September 2010
7 posts
'His heart briefly stopped beating, but his Pontiac kept ticking'
FORMER TOBACCO SMUGGLER WIM VAN EST PROVING THAT BIG RING RIDERS AREN’T AFRAID OF MAKING A LITTLE DORRAH FOR THEIR SPONSORS…
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August 2010
14 posts
‘AGE AND TREACHERY WILL OVERCOME YOUTH AND SKILL’
FAUSTO COPPI
I'LL QUIT WHEN I FALL OFF MY BIKE…
‘Today I literally ate my handlebar. I didn’t care if I was gonna make it in time or not. I’m tough, I’ll quit when I fall off my bike. A lot of sprinters went home already, but Kenny van Hummel is still here. And I’m proud of that.’
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KENNY VAN HUMMEL, SKIL-SHIMANO’S SPRINTER, INTERVIEWED ON DUTCH TV AFTER COMING IN DEAD LAST ON THE STAGE UP TO VERBIER IN THE 2009 TOUR DE FRANCE.
THAT’S THE SPIRIT, SON.
SOURCE: CYCLINGTIPS