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From: msw@drux3.UUCP (Mike Walpole)
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Subject: Re: Coors Classic Wrapup
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 19:35:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 19:35:35 1985
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>> At the Tivoli Criterium there were $100 and $200 primes every lap.
>> The field stayed together and kept the speed close to or over 30 mph
>> the whole race.  At the end it was Davis Phinney.  Lemond was almost
>> knocked down when Ron Kiefel gave Davis a handsling in the sprint.

>There's no way you're going to convince me that Kiefel gave Phinney
>a handsling.  To begin with its blatantly illegal, secondly it wouldn't
>have helped, and thirdly its just never done.

I tried to send mail, but it didn't make it.

My source for that information was Mike Melton.  (You know, the guy that
builds the Olympic bikes and Greg Lemonds bike.)  Handslings help quite
a bit (ever watch a Madison on the track ?) and are more common than you
might think.  BTW its not illegal if an offical does not see it and no
one protests. :-) Also look in this months Winning, there is a good picture
of Hinault pushing Lemond on a desent so they both will go faster.

Mike Walpole