The Tour of Anyone

by Willj on Sep 8, 2009 12:05 PM EDT

LE TOUR DE N'IMPORTE QUI (REMI GAILLARD)
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Hah! that is funny.

by ZoeRochelle on Sep 8, 2009 12:13 PM EDT reply actions

Great! That would be fun to do to random individuals. Thanks

The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.

by flying dog on Sep 8, 2009 12:28 PM EDT reply actions

I think the second guy

looked terrified ! ;)

Moo

by Willj on Sep 8, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

The third guy should have been.

Some guy in his whitie tighties is mooning him at the top of a mountain. I’d seriously consider turning around.

The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.

by flying dog on Sep 8, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

We can always count on you Will.

That was fantastic. Has that happened to you before?

No horn, watch for finger.

by sminer on Sep 8, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions

NEVER! I once finished a long event

and almost everyone (except my wife and Belgian Domestique) had already gone home ;)

Moo

by Willj on Sep 8, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

What was your wife doing with the Belgian Domestique? ;D

by liteberer on Sep 8, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Hahahaha

Sometimes completely silly can by so funny! Tears in my eyes from laughing.

De FIETS en anders NIETS

by Lopex on Sep 8, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions

+1 I have played it a few times ;)

Moo

by Willj on Sep 8, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

+2

that is hilarious. I especially like the horns and road painting.

by Le Comte on Sep 8, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Remi Gaillard has done some great stunts

I loved his version of Mario Karts in the streets of a little French town

by Monty. on Sep 8, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

excellent ... thx

throwing real bananas …..

Moo

by Willj on Sep 8, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions

coming up with a chalkboard with the time back for the peloton – don’t know how it really was for these cyclists, but imagine being on a solo ride and a moto coming up like that aside you and that’s the first hint you get of something odd happening. Ha!

I have had random bystanders along the side of the road see me coming, get ready, and then as i go by, run along beside me shouting allez! allez! Ha ha.

by yeehoo on Sep 9, 2009 4:43 AM EDT reply actions

I have had random bystanders along the side of the road see me coming, get ready, and then as i go by, run along beside me shouting allez! allez! Ha ha.

Does an experience like that leave you scarred for life? Or do you keep riding in search of another experience that will give you that same adrenaline rush?

The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.

by flying dog on Sep 9, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Ha! oh, just cracks you up is all.

actually it’s really common around here for people to yell various kinds of encouragement whether they’re passing in a car or alongside the road. I guess every now and then you come across some character gets a little more creative.

by yeehoo on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

Even the gendarmes often say “courage” when climbing a steep hill before an event

Moo

by Willj on Sep 9, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

An old lady shouted 'exceptionelle!' when I got to the end of Arenberg :-)

"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.

by Albertina on Sep 10, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

And she was right!

"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

by Seahorse on Sep 11, 2009 6:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Around here I'm just glad they're not throwing stuff at me. ;-)

The first cyclist to stand up to him. And he did it in silence.

by flying dog on Sep 10, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions

That is just excellent

There was a similar thing going on at the top of the Palomar Mtn climb during the Tour of California where a group of drunken costumed goofballs was doing the same sort of thing. You could tell who had run their gauntlet by the tell tale yellow chalk hand prints on their backsides.

by Jimbo... on Sep 11, 2009 12:27 AM EDT reply actions