Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 19, 2012, at 2:31 PM, philippe.amard at sfr.fr wrote: > The usual dope used to be WINE, red please, a bottle a meal ... considered > as food then ... some of the guys would then even take a nap under a tree > if needed .... the public would even give the cyclists a slight push in > the back when it got too hard riding up the mountains - it was good > humoured, popular, and un-professional, > > > then money came in ... > > > > Now whatever the dope used today, I defy anyone here on the list to resist > the physical strain as these guys do, doped or not. > > > I have seen them in the Alps, and the Pyrenn?es (Tourmalet, Aubisque, etc) > , at Meaux racing against the clock, Metz (after repeated falls and in the > rain), Rheims and other places, my pleasure remains intact, and the older > I get the more I admire them, leaves me panting just by watching BTW. > > > Of course, my youth was rhythmed with the names Jean Michel quoted, :-) > perhaps Hinault, Merckx, Indurain, Zootemelk, Fignon, Ulrich, and so many > more could also be remembered :-) yes, what Philippe said...so many, includes even a few Americans....Hincapie, Hampsten, LeMond, Armstrong, and a few cyclists who have died racing in the Tour de France...Casartelli, Simpson.... a thrilling spectacular event, that demands so much it's almost beyond belief.... and I, an American, who has followed it and has been thrilled by it for 50 years, Steve > > > Amiti?s de Mutz > Philippe > > > > > > > > > Tous vos emails en 1 clic avec l'application SFR Mail sur iPhone et > Android - En savoir plus. > > > ======================================== > > Message du : 19/07/2012 16:23 > De : "Jayanand Govindaraj " <jayanand at gmail.com> > A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Copie ? : > Sujet : Re: [Leica] Tour de France > > > Drugs included in the base price? As far as I can see from reports, it > is the single most compromised sport in the world for cheating with > chemicals. There is a very good case for making any drug legal for the > TDF! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote: >> I heard during the TdF coverage that it is arguably the largest free >> sport event globally with something like 20-30 million spectators over >> the course of 3 weeks (and it's all free of charge). It's the only >> spectator sport event I watch because I ride and this is an incredible >> competition. I have ridden over some of the famous (amongst cyclists :) >> mountain routes (Alp d'Huez, Galibier, etc) and I know how difficult some >> of those climbs are. I don't even watch ice hockey. ;) >> >> While the French riders hasn't dominated the GC standing in many years, >> French riders like Thomas Voeckler who won yesterday's stage in the >> Pyrennes with an incredible ride-from-the-gut means one day a French GC >> contender will rise again. For those of you who doesn't ride a bike much, >> the TdF is similar to running a marathon a day for 20 days. Probably the >> most difficult multi-day athletic event in the world. >> >> If I run a company that wants to penetrate the European market, I would >> sponsor a TdF team. There is nothing quite like having your company name >> on all the team members on TV for days. All for a few $M per year. And if >> your sponsored team is successful, the commentators will be repeat your >> company names a few thousand times over the course of 3 weeks. I know >> little about Credit Agricole except that it's a French bank of some sort >> but I am never going to forget that name. :)) >> >> Maybe Leica should sponsor a team? :) >> >> Regards, >> Spencer >> >> On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:04, Jean-Michel Mertz wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks Philippe! I was a Tour de France enthousiast for years, it all >>> started with Bobet and then Darrigade, Anquetil, Poulidor and the like. >>> Today this has cooled off a bit ... probably because the French aren't >>> as good as they used to be and also because there's a shadow of a doubt >>> hovering above all this ... But it's still a great show and a source of >>> "bloody" good pictures! Jean-Michel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information