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The Black jersey is back
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| niconico |
Posted on 13-01-2008 23:05
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After 50 years of absence on the cycling scene, la maglia nero (the black jersey) has returned to the Giro. The jersey is given to the reversed leader of the GC and it'll already be handed out to its provisional "leader" after the first stage. It'll be fun to see riders actually compete for it.
I remember having heard of an episode involving the black jersey. One rider (I don't know when) deliberately rode so slow that he would finish last on all the stages, before a police threat upped his cycling pace
Check it out at CyclingNews
Edited by niconico on 13-01-2008 23:07
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 13-01-2008 23:27
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Kaggestad will be riding the Giro this year? Awesome news.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 13-01-2008 23:38
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According to cyclist, it wont actually be a jersey though - just a number
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 14-01-2008 00:00
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Great news..that will be rider who still gonna finish that race. There is nothing to be shame about. If you remember 1988 Olympics..there was question who was most popular ski jumper Matti Nykanen who win almost everything..or Eddy Edwards who was always last. |
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| Darkphoenix |
Posted on 14-01-2008 06:53
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Eddy the Eagle
Same thing with Eric The Eel at the 2000 olympics , couldn't swim to save himself but every1 loved him. |
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 14-01-2008 09:46
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I wish it was an actual jersey, not just a number  |
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| rodda |
Posted on 14-01-2008 09:56
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MarcoPRT wrote:
Kaggestad will be riding the Giro this year? Awesome news.
he would probably be disqualified because he would be accused of riding badly on purpose to get the black jersey 
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 14-01-2008 10:42
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It's a fun idea, though, but it's good for Kaggestad. He would finally win a jersey .. if we set aside the fact that he rides for an unknown small Norwegian team. |
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| mrlol |
Posted on 14-01-2008 14:43
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remember there is still a time limit and Kaggestad will never make it to the finish before it ends  |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 14-01-2008 17:16
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Darkphoenix wrote:
Same thing with Eric The Eel at the 2000 olympics , couldn't swim to save himself but every1 loved him.
Eric was brilliant. It was the furthest he'd ever swam, and even though he won his heat, he was so slow that the stupidly slow cut off point came into effect, so he didn't qualify
Edited by Crommy on 14-01-2008 17:26
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 14-01-2008 17:21
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Darkphoenix wrote:
Same thing with Eric The Eel at the 2000 olympics , couldn't swim to save himself but every1 loved him.
To this date, thats my only memory of the 2000 olympics 
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