Darren Smith - amazing talent, sad ending
Last Post 10/12/2014 10:46 AM by ed custer. 1 Replies.
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Orange Crush

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10/10/2014 11:16 AM
Could have been the first Australian tour winner back in the 90s and possibly completely changed that era. I must admit I had never heard of him, not owning a TV in those days but he sounds like an amazing talent, Greg Lemond or Sagan style. At the same time one has to wonder how a talent like that would have fared in the juiced up era.

"In a month of racing leading up to Barcelona, he raced Lance Armstrong almost every day and beat him in the mountains, beat him on the flat, beat him everywhere,"


http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/07/25/4053467.htm

Killed while doing what he loved best, hit by a car from behind.
zootracer

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10/12/2014 10:46 AM
That's a sad read. Very unfortunate for a young talent with a full life ahead of him...


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