TDF Rest Day 2 *Warning-contains unmasked spoilers!

Hungrycol

Look at his legs! My God!

Beasty

Looks like you'll need to go through another 3 or 4 of these threads Hungrycol - then you'll be able to show him!

Hungrycol

I'm too far gone to be ever that anorexic!

dastardly00

I think that photo is from the first rest day, so he could be even skinnier now!! :eek:

hardCopy

Ahhh!

Surely his legs require muscles to keep the cranks turning. That's just... :eek:

kenmc

Jaysus my granny had bigger legs when she died at 94. Surprised the weight of his shoes don't cause a stress fracture!

rubs

....that can`t be right!.....i knew he had skinny legs but !!!...have to say I am a bit shocked by that....gives nonsense to the myth that all cyclists have legs like tree trunks!

Darkglasses

I just don't understand...Is he now on pure cardio?

Lumen

Darkglasses wrote: »

I just don't understand...Is he now on pure cardio?

What is "pure cardio"?

Darkglasses

Lumen wrote: »

What is "pure cardio"?

I don't know, i'm just shocked.

DirkVoodoo

Hardly new after his "Bambi legs" at Garmin:



Calf muscles are overrated for cycling anyway, give me massive quads please!

TheBlaaMan

Paris-Roubaix 2009


or, maybe this is a pic of a famine victim in fancy dress.......(pls excuse any offence caused)

EDIT : Ahggghh....beaten to it by Dirk

Morrisseeee

Should the thread title now read: ..............contains unsavoury pictures

hardCopy

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

Paris-Roubaix 2009


or, maybe this is a pic of a famine victim in fancy dress.......(pls excuse any offence caused)

EDIT : Ahggghh....beaten to it by Dirk

Garmin need to use more of that orange and blue argyle. Their current kit is too boring

monkeyslayer

i've never *really* been able to take him seriously as an athlete, the guy looks like a crusty turned quirky record shop owner... all he needs is a spliff...

kenmc

monkeyslayer wrote: »

all he needs is a spliff...

Careful now :P

wonderfullife

to be fair he is 6'3 and 10 stone 8...... giving him a BMI of 19.1 which is in the normal range.... whatever about their legs and bodies, i'm always more amazed by their resting heart-rates, which can be as low as 20 beats-per-minute....would freak me out my heart only beating once every 3 seconds!!!

mahoo

argghh! those knees! i cant even look at them... how can that be in the healthy range of BMI

ThisRegard

The BMI is a load of nonsense anyway isn't it ? I've always been at the limit of being overweight for my height and weight but at 5,7 and a 30inch waist I think I'm a long way off being overweight.
Here's an article I read from a few years back about it, provocatively entitled "Top 10 Reasons why the BMI is bogus".
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439

furiousox

ThisRegard wrote: »

The BMI is a load of nonsense anyway isn't it?.....

YESSS!!!!

dastardly00

monkeyslayer wrote: »

i've never *really* been able to take him seriously as an athlete, the guy looks like a crusty turned quirky record shop owner... all he needs is a spliff...

If Mr. Burns was Director Sportif of Garmin, he'd at least be able to sort out Bradley's sideburns! :pac:

Hungrycol

dastardly00 wrote: »

If Mr. Burns was Director Sportif of Garmin, he'd at least be able to sort out Bradley's sideburns! :pac:

He'd be more aero surely!

Lusk Doyle

Hungrycol wrote: »

dastardly00 wrote: »

If Mr. Burns was Director Sportif of Garmin, he'd at least be able to sort out Bradley's sideburns! :pac:

He'd be more aero surely!

Not to mention the fact that he wouldn't look like either:

A. He's travelled forward in time from the 60s, or

B. He likes oasis and has never grown out of that "phase".

BQQ

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We really need a stage 16 thread, Ed. :pac:

ednwireland

jeeez pickywhat cycled home, got bag of gooseberries from neighbours, cooked dinner , talked to my mum , sat down to watch tour round up . i'll do it now ok :rolleyes:

ednwireland

really interesting facts and figures article

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-numbers-stage-wins-and-abandons

The only four teams which are still complete are BMC Racing Team, Liquigas-Cannondale, Lotto-Belisol and Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank.

Only 156 riders finished the race on Sunday and headed into the rest day. While 42 abandons sounds like a lot, it is not unusually high. In 2011, the fifteenth stage ended with 170 riders and 2010 saw a high of 174, the previous years were lower. 2009 had 162 riders, 2008 the low of 153 and 2007 had 160.

Morrisseeee

Wow, that's some recovery, whacked out of it in March & performing at the very top level in July...................phenomenal, fair play !

ACJimbo

Sky sports news have just said that UCI have released a statement saying that Frank Schleck has tested positive for a banned substance...

Beasty

ACJimbo wrote: »

Sky sports news have just said that UCI have released a statement saying that Frank Schleck has tested positive for a banned substance...

Separate thread here

dastardly00

A couple of funny tweets and photos from David Millar from the rest day and the day before.

All of the locals...

Swept opening my curtains to find beautiful blue sky, and... The Deathstar.