Downfall vs Bjarne Riis — Downfall vs Bjarne Riis (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Video: Downfall vs Bjarne Riis

Long live the Crotch Eagle indeed…

by dave atkinson

Tue, Feb 21, 2012 10:15

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Downfall vs Bjarne Riis — Downfall vs Bjarne Riis (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

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Hot on the heels of the Downfall vs Bike Registration vid comes this one starring Bjarne Riis, who's not best chuffed to find out that Muur and the Bosberg have been removed from this year's Tour of Flanders. Contains multiple uses of the phrase "crotch eagle" and anti-UCI sentiment in abundance. Worth a watch then, eh.

Bjarne Riis, Crotch Eagle, Downfall, Saxo bank

dave atkinson

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and likes to ride increasingly long audaxes decreasingly fast as time goes by.

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Argy

February 23, 2012 at 5:26 pm

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muahahaha LoL, what a
muahahaha LoL, what a classic! =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =))
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