Evans Weight

[yhtimsgib]

Anyone else reckon Cadel is carrying a few Kg extra? I thought that at the world champs and he did fine there, but with the Giro only weeks away I was surprised at the size of his waist and calves. I really thought he would have a good crack at the Giro rather than the Tour...

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Anyone else reckon Cadel is carrying a few Kg extra? I thought that at the world champs and he did fine there, but with the Giro only weeks away I was surprised at the size of his waist and calves. I really thought he would have a good crack at the Giro rather than the Tour...

He is one of those riders that never looks really skinny even when he has no fat on him.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

this forum is great except that it contains a lot of people that talk out of their asses about seeing a rider's weight. there is NO WAY EVER anyone can see from their tv on a bike a rider whether he weighs 68 or 70 kg, it's completely ridiculous. not even naked you could se ethe difference unless you were told

 

[yhtimsgib]

this forum is great except that it contains a lot of people that talk out of their asses about seeing a rider's weight. there is NO WAY EVER anyone can see from their tv on a bike a rider whether he weighs 68 or 70 kg, it's completely ridiculous. not even naked you could se ethe difference unless you were told

Ullrich? Reckon you could tell when he had a few spare Kg's

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Ullrich? Reckon you could tell when he had a few spare Kg's

ullrich is the stuff of legend and bull**** myths. in reality ullrich was 183 and 73 kg for nearly every tour start he was ever in(beat that lance). in the winter he would be 80 kg few times yes you could see that difference because all of that weight went into his face and stomach.

one rider that truely had visible weight problems was dario pieri that would be 105 kg in the winter sometimes...

 

[Publicus]

Have to think this is the first time I've seen you basically have a fake conversation with yourself. I'll give you an 8 for creativity. Maybe even a 9.

 

[luckyboy]

He is one of those riders that never looks really skinny even when he has no fat on him.

Great user name

 

[happychappy]

It's the white of the champs jersey surely and hasn't he always had large calves?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Those calves are pure muscle!

White wouldn't help his figure.

 

[BikeCentric]

Those calves are pure muscle!

White wouldn't help his figure.

auscyclefan94 thinks Cadel looks juuuuust riiiiiight.

 

[Ferdinand Artichoke]

auscyclefan94 thinks Cadel looks juuuuust riiiiiight.

what are you trying to say about Cadel's weight?

 

[brianf7]

He is one of those riders that never looks really skinny even when he has no fat on him.

Thanks mate you made my day I never lok skinny even with 10% body fat.

Just as long as I can zipp up the skin suite

 

[blaxland]

definantley not fat just white makes you look bigger than what you actually are...Bring on the giro..,.

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Great user name

Thanks. It's topical.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

A bit OT but how much weight you reckon they lose in a day’s racing?

This article got mentioned on a football TV show last night so I found link to it
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/brown-to-ease-back-on-training/story-e6frepj6-1225855199103

JONATHAN Brown is set to drastically scale back his training to offset the effects his enormous workload is having on his body.

The skipper has been constricted by tightness in his abdominal muscles and has also lost about 5kg in each of the Lions' three home games this season because of the fluid he loses covering such massive distances in extreme humidity.

Coach Michael Voss said the club's medical protocol required Brown to remain at the ground until he had regained his pre-game weight and sometimes he sat alone in the rooms eating and drinking and taking plunge baths until the early hours of the morning.

 

[movingtarget]

Evan's Weight

Evan's is 173 cm's and has never looked and never will look like the Schlecks, Armstrong, Menchov, Contador etc.............they are all taller and naturally thinner. Evan's never had the body of a climber. He is a power rider and does not spin the gears like some of the others.

 

[Boeing]

he's about Steak and Kidney Pie with a jam rolly polly over his limit

 

[mherm79]

A bit OT but how much weight you reckon they lose in a day’s racing?

This article got mentioned on a football TV show last night so I found link to it
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/brown-to-ease-back-on-training/story-e6frepj6-1225855199103

Given that Jonathon Brown is btwn 100-110kg he's losing ~ 5% body weight. Weight loss during exercise at that level is a sign of dehydration. That's why the doctors are having him hang around post game. Over 5% can be a sign of muscle depletion.

Given that cyclists get to carry water bottles and go through feeding stations I'd imagine they are better at avoiding losses at that level...and when they don't we get to watch them ride backwards.

I'd say around 2% losses during rides which they'd look to correct post ride.

anyone got any figures?

 

[BroDeal]

It has never looked to me that Evans is as lean as some of the other riders. He is certainly no porker, nor even close, but I don't think he looks like some of these guys who have stripped every gram of weight and them some off themselves. It makes me wonder what his performance would be like if he could lose three or four kilos. Maybe he would be the one attacking instead of following.

 

[Ferminal]

Have to think this is the first time I've seen you basically have a fake conversation with yourself. I'll give you an 8 for creativity. Maybe even a 9.

Yes, definitely a new approach, I give it a week.

/thread.

 

[ergmonkey]

Since an earlier poster brought up Dario Pieri, the real Jan Ullrich of yo-yo cycling dieters...

Dario Pieri at his absolute peak (2nd in Paris-Roubaix):

http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.ns ... file/9.jpg

Dario Pieri sucking in his gut:

http://www.cyclingarchives.com/beeldfiche.php?beeldid=42937

I would love to know what kind of power it took for this guy to finish 2nd in Flanders in '01.

 

[powderpuff]

He should have joined SKY because every knows you wear black if you want to look slimmer.

 

[auscyclefan94]

It has never looked to me that Evans is as lean as some of the other riders. He is certainly no porker, nor even close, but I don't think he looks like some of these guys who have stripped every gram of weight and them some off themselves. It makes me wonder what his performance would be like if he could lose three or four kilos. Maybe he would be the one attacking instead of following.

You should check some of his pics in his mtb days. Skinny...

Seriously, I think his weight is fine. Can't really copmare him to other riders. He would also lose some time trialling ability if he didn't have some of that weight.

Usually he is 65kg around tour time.

 

[forty four]

jan kirsipu(not spelled correctly) was a little fat i think he retired but now races at a lower level

 

[9000ft]

Any time someone posts those photos of Rasmussen or Hamilton people react in horror and fascinated disgust. ("My god, they look like concentration camp survivors, that's not healthy"!) But start talking about someone who is "only" probably 4-6%ish body fat then they are too heavy and fat.