Greatest domestique
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I think best in a single place and time would be Bob Roll bringing Andy Hampsten his cold weather gear at the Gavia Pass in the '88 Giro. If only for the awesome narrative. Bob Roll can make any story fun if you enjoy his sense of humor, but he really does spin a fun yarn about an epically brutal stage.
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Re Stauffenberg -
Yes, I asked that way on purpose as I thought that might be the case. He soon saw the light and died fighting the good fight.
Yes, I asked that way on purpose as I thought that might be the case. He soon saw the light and died fighting the good fight.
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Go ahead - you tell him to fix his brake levers!
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Ouch No prize for you.
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Giro - Roche would have been farked without Schepers. And Schepers help at the Tour on the Villard de Lans stage and particularly the Morzine stage was invaluable.
Besides that, Roche was not alone. He must have got writers cramp signing cheques paying off the Fagor and Del Tongo boys after the Tour.
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Wow. I've never heard of this guy. But upon reading about him at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_S...n_Stauffenberg I'm really glad this question about your avatar was asked. I just learned about an amazing man.
Sorry for the off topic commentary....
Sorry for the off topic commentary....
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Wow. I've never heard of this guy. But upon reading about him at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_S...n_Stauffenberg I'm really glad this question about your avatar was asked. I just learned about an amazing man.
Sorry for the off topic commentary....
Sorry for the off topic commentary....
See Hans Oster and Canaris. Number 1 and 2 men in the Abwer, German military intelegence and working against Hitler from early on.
Also Of interest. Bonhoeffer and Sack. A year ago I could have rattled off a half dozen more names.
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Sean Yates. At his last race all the top guys came up to him at the start and wished him well, Indurain is reputed to have said he'd wished Yates had ridden for him.
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Best DOmestique?
Vino for Ullirich or Ullrich for vino can't remember who the the GC for T mobile that year 85?
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85 was one of the LeMond / Hinault battles. Are you thinking perhaps of Ullrich for Riis in 96? Or Riis for Ullrich in 97?
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Re: greatest domestique
Yates is my man because of the lack of the strength of the team he rode with. By the time Big George came around, Motorola had improved their team significantly and George was less of a domestique and more of an on-road leader. And of course, I sure George learned much from his short stint riding with Yates.
BTW, after reading several comments regarding Hincapie's performance this year, for my money he's riding better than ever. He's handling his role of on road captain, and always seems to be where he's needed, be it in the lead out, or working on the hills.
BTW, after reading several comments regarding Hincapie's performance this year, for my money he's riding better than ever. He's handling his role of on road captain, and always seems to be where he's needed, be it in the lead out, or working on the hills.
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That does raise a quetion doesn't it? SDoes having put inthe work for someone else qualify you? Smoothie already mentioned Mig working for Delgado, which he did for several years and very well. You can get pretty high up the list of great riders and find that at least for a while they paid their dues.