Playing Cards BAD for Cyclists!!

07Lapierre

This is a new one!

"Playing cards - although not against race rules - is highly frowned upon because it is thought to damage sensation in the riders' fingers, the same fingers needed to pull off a swift gear change"

Full Article here

Pro cyclists seem to have a reason for not doing anything other than cycling.

Geez...even better: "Solitaire is one thing, but this was a game of 'Rummy'"

kakee

The link to that article is not working

Lumen

Here

Morgan

Your link doesn't work.

kakee

Jaysus thats a bit severe. They should have played online, or could that be bad for their fingers too. From what he said it would be ok if they played solatire. Was he worried they may pass disease by both touching the same cards.

Morgan

Sounds reasonable to me. These are professionals and they have to conduct themselves in a professional manner - especially during a major tour. It's one thing having a game of cards the night before the Wicklow 200 but this is serious.

07Lapierre

Morgan wrote: »

Sounds reasonable to me. These are professionals and they have to conduct themselves in a professional manner - especially during a major tour. It's one thing having a game of cards the night before the Wicklow 200 but this is serious.

Not exactly in the same league as Wayne Rooney is it?

Morgan

07Lapierre wrote: »

Not exactly in the same league as Wayne Rooney is it?

Which appendage has he desensitized?

-Trek-

What is the world coming to?
*shakes head*

bbosco

Jaysus....Anquetil used to get hammered on absinthe between stages.

Blowfish

Wait...you mean this isn't from the onion?

sy

What a load of B*******

By the way Dirk should take note of the following

Football has long been seen as the worst pastime possible for professional riders. Back in the 80s covert games of 'Babyfoot' were going on behind the scenes but it was largely brushed under the carpet.
But in the 90s there was a huge scandal when, in the 1998 Tour, race officials discovered that a whole team had been organising systematic games of football before and after every stage in the race.
The team's cover was blown when their soigneur was caught trying to smuggle class-A balls, top-quality goalkeeping gloves and illicit pairs of boots over the border on his way to the prologue in Ireland.
A decade later, the directeur sportif behind today's card controversy admitted that he himself had played five-a-side and partaken in penalty shoot-outs with other football aficionados during his lone Tour win in the mid 90s.

Illicit pairs of boots and
class-A-Balls!!! As if we couldn't find these south of the border

Babelfish perhaps

Pherekydes

bbosco wrote: »

Jaysus....Anquetil used to get hammered on absinthe between stages.

Very unprofessional. He might have won 8 Tours de France had he played his cards right.

:pac:

Captain Havoc

No wonder I'm so poor on the bike, I could have been so much better if I didn't play cards or football.

pc11

Not falling for it. Someone's having you on with this article.

kincsem

I play poker tournaments and none of the poker players are top class cyclists. :rolleyes:

Ant

Classic stuff. I just came in from a good night out and saw this thread. When I saw the tread title, I first thought it referred to the ancient and revered custom of fixing cards to the spokes of a bicycle wheel.

Funniest satire I've read in a long time. Morgan's first comment also cracked me up. Literally LOL.

manafana

wrong thread