George Heckled for Unknown Reasons

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Big George Suffers The Slings And Arrows Of Bad Fans
It seems that very few of the enormous crowd present were happy to see
George Hincapie the winner on the day. Cyclingnews pays special care to
the topic:

"The atmosphere at the end of the GP Plouay - the most popular one-day
race in France - was very similar to the 1998 edition of the Breton
event when Pascal Hervé won in the wave of the Festina scandal. Never
had a winner received such little applause in the village that hosted
the World Championships in 2000. No more than one-third of the
spectators in the grandstands cheered for George Hincapie, not to
mention those whistling and booing."

A ridiculous showing by a 100,000 strong group of specators. It's
unfortunate that a hard-earned victory had to be tainted by boorish
fans, especially when the fans' angst had not a thing to do with
Hincapie or his sixth win of the season.
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Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can climb
without preparation a la Lance.

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Pez posts a cyclingnews ricochet with still no mention of the
L'Equipe affair....

Big George Suffers The Slings And Arrows Of Bad Fans
It seems that very few of the enormous crowd present were happy to see
George Hincapie the winner on the day. Cyclingnews pays special care to
the topic:

"The atmosphere at the end of the GP Plouay - the most popular one-day
race in France -

Wouldn't Paris - Roubaix be just a tiny bit more popular?

Mark VandenBerghe

B. Lafferty said:

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Pez posts a cyclingnews ricochet with still no mention of the
L'Equipe affair....

Big George Suffers The Slings And Arrows Of Bad Fans
It seems that very few of the enormous crowd present were happy to see
George Hincapie the winner on the day. Cyclingnews pays special care to
the topic:

"The atmosphere at the end of the GP Plouay - the most popular one-day
race in France - was very similar to the 1998 edition of the Breton
event when Pascal Hervé won in the wave of the Festina scandal. Never
had a winner received such little applause in the village that hosted
the World Championships in 2000. No more than one-third of the
spectators in the grandstands cheered for George Hincapie, not to
mention those whistling and booing."

A ridiculous showing by a 100,000 strong group of specators. It's
unfortunate that a hard-earned victory had to be tainted by boorish
fans, especially when the fans' angst had not a thing to do with
Hincapie or his sixth win of the season.
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Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Spoken like a true spud, Blind Spot. I'm waiting for you to start in
on George. After all, guilty by association, right? It must be so
simple being you.

R

B. Lafferty said:

Those of us who live outside the rbr/lance bubble by reading Euro sources
and speaking with Euro friends, know that there is great cynicism in France
about Monsieur George and his cleanliness. That they react to him this way,
even though his wife(?) is French is telling.

Telling of what? That they're chauvinistic? Wow. What news. That
they're cynical? Please tell me something the French aren't cynical
about. Maybe Virenque - but there's nothing there to be cynical about.

Or are you suggesting that George married that gorgeous woman because
she's French and he wanted to garner their support? Yes, that must be
it. Swift logic, Zippy.

You sure you're not the one in the bubble?

R

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:40:31 GMT, "B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Pez posts a cyclingnews ricochet with still no mention of the
L'Equipe affair....

Big George Suffers The Slings And Arrows Of Bad Fans
It seems that very few of the enormous crowd present were happy to see
George Hincapie the winner on the day. Cyclingnews pays special care to
the topic:

"The atmosphere at the end of the GP Plouay - the most popular one-day
race in France - was very similar to the 1998 edition of the Breton
event when Pascal Hervé won in the wave of the Festina scandal. Never
had a winner received such little applause in the village that hosted
the World Championships in 2000. No more than one-third of the
spectators in the grandstands cheered for George Hincapie, not to
mention those whistling and booing."

A ridiculous showing by a 100,000 strong group of specators. It's
unfortunate that a hard-earned victory had to be tainted by boorish
fans, especially when the fans' angst had not a thing to do with
Hincapie or his sixth win of the season.
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Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Have you ever noticed how often the most homophobic of people turn out
to be gay?

What kind of drugs are you on Lafferty?

What s wrong with being cynical anyway?

Quoted message said:

Wouldn't Paris - Roubaix be just a tiny bit more popular?

Well in pure term of spectators watching, GP Plouay is during august,
it s still holiday for lot of folks (french, dutch, belgium,
germans..), it s in brittany where lot of people spend vacation time.
So that may be way they say it the most popular, not presdigious, but
popular in terms of numbers may be.
My 2 cents

Mark VandenBerghe said:

Wouldn't Paris - Roubaix be just a tiny bit more popular?

It's a Belgian classic, didn't you know?

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SHUSSBAR said:

What s wrong with being cynical anyway?

Quote that message, then read it. Notice how it addresses
not the wisdom of cynicism, but Lafferty's making
something special of a particular case of cynicism in an
ocean of it.

--
Michael Press

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Quoted message said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

SHUSSBAR said:

What s wrong with being cynical anyway?

Quote that message, then read it. Notice how it addresses
not the wisdom of cynicism, but Lafferty's making
something special of a particular case of cynicism in an
ocean of it.

--
Michael Press

Dude, I didn't start the thread that asked the question of why he was
heckled. I just provided an accurate explanation. Deal with it or not, as
you please.

B. Lafferty said:

Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Maybe they think his sunglasses look like [censored]. You don't want
to overlook the obvious.

And good lord, check out the hat:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/aug05/GPplouay05/index.php?id=DSCF2129

Bob Schwartz
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Bob Schwartz said:

B. Lafferty said:

Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Maybe they think his sunglasses look like [censored]. You don't want
to overlook the obvious.

And good lord, check out the hat:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/aug05/GPplouay05/index.php?id=DSCF2129

I think it's a PR problem, and an easy one to fix. Look at that
picture again. Notice anything goofy about it? Yep. Everything. He
just has to play up the resemblance to Jerry Lewis and take a few
pratfalls. Instant love affair.

R

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Quoted message said:

B. Lafferty said:

Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can
climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Maybe they think his sunglasses look like [censored]. You don't want
to overlook the obvious.

And good lord, check out the hat:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/aug05/GPplouay05/index.php?id=DSCF2129

Probably his first Father's Day gift from his daughter.

Quoted message said:

Bob Schwartz
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On 08/30/2005 03:25 PM, in article [email hidden], "Bob

Schwartz said:

B. Lafferty said:

Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Maybe they think his sunglasses look like [censored]. You don't want
to overlook the obvious.

And good lord, check out the hat:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/aug05/GPplouay05/index.php?id=DSCF2129

The fact that he's wearing it ON TOP of his podium/baseball cap sure doesn't
help.

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Bob Schwartz said:

B. Lafferty said:

Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Maybe they think his sunglasses look like [censored]. You don't want
to overlook the obvious.

And good lord, check out the hat:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/aug05/GPplouay05/index.php?id=DSCF2129

Bob Schwartz
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Hat? Whu... Oh, he borrowed that from Madeleine.

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B. Lafferty said:

"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

SHUSSBAR said:

What s wrong with being cynical anyway?

Quote that message, then read it. Notice how it addresses
not the wisdom of cynicism, but Lafferty's making
something special of a particular case of cynicism in an
ocean of it.

--
Michael Press

Dude, I didn't start the thread that asked the question of why he was
heckled. I just provided an accurate explanation. Deal with it or not, as
you please.

I was not talking to you. So what is it I need to "deal with?"

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Quoted message said:

B. Lafferty said:

Maybe they read the L'Equipe article and still don't think George can
climb
without preparation a la Lance.

Maybe they think his sunglasses look like [censored]. You don't want
to overlook the obvious.

And good lord, check out the hat:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/aug05/GPplouay05/index.php?id=DSCF2129

Bob Schwartz
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He was wearing the hat because he lost a bet.