Skinniest cyclist

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Theo Bos as track sprinter

Theo Bos now

He only lost 5kg in pure weight, but the difference is unbelievable. Like he changed from the Hulk into a Laurel from Laurel & Hardy

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Gert-Jan Theunisse was more skinny than Rooks I think.

Seriously, some of these guys must have undiagnosed eating disorders.

 

[twothirds]

Soren Lausberg was a beefy track sprinter

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=...rgQeklLS9CA&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0

 

[L'arriviste]

Gert-Jan Theunisse was more skinny than Rooks I think.

Seriously, some of these guys must have undiagnosed eating disorders.

I think that may also have had a lot to do with his 'intake'.

Good old Gert-Jan. I was scared of him as a teenage cycling fan. To me he was a horror movie bad guy. A sort of terrifying spectre who appeared episodically (really it was just because he was always in between suspensions). The reality was that he had just seamlessly taken over the role of Scapegoat #1 from Didi Thurau.

 

[fishtacos]

Anybody remembers Nelson Vails?

As beefy as you can get:

As a skinny teenager, I did a charity/group ride with Nelson Vails after he won his Olympic medal, and his quads were freakish. They were HUGE. Mind-bogglingly gigantic.

Seemed like a very nice guy, too.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Gert-Jan Theunisse was more skinny than Rooks I think.

Seriously, some of these guys must have undiagnosed eating disorders.

and he still is, man in interviews on tv he looks like he's anorexic or something

 

[Zigster]

Gibby Hatton at his lightest

 

[masking_agent]

Tyler Hamilton

wow Tyler does look gross. Bobby Julich on CSC was grossly thin as well

 

[El Pistolero]

Theo Bos as track sprinter

Theo Bos now

He only lost 5kg in pure weight, but the difference is unbelievable. Like he changed from the Hulk into a Laurel from Laurel & Hardy

Wow, he looks like Niels Albert in that last pic.

 

[fatsprintking]

i thought he looked a bit like a pumped up Justin Beiber.

 

[badboyberty]

Gert-Jan Theunisse was more skinny than Rooks I think.

....

Seriously, some of these guys must have undiagnosed eating disorders.

It's a bad habit to gauge eating disorders just on someone's general appearance.

I was about that skinny when I raced 24hr MTB's regularly. My standard pasta serve involved two large bowls....

My BMI was around 18.2 (189cm at 65kgs) and was much more a symptom of my exercise patterns and genetics than to do with my eating habits. Similar eating patterns now, actually I eat a little less, and my BMI is up to 20.2. Thanks to children and a mortgage my riding time is down to about 10 hours a week, where it was near that a day.

 

[Escarabajo]

This guy is not too thick. Does anyone know his weight?

 

[Nesker]

Gesink

 

[roundabout]

This guy is not too thick. Does anyone know his weight?

76kg.


at 1.97 m

link

http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/pro-men/johan-van-summeren

 

[Escarabajo]

76kg.


at 1.97 m

link

http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/pro-men/johan-van-summeren

Thanks.

BMI=19.6

That's a tall dude.

 

[Bavarianrider]

There really should be a minimum BMI Index like ins ki jumping. If you are lighter you are not aloowed to race. There has to bee done something against this development!

 

[python]

Gesink

curiously, andy s. and bobby are practically the same height, weight (and bmi).

both are outstanding climbers who are taller than a typical climber but one has improved itt and another never had despite being older..

 

[Christian]

Bradley Wiggins in the forest:

 

[masking_agent]

Bradley is surely keeping his weight low. Let's hope it helps him climb better this year in the tour

 

[Michael Brown]

That's just messed up. (Wiggins) I seriously thought the pic from 2009 was photoshopped. But then you see this. Wow.

 

[Bavarianrider]

I don't understand this. Two or Three Kilos more would not harm him. He would feel a lot more comfortable and would have a lot more substance.
There really needs to be done something about this. And the answer can only be, bring back more TT miles and introduce a minimum BMI

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

why a minimum bmi?? that sounds like really bullsh*t just have riders checked mentally by their teams to see if there is an eating disorder like anorexia. but these guys live on or over the border to get these results. that is topsports.

 

[Bavarianrider]

why a minimum bmi?? that sounds like really bullsh*t just have riders checked mentally by their teams to see if there is an eating disorder like anorexia. but these guys live on or over the border to get these results. that is topsports.

I don't think it's bull****. Hell even in ski jumping they have something like this. There have to be borders to protect the riders. It's the same thing with doping. If it wasn't forbidden, the rider who is willing to take the biggest risks would win. And many riders would die or get seriously unhealthy. It's the same thing with the body weight. Today every Grand Tour rider wants to become lighter and lighter and lighter. This is not a good development at all. Not for the riders and certainly not for the sport. There should be limits.

 

[hrotha]

The analogy doesn't work because there's a point at which losing more weight makes you less effective.

 

[Bavarianrider]

The analogy doesn't work because there's a point at which losing more weight makes you less effective.

Yes, but to many riders, this point seems to be very very very low.