Professional Cycling For the Fans - Terrible rider sneaks into the tour?

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Olden Crow
07-14-12, 01:25 AM
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/golf/07/16/maurice.flitcroft.worst.golfer/index.html

Maurice Flitcroft in the weeds.
He snuck into the British Open and shot a round of 122, 49 over par!.
His partners were furious waiting on him to finish every hole.
He came back again in various disguises.
Has any rider ever done that in TDF?

ultraman6970
07-14-12, 01:46 PM
Not that I know of. But they would notice a new guy right away IMO.
YMCA
07-14-12, 02:13 PM
not in the modern era
maybe early 20th century

asgelle
07-14-12, 02:17 PM
Lennard Zinn did it at the Giro this year and wrote about it for VeloNews (not that Lennard is a terrible rider).
thenomad
07-14-12, 02:37 PM
did he go back to the team car for some free bottles?
Paul01
07-14-12, 04:11 PM
If I remember, he thought all the riders in the tour had passed so he started riding up one of the climbs and got caught in bunch of stragglers.
bikepro
07-14-12, 08:49 PM
If I remember, he thought all the riders in the tour had passed so he started riding up one of the climbs and got caught in bunch of stragglers.

Imagine their embarassment had he beat them to the top . . . a fresh rider, but still an accomplishment :)
canam73
07-14-12, 11:22 PM
You guys talking about Farrar?
ckaspar
07-15-12, 12:25 AM
You guys talking about Farrar?

:lol: :(