From the VeloNews web site:
McEwen revealed that after riding in an early two-man attack with Germany’s Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), he rejoined the peloton by stopping and hiding in a bush until the pack swept by without knowing he had even left the breakaway.
WTF??? Hiding in a bush??? That cannot be the actions of a healthy mind at work!!! Or maybe it is just an Australian thing that I don’t understand. Discuss amongst yourselves.
I think he had to see a man about a horse.
Didn’t Liggett say something last night about a guy in the 1950s who used to pull stunts like this all them time and then sit at the back of the peleton laughing his ass off as they chased him furiously down the road.
It is pretty funny.
Diarrhea?
WTF??? Hiding in a bush??? That cannot be the actions of a healthy mind at work!!! Or maybe it is just an Australian thing that I don’t understand. Discuss amongst yourselves.
I had always heard that French woman did not shave but THAT is ridiculous.
Robbie is a very funny man. I think we need some more guys like him in the peleton to keep some fun and action happening. I think we are all a little too serious.
Any way to answer your question, he saw a sexy looking sheep in the bushes. Oh thats the kiwi joke oooppps.
think your right… or at least i have heard that somewhere else before… laughing his head off as the peloton tries and tries to catch him but… where did he go? 
hide and seek on the bike
“Any way to answer your question, he saw a sexy looking sheep in the bushes.”
Is that why that all jumped of the cliff???
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070800553_pf.html
taken from the Lavendar room
Chris
Didn’t Liggett say something last night about a guy in the 1950s who used to pull stunts like this all them time and then sit at the back of the peleton laughing his ass off as they chased him furiously down the road.
It is pretty funny.
I heard about a rider that broke away and pulled off by a bakery and bought some bread and when the peloton had passed he sat in the back of the peloton eating his bread while they were chasing him down.
It’s almso impossible to pull off a stunt like that today though with TV cameras in all team cars and team radios.
Robbie McEwen is actually a super nice and fairly humble guy. And no, I am not saying that because I sponsor him, as you all know he now rides something else.
Seriously though, in 2002 I met him at several races and he was always polite and actually fairly soft spoken.
Cheers,
Herbert
Litespeed
whatever it takes!
Robbie is a very funny man. I think we need some more guys like him in the peleton to keep some fun and action happening. I think we are all a little too serious.
Any way to answer your question, he saw a sexy looking sheep in the bushes. Oh thats the kiwi joke oooppps.
easy there tiger…;
Didn’t Liggett say something last night about a guy in the 1950s who used to pull stunts like this all them time and then sit at the back of the peleton laughing his ass off as they chased him furiously down the road.
I think Liggett was implying that it was a solo breakaway when that dude did his shenanigans in the 50’s, at least from what I remember. Not sure it is quite as funny with a 2 person break though. I like the thought of the peloton chasing a ghost.
And not even a race cam caught him. Now that’s funny. If I was O’grady I’d beat him with a kickstand to fix that balancing problem he has though.
that is beautiful.
absolutely hilarious.
nothing wrong with a mind which has a playful nature.
" had always heard that French woman did not shave but THAT is ridiculous."
I heard that too and I also heard they don’t wash in the bush area cuz the French men prefer a richer aroma and flavour …bon appetite!
Perhaps Robbie in the French bush was getting like some smelling salts kinda treatment to clear his senses and give him that boost to win that final sprint for the stage win.
And not even a race cam caught him. Now that’s funny. If I was O’grady I’d beat him with a kickstand to fix that balancing problem he has though.
Look Stewart’s forearm. He is sitting it on RM handlebars. Don’t you think that was intentional? O’grady came from the far side and pinched and then held. I would have head butted him too (that is if I could go 40 mph on the flats).
A friend of mine did that once on a group ride. He went off the front alone, got a few corners between himself and the group, hid in the woods, then appeared from behind, out of no where, as we were all trying to catch him…it was funny as hell !! : ) Made for great conversation for many rides after that, every time we passed the woods he hid in.
I remember watching the footage of the finish again on the day following, as McEwen was giving the explanation you gave above. I have to say from an overhead shot there was no sign of O’Grady deviating from his line, surely the arm is out to keep his balance whilst flat out with McEwen headbutting him. Probably a chicken and egg situation.
^look at the guy laughing
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