped by the start of the club rides and
citizen's races that it's less stressful for him to pass as sighted and
race as a pro.

Robert Leone [email hidden]

Dan Connelly said:

Joe King said:

Erik Zabel = Joop Zoetmelk

"Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
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>Okay, so this is getting really, really freaky. How many is this -- 200?
>More?
>
>http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2006/feb06/med06/med061
>2 Erik Zabel (Ger)
>
>Dan

No way Joop had THAT MANY seconds. He finished second in GC in a few Tours,
I believe. What Eric's doing is supernatural.

Dan

I thought you were describing Zulle, not Zabel!
Bill C

Joe King said:

Erik Zabel = Joop Zoetmelk

Dumbass -

Zoetemelk won a Tour. You're confusing him with Poulidor, "the eternal
second".

thanks,

K. Gringioni.

rleone said:

Quoted message said:

Why all the seconds? My theory: Zabel is blind.
He won't race Paralympics because
Annie Compton was already committed to her stoker and the rest of the
Paralympics pilots sounded a little bit on the wheezy and out-of-shape
side. Paralympic competition is simply not widespread or plentiful.
And frankly, he's so tired of,and cranky about, getting pity pats from
folks he and his pilot dropped by the start of the club rides and
citizen's races that it's less stressful for him to pass as sighted and
race as a pro.

Bill C said:

I thought you were describing Zulle, not Zabel!

Perhaps they could ride a tandem at the next paralympics.