The BEST are PRESSURED to Heal Fast 

my controversial note about this would be that i think that Greg Lemond should have had 5-7 Tour wins, two reason why he didnt were that he got shot and lost 2 years and the second was that after his last win the EPO era had started. Indurain was also mentioned in the video, but its generally known that he won all 5 because of EPO too and he was actually the reason Armstrong started EPO, because when Lance got back from his cancer treatments ppl like Indurain (who used to be on par or even less good than Armstrong before) all of a sudden passed him in TTs like Armstrong was standing still. thats when armstrong learned about EPO and later ofcourse started his win run. so maybe Lemond should be considerred the best grand tour cyclist the USA has ever had (imo at least haha).

Couldn't agree more with this and Chris's comment.

Great comment from Chris. Loved it, too. Also couldn’t agree more.

Armstrong was the best of his era. As he said he arrived in Europe for a knife fight and found all the top guys had guns. It was get a gun or go back to the USA. He chose to enter the gun fight and so would 90% of you guys out there in the same position

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Yes. I never understood some of the races they put Egan into when he started back racing though. Seemed a bit stressful and meaningless to have him racing up north when he could have been racing somewhere else more calm. 🤔🦋👊

That was scaring. 😳😱🦋

Exactly the way it feels to me too. 👊🦋💪🌨️

And all the weight weenies in PNW don't account for wet clothing weight ;-)

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He looked great at Basque country 🦋💪

Dont forget there is Pogacar around the corner. But Roglic is my favourite rider.

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Looks good out there 👀👊🦋

it is not and never will be clean. the drugs are way ahead of the testing. they have this stuff down to a science now. yes genetics, insane training, nutrition, recovery, good luck etc but don't kid yourself if you think any endurance athlete that consistently wins is clean. this isn't just in regards to endurance sports either.

@unclespliff_productions don't dope don't cope. Don't take it won't make it. Winners get paid winners get laid.

The weather decided that for us. 🌨️🦋👊

I was thinking, how do I put this. 😂🦋👊

Yep, not just for keeping dryer and cleaner, but for all the talk about getting sick, riders would do well reducing the amount of literal crap they're inhaling from the road spray.

Very much so. 👊🦋

@@ChrisHornerCycling "Always keep your teammates happy" should be another Horner-ism. Folks who wear glasses, as I do, are much happier if they can see where they are going.

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All you need to do is cover the tire some 👊🦋

I would agree with you here. I would take the Olympics over one stage at the TdF but I would take it over three weeks of racing at Wout’s normal level there, especially if he is 100% and given free rein during 2024. Yikes, he could win five stages and take green. 🤔🦋💪😱🥇

@@ChrisHornerCycling yes i do think he could do that for sure, specially if Vingegaard is not there to defend his title. and riding a good tour de france won hurt his chances for the olympic title anyway i think.

The team doctor pulled me from the 2011 TdF when I crashed but, ever one saw the video so there was no choice. 🤔🦋

Right. You guys got whole other words for it over there, or did we change the word. 🤔😂🦋👊

Great pie stop w Cycling Camp San Diego in ’15!

Apple pie 🥧 😋🦋👊

Day by day is all we can do. 👊🦋🤞

The finger doesn’t go straight yet and is still swollen but I will take it. 😂🦋🖐️👊

And the fender keeps your clothes a bit cleaner. 👊🦋

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The first week at the TdF always seems to get someone from the favorites. 😱🦋🤞

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Ski day 👊🦋

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People still do that 1st thing? Damn man

The team classification is a big pain because no one cares but the sponsor of the team (they get a picture of team in the podium later) but it takes so much work that the riders can not race for any else and no one remembers which team won the team classification. Twice we won team classification at the TdF with RadioShack and the trophy was 2 inch’s tall. 🤪🦋🏆🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

He certainly didn’t get much. Let’s hope Jonas gets a few more weeks. 🤞🦋👊

Let’s hope so 🤞🦋

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With Lampre I was helping Rui. 2011 TdF I was given some freedom but crashed out and 2013 Vuelta I was one of four leaders when it started. The other GT’s I did I was helping others. Saunier Duval 2005 I was free to race how I wanted also 🤔🦋👍

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I would never say ride at the back. It’s crazier back there. Some riders like to ride with heavier wheels. But I think that’s ridiculous. 🤪🦋👊

@ChrisHornerCycling Truly... and we saw that today, in L-B-L, with those two pile-ups not very far apart...

Right. It’s hard to get back to the top. 🤞🦋💪

@@ChrisHornerCycling yes friends I still push the Scott out into midstream daily ✌️

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Will do. That was a good stage. 🌨️🥶👊🦋

I would love to do live also but it’s only me and Garrett working and live would take more then two guys. You need at least two for live and then some staff. One staff just to bring in food occasionally. 😋🦋👊

We could vpn into Eurosport..just sayin'. you and Jenz could make a great team.

@@ChrisHornerCycling Christian just called Bob a knucklehead at 137km to go after passing the person wearing something silver/machine-like

Yep, yes he did! Thought no one had noticed.. amazing how the story is "forgotten" by some teammates. One of the best portuguese riders back in the days, José Azevedo, big lieutenant, at the moment best commentator from portuguese Eurosport, keeps avoiding talking about the subject. Maybe its true they were all on the juice and then its acceptable. Maybe they know something and today they are too and they keep on deceive us all.

Ok. We will give it to two second place then. Oh wait, no one did that either. I am just saying that it gets very complicated and is not as simple as handing it over to second place either. But as I had in the video, i get why others don’t believe the same as me. 🤔🦋👊

lol do it’s only cheating when they get caught? You cannot race at this level without some form of enhancement. Once you accept and embrace that, enjoy it for the entertainment it is.

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Nibali was his primary competition

I beat Nibali (TdF winner, Spain winner, and Giro winner, monument winner and much more), Valverde (number one ranked rider in the world 🌎 3-5 times and Spain winner, podium every where else more or less), and Rodriguez who was the number one ranked rider in the world and podium in GT’s. I beat the best for sure. But more often they beat me in other races. But I am the oldest GT winner in the Galaxy (by almost six years) so no one has ever beaten me there. 🤪🦋👊💪🌎

@@ChrisHornerCycling Not to mention that, something I hadn't even thought about until now (which is insane), but we all know the science says CLEARLY that bones and organs and muscles repair and recover more slowly for those who are older, so that in and of itself could mean Jonas could easily come back in the same amount of time and be near peak performance. PLUS, doctors, nutritionists, training routines, equipment, and team employees are probably all much better now at all of this than they were when you won. Yes?

This one needs a video to really explain it properly. If I find the window open I will put it together on video for you.👊🦋🪟

I posted every blood test the UCi took (there was too many to remember) during my Vuelta win and still it was argued with by people not believing it was clean and there was nothing there. What happened in the 90’s and early 2000’s leaves no one completely clean and innocent but I sleep very good at night just as did then. 💤🛏️👊🦋

Some day I need to do a video though. 🦋👊

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Personally I wanted back in as soon as possible. Missing racing was never my thing when I could be at a big event. Let’s hope all heal up fast. 😳🦋🤞👊

I would disagree, pressure definitely speeds healing also the pressure you put on yourself. But maybe you have to have been in pro sports to understand.

@ardnax Biology doesn't care if the body is a professional athlete or not. If you weren't an idiot, you'd understand. So go "pressure" a bone to heal, go ahead, science will wait.

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Right. I get no fender during the race because of the problems it may add if it moves or you flat or possibly you just want to look better in the photos (🤪) but in training it’s pure insanity not to use one. Yet every team ride I did barely any one had one on their bike. Except me 😜😜👊

Greg Lemond

@@rafaelfranco7041and he did it all natty, even the healing 😂😂😂

@@rafaelfranco7041 GL was never as good post being gunshot as he was pre-gunshot. Marco Pantani is perhaps a better example.

Bernal.

Maybe remco

I'm in London mine stays on September-April😂

And the clothes are twice as hard to get clean. 🧼 🤪🦋👊🌨️

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maybe he gets a mini lion to strap to his saddle 🙂

Can't remember the last time I saw 5 riders in an actual competitive position for gc

​@@DDai-qd8ukif The Pog gets injured, then you'll see it at the Giro and the Tour

How’s it boring?

Except Amstel. 🦋🔥👊

Podium again 👊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

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Why didn’t they name the second place as winner then? Or the third? 🤔

I knew it was going to be a rough topic but how do you do video about multiple wins at the TdF and leave Lance out. You just can’t if you want to be taken seriously. But I understand the other side of it also. 👊🦋

All his peers were on the juice though. Not saying it's ok but you can safely assume the whole GC top 10 in every gran tour was full of 💉💊