Virenque

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Anyway,great great stage win.

Speaking of Jaja,I'm really missing him this year.

If you were in France you could hear him comment the race live from a motorbike. Sure beats hearing
Billy Patrick on OLN like I did last year!

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When the fat lady sings.........

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What do they call this style win (Jalabert used to refer to this all the time) -in French,
'escapade' or something??

The French word échappée (if the accents get mangled I'll try to repost) has been used a lot
recently, at least over here on the French television broadcasts, so maybe this is what you are
referring to? It refers to an "escape" by a number of cyclists, from the peloton, so maybe
"breakaway" would be a reasonable translation, as in "he led a three-man échappée at km
35..."

Voilà.

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Anyway,great great stage win.

Speaking of Jaja,I'm really missing him this year.

If you were in France you could hear him comment the race live from

a motorbike. Sure beats hearing Billy Patrick on OLN like I did last year!

Good stuff!

One of the TDF heroes is Jalabert-I bet he ends up running a team. I love that-the old cyclists
reappear years later with a clipboard and headset-did you see Criquelion yet?

ATB-DG.

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Quoted message said:

What do they call this style win (Jalabert used to refer to this

all

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the time) -in French, 'escapade' or something??

The French word échappée (if the accents get mangled I'll try to

repost) has

Quoted message said:

been used a lot recently, at least over here on the French

television

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broadcasts, so maybe this is what you are referring to? It refers to

an

Quoted message said:

"escape" by a number of cyclists, from the peloton, so maybe

"breakaway"

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would be a reasonable translation, as in "he led a three-man

échappée at km

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35..."

Voilà.

Hmmm,that's not it,sorry. Damn thing is driving me crazy now! It's more like ordeal or
adventure. Thanks.

DaveG,

That was that. Jalabert also mentioned "chasse patate", when Virenque was alone in between the
brakeaway group (far behind)and the peloton, and that meant he had in ass between two chairs, a very
bad situation.... "DaveG" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de
"]news:[email hidden]...

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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What do they call this style win (Jalabert used to refer to this

all

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the time) -in French, 'escapade' or something??

The French word échappée (if the accents get mangled I'll try to

repost) has

Quoted message said:

been used a lot recently, at least over here on the French

television

Quoted message said:

broadcasts, so maybe this is what you are referring to? It refers to

an

Quoted message said:

"escape" by a number of cyclists, from the peloton, so maybe

"breakaway"

Quoted message said:

would be a reasonable translation, as in "he led a three-man

échappée at km

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35..."

Voilà.

Hmmm,that's not it,sorry. Damn thing is driving me crazy now! It's more like ordeal or
adventure. Thanks.

DaveG,

DaveG said:

It's more like ordeal or adventure.

The French have a typical French word for that: "raid".

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

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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What do they call this style win (Jalabert used to refer to this

all

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the time) -in French, 'escapade' or something??

The French word échappée (if the accents get mangled I'll try to

repost) has

Quoted message said:

been used a lot recently, at least over here on the French

television

Quoted message said:

broadcasts, so maybe this is what you are referring to? It refers to

an

Quoted message said:

"escape" by a number of cyclists, from the peloton, so maybe

"breakaway"

Quoted message said:

would be a reasonable translation, as in "he led a three-man

échappée at km

Quoted message said:

35..."

Voilà.

Hmmm,that's not it,sorry. Damn thing is driving me crazy now! It's more like ordeal or adventure.

Chevauchée, exploit?

Benjo Maso

goulot said:

That was that. Jalabert also mentioned "chasse patate", when Virenque was alone in between the
brakeaway group (far behind)and the peloton, and that meant he had in ass between two chairs, a
very bad situation....

A "potato hunt"? That expression is not in my "Merde!" French-English dictionary :-)
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