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Ben Trovato

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Jan 6, 2010, 12:50:14 AM1/6/10
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6932785/Albert-Beurick.html

Anton Berlin

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Jan 6, 2010, 8:03:52 AM1/6/10
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On Jan 5, 11:50 pm, Ben Trovato <benn.trov...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6932785/A...

A man of ample proportions whose expanding girth bore witness to the
Belgian sports fan's staple diet of beer and chips, Beurick was
initially as much a wrestling fan as a cycling aficionado. But one
convivial evening in Paris in 1958 he fell in with the Great Britain
amateur pursuit squad

Reminds me of the faggot coaches at the OTC that picked the 'cutest'
young riders instead of the faster older ones. How else do you
explain the 100k teams we fielded?

z

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Jan 7, 2010, 9:43:50 AM1/7/10
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Dumbass,

Maybe you just weren't good enough.

Anton Berlin

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Jan 7, 2010, 10:08:44 AM1/7/10
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Stupid cunt. I am referring to Frey, Stenner, Resh, Bostick, Shaefor
and Paulin (the combination of any four of these guys was typically
6-10 minutes faster than the US teams we sent)

PS - this is the reason Bostick started pursuiting, they HAD to take
the fastest rider and it was no longer up to homosexual perversions.

A. Dumas

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Jan 7, 2010, 10:34:50 AM1/7/10
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Anton Berlin wrote:
> A man of ample proportions whose expanding girth bore witness

Right! Stop that. Silly. And a bit suspect, I think.

Bob Schwartz

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Jan 7, 2010, 10:44:29 AM1/7/10
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Paulin was on the 1988 Olympic team. Stenner and Sheafor rode the
TTT in Barcelona. Neither team was competitive.

I have sympathy for guys like Frey and Bostick that never got a
chance to ride the Olympic TTT. But it wouldn't have mattered,
the US was never competitive in that event. The 1984 team that
got a bronze (Kiefel, Phinney, Weaver, Knickman) was the best US
team ever and still needed the boycott to take a medal.

Note that even though Bostick was the best US pursuiter in 1996
he still wasn't competitive at the Olympics.

Bob Schwartz

Anton Berlin

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Jan 7, 2010, 2:31:41 PM1/7/10
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On Jan 7, 9:44 am, Bob Schwartz <bob.schwa...@sbcREMOVEglobal.net>
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Agreed and I thought twice about putting that Frey and Bostick were
the common denoms

As well it has to be taken into account that the Dutch team that won
in 1989 or 90 (can't recall right now) was probably using EPO.

Scott

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Jan 7, 2010, 7:51:56 PM1/7/10
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EPO, and synchronized pedaling.

Phil H

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Jan 10, 2010, 7:39:45 PM1/10/10
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On Jan 7, 7:44 am, Bob Schwartz <bob.schwa...@sbcREMOVEglobal.net>
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Nothing against Kent but he was 43 years old. Sad state of US
pursuiting that a 43 year old is the fastest.

Phil H

Lindsay

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Jan 14, 2010, 3:59:44 PM1/14/10
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On Jan 6, 12:50 am, Ben Trovato <benn.trov...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6932785/A...

Monty Python for your own funeral, gotta love it:

"His choice of music confirmed his love – to the last – of all things
British: The Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones, Imagine by John
Lennon and Monty Python's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."

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