Pavel Tonkov calling the director up for a beer and a smoke

I love Henk but please do tell !! Sounds very interesting.

that's about it....pro bike rider meets attractive young TV presenter in country Victoria.

Nature takes it's course.

More like ' insert any name of sun tour rider/support staff here meets female with pulse and all limbs functional (negotiable on the limbs) , nature takes its course.'

Led Zeppelin on tour were *******.

ed073 is close enough. After winning stage 17 of the Giro last year, Tonkov expressed his unhappiness over several teams that have abandoned him including in 2002 Lampre which opted not to renew his contract despite his mountain stage win in that year's Giro and CCC-Polstat which picked him up but failed to pay him halfway through the season.

he has his own web site, which many do not

https://www.paveltonkov.org/

OK....gotta come up with another question....hmmm...


stand by.

Awright....

In the wake of Super Mario's retirement I've got a Cipo question.

1994 Vuelta....Mario Cipollini crashed out within sight of the finish line at well over 60kmh in a bunch sprint, suffering major contusions, abrasions, facial injuries etc. One rider was obviously to blame as he switched across the road and took out Mario's front wheel.

Who was it and what team did he ride for?

Adriano Baffi, Mercatone Uno.

Magnificent effort.


You're up, G-Man.

what???!!!

how old was/is he?

It was kind of a "trick" question...Mario and Baffi were on the same team.

I think he raced until he was nearly 40....six days etc. I think he's now a directeur at Phonak.

Question coming...

A fairly easy one since I'm hitting the rack: Who held the record for stage victories at the Giro d'Italia before Mario Cipollini broke it, how many victories did that man have, and when did he set that mark (or how old was the record when Mario broke it)?

Alfredo Binda, 41 victories, someone else jump in with the 3rd part.....

Good enough, Smoothie. The record was 70 years old when Cipo broke it.

Binda won the Giro five times (1925, 1927-1929, 1933) and the first Giro mountains competition in 1933. He was paid a winner's sum to not race in 1930, because the race organizers thought his participation would dull public interest if he won again.

He won the first World Championship in 1927. He won three Worlds.

Binda also coached the Italian team at the Tour de France when Coppi and Bartali were going at each other.

A true god of cycling.

Bump




or has it died?

stuff it, I'm asking one...

Who's this? (easy)
What race is it?
Who won?
But more importantly, why does he describe it as his "toughest day in the saddle"?

That's the toughest bloke to ever race a bike.

Do I win?

keep goin', sunshine

nah....someone else can have a go. I've exceeded my post quota on this thread.