Matti Breschel comments on bike change snafu at Tour of Flanders
about 2 years ago
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Thanks for this and welcome.
Matti is justifiably peeved I think.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
The answer is, they weren't.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i don't understand why people think the second bike change was so strange?
it was clearly planned to happen that way. throw the old bike behind the car to keep it out of the way. go to the front where the mechanic was waiting. get on the bike and off you go. it was one of the fastest bike changes i’ve ever seen.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
The Cance second change was planned and also what screwed Breschel a little bit
the mechanic fixed Cances original bike, took a shortcut in a second car to let Cance change back further down the course. Meanwhile Matti had a problem and with no mechanic in the car there was confusion .
Wasn't that Bjarne himself I saw changing the bike
of all the people who ought to know what happens when you don’t practice getting them off the roofrack.
Ohh I just wanna give Matti a hug...
Ohh my neighbours were probably thinking wtf when that bike changed happened…… I dont think there wasnt a swear word not said… Ohh its still makes me mad… F&&k
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
Fabian's second? bike change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DFM14BIYmA
Credit for the link goes to Kermit at feltet.dk
Matti’s issues get more and more complex, according to the Danish tabloid Politiken(:p to the Danes who read this), the mechanics had after Fabian’s change moved forward(to prepare the change seen in the video?), so only the DS were left to help Matti.
Hey Cyclefilm, long time no see
We were talking in the hotel restaurant Friday afternoon. I was putting up a post here of my ride as we were sitting there.
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