Expatriate gets warm welcome

Ewoud Dronkert said:

From Flemish teletext:

Three men roughen up Robbie McEwen

R.M. will remember this night on the town. Traditionally, the
Davitamon-Lotto rider spends the winter months in Australia and he took a
heavy beating there one night.

M. was out for a bite and a drink with a couple of mates when he was
attacked by three young blokes. The thugs gave M. a black eye and swollen
lip. "A cowardly act", said M.

stuart o'grady ?

Ewoud Dronkert said:

From Flemish teletext:

Three men roughen up Robbie McEwen

R.M. will remember this night on the town. Traditionally, the
Davitamon-Lotto rider spends the winter months in Australia and he took a
heavy beating there one night.

M. was out for a bite and a drink with a couple of mates when he was
attacked by three young blokes. The thugs gave M. a black eye and swollen
lip. "A cowardly act", said M.

The sprinter was able to laugh about it afterwards: "I fell to the ground,
but was then able to get up and walk [run? ed.] away. When cycling is no
longer my thing maybe I will think about a career in athletics."

Does it seem to anyone else that elite level Aussie cyclists are
involved in more throwdowns than the rest of the world combined? When
you consider the Steve Pates, Darryn Hills, and others, there seems to
be a pretty high incidence of assaults involving these guys.

On the other hand, they seem to handle it better than the Blijlevens
and Julichs of the peloton, too.

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

Tom Kunich said:

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/thebooks/album-24.htm

--
E. Dronkert

Carl Sundquist said:

Does it seem to anyone else that elite level Aussie cyclists are
involved in more throwdowns than the rest of the world combined? When
you consider the Steve Pates, Darryn Hills, and others, there seems to
be a pretty high incidence of assaults involving these guys.

On the other hand, they seem to handle it better than the Blijlevens
and Julichs of the peloton, too.

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/8203.0.html

Forget the drinking-problem stuff and skip down to the part
about the TV:

"We got back to my place, bantered and everybody was in on it,"
Dajka continued. "He cracked and put his fist through my TV. I
reacted to that by grabbing him by the throat and giving him a
tap on the chin. He reacted by giving me one on the chin.

"Shane Kelly, Jason Niblett and Joel Leonard basically stood there
and just let it happen. We both calmed down, but then he put his
fist through my window."

On 24 Oct 2005 13:12:03 -0700, "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

The thing about being a trouble maker from birth is that you learn the
general risks of fighting one on one early. There is a difference
between being a trouble maker and a stupid trouble maker.

And you learn that it isn't winning quick or losing quick that hurts -
those evenly matched things are the ones that can leave you hurting
for a while.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

Carl Sundquist said:

Does it seem to anyone else that elite level Aussie cyclists are
involved in more throwdowns than the rest of the world combined? When
you consider the Steve Pates, Darryn Hills, and others, there seems to
be a pretty high incidence of assaults involving these guys.

On the other hand, they seem to handle it better than the Blijlevens
and Julichs of the peloton, too.

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/8203.0.html

Forget the drinking-problem stuff and skip down to the part
about the TV:

"We got back to my place, bantered and everybody was in on it,"
Dajka continued. "He cracked and put his fist through my TV. I
reacted to that by grabbing him by the throat and giving him a
tap on the chin. He reacted by giving me one on the chin.

"Shane Kelly, Jason Niblett and Joel Leonard basically stood there
and just let it happen. We both calmed down, but then he put his
fist through my window."

The TV was obviously not a CRT. Those have armor glass,
and cannot be punched through with a fist. Ever carry a
CRT and notice how unbalanced is the load?

--
Michael Press

In article <[email hidden]>,

Curtis L. Russell said:

On 24 Oct 2005 13:12:03 -0700, "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

The thing about being a trouble maker from birth is that you learn the
general risks of fighting one on one early. There is a difference
between being a trouble maker and a stupid trouble maker.

And you learn that it isn't winning quick or losing quick that hurts -
those evenly matched things are the ones that can leave you hurting
for a while.

Best to heave a brick from the back of the crowd.
[Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Smash!]

--
Michael Press

"Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Tom Kunich said:

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/thebooks/album-24.htm

It's sitting on my shelf right now.

Tom Kunich said:

Quoted message said:

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

Curtis L. Russell said:

And you learn that it isn't winning quick or losing quick that hurts -
those evenly matched things are the ones that can leave you hurting
for a while.

Sounds like you're speaking through your nose.

Tom Kunich said:

Quoted message said:

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

Ewoud Dronkert said:

http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/thebooks/album-24.htm

Damn, I wish I'd fallen into a pot of EPO when I was a baby. Then I could
even be a fast fat master:
http://www.velcanto.ch/Velo/Accueilgeneralvelo/Photoaccueilgene/Obelix.jpg

Donald Munro said:

Tom Kunich said:

Quoted message said:

It's said that Belgians and Bretons are trouble makers from birth.
Though I've heard it say they don't like to face anyone one on one.

Curtis L. Russell said:

And you learn that it isn't winning quick or losing quick that hurts -
those evenly matched things are the ones that can leave you hurting
for a while.

Sounds like you're speaking through your nose.

Not any more.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...