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I really like this guy, I remember in the Tour 2 years ago, him riding after getting stung by a wasp, in the lip! Chugging along, lip out to ----->here!
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04-30-2005, 07:06 PM #1
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Eki Crashed
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04-30-2005, 07:29 PM #2
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doesn't he hold the record for most TdF ridden to completion?
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04-30-2005, 07:59 PM #3
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Eki is something else
Eki is truly amazing...the guy has been riding at a very high level for years. And this injury really sounds nasty - a broken sternum? ick. It's really sad to see he won't be racing with Lance in his last Tour.
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04-30-2005, 09:57 PM #4
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That sucks that a pothole in Austin took him out.
Scary even.
I went over some potholes today that were nasty... and I dodged even nastier ones (I am in Dallas)... I can certainly see where a really bad one would take a rider out!
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05-01-2005, 07:39 AM #5
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Damn!!
That is a nasty injury. Man, the odds are stacking against Lsnce for his swan song appearance at this years TdF.
I hope Ecki recovers well for his own sake... TdF or not. He's pretty tough though, and in great shape so perhaps his recovery will be swifter than the average bear.
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05-01-2005, 08:46 AM #6
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Poor old Eki - sounds horrible, especially the corset he has to wear for 6 weeks.
Didn't he retire a few years ago only to start up again the following season?
Armstrong seems to have the luck of the devil. If the pothole had been a fraction wider he could have gone down, or, as Emily is experiencing rode into the back of Eki when he stopped.
Should start a new thread entitled 'How many lucky scrapes has Lance had during his career? '
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