Freddy effortlessly demonstrates Rules #80 and #82, the Three-Point System, and the Goldilocks Principle while his mechanic calmly swaps a mortal’s wheel for one that can withstand his ferocious sprint. All the while, a young Colonel Sanders looks on with bemused disapproval.
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That Hipster leaning against the car looks an awful lot like PC from the old Apple commercials...
Another Freddy tidbit. Curse of the Rainbow Jersey? Not for Freddy. In 1977 after winning the World Championship road race in 1976 he won 53 races.
...and still looks like he could crush you in the sprint. Or at anything else in life for that matter.
Freddy was DQ'd in Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1977 for a bike change from his brother on the Koppenberg, when he towed de Vlaeminck to the line.
A cobble in the museum at Oudenaarde declares him the moral victor.
@DerHoggz
Yeah...having trouble wrapping my head around that paperclip like turn from back to leg - fuck me freddy.
@ped
A bit of research on pro cycling in the 70s is incredible - the wheeling and dealing is mind-blowing. Merckx basically let Gimondi win the world title rather than let Maertens win riding Shimano. Merckx and Gimondi both rode Campagnolo.
@wiscot How 'bout de Vlaeminck paying Jan Raas a shedload to chase down team-mate Moser in Paris-Roubaix, to make it look like he was just sitting in the wheel, they didn't manage to catch him tho
@ped
I can believe it, but did Roger pay up? Freddy's beef was that Roger never paid him what he said he would for Flanders. Robert Millar complained that he lost the Vuelta because his manager would not do deals with some of the other teams against Spanish opposition. This raises the question: in team budgets are payoffs a line item on listed under miscellaneous expenses? Or are riders expected to cough up personally?
Thank you for making my day. Now I can return to work.
@kixsand
'cept that's the Gypsy.