We know he is faster than Marco !!!

"SMMB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
But we didn't know why he couldn't set the record.

From :

Roue libre Les lieutenants aux «jambes de pierre»

Par Antoine VAYER

lundi 26 juillet 2004 (Liberation - 06:00)

"Pour Christian Prudhomme, futur patron du
Tour, Armstrong est «un dieu», tant il est vrai que Lance a marché sur
les autres. Sa grâce divine a crucifié les outsiders, du moins ceux qui
n'ont pas abandonné, les «mal-soignés»."

"Seul hic à ce Tour de tous ses records personnels, un petit vent sur la deuxième partie de
l'Alpe-d'Huez l'a empêché de battre celui de Pantani, qu'on pensait inapprochable."

I guess the barriers got him, not the crowd.
Me, too, if I had the genes, the dedication, etc., etc., ....

--
Sandy
Paris FR

I take it you consider Pantani's record to be legit?

M.

Michael said:

I take it you consider Pantani's record to be legit?

Of course, why not?

SMMB said:

"Seul hic à ce Tour de tous ses records personnels, un petit vent sur la
deuxième partie de l'Alpe-d'Huez l'a empêché de battre celui de Pantani,
qu'on pensait inapprochable."

Someone at the twelfth party on Alpe d'Huez farted and this is why he
was a second slower than Pantani.

"Stewart Fleming" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

SMMB said:

"Seul hic à ce Tour de tous ses records personnels, un petit vent sur la
deuxième partie de l'Alpe-d'Huez l'a empêché de battre celui de Pantani,
qu'on pensait inapprochable."

Someone at the twelfth party on Alpe d'Huez farted and this is why he
was a second slower than Pantani.

No, not the twelfth party, the second! The party of the second part will be
known in this contract as the party of the second part. etc.

Anyway, Pantani's record was 36'50, if you actually time it from betweeen
the start and finish of the climb (like Lance's was). The 37'35 included the
bit from the intersection of the D? and N? (too lazy to look it up) to the
bottom of the climb.

Jeff

"Jeff Jones" <jeff@cyclingnews-punt-com> a écrit dans le message de :
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Quoted message said:

"Stewart Fleming" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Anyway, Pantani's record was 36'50, if you actually time it from betweeen
the start and finish of the climb (like Lance's was). The 37'35 included

the

Quoted message said:

bit from the intersection of the D? and N? (too lazy to look it up) to the
bottom of the climb.

Jeff

A helpful site :

http://grimpee.alpe.9online.fr/references.html

--
Bonne route,

Sandy
Paris FR

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

A helpful site :

http://grimpee.alpe.9online.fr/references.html

Thanks - that site states that Pantani's 1995 record was 36'40, not 36'50.
There is a similar difference between his 1997 times (36'45 and 36'55). Damn
these facts. Oh well, all I know is that it's a hell of a lot faster than I
can climb, and that's a fact.

Jeff

Jeff Jones said:

SMMB said:

http://grimpee.alpe.9online.fr/references.html

Thanks

What, you don't read frsc..?

Jeff Jones said:

"Stewart Fleming" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

SMMB said:

"Seul hic à ce Tour de tous ses records personnels, un petit vent sur la
deuxième partie de l'Alpe-d'Huez l'a empêché de battre celui de Pantani,
qu'on pensait inapprochable."

Someone at the twelfth party on Alpe d'Huez farted and this is why he
was a second slower than Pantani.

No, not the twelfth party, the second! The party of the second part will be
known in this contract as the party of the second part. etc.

OK, the second farty party.

Quoted message said:

the start and finish of the climb (like Lance's was). The 37'35 included the
bit from the intersection of the D? and N? (too lazy to look it up) to the
bottom of the climb.

I have a 3000x3000 pixel satellite image, so I did a complex image
transformation so that I could read the road signs. Crossroads of D211
and N91.

Stewart Fleming said:

Jeff Jones said:

the start and finish of the climb (like Lance's was). The 37'35
included the bit from the intersection of the D? and N? (too lazy to
look it up) to the bottom of the climb.

I have a 3000x3000 pixel satellite image, so I did a complex image
transformation so that I could read the road signs. Crossroads of
D211 and N91.

Damn, you're good!

Jeff

Jeff Jones said:

Quoted message said:

I have a 3000x3000 pixel satellite image, so I did a complex image
transformation so that I could read the road signs. Crossroads of
D211 and N91.

Damn, you're good!

Especially since the crossing is not on the photo...

(Ah OK, *a* satellite image).

Jeff Jones said:

Stewart Fleming said:

Jeff Jones said:

the start and finish of the climb (like Lance's was). The 37'35
included the bit from the intersection of the D? and N? (too lazy to
look it up) to the bottom of the climb.

I have a 3000x3000 pixel satellite image, so I did a complex image
transformation so that I could read the road signs. Crossroads of
D211 and N91.

Damn, you're good!

We have a wide-ranging educational curriculum here in New Zealand.

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Especially since the crossing is not on the photo...

(Ah OK, *a* satellite image).

It was probably the one taken by the blimp next to ours. There's always a
big fight for position among the Tour photographers.

Jeff

Jeff Jones said:

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Especially since the crossing is not on the photo...

(Ah OK, *a* satellite image).

It was probably the one taken by the blimp next to ours. There's always a
big fight for position among the Tour photographers.

It was the grey one with no markings.
Can't say any more, sorry.

Jeff Jones said:

Quoted message said:

It was probably the one taken by the blimp next to ours. There's always a
big fight for position among the Tour photographers.

Stewart Fleming said:

It was the grey one with no markings.
Can't say any more, sorry.

Oh you mean the al Queada one ?