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Date: 18 Jul 2007 11:14:42
From: Jean S. Barto
Subject: Why no Maggy?
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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3267602087_4282080 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Just curious as to why ³Big Maggy² Backstedt is not on the Liquigas squad this TDF?? Injured, or simply not selected for the team? Missed seeing him in the peloton during the first week, and even now. I was very busy with studying/summer school in Apr-May-Jun and so I didn¹t follow the classics/TDF tune-up races as I usually do. Organic Chemistry in a month (May-Jun) has a funny way of changing your priorities! Jean in VA --B_3267602087_4282080 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML > <HEAD > <TITLE >Why no Maggy?</TITLE> </HEAD > <BODY > <FONT FACE=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial" ><SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:12.0px'>Just = curious as to why “Big Maggy” Backstedt is not on the Liquigas s= quad this TDF?? Injured, or simply not selected for the team? Mi= ssed seeing him in the peloton during the first week, and even now.<BR > <BR > I was very busy with studying/summer school in Apr-May-Jun and so I didn= 217;t follow the classics/TDF tune-up races as I usually do. Organic C= hemistry in a month (May-Jun) has a funny way of changing your priorities!<B= R > <BR > Jean in VA</SPAN ></FONT> </BODY > </HTML > --B_3267602087_4282080--
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Date: 18 Jul 2007 18:12:30
From: Simon Brooke
Subject: Re: Why no Maggy?
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in message <C2C3A6A2.2E6AC%jsbarto1@cox.net >, Jean S. Barto ('jsbarto1@cox.net') wrote: > Just curious as to why ³Big Maggy² Backstedt is not on the Liquigas squad > this TDF?? Injured, or simply not selected for the team? Missed seeing > him in the peloton during the first week, and even now. Not selected. I miss seeing him too - one of the characters of the peloton. He rode the Dauphine, and won his national road championships, but got dropped from the Leakygas squad for the tour. See his website: http://www.magnusbackstedt.com/MB/newsjournal.cfm?CNum=7 -- simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ Das Internet is nicht fuer gefingerclicken und giffengrabben... Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen. Das mausklicken sichtseeren keepen das bandwit-spewin hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das cursorblinken. -- quoted from the jargon file
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Date: 18 Jul 2007 20:18:58
From: Davey Crockett
Subject: Re: Why no Maggy?
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Simon Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk > writes: > in message <C2C3A6A2.2E6AC%jsbarto1@cox.net>, Jean S. Barto > ('jsbarto1@cox.net') wrote: > >> Just curious as to why ³Big Maggy² Backstedt is not on the Liquigas squad >> this TDF?? Injured, or simply not selected for the team? Missed seeing >> him in the peloton during the first week, and even now. > > Not selected. I miss seeing him too - one of the characters of the peloton. > > He rode the Dauphine, and won his national road championships, but got > dropped from the Leakygas squad for the tour. See his website: > It's a conspiracy methinks First Cookie disappears from the Womens event and now no Maggie in the Mens -- Davey Crockett - No 4Q to Reply
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Date: 18 Jul 2007 21:53:52
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: Why no Maggy?
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Simon Brooke writes: > It's a conspiracy methinks Davey Crockett wrote: > First Cookie disappears from the Womens event and now no Maggie in the > Mens Photoshop strikes again.
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Date: 18 Jul 2007 22:21:56
From: Jan
Subject: Re: Why no Maggy?
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Donald Munro wrote: > Simon Brooke writes: >> It's a conspiracy methinks > > Davey Crockett wrote: >> First Cookie disappears from the Womens event and now no Maggie in >> the Mens > > Photoshop strikes again. Maggy is in the studio with DD this week for British Eurosport doing pre and post race comments Jan
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