Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 11: Toulouse – Toulouse (156.8k)

[CyclistAbi]

in this specific case, what does my nickname tell you?

One kilo overweight and bad cornering? As the legend goes.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

One kilo overweight and bad cornering? As the legend goes.

Add a few more kilos and you are spot on! Im scared as hell every time i have to go down the mountains.

 

[RedheadDane]

@RedheadDane

I see, those doctors. They are worth their money, aren't they.

Absolutely! Looked at the actual situation, rather than some pre-conceived wisdom.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Edit: wrong thread

 

[CyclistAbi]

@RedheadDane

Yeah, those doctors took a good look at the situation and said look, a miracle, your collarbone has healed in two weeks time, you are hence ready to undertake the Tour. On top of that i am hence rather sure, that not long from now an article in medical literature will be published, describing it in detail, on how they achieved that and on how pigs can fly.

 

[RedheadDane]

@RedheadDane

Yeah, those doctors took a good look at the situation and said look, a miracle, your collarbone has healed in two weeks time, you are hence ready to undertake the Tour.

Exactly. They looked at his collarbone! Which is more than what you have.
You've just heard a timeframe for those things, and think that can never be different.

 

[CyclistAbi]

You've just heard a timeframe for those things ...

I see, you looked it up, that should settle it then.

 

[RedheadDane]

I see, you looked it up, that should settle it then.

No. That's the thing. I'm not trying to act as if I know more than the doctors.
As far as I'm concerned, if they cleared him to race, it was because the bone had healed, and he was ready to race.

 

[CyclistAbi]

As far as I'm concerned, if they cleared him to race, it was because the bone had healed, and he was ready to race.

Ignorance is a bliss.

No. That's the thing. I'm not trying to act as if I know more than the doctors.

Well, in the end it's the doctors that would say you are in the wrong here, as it's their literature, their bible, on where it states on how collarbone in a grown man can't heal in 2 weeks time. Furthermore, the most recent incident i remember, a team doctor was perfectly OK with Almeida riding with a broken rib. Going back to PN on where Jonas basically complained publicly, on how a charlatan conducted an exam on him ...

All in all i feel my job is done here, that is you looked in the medical literature and now know on how long it takes to heal a broken collarbone. On what happens after that and on what you decide to do with that knowledge, i agree that that is your choice.

 

[RedheadDane]

Ignorance is a All in all i feel my job is done here, that is you looked in the medical literature and now know on how long it takes to heal a broken collarbone.

It clearly varies.