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Bicyclists Collide with Armadillo at Tour of Missouri
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| 9.13.07
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Posted on 09/13/2007 9:21:29 AM PDT by rface
A St. Louis-area man was injured Tuesday after colliding with an armadillo in the opening miles of the second stage of the Tour of Missouri.
Dan Schmatz, 33, of Ballwin, was riding in the peloton at about 20 mph when he and teammate Jonathan Garcia of Boulder, Colo., met with the wayward animal.
Schmatz, who lives in Longmont, Colo., was taken to a local hospital. The extent of his injuries was not known Tuesday afternoon.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Sports
KEYWORDS: armadillo; missouri; tourofmissouri
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To: rface
Too bad the riders weren’t briefed on possible armored obstacles.
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posted on
09/13/2007 10:10:32 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: rface
We have armadillos in KC??? If it was during the first mile, then it was just outside of the Country Club Plaza area!
I had no idea!
Mark
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posted on
09/13/2007 10:16:37 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: vox humana
Typical MSM story...no mention is made of the armadillos political affiliation. If the armadillo had been a Republican, that fact would have been in the headline.If the 'dillo was a Democrat, we would have seen editorials on how this would affect women, minorities and the poor hardest.
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posted on
09/13/2007 11:20:25 AM PDT
by
pikachu
(Be alert -- we need more lerts!)
To: Cagey
To: MotleyGirl70
The Holiday Armadillo isn't happy.
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posted on
09/13/2007 1:06:13 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: MarkL
“We have armadillos in KC??? If it was during the first mile, then it was just outside of the Country Club Plaza area!
I had no idea!”
I didn’t either. My trip through TX was one big search for ‘dillos on the road. We didn’t see one till we got to CO.
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posted on
09/13/2007 2:23:42 PM PDT
by
aspen64
(Insufferable dork)
To: seemoAR; Cagey
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posted on
09/13/2007 2:30:27 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/13/2007 3:28:28 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: Cagey
Going shopping for shoes to match will be murder. :-D
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posted on
09/13/2007 4:17:13 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
"LolDillos?"
"Invisible Bucking Bronco?"
Mark
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:16:09 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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