McEwen and Stage 7

[acalcium]

Sneaky bugger.

"""
But McEwen didn't rejoin the peloton in the conventional manner -
instead he hid in the bushes and waited for it to go past before
slipping on from the back.
"""

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/?id=results/tour057

 

[GPLama]

"acalcium" wrote in message ...
> Sneaky bugger.
>
> """
> But McEwen didn't rejoin the peloton in the conventional manner - instead
> he hid in the bushes and waited for it to go past before slipping on from
> the back.
> """

That is a total crack up.. what a champ! hahaha..


cheers,
GPL

 

[Marty]

GPLama wrote:
> "acalcium" wrote in message ...
>
>>Sneaky bugger.
>>
>>"""
>>But McEwen didn't rejoin the peloton in the conventional manner - instead
>>he hid in the bushes and waited for it to go past before slipping on from
>>the back.
>>"""
>
>
> That is a total crack up.. what a champ! hahaha..
>
>
> cheers,
> GPL
>
>

Very clever, drafting behind the pack as they ride like mad to catch up
to you!

Marty

 

[Bleve]

In the old days before radio & TV this may have been a tactical ploy,
but these days it would just have been for fun. All the team directers
would have known what was going on.

 

[BrettS]

Bleve wrote:
> In the old days before radio & TV this may have been a tactical ploy,
> but these days it would just have been for fun. All the team directers
> would have known what was going on.
>
Having read a similar story this week, I was tempted to do something
similar when I realised my breakaway was going to fail this morning.
I'm glad I didn't, story to come...

--
BrettS

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Marty wrote:
>
> GPLama wrote:
> > "acalcium" wrote in message ...
> >
> >>Sneaky bugger.
> >>
> >>"""
> >>But McEwen didn't rejoin the peloton in the conventional manner - instead
> >>he hid in the bushes and waited for it to go past before slipping on from
> >>the back.
> >>"""
> >
> >
> > That is a total crack up.. what a champ! hahaha..
> >
> >
> > cheers,
> > GPL
> >
> >
>
> Very clever, drafting behind the pack as they ride like mad to catch up
> to you!
>
> Marty

On Sat night I was at a party, we were discussing characters that have
tried that in local road races, "so who are we chasing?"

Tam