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  1. Hey,

    How does a "PRO" miscalculate the finish line for a crosswalk, and
    throw his bike to early when there are FOUR finishing circuits????

    Thanks,
    RC

  2. ronde chumpion said:

    Hey,

    How does a "PRO" miscalculate the finish line for a crosswalk, and
    throw his bike to early when there are FOUR finishing circuits????

    Thanks,
    RC

    Same way a "PRO"
    - Bonks
    - Jumps too early
    - Jumps too late
    - Dehydrates
    - Changes equipment just before a big stage race
    - Misses the Break

    and countless other things.

  3. Richard Adams said:
    Quoted message said:

    How does a "PRO" miscalculate the finish line for a crosswalk, and
    throw his bike to early when there are FOUR finishing circuits????

    Same way a "PRO"
    - Bonks
    - Jumps too early
    - Jumps too late
    - Dehydrates
    - Changes equipment just before a big stage race
    - Misses the Break

    and countless other things.

    Like raise his hands too early after 16 years of pro road sprinting.

  4. Richard Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    ronde chumpion said:

    Hey,

    How does a "PRO" miscalculate the finish line for a crosswalk, and
    throw his bike to early when there are FOUR finishing circuits????

    Thanks,
    RC

    Same way a "PRO"
    - Bonks
    - Jumps too early
    - Jumps too late
    - Dehydrates
    - Changes equipment just before a big stage race
    - Misses the Break

    and countless other things.

    Don't forget - Brake rubbing the rear wheel

  5. Ewoud Dronkert <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Richard Adams said:
    Quoted message said:

    How does a "PRO" miscalculate the finish line for a crosswalk, and
    throw his bike to early when there are FOUR finishing circuits????

    Same way a "PRO"
    - Bonks
    - Jumps too early
    - Jumps too late
    - Dehydrates
    - Changes equipment just before a big stage race
    - Misses the Break

    and countless other things.

    Like raise his hands too early after 16 years of pro road sprinting.

    Davis Phinney pulled the exact same move at the Coors Classic in 1984
    or 1985
    when they finished in downtown Truckee California. Phinney was in a
    break with Hinault and coming into town and Phinney sprinted for the
    Coors banner.
    The only problem was that the Coors banner was about 150 meters before
    the actual Coors finish banner. The story from the people in Truckee
    was that the first Coors banner was left over from the rodeo that had
    been in town the week before and never was removed.
    Phinney was raging at the officals and Hinault !!!! Sprinted to the
    wrong finish line and then to lose to Hinault whom had set on
    Phinney's wheel for the last 10k before taking the stage from Phinney.
    It really was a great couple of years for cycling with the Coors
    Classic.
    I never missed any of the stages in California when it was there.
    If my old memory serves me right the twilight crit in Old Sacramento
    was part of the Coors race and the course was held on some of the
    worst cobbled/brick sections you could imagine. Lot's of crashes,
    Scott Mckinley was racing for the 7/11 team (?) and had a horrific
    crash into a line of wood posts barriers that had chain between them.
    It nearly killed the kid ! I don't think he ever was the same since
    then.

    "OMC"

    Memory not what it use to be.........

  6. Ewoud Dronkert <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Richard Adams said:
    Quoted message said:

    How does a "PRO" miscalculate the finish line for a crosswalk, and
    throw his bike to early when there are FOUR finishing circuits????

    Same way a "PRO"
    - Bonks
    - Jumps too early
    - Jumps too late
    - Dehydrates
    - Changes equipment just before a big stage race
    - Misses the Break

    and countless other things.

    Like raise his hands too early after 16 years of pro road sprinting.

    I thought this thread was about Riis. Too bab.

  7. Hey Scott, Mike thinks that you're crazy.

    "OMC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Ewoud Dronkert <[email hidden]> wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Richard Adams said:

    > How does a "PRO" miscalculate the finish line for a crosswalk, and
    > throw his bike to early when there are FOUR finishing circuits????

    Same way a "PRO"
    - Bonks
    - Jumps too early
    - Jumps too late
    - Dehydrates
    - Changes equipment just before a big stage race
    - Misses the Break

    and countless other things.

    Like raise his hands too early after 16 years of pro road sprinting.

    Davis Phinney pulled the exact same move at the Coors Classic in 1984
    or 1985
    when they finished in downtown Truckee California. Phinney was in a
    break with Hinault and coming into town and Phinney sprinted for the
    Coors banner.
    The only problem was that the Coors banner was about 150 meters before
    the actual Coors finish banner. The story from the people in Truckee
    was that the first Coors banner was left over from the rodeo that had
    been in town the week before and never was removed.
    Phinney was raging at the officals and Hinault !!!! Sprinted to the
    wrong finish line and then to lose to Hinault whom had set on
    Phinney's wheel for the last 10k before taking the stage from Phinney.
    It really was a great couple of years for cycling with the Coors
    Classic.
    I never missed any of the stages in California when it was there.
    If my old memory serves me right the twilight crit in Old Sacramento
    was part of the Coors race and the course was held on some of the
    worst cobbled/brick sections you could imagine. Lot's of crashes,
    Scott Mckinley was racing for the 7/11 team (?) and had a horrific
    crash into a line of wood posts barriers that had chain between them.
    It nearly killed the kid ! I don't think he ever was the same since
    then.

    "OMC"

    Memory not what it use to be.........

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