"If I had a ski with a hole in it I'd throw it away" - Franz Klammer commenting on the new (and brief) fad of downhill racing skis with holes at the tip supposedly for better aerodynamics.
"Ferdy big horse. Ferdy attack. Your boys ready?"
~Ferdinand Kübler (1955 TDF, dropping back to team cars taunting the managers.) He had finished second in 54, but in 55 was DNF for stage 12 the day after Mt Ventoux.
And of course this from him after stage 11
"Ferdy's too old. Ferdy killed himself on ventoux".
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"Goodness, I would give several acres of my land to see him back for a fortnight in the peloton. Just a fortnight. He would show all these pussies what it was, racing against Merckx. This guy was unbelievable, my God. They wouldn't have time to bleach their hair or pierce their ears. All they would wanna do is go to bed and rest, I tell you. "
Luis Ocaņa in the eighties. Powerful tribute.
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"Vous ętes des assassins! Oui, des assassins!' (French for 'You are murderers! Yes, murderers!'
Octave Lapize to race officials on the Col du Tourmalet in the 1910 Tour de France. The first time going over the big mountains on the Pyrenees.
Steve B
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