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Tour de France: Will Wim Vansevenant win a record 3x Lanterne Rouge?
6Jul2008 Filed under: Sports Author: Esme Vos
Wim Vansevenant has been the Lanterne Rouge for two consecutive Tours (2006 and 2007) and now is gunning for this third in a row. If he ends up last in this year’s Tour de France, he will be the first man in history to end up Lanterne Rouge three times in a row, a remarkable achievement given how difficult it is to end up last in the Tour de France three consecutive times.
Today, in the first stage of the Tour, he ended up fourth to last, which is very comforting. He needs to pace himself, make sure he does not end up in the voiture balai (the broom wagon: the van that picks up riders who cannot finish).
From last year’s Tour de France:
Tour de France 2007: Vansevenant wins second lanterne rouge
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Allen Gathman » Blog Archive » Tour de France — Who will be the Lanterne Rouge?
July 6th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
[...] Rouge this year? My money is on the man who brought up the rear both of the last two years: Wim Vansevenant. Can he pull it off again? After two stages, he’s 178th out of 179. He’s a [...]
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July 8th, 2008 at 3:28 am
Wim Vansevenant, a por su tercer Tour de Francia…como farolillo rojo (EN)…
Wim Vansevenant puede hacer historia este año. Seria el primer cicilista de la historia en concluir como último clasificado tres veces consecutivas. De momento, en la última etapa disputada, ya se ha puesto en la cola de la clasificación….