OT: (old school roadie stuff) Laurent Fignon passed away
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Man, that's really sad. I heard him interviewed in this years tour and he had a really raspy voice. Throat cancer of some kind?zorg said:
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Apparently: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fignon-struggling-oniheartbicycles said:
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So sorry to read about this. He was a great rider.
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He rides goofy foot - right foot forward - hence the drivetrain.rensho said:
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When I was a lad, 13ish, I transitioned from BMX to road, the Tour De Pont and Tour De Trump (anyone remember that? Dont know if it was a West Coast Thing) went through central VA....did a lot of road riding, still do. News of Fignon reminds me of these times.
I remember watching Fignon Vs LeMond on CBS on live TV. How exciting!
Fignon had an attitude, so i read, but had style, the glasses and ponytail. Truly iconic. Probably somewhere way down, he may have been a reason I grew my hair out shortly thereafter, that and David Gilmour.
I would not have read of his passing were it not for this post, but went promptly to Velonews, read a bit more about him and his struggles and learned a lot today. 50 is way too young.
Anyway, thanks for posting this and RIP Fignon. I wish I could find a DrunkCyclist post that had all of the living tour winners dressed up and together for a picture, his comments were hilarious - who should have been punching who, etc.
Hey iheartbicycles I had no idea he rocked the left hand drive side I never knew that, and it's interesting to hear that they put it there due to dominant foot which is not something you hear about very often.
PS the Systeme U jersey was geek cool and I should have bought one in 1986 but I didnt have the $ so just settled for the Descente jersey off the bargain rack. Not much changed I guess.
I remember watching Fignon Vs LeMond on CBS on live TV. How exciting!
Fignon had an attitude, so i read, but had style, the glasses and ponytail. Truly iconic. Probably somewhere way down, he may have been a reason I grew my hair out shortly thereafter, that and David Gilmour.
I would not have read of his passing were it not for this post, but went promptly to Velonews, read a bit more about him and his struggles and learned a lot today. 50 is way too young.
Anyway, thanks for posting this and RIP Fignon. I wish I could find a DrunkCyclist post that had all of the living tour winners dressed up and together for a picture, his comments were hilarious - who should have been punching who, etc.
Hey iheartbicycles I had no idea he rocked the left hand drive side I never knew that, and it's interesting to hear that they put it there due to dominant foot which is not something you hear about very often.
PS the Systeme U jersey was geek cool and I should have bought one in 1986
but I didnt have the $ so just settled for the Descente jersey off the bargain rack. Not much changed I guess.When you think about his defeat to Lemond it is kind of ironic.
One guy has TT bars and a TT helmet vs a guy without.
Knowing what we know now about the aero advantage 50 seconds was not that big of a gap.
Here it was always painted as Fignon being arrogant, but aero stuff was in its infancy in bike racing and back then bike racers were very traditional and suspicious of anything new.
One guy has TT bars and a TT helmet vs a guy without.
Knowing what we know now about the aero advantage 50 seconds was not that big of a gap.
Here it was always painted as Fignon being arrogant, but aero stuff was in its infancy in bike racing and back then bike racers were very traditional and suspicious of anything new.
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