I was checking out the 1987 Tour yesterday and there was an interview with Andy Hampsten and his chances in the upcoming mountains. The camera was focused on Hampsten as he was talking. But Roll, sitting next to him, interrupted him and offered his off the wall description of how it was going to be a death march going into the mountains. Hampsten just looked over and smiled.
Even back then he loved to be the center of attention. He looked like a goof who probably hung out after a race and smoked pot. Maybe too much of that pot forced him to abandon the race a couple of days later.
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I was checking out the 1987 Tour yesterday and there was an interview with Andy Hampsten and his chances in the upcoming mountains. The camera was focused on Hampsten as he was talking. But Roll, sitting next to him, interrupted him and offered his off the wall description of how it was going to be a death march going into the mountains. Hampsten just looked over and smiled.
Even back then he loved to be the center of attention. He looked like a goof who probably hung out after a race and smoked pot. Maybe too much of that pot forced him to abandon the race a couple of days later.
Don't be stupid. Bob probably did smoke a bit o' pot. It is only an infraction where he grew up. Still, he took care of himself enough to get the most out of his abilities and yes, he was just as loony if not more so when he was with 7/11 and as a local amateur. IIRC, he was picked up by 7/11 when they saw him racing in Mexico some time in the mid eighties.
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I was checking out the 1987 Tour yesterday and there was an interview with Andy Hampsten and his chances in the upcoming mountains. The camera was focused on Hampsten as he was talking. But Roll, sitting next to him, interrupted him and offered his off the wall description of how it was going to be a death march going into the mountains. Hampsten just looked over and smiled.
Even back then he loved to be the center of attention. He looked like a goof who probably hung out after a race and smoked pot. Maybe too much of that pot forced him to abandon the race a couple of days later.
Get a DVD of the Magnificent Seven and go through the extra features. A young Steve McQueen can be seen throughout the movie drawing attention to himself, fiddling with his gun, fanning himself with his hat, etc. Eventually Yul Brynner confronted the young upstart, saying something like, "If I take off this hat nobody is going to be pay any attention to you after that."
