"Gobsmackingly Brilliant" rides of 2000Andrea Tafi---- Tafi in P-T Michael Bauman Tafi at Paris-Tours. Paula Weber ---- I absolutely agree with David Voller. The history, the drama, the amazing feats of bravery and shear power of these men on bicycles through all sorts of terrain and weather. The one day World Cup Classics rule! A favourite is hard to pick for the year. With Museeuw, Tchmil, Zabel, Axelsson (almost) and Rumsas in the end, but I think I read and reread Tafi's the most. My all-time favourite is 1997 Giro di Lombardia where Jalabert won the day and Bartoli drove the break so hard for the final kilometres that the other three in the break could barely hold his wheel! He won the World Cup with that ride. David McNutt Boulder, CO, USA ---- Paris-Tours: Tafi's Revenge. Imagine having the world's top roleur and a proven team player at your disposal for your Worlds and Olympic teams and then ignore him. Tafi's win was the perfect. Ian Robertson ---- For me, the performance of 2000 had nothing to do with the stature
of the race, (whilst Paris-Tours is a classic, I realise it is not of
the importance of P-R, L-B-L, etc) but with the attitude of the winner.
What really gave me a buzz was the message sent to the Italian national
team selectors when Andrea Tafi rode the field off his wheel in an allegedly
sprinterfest event, having been snubbed as not good enough for their
Worlds team. This guy oozes class, but doesn't, perhaps to his disadvantage,
go around shouting about it a la Bartoli or Pantani. John Rudge ---- Andrea Tafi and his particular show in the Paris Tours. Jose M Peña ---- Tafi on his way to Tours Alexander Vogt ---- Tafi in Paris Tours - What an attitude ---- |