Cosmic Kid
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| 07/22/2019 08:55 AM |
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OK....here's the question - This is the best tour since:
* 2011
* 2008
* 2003
* 1989
Tried to focus on years with either a multitude of leaders or significant uncertainty re: the overall leader throughout the race (i.e. 2003). Feel free to provide other years if desired.
I'm leaning towards 1989, quite honestly. |
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zootracer
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| 07/22/2019 10:09 AM |
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| 1989 was the most exciting finish. We were out of town at the time and we taped it with our VCR (remember those?). I think Paul Sherwen was doing the commentating. Hard to top that one.. |
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79pmooney
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| 07/22/2019 11:30 AM |
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I watched the stage of the '87 Tour where Stephan Roche nearly caught Pedro Delgado on the climb to La Plagne after being a full minute back, staying within 39 seconds of Delago on GC, a deficit he should be able to make up in the final time trial.
Went to Wikipedia for memory help. Oh yeah, that was before they made the Tour easy. 25 stages (plus prologue) 4231 km. 5 time trials totaling 209 km. 1 rest day after 17 days (plus prologue) of racing. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/22/2019 11:34 AM |
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Posted By 79 pmooney on 07/22/2019 11:30 AM
I watched the stage of the '87 Tour where Stephan Roche nearly caught Pedro Delgado on the climb to La Plagne after being a full minute back, staying within 39 seconds of Delago on GC, a deficit he should be able to make up in the final time trial.
Went to Wikipedia for memory help. Oh yeah, that was before they made the Tour easy. 25 stages (plus prologue) 4231 km. 5 time trials totaling 209 km. 1 rest day after 17 days (plus prologue) of racing.
Yeah, I thought about adding '87 to the list....a great race.
'89 was really the introduction of the "modern" Tour, where they chopped ~1k KM's form the overall race, had fewer TT's (but still a lot of TT miles), etc. |
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BuffFan
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| 07/22/2019 12:42 PM |
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timely question... i was cleaning out the basement and found a box of old VCR tapes, all cycling... tours going back to 89, coors classics, tour de Trump (remember those?)....
Im happy to send them around share with everyone, starting with CK!!! ;-) |
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longslowdistance
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| 07/22/2019 02:10 PM |
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| Semi OT, but there is a good article in cycling news.com about Dennis’s abandon and the related issues about his inflexible and demanding personality. I mainly want to call him a douche, but that’s probably unfair if he has a true personality disorder. In which case he’s a douche but it’s mostly not his fault. |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/22/2019 03:11 PM |
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| Of those years 1989 is the only one I can remember. The other ones may have been entertaining but didn't make a lasting impact. That is the fate that will befall this year's tour as well. |
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79pmooney
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| 07/22/2019 03:21 PM |
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Wow! We've had (all?) 12 posters on this thread! The most active thread since Keith Richards moved on? (Any one hear from him? If you are in contact, give him my best. My last contact info left me several computers ago.)
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jookey
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| 07/22/2019 03:59 PM |
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| 1989 by far. LeMond and Fignon battled back and forth. Attacking. Bad days. They raced each day. And that last day TT... epic. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/22/2019 04:12 PM |
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* 2011 was Cadel Evans win, with Andy Schleck's huge ride to gain back time in the Alps
* 2008 was Carlos Sastre
* 2003 was Lance's narrowest win, with Ullrich pushing him all the way
* 1989 was....duh. 
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Orange Crush
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| 07/22/2019 04:23 PM |
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Ben - Keith is doing well. Just a straight up copy/paste from FB page, this is his current gig.
Anacostia Bicycle Company was established in 2018 by Keith Jackson, a lifelong cyclist, after spending a summer volunteering with Gearin’ Up Bicycles at the Anacostia Library in Southeast D.C.
http://gearinupbicycles.org/
Anacostia Bike Company’s mission is twofold.
One, to serve the Southeast DC and Prince George County Maryland areas. While the company will be serving the entire DC metro area, Anacostia Bike Company feels that some areas of Washington DC are neglected. Anacostia Bike Company will be using its mobile service truck to bring bicycle sales and service to people and places that are normally neglected.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/free-repair-clinic-in-bike-shop-desert-gets-anacostia-cyclists-back-on-their-wheels/2017/07/15/f228b9d8-663f-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html?utm_term=.98be20006611
Anacostia Bike Company’s second mission is to show young people from the city that a bicycle is more than a way to get around until you get a car. It can provide a job, a career, and a method of exercise to maintain health in addition to transportation. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 07/22/2019 04:29 PM |
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| Yeah, I talked with our old friend Bartape yesterday and he was having dinner / drinks with Keith yesterday. |
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Orange Crush
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| 07/22/2019 04:29 PM |
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| Ben - BTW Keith's response to the photo I took of you at start of OTGG "The Great Man himself". A few other responses from folks that no longer visit this place but are still active on FB as well (Tai, Charlie, etc.).
edit CK - met Keith a couple years back during an east coast trip. Think I've met about half a dozen forumites now. |
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smokey52
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| 07/22/2019 05:54 PM |
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Not much of a comment except that I still lurk the forum and sometimes post.
Thinline's post on the Finger Lakes ride reminded me of a family ride when we circumpedaled Owasco Lake. We rode through the Bon Ton Roulet as part of our route; we could have crashed their rest stop.
I think it was 2004, but I'm not sure.
My dad was in his late 70s, and some of the nieces/nephews were < 10. One nephew was pleased as punch for riding over 30 miles until he realized that his little sister did the same ride.
We did a bunch of MS rides in the Finger Lakes, but this was just a family ride. The ice cream was good. |
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jookey
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| 07/22/2019 07:15 PM |
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| I’ve explained quantum physics to 13 YO. He sort of gets it. He explains to me Fortnite. I don’t get it at all. I will say I can still drop him on climbs. He drops mom now and hangs on for a long time. It gets tougher each time. I should just let him play video games all the time so my ego isn’t hurt. Although, I do like it when he beats me in a sprint 1 out of ten times, |
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