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Great Heroes of cycling
ianrussell
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Posted on 04-05-2016 20:06
Guido Mukk wrote:
ianrussell wrote:
Hincapie flying down the Champs Elysees strapped up with a broken collarbone in 2009 with Renshaw and Cavendish on his wheel. He powers to the front before delivering them for Cavendish to take his first win in Paris.

Maybe that classifies as an anti hero moment now, another memory sullied...


I am fan of these moments..also here hated Rogers. 2014 tour..was man who fixed Berties bike on descent..was man who was last with him when Bertie knee just did not bend after crash and descent. Good team mate / domestique is gold.


Found this video (not the best resolution) featuring Phil Liggett getting it so characteristically wrong with just over a km to go then Hincapie afterburners under the banner, broken collar bone or no, followed by that side on camera tracking shot they started using that year. I suppose that act of teamwork and power despite days with a broken bone are heroic even if it's coloured afterwards. I appreciate you're looking more for acts that transcend sport but it's the first thing that occurred to me Pfft

Edited by ianrussell on 04-05-2016 20:32
 
TheManxMissile
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Posted on 04-05-2016 23:54
On that Hincapie, he makes a fantastic account of it in his auto-biography. As does Cav's. It's a moment that really imprinted on a lot of people, George Hincapie ultimate Lieutenant.
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Shonak
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Posted on 13-08-2017 18:22
To bump this thread. Maybe not a heroic act but honourable and inspiring for sure is that Valverde donated the prize money of his 4th Liege triumph to Scarponi's family. Class act by Valverde. Smile

https://www.velone...dow_436322

And Scarponi is really missed in the peloton. Sad
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