Originally Posted by Laggard
Talk of Delgado reminds me of one of my favorite stages in the '92 TDF. In the last 5k of the final climb and finish into Chioccioli La Salève, Delgado, Roche and Rolf Jaermann had about 45 seconds on a very fragmented chase group.
Delgado drops back a few meters and it looks like he's going to be dropped. Suddenly he stands up and unleashes a vicious attack. Only Jaermann can stay with him. Delgado drags Rolf up the climb and again and again tries to drop the Swiss rider. He must have stood up and jumped five times but Jaermann cooly sat on his wheel and took the win.
I really loved Pedro's climbing style.
That was an awesome day. If you look closely, you can see that as Perico dropped to the back of the group, he's shifted into the big dog, while Roche and Jaermann stayed in the 39....then BANG!
Deserved to win. Great attacking ride.
Jaermann.....goes close to the title of roughest head in the pro bunch.
