[email protected] (Amit) wrote in message
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[email protected] (Andrew Martin) wrote in message
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> > So, this affirms my statement that the guy has gotten back to about where he was a couple years
> > ago. When I read that story, I did a quick google (from
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/jun99/beauce993.html) on his results. Looking briefly
> > for results, I find him on Nutri-Fig in 99 at de Beauce.
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> > 76. Luca Segato (Can) Nutra-Fig 35.31.
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> > Now, granted that's 35 min down on Levi Leipheimer, and I'm not sure that 35 min down on GC is
> > that bad, but the guys around him certainly aren't names that have pulled in $807k since then
> > for their pro cycling exploits:
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> This was (I think ?) after his injury. He wasn't riding at his potential here. He was a junior
> prodigy and it would be reasonable to think he could've raced as a N.American based pro for 8-10
> yrs. He might be riding well (for an amateur) now, but he basically lost his shot at making it as
> a pro. A better comparison might be someone like Mark Walters.
>
> -Amit
(from
http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=3a91339c-254a-42f6-aa7a-19167e845718) The July 2,
1998, accident injured Segato's lower back to the point that he could not even finish races that he
had trained to win. It led to a B.C. Supreme Court jury awarding him $807,000 Tuesday, after Segato
successfully sued ICBC.
Tour of Somerville Races - May 29, 1995
Senior 1/2 1 Jason Snow Carver Cycles Buzzards Bay,MA 2 Adam Myerson G S Mengoni Northhampton MA 3
Luca Segato Saturn-Canada Victoria, BC
Results from May 14 Ravenna RR (140km) : (Sorry I only have Men's Sen 1/2 Results)
1. Luca Segato, Saturn Canada
2. Darko Ficko, Longo's Cycling Team
3. Eric Wohlberg, Saturn Canada <-| ?
4. Micheal Barry, Saturn Canada <-| ?
Wente Brut RR Results/Livermore, CA 4/16/94 S12P-57 riders 1 Chad Gerlach San Jose 2 Mike Murray
Wheel Smith 3 Bob Simpson Team Santa Cruz 4 Steve Miller Softride 5 Sean Bragstad Tecate Light 6
Benton Hart LGBRC 7 Tim Larkin East Bay Velo Club 8 Ben Bourne Davis BC 9 Luca Segato Tecate Light
10 Ryan Chandler Velo Freni
4/1/Pro # or riders 36 distance 20 miles 1 Luca Segato Napa Valley Velo 2 John Peters Napa Valley
Velo 3 Michael Sayers Team Sacramento 4 John Browing Napa Valley Velo 5 Steve Ghorley Team
Sacramento 6 Adham Sbein Twin Peaks 7 Shane Clarke Velo Freni 8 Michael Prime GCC 9 Vincent Gee
Team Sacramento 10 Derek Hall Shaklee
OK - after giving a more fair effort to find results, it looks like this guy was pretty good.
Whether or not he would earn 500k over his career we can't know, but I guess I needed to do more
homework. Thanks for keeping me honest. a