The healthy look of your average day GT rider

[Dekker_Tifosi]

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/BaukeMollema1/view/15820529

come on... Mollema, Froome, Wiggins (in 2012 at least), Rasmussen..what's with this look?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Holy ****!

I prefer normal, healthy looking GT riders (like ....... )

 

[Netserk]

 

[Dead Star]

Make that photo black and white and I wouldn't know what decade that was taken.

 

[Netserk]

Holy ****!

I prefer normal, healthy looking GT riders (like ....... )

Did you mean:

?

 

[the sceptic]

Look at those lazy fatasses. They probably didnt even bother to train.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Dead Star]

Immediately thought of this after seeing the image above:

 

[Beech Mtn]

Mollema looks skinnier than this guy

Not to forget his brother

 

[LaFlorecita]

Did you mean:

?

 

[Dead Star]

Zip it up, please :O

 

[burning]

Look at those lazy fatasses. They probably didnt even bother to train.

Riis really looks like an obese compared to a average GC rider nowadays

 

[roundabout]

You are joking, right?

Allegedly he was about the same as Froome height/weight wise when he won the Tour.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Of course, you had to know that was going to come at some point.

 

[roundabout]

The healthiest GT podium finisher of recent times

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/giro06/giro0616/fs-024.jpg

 

[Afrank]

Finally a thread to point out how freakishly alien thin every cyclist has become. This is going to be a funny thread.

 

[zastomito]

Could shave couple hundred grams if he looses the pecs.

 

[Grupetto1]

Sorry I dont know how to put the image on properly

*Now you do muahauahahah - Parrulo*

 

[Dazed and Confused]

How much of the ears do we really need?
Cut off some of the cartilage(?) and save a few grams.

 

[Netserk]

http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/wp-con...oin-the-black-list/Bradley-Wiggins-Skinny.jpg Sorry I dont know how to put the image on properly

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The healthiest GT podium finisher of recent times

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/giro06/giro0616/fs-024.jpg

 

[SundayRider]

I'm guessing most of you guys are just armchair sports fans and never actually spend much time with actual athletes? Maybe this is why the skinny-ness seems to shock you so much. I know lots of serious (and semi serious) cyclists and triathletes and most of them are thin, very thin when compared to your 'average' person in the street (in the UK the 'average' person is about 15KGs overweight). Obviously there are exceptions but most endurance guys who still manage to maintain a heavier/bigger type build tend to be like that genetically i.e. the type of guy who puts of muscle quick with just about any kind of activity but also puts on weight quickly when not training.

Some photos and the angle/light they are taken at make it appear worse. Read Tyler's book - pro cycling has never been 'healthy'. Maybe GH, testosterone etc may decrease muscle loss and help certain riders maintain mass?

 

[Billie]

He isn't mentally sane though

 

[mudbone]

from the tour de france 30 years ago....

 

[webbie146]

How much of the ears do we really need?
Cut off some of the cartilage(?) and save a few grams.

Well seriously I dunno why he does not shave his hair that would actually save some weight.