New virtual Tour de France record

On Friday 19 November 2004 02:13, Stewart Fleming wrote:
Brenton James wrote:
I wonder what it would have been like if Merckx's rivals raced with
medicine droppers?

I was wondering about the implications of the phrase "medicine dropper"...

Where did the Merckx quote come from anyway? And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Interesting pictu
http://www.tfn.net/~kate901/droper.gif

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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:


Where did the Merckx quote come from anyway? And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:


Where did the Merckx quote come from anyway? And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

On Friday 19 November 2004 08:56, Stewart Fleming wrote:
And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

I'm thinking it's an odd translation of Merckx using an obscure expression
to say that LANCE hardly ever races ("If I cherry-picked my races like him"
etc.). Have races trickle on your schedule like droplets from a pipette.

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On Friday 19 November 2004 08:56, Stewart Fleming wrote:
And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

I'm thinking it's an odd translation of Merckx using an obscure expression
to say that LANCE hardly ever races ("If I cherry-picked my races like him"
etc.). Have races trickle on your schedule like droplets from a pipette.

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The Spanish expression "con cuentagotas" translates quite literally to
(medicine) dropper. It is used to refer to anything that is done seldom and
in a calculated or in an overly-managed way. Maybe the translation
originates in some Spanish source?


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On Friday 19 November 2004 08:56, Stewart Fleming wrote:
And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

I'm thinking it's an odd translation of Merckx using an obscure expression
to say that LANCE hardly ever races ("If I cherry-picked my races like
him"
etc.). Have races trickle on your schedule like droplets from a pipette.

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The Spanish expression "con cuentagotas" translates quite literally to
(medicine) dropper. It is used to refer to anything that is done seldom and
in a calculated or in an overly-managed way. Maybe the translation
originates in some Spanish source?


"Ewoud Dronkert" wrote in message
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On Friday 19 November 2004 08:56, Stewart Fleming wrote:
And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

I'm thinking it's an odd translation of Merckx using an obscure expression
to say that LANCE hardly ever races ("If I cherry-picked my races like
him"
etc.). Have races trickle on your schedule like droplets from a pipette.

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Ewoud Dronkert wrote in message ...
On Friday 19 November 2004 08:56, Stewart Fleming wrote:
And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

I'm thinking it's an odd translation of Merckx using an obscure expression
to say that LANCE hardly ever races ("If I cherry-picked my races like him"
etc.). Have races trickle on your schedule like droplets from a pipette.

Exactly- that's how I read it.

Ewoud Dronkert wrote in message ...
On Friday 19 November 2004 08:56, Stewart Fleming wrote:
And I didn't understand it;
medicine dropper, so what?

Maybe it refers to the syringe/medical waste in the trash incident?
Or maybe when he left his pills at home in Spain?

I'm thinking it's an odd translation of Merckx using an obscure expression
to say that LANCE hardly ever races ("If I cherry-picked my races like him"
etc.). Have races trickle on your schedule like droplets from a pipette.

Exactly- that's how I read it.

k.j.papai wrote:


1968-1975 is not 1991 - 2004.
Athletes are in twice the shape now and the top 100 now could probably
beat *anyone* back then all things being the same.

I've heard this many times, but don't know how you could test this
position--perhaps ergometer testing.
Obviously all things aren't the same. The equipment is better ,
lighter, more aerodynamic. A more cynical man than I might say the
drugs are better.
It could be that the pro ranks are drawing from a wider field--I
suppose you could find ways to test that. It probably wouldn't make the
top top riders better, but might put more very high level riders right
near the top.

Steve



so, he has retaken the virtual record back

Merckx - 20 wins
Lemond - 7 wins
Armstrong - 6 wins
Coppi/Indurain/Anquetil - 5 wins

I wonder what it would have been like if Merckx's rivals raced with
medicine
droppers?