who would you like to see still riding ?

[Steel4Ever]

you were a pro ?

Nope. But I would still like to see me racing!

I was kind of like Valverde (no, not doped nor Spanish) -- I could climb and sprint -- always top 3...but really sucked at crits!

C'est La vie!

 

[Bag_O_Wallet]

Maurice Garin.

 

[Bag_O_Wallet]

Nope. But I would still like to see me racing!

I was kind of like Valverde (no, not doped nor Spanish) -- I could climb and sprint -- always top 3...but really sucked at crits!

C'est La vie!

Please post your blood values for the period in question.

 

[Steel4Ever]

Maurice Garin.

"His first true professional win was in a 24-hour race in Paris in 1893 (age 22). It was held on the Champ de Mars, site of the Eiffel Tower. The riders competed, as was the custom, behind a succession of pacers. The event took place in February and the cold drove out riders one after the other. Garin rode 701 km in 24 hours (29km/hr), beating the only other rider to finish by 49 km.
Garin said he had survived on:

lots of strong red wine
19 litres of hot chocolate
seven litres of tea
eight cooked eggs
a mix of coffee and champagne
45 cutlets
five litres of tapioca
two kilos of rice
and oysters"

Ha! Love it!
Let's see even ONE modern pro try that shizzle!
Maybe only badboy Tom 'Nose Candy' Boonen could handle it.

 

[Steel4Ever]

Please post your blood values for the period in question.

Red.
With a bit of white.

 

[quadsRme]

er uh shouldn't that be in the Clinic...

 

[Steel4Ever]

er uh shouldn't that be in the Clinic...

I was.
But they said I was too slow so I must be clean.

(They also laughed at my heavy breathing when they put the bike treadmill thingy up to '10'. )

 

[Anonymous]

Sean Kelly...

i never tired of seeing the guy ride....

 

[Laszlo]

"His first true professional win was in a 24-hour race in Paris in 1893 (age 22). It was held on the Champ de Mars, site of the Eiffel Tower. The riders competed, as was the custom, behind a succession of pacers. The event took place in February and the cold drove out riders one after the other. Garin rode 701 km in 24 hours (29km/hr), beating the only other rider to finish by 49 km.
Garin said he had survived on:

lots of strong red wine
19 litres of hot chocolate
seven litres of tea
eight cooked eggs
a mix of coffee and champagne
45 cutlets
five litres of tapioca
two kilos of rice
and oysters"

Ha! Love it!
Let's see even ONE modern pro try that shizzle!
Maybe only badboy Tom 'Nose Candy' Boonen could handle it.

holy cow ! I am perhaps more amazed at his diet than his distance