SUPERFANS ASSEMBLE!
Standing at the roadside of a race as the peloton speeds by is only part of the experience of watching professional cycling.
Whether it be on top of a mountain, in the noisy confines of a velodrome, or even in the centre of a city during a criterium, it is spectators that can make the day memorable, regardless of how many photos can be taken of their heroes. CW has spoken to some of the most dedicated – and most crazy – fans from around the world to hear their stories of life as a cycling fanatic.
Dore Holte “Lance Armstrong once turned to me and said: ‘Ha, you’re crazy, man’”
Sure, a lot of us have customised flags and banners for races, but few fans have got as inventive and as creative as Dore Holte. Or, as the American is better known: Antler Man. Inspired by Lance Armstrong’s ‘Cinderella story’ in the 1990s, the Seattle-born Holte has commissioned local sculptors to create six unique helmets, all featuring replica horns of American animals.
Holte counts a helmet of horns from elk, bighorn sheep and moose, while he also boasts headwear of an eagle wing and a kudu. Easily noticeable on the most
