I saw someone (I forgot who; I think it was a re-tweet) post the most appropriate sentiment I can imagine on twitter, “If Peyton Manning crashed into a barb wire fence, came back, and finished the game, you’d never hear the end of it.” I agree. On stage 9 of this year’s TdF, Johnny Hoogerland got crashed into a barb wire fence by a French media vehicle. He then remounted his bike. And finished the stage. The picture says it all.
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JH, you are a BAMF.
StomachOfAnger.com has made a great shirt commemorating JH’s BAMFness. Plus 5% goes to WorldBicycleRelief.org.
and then kept riding day after day with umpteen stitches in his leg.
I'll never complain again. About anything.
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