CycloPathic
03-21-2004, 05:27 AM
I can't believe he pulled such blooper:
Erik Zabel's world went from bright to very black in a split second on the Via Roma at the end of the 95th Milan-San Remo on Saturday.
The German sprinter thought he'd come around Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) to win Milan-San Remo for the fifth time. But just as he was lifting his hands in celebration, Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire (Rabobank) shoved his bike across the line to snatch the win by inches.
"It's frustrating to make such a stupid mistake, it's something that only happens once in your career," said Zabel, who won Milan-San Remo four times during 1997-2001. "I was sure I had won after passing Petacchi, who was so strong at Tirreno-Adriatico. In my career, I've always sprinted to the line. I never saw Freire."
http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/5740.0.html
Erik Zabel's world went from bright to very black in a split second on the Via Roma at the end of the 95th Milan-San Remo on Saturday.
The German sprinter thought he'd come around Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) to win Milan-San Remo for the fifth time. But just as he was lifting his hands in celebration, Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire (Rabobank) shoved his bike across the line to snatch the win by inches.
"It's frustrating to make such a stupid mistake, it's something that only happens once in your career," said Zabel, who won Milan-San Remo four times during 1997-2001. "I was sure I had won after passing Petacchi, who was so strong at Tirreno-Adriatico. In my career, I've always sprinted to the line. I never saw Freire."
http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/5740.0.html