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Originally posted by svandamme
DD74
have you ever spoken with a cyclist??
apart from Armstrong, and Merckx i've yet to see a TDF winner who can entertain anyone with any decent conversation...
they usually aren't the brightest light bulbs.... which makes sense if you gonna spend the best parts of your life as a 2 wheeled human powered vehicle...7x356 , no beer, no fun , just racking miles...
the coaches that guide these guys, are usually the ones who hire the team doc and dietist, and they tell the jock how to think , what to eat, when to take a crap, and so on....
the cyclist, most of the time, just does what he's told
and believes that all the supllements and medicines he get's are cool
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Ah! Come to think of it, somewhere I've heard cycling in Europe is near the bottom of the totem pole. That it's a true blue-collar sport. Maybe it was in reference to Sean Kelly, and how in Ireland, whole families, sometimes even villages saved up for a kid's bike with the hope he'd be the financial savior.