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After one of the riders got his drink bottle out, I heard a commentator say
'oh no you can't drink that now, your not allowed!!' I can't recall when,.. may have been with less than 15-20 km to go What exactly is behind the reasoning they can't drink so close to the finish? |
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in message , JC
') wrote: After one of the riders got his drink bottle out, I heard a commentator say 'oh no you can't drink that now, your not allowed!!' I can't recall when,.. may have been with less than 15-20 km to go You can drink it if you've got it, but you can't take on more drink in the run-in to the finish. What exactly is behind the reasoning they can't drink so close to the finish? I think it's that domestiques going to and from the team cars cause turbulence in the peloton which can get dangerous as the race gets more nervous towards the finish. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; This email may contain confidential or otherwise privileged ;; information, though, quite frankly, if you're not the intended ;; recipient and you've got nothing better to do than read other ;; folks' emails then I'm glad to have brightened up your sad little ;; life a tiny bit. |
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On Jul 23, 5:44 am, "JC" wrote:
After one of the riders got his drink bottle out, I heard a commentator say 'oh no you can't drink that now, your not allowed!!' I can't recall when,.. may have been with less than 15-20 km to go What exactly is behind the reasoning they can't drink so close to the finish? Dumbass - Can't get a feed from the team car. thanks, K. Gringioni. |
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Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , JC ') wrote: After one of the riders got his drink bottle out, I heard a commentator say 'oh no you can't drink that now, your not allowed!!' I can't recall when,.. may have been with less than 15-20 km to go You can drink it if you've got it, but you can't take on more drink in the run-in to the finish. What exactly is behind the reasoning they can't drink so close to the finish? I think it's that domestiques going to and from the team cars cause turbulence in the peloton which can get dangerous as the race gets more nervous towards the finish. It's the hand slings that frequently accompany the feeds. Bob Schwartz |
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Bob Schwartz wrote:
It's the hand slings that frequently accompany the feeds. So if they changes the rules Leipheimer would be able to match Contador's jumps. |
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On Jul 23, 1:05 pm, Donald Munro wrote:
Bob Schwartz wrote: It's the hand slings that frequently accompany the feeds. So if they changes the rules Leipheimer would be able to match Contador's jumps. dumbass, feeding is intrinsically dangerous so it's not allowed in the first 50km or last 20km of a race. handslings are illegal so they could enforce that strictly if they wanted to. |
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Donald Munro wrote:
Bob Schwartz wrote: It's the hand slings that frequently accompany the feeds. So if they changes the rules Leipheimer would be able to match Contador's jumps. There's hope for all of us if they change the rules. For example, if they expand the teams to around 20,000 riders each, then the top guys could get handslung over the entire stage. It would look like a 200-km rider bucket brigade. But the point is with 20 teams of 20,000 that's 400,000 riders, plenty of room for fatty masters and LIVEDRUNK(tm)s. It would look like RAGBRAI without the dudes towing the cooler and barbecue grill. Heck, even the guy that rides around towing the 1000-kg trailer could get on a team. -- Bill Asher |
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William Asher wrote:
There's hope for all of us if they change the rules. For example, if they expand the teams to around 20,000 riders each, then the top guys could get handslung over the entire stage. It would look like a 200-km rider bucket brigade. But the point is with 20 teams of 20,000 that's 400,000 riders, plenty of room for fatty masters and LIVEDRUNK(tm)s. Have you ever tried giving a fatty master a handsling (bearing in mind Newtons 3rd law) ? |
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Donald Munro wrote:
William Asher wrote: There's hope for all of us if they change the rules. For example, if they expand the teams to around 20,000 riders each, then the top guys could get handslung over the entire stage. It would look like a 200-km rider bucket brigade. But the point is with 20 teams of 20,000 that's 400,000 riders, plenty of room for fatty masters and LIVEDRUNK(tm)s. Have you ever tried giving a fatty master a handsling (bearing in mind Newtons 3rd law) ? No, the fatty masters are giving the handsling to the pro-type racers. I figure one fatty master ought to be able to sling a 130-lb pro about 100 yards, more if you could get them to put down their beer and donuts. Bicycle racing would become a cross between "World's Strongest Man," "Rollerball," and dwarf tossing. If we could figure out a way to get some topless chicks in there, it could be huge, and there's always a way to get topless chicks in somewhere. -- Bill Asher |
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William Asher wrote:
Donald Munro wrote: William Asher wrote: There's hope for all of us if they change the rules. For example, if they expand the teams to around 20,000 riders each, then the top guys could get handslung over the entire stage. It would look like a 200-km rider bucket brigade. But the point is with 20 teams of 20,000 that's 400,000 riders, plenty of room for fatty masters and LIVEDRUNK(tm)s. Have you ever tried giving a fatty master a handsling (bearing in mind Newtons 3rd law) ? No, the fatty masters are giving the handsling to the pro-type racers. I figure one fatty master ought to be able to sling a 130-lb pro about 100 yards, more if you could get them to put down their beer and donuts. Bicycle racing would become a cross between "World's Strongest Man," "Rollerball," and dwarf tossing. If we could figure out a way to get some topless chicks in there, it could be huge, and there's always a way to get topless chicks in somewhere. Topless Podium Girls ? Bill |
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