[Heidi]

http://www.velonews.com/tour2004/details/articles/6559.0.html

My favorite quote, "It was not me who attacked, he was dropped."

 

[Arm On Fire]

Yeah, Axel always whines, so unlike his PaPa

 

[LordOpie]

but but it's belgium... aren't they like the size of an average shopping mall in the USA?

that was a great quote tho :evil: HOWEVER, I remember distinctly watching and wondering what was going on... Virenque clearly attacked. I remember this cuz I was thinking, "holy sh:t that guy is hammering hard and fast up that steep climb. Guess he's trying to ditch the other guy?"

 

[oldfart]

I didn't see the attack or acceleration, but my thoughts were, Axel was caught and dropped by the peleton, what made him think Virenque would tow him all the way to the end?

 

[llkoolkeg]

When the ship goes down, the slowest swimmer gets eaten by the shark. Perhaps the Frenchie was just doing what came natural- fleeing before the enemy's advance.

"If the peloton eats him, maybe they'll leave me alone...but I ain't waiting around to find out!"