Tour "Etiquette"?!

[Gurneyflap]

Amazing. The leader has a wreck, so his competition waits for him to catch up? I never realized this before. So Lance gets back, then smokes the competition! Can't you just see Tracy slowing down for Bourdais, after he scrapes a wall or something, so they can have a "fair" race to the checker!? (and, PS...are you sure Lance didn't pass about 20 guys when he cut across that mountain "chicane"...2 wheels off, made Zanardi's "The Pass" look amaturish by comparison! GO LANCE!

[SteveH]

Lance did the same for Ullrich in 2001.
http://espn.go.com/oly/tdf2003/s/2003/0721/1583483.html


"Jan is a good guy, he's an honorable guy," Armstrong said. "He probably didn't forget that when he crashed in 2001, in what appeared to be a serious crash, I told everyone: 'We can't race until he gets back up.' As we say in English: 'What goes around comes around,' and so I appreciate him doing that."

[cartmanoz]

There is a tremendous amount of sportsmanship in bicycle racing, and it's been all on show in this years centenary Tour de France. Armstrong's incident was just one of many and the respect that flows between Armstrong and Ullrich is enormous.

During one stage this year, two riders made a massive break on the field heading into Toulouse, and before heading into the final kilometre, they both shook hands on their fabulous ride before putting their heads down and sprinting to the finish.

On Monday when Armstrong won on the Col de Tormo, he caught the leader who had been out front for hours. Before passing, Armstrong pat him on the back on a job well done before passing to win.

[pchall]

Originally posted by cartmanoz

On Monday when Armstrong won on the Col de Tormo, he caught the leader who had been out front for hours. Before passing, Armstrong pat him on the back on a job well done before passing to win.

That's quite a bit different from a NASCAR nerfing at 180+...

[Kate]

Was it Nuvolari who insisted his team provide a car for a rival so he could have the pleasure of racing him? That was when racers were gentlemen.

Good to know it still lives on somewhere though.

[Joe in LA]

Originally posted by Kate
Was it Nuvolari who insisted his team provide a car for a rival so he could have the pleasure of racing him? That was when racers were gentlemen.

Good to know it still lives on somewhere though.

James Hunt supposedly asked McLaren to provide Niki Lauda with a car in 1976 after Niki's accident, if Ferrari did not put him back in the car due to his injuries.