Congratulations.....

[Benotti69]

I thought in light of the Tweet from the Twit about Eki

we could have a thread of tweets to those who were second to Armstrong.

to make it enjoyable 1 example of a tweet per post.

 

[L'arriviste]

Congratulations to Gilles Maignan. You're now the winner of Stage 4 of the 1999 Circuit de la Sarthe! Which now takes your career total to 9 victories! (Jens Voigt is now the new runner-up - double yay! )

 

[jobiwan]

Congratulations to Dave Wiens for his 2009 Leadville 100 MTB victory, this means he actually won 7 straight!

 

[L'arriviste]

Congratulations to Eki again! You just won the 2000 GP Eddy Merckx Duo Time-Trial single-handedly. You beat the joint awesomeness of Boardman and Voigt!

 

[D-Queued]

Congratulations to Jan Ullrich.

You are now the winner of Stage 20 in the 2005 Tour de France.

Dave.

 

[spalco]

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[D-Queued]

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[Cobblestoned]

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[tockit]

Post on Emma O'Reilly's Twitter Account:

@ Emma_OReilly Emma O'Reilly
@nyvelocity @JulietMacur lets hope Eki has enough integrity not to accept Tylers medal.

 

[Polish]

What a Great Thread!
Awesome thread lol.
Can we make it a sticky?
Hundreds of posts to come....

Ok, how about.....
"Congratulations to Big Mig for winning the 1993 Road World Championship"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXsOR5O5hb0

 

[sniper]

Ok, how about.....
"Congratulations to Big Mig for winning the 1993 Road World Championship"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXsOR5O5hb0

Nice footage. We must feel sorry for the commentator, though. What a fool LA makes him look retrospectively:
"Who can say that he hasn't earned it? Yes he earned it! He thoroughly deserved it!"
ouch..

 

[Cobblestoned]

Ok, ok.
Just for entertainment, I choose this one here. That was a really hard one.
Man, ze Germans were so angry and frustrated. Of course me included, but it was just another step on the long way to accept and respect Lance's GREATNESS.

Congrats Andreas !

But wait, Lance says "no gifts" and they even became teammates. Sorry Klödi. I guess you won't take it anyway.

 

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[sniper]

Congrats to either Nibali or Ivan. Looks great on your CV, winner of the 2011 Giro. Good enough a reason to give it all you got in the coming days.


EDIT: or are we only celebrating Lance's runner-ups?

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Congrats to Nibs or Anton.

Also, congrats to:

Alex Zulle
Jan Ullrich (for his second TDF)
Jan Ullrich (for his third TDF)
Joseba Beloki
Jan Ullrich (for his fourth TDF)
Andreas Kloden (we knew you'd win something one day)
Ivan Basso

 

[D-Queued]

Congrats to Thrift Drug Inc.

Your $1 million is being returned since nobody won the triple crown.

Dave.

 

[Benotti69]

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But wait, Lance says "no gifts" and they even became teammates. Sorry Klödi. I guess you won't take it anyway.

he wont accept it if he wants to keep riding for the raadiosmack for the rest of the year and not find he tests positive at the next control

 

[Merckx index]

Congratulations to Jan Ullrich.

You are now the winner of Stage 20 in the 2009 Tour de France.

Dave.

I think you mean 2005?

Congratulations to Andy Schleck. You won the 2009 TDF after Astana's TTT was disqualified (the Marion Jones' teammates rule).
Also the 2010 TDF when Bert was given a 2 year suspension by CAS.
And the 2011 TDF when Bert wasn't present.

But the second placed riders in those Tours are not giving up hope.

 

[Chuffy]

Go Wiggy! Congrats on your 2009 Tour podium!

 

[D-Queued]

I think you mean 2005?

Congratulations to Andy Schleck. You won the 2009 TDF after Astana's TTT was disqualified (the Marion Jones' teammates rule).
Also the 2010 TDF when Bert was given a 2 year suspension by CAS.
And the 2011 TDF when Bert wasn't present.

But the second placed riders in those Tours are not giving up hope.

Yes. Thanks for the correction. Got mixed up with the 3rd in 2009 going to Wiggins.

Dave.

 

[VeloCity]

Congratulations to the guy who finished 699th in the 2007 New York Marathon. You're now 698th.

 

[The Hitch]

Congratulations to Bradley Wiggins for becoming the first Britton ever to podium a TDF.

 

[Polish]

"Congrats to Rous for winning 1996 Fleche Wallone!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-O2_KwWMUg

Timed his attack perfectly!
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.
.
.

 

[Mambo95]

Congratulations to one of: Ronaldo, Ole Bjorndalen, Michael Schumacher or Shagger Woods on winning Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 2003. (I'll pick Ronaldo)

 

[Benotti69]

Congratulations to the guy who finished 699th in the 2007 New York Marathon. You're now 698th.

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