Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Don't Mess With the Tour

On the subject of the ASO's proprietary sense of ownership of the Tour de France, this may say it all. The Badger stepped in personally to remove this protestor, showing that more than 20 years after his last Tour victory, he still won't be intimidated.


Image courtesy John Pierce, Photosport International
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 3:14:00 AM CDT

    and he's right! this is a race not a political event.

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  2. byronJuly 8, 2008 at 3:33:00 AM CDT

    Wow. I suppose there are there more pictures of this?

    I support ASO's decision to keep Astana out.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 4:32:00 AM CDT

    The Tour always seems to attract a lot of protestors. I wouldn't want to mess with the badger though

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  4. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 7:43:00 AM CDT

    Here is some more quality Badger footage:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/tour-notes-dont-mess-with-bernard-hinault-17399

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  5. cjbJuly 8, 2008 at 12:07:00 PM CDT

    Jumpy youtube footage:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6lhnlbN3zo

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  6. James TJuly 8, 2008 at 4:32:00 PM CDT

    That is a great shot. Hinault was tough and temperamental in the 70s and 80s and apparently he still is. This incident makes me like him even more.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 8:15:00 PM CDT

    If there is anyone to listen (or watch) everything is a political event. What do you think politics is? Its all about manipulating opinions. Hinault was manipulating someone elses.

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  8. BluenoserJuly 8, 2008 at 9:21:00 PM CDT

    Good on you Badger.

    -B

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  9. Old FonzieJuly 8, 2008 at 9:45:00 PM CDT

    Saw the coverage of the Badger on ITV, damn glad he sold the cattle and bought a bike. It's good to see him back.

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  10. byronJuly 9, 2008 at 3:31:00 AM CDT

    if it were the TOC we would have a blow-up doll hanging from a fence post.

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  11. bikesgonewildJuly 9, 2008 at 1:19:00 PM CDT

    ...props to monsieur 'le blaireau' for helping keep the riff-raff out of 'le tour'...

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  12. AnonymousJuly 26, 2008 at 11:10:00 AM CDT

    Would have been nice to see the badger execute a 6 point throw on this fool.

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