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Olden Crow

07-14-12 01:25 AM

Terrible rider sneaks into the tour?

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/go...fer/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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul01 (Post 14481370)

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by canam73 (Post 14482518)

You guys talking about Farrar?

:lol: :(

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