Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 9 June Why the Shovel?

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:46:18 +0200
From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
Organization: Camelot Online Services
To: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 9 June Why the Shovel?
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AR> Scene from the 1949 Giro d'Italia. Bianchi team riders AR> sorting out some flat tires behind the Fiorelli team car, but I AR> wonder why the guy in the dark sweater needs the shovel???

Maybe he had to bury the punctured tires so that the commissioners couldn't fine the racers for dropping material -wasn't there some rule that the riders had to carry their equipment including spares on their own, and weren't allowed to just throw away anything? I'm pretty sure i read this in Andre Reuze's book.

Of couse, he might be just a bystander, who's job it was to clean the road a bit for the race.

servus,
   Martin Appel from -finally- sunny Munich, Germany