Comments on: Souffrance http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31 A cycling blog for everything climbing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: On narratives (the interludes continue) – le grimpeur http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31/comment-page-1#comment-83031 On narratives (the interludes continue) – le grimpeur Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:54:05 +0000 http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31#comment-83031 [...] The 1987 Tour was a better year for 7-Eleven, even if Andy Hampsten, back on the team after his stint with La Vie Claire (and a prominent role in the 1986 Tour, including 4th place overall), struggled to reach his previous level. The Mexican climbing machine Raul Alcala won the white jersey for the best young rider. Davis Phinney took another stage win. The Norwegian rider Dag Otto Lauritzen won a mountain stage in the Pyrenees (a feat that countryman Thor Hushovd would repeat at this year’s Tour). And, finally, Jeff Pierce won the final stage on the Champs-Élysées – beating out Steve Bauer (who would later join the team after negotiations with Greg LeMond for the 1990 season fell through). But the 1987 Tour was another one for high excitement for the overall, with Stephen Roche winning a tough edition that maximized both the drama and the suffering (you can read about it on this blog right here). [...] [...] The 1987 Tour was a better year for 7-Eleven, even if Andy Hampsten, back on the team after his stint with La Vie Claire (and a prominent role in the 1986 Tour, including 4th place overall), struggled to reach his previous level. The Mexican climbing machine Raul Alcala won the white jersey for the best young rider. Davis Phinney took another stage win. The Norwegian rider Dag Otto Lauritzen won a mountain stage in the Pyrenees (a feat that countryman Thor Hushovd would repeat at this year’s Tour). And, finally, Jeff Pierce won the final stage on the Champs-Élysées – beating out Steve Bauer (who would later join the team after negotiations with Greg LeMond for the 1990 season fell through). But the 1987 Tour was another one for high excitement for the overall, with Stephen Roche winning a tough edition that maximized both the drama and the suffering (you can read about it on this blog right here). [...]

]]> By: Richard http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31/comment-page-1#comment-3033 Richard Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:03:09 +0000 http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31#comment-3033 allez Roche! A true champion that suffered mentally in the Giro and physically in Le Tour. great read! allez Roche!
A true champion that suffered mentally in the Giro and physically in Le Tour.
great read!

]]> By: Guy WR http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31/comment-page-1#comment-3013 Guy WR Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:56:46 +0000 http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31#comment-3013 Thanks for reading and sharing the anecdote - so that's how he did it! Thanks, too, for the correction. Now corrected. (Lesson: don't read your Nicholson late at night.) Thanks for reading and sharing the anecdote – so that’s how he did it! Thanks, too, for the correction. Now corrected. (Lesson: don’t read your Nicholson late at night.)

]]> By: Pigilito http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31/comment-page-1#comment-3010 Pigilito Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:01:09 +0000 http://le-grimpeur.net/blog/archives/31#comment-3010 What a great retelling of the 1987 Tour. On a personal note, my brother and I were riding through Europe that summer and saw the end of the stage Breukink won. The next morning we strolled into the staging area (not at all difficult in those days) where I overheard Eric Heiden telling Dag-Otto to raise his seat post a couple of centimeters because of the tough climbing ahead. He took the advice and won the stage. We took the ferry to Ireland the night Roche rode into Paris in Yellow, which made for a happy ride. One quibble with your story: Bernard's nickname is "Jeff" rather than "Jim"; it is a contraction of his first name, Jean-Francois. What a great retelling of the 1987 Tour. On a personal note, my brother and I were riding through Europe that summer and saw the end of the stage Breukink won. The next morning we strolled into the staging area (not at all difficult in those days) where I overheard Eric Heiden telling Dag-Otto to raise his seat post a couple of centimeters because of the tough climbing ahead. He took the advice and won the stage.

We took the ferry to Ireland the night Roche rode into Paris in Yellow, which made for a happy ride.

One quibble with your story: Bernard’s nickname is “Jeff” rather than “Jim”; it is a contraction of his first name, Jean-Francois.

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