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Tour of Ireland

ba · 2007-07-31 15:19:14

while watching the TDF, i spotted a veteran cyclists, before a race, at the back of the group. only because the commentator picked him out. no big deal apparently. so with the TOI coming soon, is it crazy to hop the fence with my bike, dressed appropriately so that i could join? obviously not competitively, but just to…

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31-07-2007 4:19pm

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ba

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while watching the TDF, i spotted a veteran cyclists, before a race, at the back of the group. only because the commentator picked him out. no big deal apparently.

so with the TOI coming soon, is it crazy to hop the fence with my bike, dressed appropriately so that i could join? obviously not competitively, but just to hang back, way back, to enjoy the route from galway to westport. i'm not professional or anything, just wanted to do it for the craic.

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#2 01-08-2007 1:53pm
Jnealon

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Off you go.
A couple of lads did it a few years ago at a mountain top finish in the tour. They hopped the fence and off they went.
IIRC they were all kitted out in Kelme/eurosport gear and Duffield who was commentating at the time got all excited thinking the eurosport team was going for a stage win until Roche pointed it out to him

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