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2004-02-16

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Posted by Lucky 2004-02-16 12:57:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Are there any bicyclers who *don't* take drugs? They're as bad as Major League Baseball, or the East Bloc athletes in the 70s.

Posted by gromky 2004-2-16 12:59:35 AM|| 2004-2-16 12:59:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Gromky, I know what you mean. But I think things are pretty clean right now. I think US Postal is clean. But make no mistake. These guys are Formula One of the human body.

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-16 1:16:29 AM|| 2004-2-16 1:16:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 RIP Elefantino..... Amazingly fast considering his aerodynamic handicap.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-16 7:16:26 AM|| 2004-2-16 7:16:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh God... I was big fan.I should add that Pantani was also the best "mountain climber" of his era,and the only rider of such type to win the Tour since the mid-seventies(usually it's the time-trialists with strong teams that win).If he did use drugs,so did everybody else.In pro cycling,that was just a fact of life.RIP,Marco.

Posted by El Id 2004-2-16 7:32:02 AM|| 2004-2-16 7:32:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Their is a close-up picture of Marco in the Official Tour Centinial. He is sitting next to his bike, crosslegged on the road. The other riders sitting allround. I think it's a protest. He stares, sadly, directly at you, his head slightly cocked to the left. He is beautiful, Grecian like. Outfitted in the Mercatone-Uno kit of baby blue w/pale yellow.

But what is so cool about the photo was the way Marco hid his spockness. His cycling cap is ringed by a team headband that neatly tucks in the top of his ears.

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-16 12:55:04 PM|| 2004-2-16 12:55:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Spookness is not pc, better to use aurally endowed.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-16 1:11:06 PM|| 2004-2-16 1:11:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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