All hail the lantern rouge

155 Iker Flores (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.20.24

1. He did finish; not everyone can say that.
2. He is a zillion times the cyclist I will ever be.
So I agree.

In article .com,
"elderberry22" wrote:

1. He did finish; not everyone can say that.
2. He is a zillion times the cyclist I will ever be.
So I agree.

Hey, nobody's trashing poor, dear Senor Flores. There's a long tradition
of loving the lantern rouge, or the maglia nero, or the
whatever-the-Spanish-use.

If there is anything wrong with the lantern rouge "competition," it's
that being the lantern rouge has become so prestigious that riders
compete for the honor. That's a little weird.

155 Iker Flores (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.20.24

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

His team mate Landaluze is the points lanterne rouge at -25.

-ilan

a =E9crit :
155 Iker Flores (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.20.24

wrote:

His team mate Landaluze is the points lanterne rouge at -25.

-ilan

a écrit :

155 Iker Flores (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.20.24




What did he do? Whip it out for a slash in front of spectators?

On 23 Jul 2005 16:55:55 -0700, "elderberry22" wrote:

1. He did finish; not everyone can say that.
2. He is a zillion times the cyclist I will ever be.
So I agree.

Yep, being the last guy to finish is just about infinitely better than being the
last guy to drop.
Ron