by Andrew G » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:21 pm
[quote="mrP(Boonen)VT"]He's even more boring than Indurain was
Big Mig was done down on this count. Granted some of his wins weren't the most exciting of TdFs, but they weren't all boring. Being a quiet chap maybe didn't help his cause.
Recently watched the '91 and '92 TdF DVDs (picked 'em up dirt cheap at the Evans warehouse sale - about the only thing reduced to a proper level) and they weren't boring and neither was the way he rode. He did attack just more of a gradual acceleration than a Valverde sprint away - the cheeky little Chiappucci(one of my faves, and in that fantastic "denim" kit) fulfilling this role some of the time. Comedy moment in the DVD is the first radio used by Lemond. He had a helmet with a "Madonna mike" slung round in front of his face
. Also the biggest tri-bars ever seen, but also the beautiful classic down curved toptube lo-pros.
Never like Evans though as he's a wheel sucker.