May 25th, 2007
Pick a number, any number
Caution - Drug Use Ahead
With all the drug confessions rampant at the moment it’s probably as good a way of telling who should have won a race in the ’90s as any other.
“My yellow jersey is in box at home, you can come and collect it,” said Riis of his [1996] Tour performance.
via Cycling News
So which of these would have won the 1996 Tour de France, or have I not gone far enough down the classification?
Overall:
1. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 95.57.16
2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 1.41
3. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 4:37
4. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 5:53
5. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Carrera 7:07
6. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 10:03
7. Piotr Ugrumov (Rus) Roslotto 10:04
8. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme 10:26
9. Abraham Olano (Spa) Mapei 11:00
10. Tony Rominger (Swi) Mapei 11:53
Update, 7 June 2007
Riis has been struck from the TdF winners roll-call. Though handing it to Ulrich while the uncertainly over the accusations by Jef d’ Hot continue doesn’t seem to be a realistic option.
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May 25th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
I actually won.
;)
May 25th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
You definitely haven’t gone far enough down the GC. You need to be down to 39th :)
May 29th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Nah, he was on Creatine.
It makes your cartilage grow, which explains the increasingly aerodynamic nose.