Originally Posted by rockmuncher
From VeloNews last year
Zanoli, a big man, had an intimidating presence in a sprint. At the Casper Classic in Wyoming, American Nate Reiss made the mistake of grabbing the large Dutchman's jersey in the charge to the line. Zanoli maintained his sprint but swung a huge fist back at the offending rider. Reiss later concluded that one "can not beat a 6 foot 7 Dutchman trying to kill you at 45 miles an hour."
I took a photo of him at the Draai van der Kraai post-Tour crit in Rosendaal after the 1996 Tour chatting to a local bit of crumpet.
He didn't like me doing that.