Super Lantern Rouge!

Iker Flores has been lantern rouge for 6 stages! This takes some superior
cycling skills to manage your effort to be slow enough to be last but fast
enough to beat the cutoff.

Iker is the man! It was he who saved Dave Zabriskie from the humiliation of
falling all the way from MJ to LR (Stage 8). Iker beat Dave that day, but
Iker managed his pace so that he would still take the LR honors.

Here's Iker in action:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...4/cycling-fra-
languedoc-60.jpg

Lantern Rouge finishes for Iker Flores:

Stage No -Place- Name and Team - Time Behind GC Leader

Stage 11 167 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.30
Stage 10 173 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.30
Stage 9 175 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.25
Stage 8 180 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01.54
Stage 5 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.31
Stage 4 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26

Go Iker!

PanFan wrote:
Iker Flores has been lantern rouge for 6 stages! This takes some superior
cycling skills to manage your effort to be slow enough to be last but fast
enough to beat the cutoff.

Iker is the man! It was he who saved Dave Zabriskie from the humiliation of
falling all the way from MJ to LR (Stage 8). Iker beat Dave that day, but
Iker managed his pace so that he would still take the LR honors.

Here's Iker in action:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...4/cycling-fra-
languedoc-60.jpg

Lantern Rouge finishes for Iker Flores:

Stage No -Place- Name and Team - Time Behind GC Leader

Stage 11 167 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.30
Stage 10 173 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.30
Stage 9 175 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.25
Stage 8 180 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01.54
Stage 5 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.31
Stage 4 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26

Go Iker!

You know, he was Lanterne Rouge in Paris in 2002. If he continues this
performance, he will match Jimmy Casper's two wins (2001 and 2004), and
with the same number of years between them.

sonarrat writes:
You know, he was Lanterne Rouge in Paris in 2002. If he continues
this performance, he will match Jimmy Casper's two wins (2001 and
2004), and with the same number of years between them.

Did you notice on tuesday, that when the first riders started to drop
from the pack, he looked back, worriedly, and slowed down. He's doing
it on purpose.

MJ;

--
..signature necesse est

Not an easy task, that's for sure.
He's always playing with elimination time,
he loves finishing just seconds away from
from bening eliminate it. :-)

"PanFan" wrote in message
...
Iker Flores has been lantern rouge for 6 stages! This takes some superior
cycling skills to manage your effort to be slow enough to be last but fast
enough to beat the cutoff.

Iker is the man! It was he who saved Dave Zabriskie from the humiliation
of
falling all the way from MJ to LR (Stage 8). Iker beat Dave that day, but
Iker managed his pace so that he would still take the LR honors.

Here's Iker in action:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...4/cycling-fra-
languedoc-60.jpg

Lantern Rouge finishes for Iker Flores:

Stage No -Place- Name and Team - Time Behind GC Leader

Stage 11 167 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.30
Stage 10 173 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.30
Stage 9 175 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.25
Stage 8 180 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01.54
Stage 5 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.31
Stage 4 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26

Go Iker!

"PanFan" wrote in message
...
Iker Flores has been lantern rouge for 6 stages! This takes some superior
cycling skills to manage your effort to be slow enough to be last but fast
enough to beat the cutoff.

Iker is the man! It was he who saved Dave Zabriskie from the humiliation
of
falling all the way from MJ to LR (Stage 8). Iker beat Dave that day, but
Iker managed his pace so that he would still take the LR honors.

Here's Iker in action:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...4/cycling-fra-
languedoc-60.jpg

You should have added the photos of when he won the Tour de Avenir 2000.

Lanterne Rouge update / Stage 13

Iker Flores has worn the "red jersey" for 8 stages. As of Stage 13, Iker
has a comfortable "lead" of 6m 19s over 2nd to last place rider Johan
Vansummeren of Davitamon-Lotto.


Stage No -Place- Name and Team - Time Behind GC Leader

Stage 13 161 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.53
Stage 12 162 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.30
Stage 11 167 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.30
Stage 10 173 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.30
Stage 9 175 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.25
Stage 8 180 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01.54
Stage 5 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.31
Stage 4 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26


p.s. -- I'm jealous. I think it would be fun as hell to be L.R., I'd smile
the whole way.

PanFan wrote:
Lanterne Rouge update / Stage 13

Iker Flores has worn the "red jersey" for 8 stages. As of Stage 13, Iker
has a comfortable "lead" of 6m 19s over 2nd to last place rider Johan
Vansummeren of Davitamon-Lotto.

Excellent. Six consecutive stages in the red jersey! That has to be
approaching some kind of record.

-eric

Flores hasn't lost the red jersey since -- he maintained the 6:19
"lead" over Van Summeren in stage 14. In stage 15 there was some
excitement as a bold move by Wim Vansevenant, also of Davitamon-Lotto,
passed Van Summeren, although Flores kept the jersey with a "lead" of
7m 26s. In stage 16 Van Summeren stayed on the attack, closing to
within 6m 11s of Flores. This situation lasted until today's stage
(19) , in which Flores put another 1m 20s into (took it out of?) Van
Summeren. I guess the time trial tomorrow will really be the last
chance for either of the Davitamon-Lotto contenders to seriously
challenge Flores.

Of course, I'm not sure I could finish any one of these stages, and I
know all three of these guys are outstanding athletes -- fun to keep
track of anyway.

Woops, that should be Vansevenant in 2nd to last since stage 15.
Sorry.

Of course, I'm not sure I could finish any one of these stages, and I
know all three of these guys are outstanding athletes -- fun to keep
track of anyway.

Flores won the Tour d´avenir 2000.