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Joe Pozer
07-30-01, 09:53 AM
He's a machine destroying the rest of the competition.

http://velonews.com/images/tour2001/1302.1257.f.jpg


Here is the end result:

http://velonews.com/images/tour2001/1302.1255.f.jpg


I wish I could've been there to witness it:

http://velonews.com/images/tour2001/1302.1261.f.jpg

Vers Victoire
08-07-01, 05:13 AM
I was there last week, folks! It was awesome! Every nationality was cheering Lance on. He is a great champion!

Trivia question: How many times has the top three in the world championship road race hailed from the same country?
dirtsqueezer
08-07-01, 08:46 AM
Vers that's a tough question. I'm thinking it would have been quite a while ago if ever, simply because the contemporary pro teams are so international that individuals of the same nation may not be that motivated to work together even in world championships.

And with that long winded hypothesis, I must say, I have no Clue. Once? (as in singularly, not the Spanish team!).

Vers Victoire
08-08-01, 08:27 AM
Indeed a tough question, but your guess was right on, dirtsqueezer! Just once did the world championships podium comprise of countrymen. In the inaugural world championships of 1927 Alfredo Binda, Costante Girardengo and Domenico Piemontesi made it one-two-three for Italy.
dirtsqueezer
08-08-01, 09:16 AM
Woo Hoo, I'm moonwalking in my cube!

My brain hurts after that. I'd better call it a day.
Vers Victoire
08-09-01, 06:13 AM
Trivia question: Who was the first ever Spanish world champion?
(Men elite road). You might be surprised.
dirtsqueezer
08-09-01, 08:45 AM
Oooh, good questions Vers. Your hint help greatly. :D

I'll hold my tongue for a few hours, but it's killing me. My hint, though it may not be much help: The host city was Bogota.
Vers Victoire
08-09-01, 09:40 AM
You're close dirtsqueezer, the host country was indeed Colombia, the host city was Duitama.
dirtsqueezer
08-09-01, 04:53 PM
Abram Olano (hope I got the spelling) Final Answer.


Big Mig took second that year.
Vers Victoire
08-10-01, 04:33 AM
Correctamundo. And Pantani finished third. Olano completed the final part of the race on a flat tyre.
Amazingly, he was the first Spanish world champion ever. In 1999 Oscar Freire became the second.
RainmanP
08-15-01, 10:45 AM
Maybe I am just a sucker for hokiness, but I thought it was neat that the Postal guys all had yellow gloves, socks and rims after Armstrong took the maillot jaune.