One eye open and dreaming; were the building on fire, I suspect this shell of a man could hardly be bothered to move from his bench.
As a Cyclist, the enormous weight of the total exhaustion felt by LeMond at this moment fills my spirit with equal measures of dread and envy.
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@frank
I say I'm workingin on the Penske file.
@Gianni
Give him a couple of years... But Sagan? Geraint Thomas? I'm secretly hoping there'll be a renaissance in pros trying to do more, and becoming less specialised... I remember hearing The Prophet speak (at the Maglia Rosa / Rouleur dinner last year) where he talked about how he managed his weight through the year to optimise his performance... adding +2kg for cobbled classics (of muscle), then -4kg (i.e. 2kg less than 'normal weight) for Grand Tours so could fly in the mountains and take the distances... Very matter of fact, but Inspiring stuff... For him, cycling was his office, and you went to work all year round
@SuperFed
It's the initial of [Something] Zannier, the owner of Vetements 'Z' a childrens clothing brand/chain.
Roger Zannier!
@mcsqueak
Excellent point! One that I made frequently when I had a boss who was an ex college football (American style) lineman. Big, muscular, overweight dude. He'd give me crap about the lycra and riding a bike for six hours. Then I'd remind him that he'd sit on the bench for 57 minutes out of a 60 minute game.
He never liked that.
@frank
Excellent pic. Even better choice of little words. I suspect I'll look somewhat similar on March 31st.
And glad to see I wasn't the only one that invoked Rule 9 yesterday
@frank
Send a copy to the PR folk at Quick Step, WTF were they thinking? I fail to believe they've not heard the term 'Pillow Biter'.
@Nate
A great quote I came across along those lines from an impeccable source:
Anquetil stated "In Bobet's eyes there were no little races or unimportant victories. Every race mattered and he wanted to give his everything to his public. Bobet knew only one way of racing and that was to race to win, whatever the sacrifices demanded."
@sthilzy
was that when he was suckerpunched in the liver during the Tour de France?
and about the nickname LeMan: there was a flandrien whose real name was Leman, Eric...
@Louutah
Beautiful. So common - and not just in Sport. Some people simply can't resist the urge to point out the mistakes of those who take chances. Their quickness to judge tends to be inversely proportional to how likely they themselves are to take a risk.
Humans are fascinating. Great quote!!
@Rob
A night I'll never forget. And something that's been happening more and more, I might add.