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Jason Spaceman
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They've both been called 'Judas'.
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For CSC rider Jens Voigt the ride up the Alpe d?Huez turned into a living nightmare.
Not because he was going badly, but because of all the abuse he had to take from Jan
Ullrich fans shouting ?Judas? at him, writes Susanne Horsdal.
On Tuesday?s stage to Villard de Lans, the German rider was ordered to work hard at
the front of the Lance Armstrong/Ivan Basso group. Voigt did his job dutifully, and
effectively neutralised Ullrich?s attack. That act didn?t go down well with a large
group of the German spectator?s amongst the million-strong turn-out on Alpe d?Huez.
In his diary on sport1.de, Voigt explains the terrible experience he had and how
much it hurt him.
?Today was anything but a nice stage for me ? the thorn of disappointment is sitting
deep. I have nothing positive to say about the myth of Alpe d?Huez and the many
enthusiastic spectators. The Jan Ullrich fans who don?t understand that I was
chasing him in the service of my team captain Ivan Basso on stage 15 were shouting
insults of the worst kind at me. All the way up the mountain people were booing at
me and showing Judas-posters the size of bedsheets with my name on it.
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Read it at http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=323
J. Spaceman
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My email address ([email protected]) is fake. Email sent to it will
only get caught in my spam tarpit.
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For CSC rider Jens Voigt the ride up the Alpe d?Huez turned into a living nightmare.
Not because he was going badly, but because of all the abuse he had to take from Jan
Ullrich fans shouting ?Judas? at him, writes Susanne Horsdal.
On Tuesday?s stage to Villard de Lans, the German rider was ordered to work hard at
the front of the Lance Armstrong/Ivan Basso group. Voigt did his job dutifully, and
effectively neutralised Ullrich?s attack. That act didn?t go down well with a large
group of the German spectator?s amongst the million-strong turn-out on Alpe d?Huez.
In his diary on sport1.de, Voigt explains the terrible experience he had and how
much it hurt him.
?Today was anything but a nice stage for me ? the thorn of disappointment is sitting
deep. I have nothing positive to say about the myth of Alpe d?Huez and the many
enthusiastic spectators. The Jan Ullrich fans who don?t understand that I was
chasing him in the service of my team captain Ivan Basso on stage 15 were shouting
insults of the worst kind at me. All the way up the mountain people were booing at
me and showing Judas-posters the size of bedsheets with my name on it.
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Read it at http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=323
J. Spaceman
--
My email address ([email protected]) is fake. Email sent to it will
only get caught in my spam tarpit.