That Gesture (Giro Stage 17 Spoiler)

John Everett <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

As Pavel Tonkov crossed the line to win today's stage of the Giro he
gave a gesture that IIRC is the Italian equivalent of giving the
finger. Funny thing, OLN replayed it several times. :-)

So what was Tonkov upset about and who was he signaling?

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Vini Caldiroli management for making him Garzelli's domestique, instead of
vice versa? 😉

"John Everett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

As Pavel Tonkov crossed the line to win today's stage of the Giro he
gave a gesture that IIRC is the Italian equivalent of giving the
finger. Funny thing, OLN replayed it several times. :-)

So what was Tonkov upset about and who was he signaling?

Some info/quotage here:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results/stage17

Jeff