Recent content by Matteo

Martin Lind, taken to hospital, injuries unknown.

I'm doing it this year. Have ridden it once before, in 2002, in sh#t weather. Hoping for better weather this time and using a more sensible 34x27 instead of the way too big 39x25 I used then.

That's just reminded me, back in 1997 at a race in England, I was warming up when I saw a rider in full Banesto kit with team bike. I thought 'who is that idiot?' until I got a closer look and realised it was Jeremy Hunt, who at the time was a 2nd year pro with Banesto. Halfway through the...

Thanks! :D

The best 2km of the whole route and we can't see it. :mad:

I think you might mean the Passo di Fedaia (the Marmolada). They passed through a narrow gorge with a waterfall on the lower slopes. This is the Sottoguda gorge.

Most riders clearly don't bother with this, I saw about 5 bidons go straight into the River Rhone today. Apart from creating litter they are also endangering their fellow pro's. You often see bidons carelessly thrown to the side of the road only to hit the kerb and bounce straight back into the...

What on earth makes you so sure either of those were clean?! Pedro Delgado on Luz Ardiden 1988 was pretty devastating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lBKT_Yedtk 7.50 in

Luis Herrera finished 27mins down on Alpe d'huez in 1986. Do you mean 1984? Don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia!

Sounds good. Take some EPO as well, you'll be flying.

I just had a scan through the first page and found 3 mistakes in one sentence! Stephen Roche won the Tour in 1987, not 1988. It's Stephen, not Steven. There was no mist at La Plagne that day (I know as I was there). People often incorrectly talk of Roche riding through the mist to La...