"Wade Summers" <
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> >"Wade Summers" <
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> >> Tim Zlogar wrote in message ...
> >> >I know this is a similar thread to the Acqua e Sapone rider at Somerville. But last October at
> >> >the Michelin Classic in Greenville, here in South Carolina there was a Palmans rider in full
> >> >kit riding the pro 1,2 race. I don't doubt that he really is a pro from the team but I was
> >> >wondering if anyone could tell me who he is and what he was doing here for that race. South
> >> >Carolina is a long way from Belgium.
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> >> >Thanks, Tim
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> >> It was Steve Vermaut and he really did ride for Palmans... I think he's retired now...
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> >That could well have been one of his last races as a pro.
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> >cheers, Jeff
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> Just realized a possible connection. Vermaut rode for Postal at one time. Probably friends with
> Hincapie. Michelin Classic is a Hincapie Sports production.
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> Wade
Another one was a couple of years ago (September 2001) right after the whole 9/11 thing, and George
Hincapie and Ekimov were in town to ride the large scale crit the week before the first SFGP (I
think it was supposed to be in Dallas??), and they both showed up for the Dividing Waters Omnium
weekend in Greenville, because they had been lurking around Greenville training, and drinking. They
showed up for the race hungover from the strip bar the night before, and Ekimov pulled back the
break (7 minutes over 10 miles) to bring the group back together before the finish. I'm pretty sure
he could have ridden off the front and won solo, but instead he sat up and let the local hacks
battle it out. It was pretty cool. Although when we first saw Ekimov we were wondering who the
toolbag with the Postal jersey and the mullet was.
Tom
