"Russell Van Hout (Selle Italia) rode across the finish line with part of his clip-on bar in his hand, as it came off five km to go. He described his mechanic with an obscene gerund, before remarking, "Our mechanic's the best, eh? He's a wanker. I just had a nice tempo, It was a good roll down for me. But with five kilometres to go, my bar came off. I was holding that in one hand and my brake in the other, so I nearly lost it on one corner."

I got this quote off of the Cycling News site today. The stage was an individual time trial and Van Hout was one of the participants. I don't understand exactly what he meant, but I'm sure it wasn't complimentary and it made me laugh. I wonder what the team mechanic thought.......
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