Hincapie did have a broken Collar Bone
07-28-09, 12:49 PM
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Hincapie did have a broken Collar Bone
https://tour-de-france.velonews.com/a...vicle-fracture
Really admire him as a tough and the ultimate team rider whether it was broke or not. He is an icon of the sport and good role model.
Really admire him as a tough and the ultimate team rider whether it was broke or not. He is an icon of the sport and good role model.
07-28-09, 01:00 PM
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i admired tyler hamilton riding with a broken collarbone too... here's to hoping georgie doesn't face the same fate (even though if he does, at least he had a good run of it... tyler really got screwed, his fault or not)
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That is amazing - he climbed Ventoux with a broken collarbone? And that final sprint in Paris?
That just seems hard to believe anyone could do that.
That just seems hard to believe anyone could do that.
07-28-09, 06:40 PM
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i will be surprised if hincapie comes back next year but that will be because he chooses not to..... not because he's banned for life like TH.
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Professional athletes are cut from a different cloth. It happens across all professional sports, but it is amazing everytime it happens.
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07-28-09, 09:05 PM
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GH is a bad-a$$.
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GH is a great rider, and to do what he did with a broken collar bone...yikes. I rode with a broken collarbone for 3 months, but the first week was pain city. I would really like to know how he did it, maybe carbon fiber duct tape to hold his shoulder in place....I hope he a gets a ride with TRS for next year.
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tyler busted his collar bone and i rooted hard for him and gave him much cred. then he got busted for doping. george busted his collar bone and i rooted hard for him too. i don't mean to imply that george is going to get in the same repeated **** as tyler, but that one instance (tyler) hurt my feelings! it was the same thing with landis... i just hate seeing "heroic" rides tarnished by doping scandals, that's all.
