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Merckx mourns death of 'good friend' Poulidor
 

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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield

11/13/19 8:25 AM

Merckx mourns death of 'good friend' Poulidor

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/merckx-mourns-death-of-good-friend-poulidor/

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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2625
Location: Canberra, Australia

11/13/19 1:47 PM

The Guardian has a good obituary:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/13/raymond-poulidor-obituary

I've always liked the story about Anquetil saying to Poulidor, when Poulidor visited him on his deathbed: "Well Raymond, I'm afraid you're going to be second yet again".

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

11/13/19 2:37 PM

"Well Raymond, I'm afraid you're going to be second yet again".

#excellent!

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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5096
Location: Nashua, NH

11/14/19 7:03 AM

While it's sad to hear of his passing, his certainly seems like a life well-lived. Chapeau, Raymond!

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine

11/15/19 4:42 PM

“A Monument”

That is very powerful and elegant praise.

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