Tour de France - upside down race number??

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isuffer
07-15-08, 03:05 PM
Not sure if my eyes were playing tricks but I notice that rider number 113 was posted upside down on back of the racer’s jersey. Perhaps superstition? Are there other numbers that fall in the same category?

marin1
07-15-08, 03:11 PM
Cancellara (13) wears his upside down as well. It is a tradition. They're the only 2 in the race doing it, if there were a 213 then they would do it too.
robema
07-15-08, 03:45 PM
they better not fall and roll...the nr would be the right way up!

in formula one they never use nr 13 for the same reasons,
japanese drivers never use nr 4...

haimtoeg
07-15-08, 04:03 PM
they better not fall and roll...the nr would be the right way up!

in formula one they never use nr 13 for the same reasons,
japanese drivers never use nr 4...

Then it wouldn't matter anymore, would it?
Suzie Green
07-15-08, 06:31 PM
Cancellara needs to be on an 8-man team. :D
J.W.
07-15-08, 06:40 PM
superstition...you know 13 is "unlucky"
ed073
07-17-08, 01:07 AM
one upside down, one right side up to keep the commisaires hapy.

go here...

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=308877&highlight=superstitions