Give 'em an inch.......

......and they'll take a mile.

Actually, that wasn't quite the case in the 1984 Olympic Road Race between the two guys in the pic above - Steve Bauer from Canada(leading) and Alexi Grewal from the US. Alexi, shockingly, outsprinted Bauer to the line to take the gold medal.......essentially shocking the cycling world. Bauer was known as one of the fastest and most savvy sprinters on the racing scene.......while Alexi was known as a fierce and competitive climber. Grewal had been working diligently on his sprint leading up to the Olympic Games though......and it showed during the final sprint to the line.

But, as it turned out, Alexi had sort of a........uh.......well.......an interesting personality. Spitting on cameramen, outrageous outbursts towards the media and other riders, and just overall obnoxiousness. Some would say that he never lived up to his true potential, but his health never allowed him to have the type of racing career he expected of himself. Still, he was a great rider, although a little odd.