Author Topic: McEwen - bad crash Belgium - out of '09 TdF? - end of career?  (Read 1400 times)

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Shame.  Wouldn't want to see his cycling career ended like this.
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Re: McEwen - bad crash Belgium - out of '09 TdF? - end of career?
« Reply #1 on: 29 May, 2009, 09:58:30 am »
That's a shame. I've always liked Robbie. Total gobshite, but one hell of a competitor!
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Re: McEwen - bad crash Belgium - out of '09 TdF? - end of career?
« Reply #2 on: 29 May, 2009, 01:44:54 pm »
In sport there are good gobshites and bad gobshites! :)  Good luck to him.
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Re: McEwen - bad crash Belgium - out of '09 TdF? - end of career?
« Reply #3 on: 29 May, 2009, 08:40:47 pm »
Oh, what a shame.  He has actually been riding really well of late too.  :(

Re: McEwen - bad crash Belgium - out of '09 TdF? - end of career?
« Reply #4 on: 29 May, 2009, 09:10:50 pm »
He twittered that he would deffo be back

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Re: McEwen - bad crash Belgium - out of '09 TdF? - end of career?
« Reply #5 on: 29 May, 2009, 09:31:59 pm »
That's the spirit!
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Re: McEwen - bad crash Belgium - out of '09 TdF? - end of career?
« Reply #6 on: 29 May, 2009, 09:54:12 pm »
Hope he recovers and rides again. He's one of those who can always seem to eek out a win when it looks most improbable, like the TdF stage into Canterbury.