[CR]Re: Koppenberg > Skibby

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From: "Ben Kamen" <benkamenphoto@nyc.rr.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021122012016.87497.77612.Mailman@phred.org>
Subject: [CR]Re: Koppenberg > Skibby
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 03:05:34 -0500

11/21/02 8:20 PMclassicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2001/aug01/koppenberg/bottom3.shtml
> Snipped from article: The restoration of the Koppenberg climb has already
> begun, in anticipation of its use in the Ronde van Vlaanderen 2002. It was
> used in the race between 1976 and 1987, but was removed after the Jesper
> Skibby incident...
>
> I've got a picture of that accident in one of those Cycle Sport magazines I'm
> reviewing. Shows the car just as it runs over the wheels of Skibby's bike,
> just missing his foot. I didn't know that it was used this year in a race and
> I wonder what "restoration" means in this context. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL

not for the faint of heart

http://home.san.rr.com/cms/skibby_in_trouble.jpg

ciao,

ben "never liked 5 series beemer's anyway" kamen NYC