Ullrich = Weasel?!

You may recall two years ago when a certain true cyclist, athlete and
gentleman waited for Mr. Ullrich to come up out of a ravine and rejoin
the Tour. According to Reuters, Mr. Ullrich had the opportunity to
demonstrate his own ethical superiority and sportsmanship but, as
reported:

"LUZ-ARDIDEN, France (Reuters) - Overall leader Lance Armstrong had
former team mate Tyler Hamilton to thank for his victory on the 15th
stage of the Tour de France Monday.

Hamilton slowed down the favorites group, which included second-placed
German Jan Ullrich, after the defending champion crashed on the climb
to the finish.

Armstrong had just counter-attacked behind Iban Mayo when he appeared
to get a spectator's bag snagged in his brake lever, bringing himself
and the Basque rider crashing to the ground.

"There's an unwritten rule in cycling that when the yellow jersey
crashes or has a mechanical (problem) you wait for him," said
Hamilton, who was Armstrong's right-hand man at U.S. Postal until he
left the team at the end of 2001.

"I didn't feel like the riders were waiting and I felt a
responsibility to go to the front and make a hand gesture to slow
down...."

I haven't seen the viddie but the story seems to speak for itself.
Kudos to Tyler for his heroic cycling and promotion of fair play.

App

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:49:22 +0000, Appkiller wrote:

You may recall two years ago when a certain true cyclist, athlete and
gentleman waited for Mr. Ullrich to come up out of a ravine and rejoin the
Tour. According to Reuters, Mr. Ullrich had the opportunity to
demonstrate his own ethical superiority and sportsmanship but, as
reported:

Hamilton slowed down the favorites group, which included second-placed
German Jan Ullrich, after the defending champion crashed on the climb to
the finish.

But this did not report that Ullrich was attacking. I don't think he knew
what had happened until Hamilton gestured to slow people down. But
Ullrich did not take advantage of the accident.

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(Appkiller) wrote:

Hamilton slowed down the favorites group, which included second-placed
German Jan Ullrich, after the defending champion crashed on the climb
to the finish.

Armstrong had just counter-attacked behind Iban Mayo when he appeared
to get a spectator's bag snagged in his brake lever, bringing himself
and the Basque rider crashing to the ground.

"There's an unwritten rule in cycling that when the yellow jersey
crashes or has a mechanical (problem) you wait for him," said
Hamilton, who was Armstrong's right-hand man at U.S. Postal until he
left the team at the end of 2001.

"I didn't feel like the riders were waiting and I felt a
responsibility to go to the front and make a hand gesture to slow
down...."

I haven't seen the viddie but the story seems to speak for itself.
Kudos to Tyler for his heroic cycling and promotion of fair play.

Ullrich DID slow down - I suspect Tyler was talking about the other
riders (I did see his hand gesture in the OLN coverage). In fact,
Ullrich was well ahead of Tyler when Lance went down, and obviously
slowed down before Tyler caught him.

Ultimately they all did the right thing, because Lance rejoined the
group very quickly (even if he DID get a "little overexcited" at
first) (no spoiler here...)

Ya think Pantani woulda waited? ;-)

Mark Hickey
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Home of the $695 ti frame

Ya think Pantani woulda waited? ;-)


lance would have had to been on the ground for a long time to find out that
answer.

gary

On 21 Jul 2003 10:49:22 -0700 in rec.bicycles.misc,
(Appkiller) wrote:

I haven't seen the viddie but the story seems to speak for itself.

no it doesn't, and you leapt before you looked. ullrich
apparently didn't know that lance had crashed.

Funny that - in a post stage interview with a certain Mr Armstrong who wears a
yellow jersey in Le Tour, he thanked Ullrich for his sportsmanlike act of
slowing until Armstrong rejoined the race. Of course, what does that Mr
Armstrong know, nothing, obviously ;-)


Cheers, helen s

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Funny that - in a post stage interview with a certain Mr Armstrong who wears a
yellow jersey in Le Tour, he thanked Ullrich for his sportsmanlike act of
slowing until Armstrong rejoined the race. Of course, what does that Mr
Armstrong know, nothing, obviously ;-)


Cheers, helen s

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You guys are right. Tyler Hamilton is a big fat liar-head.

Thanks for pointing that out to me.

App

On 21 Jul 2003 10:49:22 -0700, (Appkiller) wrote:

I haven't seen the viddie but the story seems to speak for itself.
Kudos to Tyler for his heroic cycling and promotion of fair play.


Hi App

I watched the entire stage live on TV. Although Ullrich didn't stop he
looked behind often, waiting for Armstrong and Mayo to catch up with
his group. He certainly slowed down considerably.

So, IMO, not a weasel.

James

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