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Polish said:Anyone else think this "flu" is fake and that Alberto is just looking for an excuse to miss the TdF avoid a confrontation with Lance?
Polish said:Anyone else think this "flu" is fake and that Alberto is just looking for an excuse to miss the TdF and avoid a confrontation with Lance?
Publicus said:I think you are on to something. Definitely afraid of a confrontation with Lance.
Publicus said:Or he just has the flu and lost a couple of days training and thinks its more important to get them in than defend the Spanish TT championship.
samerics said:Maybe he's just got the flu!!!
samerics said:Maybe he's just got the flu!!!
It's like a Paranoia Convention in here.
workingclasshero said:
another boring post by softy here.
and not only that, you're the fourth to post that exact 'observation', well done. so we can add uninventine to your personality. if i were you i'd just stop posting now
samerics said:Thanks for your sparkling wit and insight on the matter, what would we do without you, oh great working class hero. And a four syllable word in there too! Shame it's not a real one! Uninventine? Click the edit button quick, don't want anyone thinking you're a bigger idiot than they do already.
Anything else??
3-5% fat might be little too low, more likely at 6-7 but yes, he could just have the flu and nothing to do with doping.Cerberus said:Come on, is it really realistic that a person pushing his body fat percentage to the 3-5% range and putting in painfully hard training could weaken his immune system enough to get a common disease? Isn't it far more likely that it is in fact a ploy to throw away his chance of winning the Tour this year, in order to avoid a confrontation with an Old has-been? I mean just think of how embarrassing it would be if he lost?
FKLance said:Oh come on!
Are we going to have a thread on every rider who gets sick?