What happened to the devil?
07-22-12 | 10:07 AM
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What happened to the devil?
Years past in the mountain stages of the TDF there was a guy dressed like the devil who carried a pitchfork. I didn't see him this year. Does anybody know what happened to him? Did he die?
07-22-12 | 11:20 AM
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Here he is on his giant (not Giant) bicycle in 2009: https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7962291.stm
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07-22-12 | 01:20 PM
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Wiggle caught a cold with him this year. He is recovering from an operation but "Apparently" Wiggle sponsored him for this year in a new suit in the Brown and Orange of wiggle with the sponsors name plastered all over the front.
He appears at 17 seconds into the advert
He appears at 17 seconds into the advert
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07-22-12 | 01:41 PM
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What a cool touch.
07-22-12 | 02:43 PM
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07-23-12 | 05:30 AM
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Banned for doping? I hope he recovers and is back
07-23-12 | 12:36 PM
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I did not miss him. I know the race itself is a spectacle, but would much rather all the fan based, roadside nonsense stop. I can only imagine how much more exciting the racing would be if one weren’t distracted by all of the fan antics.
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07-23-12 | 05:22 PM
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How about we get rid of the tack-throwers and let Didi come back?
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07-23-12 | 05:35 PM
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07-23-12 | 05:51 PM
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I think B. Obama gave him a Czar position in the cabinet and he has been having a devil of a time.
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07-23-12 | 06:15 PM
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Recovering from surgery. Here's a link to some really great photos from The Atlantic. The Devil is is photo 17.
https://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...2-of-2/100341/
https://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...2-of-2/100341/
07-23-12 | 06:26 PM
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I'd be happy if they were both absent. Think of the non-tack throwers who have injured riders over the years because the wanted to be part of the spectacle. I think the race would be better without the fans being allowed to be so close and sometimes out of control. It might not be as entertaining to some, but I watch it for the riders, not the circus around them. To me Didi is like the person who feels they need to run onto the field during a baseball game. But each to his own.
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07-23-12 | 06:43 PM
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I like it that the crowd can be so close.One thing i don't like is people running beside the riders.I have never really heard any negative comments from the riders.It kinda looks like it pumps them up.It must be one heck of a party up there in the mountains.