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Arnout said:Giro organizers might not like that. He already won two stages, if he wins three stages and then abandons he's sort of taking the ****.
Now he is "forced" to abandon so he can say to the Giro organizers that he would've wanted to continue, surely today as he would've been the big big favorite for the win, so he is shooting himself in the foot too by leaving now. Sort of sharing the pain.
That or clinic reasons.
RownhamHill said:Or possibly he's ill?
Bernie's eyesore said:Maybe Kittel knew about the dangerous conditions and didn't want to risk injury with the Tour in mind.
Arnout said:Nah, impossible, I'm posting in the clinic for a reason.
zigmeister said:I'm always amazed at how so many riders using social media wil take photos of things to show off to the fans as proof of something. This is more common in other sports, like MMA, when a guy has a broken hand or something, they love to show the X-Ray to everybody.
Yet, no photo of the thermometer showing Kittel's "fever" posted up for followers to confirm.
RownhamHill said:Sorry, I didn't realise if you, Arnout, were posting in the Clinic then any possibility of illness was automatically ruled out.
Arnout said:Well I was sort of taking the **** of the clinic with that comment, as the clinic tends to be similar to conspiracy sites in that any explanation based on explanation given by the person(s) in question or based on "natural" events are dismissed as not true.
Digger said:Kittel seen training in Tuscany with a famous trainer. New generation!!
JimmyFingers said:If Kittel is doping why did he tweet about Sayer, who subsequently got popped? And for which the moral clinic accused him of racism and '****ting in the pool' of the local rider in his local race.
JimmyFingers said:Seriously he's just been riding through all that ****ty Irish weather, he twisted himself inside out to win Stage 3, something that should be lauded but instead the clinic turn on the 'anglo' and insinuate his retirement is something to do with doping.
JimmyFingers said:Yawn.
RownhamHill said:Yeah, apologies, my reply probably sounded ruder than I meant it; it was meant in the same spirit as your first comment!
Benotti69 said:Why did Kittel not tweet about Contador, Valverde, O'Grady and all those other dopers?
Benotti69 said:Why did Kittel not tweet about Contador, Valverde, O'Grady and all those other dopers?
Yeah twisting inside out in the last 100metres after an easy stage takes a lot out of top pros, he has been riding 2 whole days, enough to kill a normal person....
Yep, Jim, this post and its excuses.
gooner said:But he did in the case of Contador, Samu Sanchez and Indurain.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kittel-sick-of-armstrong-supporters
Plus Vino/Astana.
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...ence-states-that-hed-never-race-for-team.aspx
Lets see will you recognise it.
gooner said:But he did in the case of Contador, Samu Sanchez and Indurain.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kittel-sick-of-armstrong-supporters
gooner said:Plus Vino/Astana.
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...ence-states-that-hed-never-race-for-team.aspx
Lets see will you recognise it.
the sceptic said:I wonder who this "famous" trainer is any why Kittel is training with him.
Arent the Ferrari and Leinders types usually working with the gc guys?