Anatomy of a Photo: The Look 2003

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• Irrespective of what we suspected then or know now, and irrespective of their various levels of douchbaggery, these riders and many others, were the ones who raised, developed and sustained my interest during my formative road cycling years. For that I thank them. 

• I never knew the evil twin rode for Phonak, or that he was growing out of Tyler's back.

• Motoman not in the picture.

  Big George(tm) now has a book coming out. More money for the cheaters that never prosper. Nice of sport to have such great examples - win at any cost, keep your winnings, claim later you're still a winner. Cheat now, retire rich. Nice. Levi has a Gran Fondo named after him that is ostensibly a charity event, but that certainly benefits him personally.

• @Nate

  I never knew the evil twin rode for Phonak, or that he was growing out of Tyler's back.

  Or that his (unhelmeted) head was so puny and able to turn 180 degrees.

• @Bespoke

  @Nate

  I never knew the evil twin rode for Phonak, or that he was growing out of Tyler's back.

  Or that his (unhelmeted) head was so puny and able to turn 180 degrees.

  Nice one.  Hopefully we are just getting started here.

• Lance: "What a douche, I don't think I can trust the little bastard".

  Tyler: "I know the fuckers checking me out, what a douche, I don't think I can trust the big bastard".

• @JohnB Seriously. At the risk of sounding like an acolyte of a certain cantankerous Texan, he's the reason I got into cycling during grad school. I emulated what I know now to be his magnificent stroke on my own rides. It took a while for the gloss to wear off and realize all of those guys I idolized at the time were cheating.

• 3 riders, and since it's a one day and not a Grand Tour, approximately 16L of "augmented hemoglobin transport fluid" between them.

  I understand that in week 2 of Le Tour the volume in that photo would be just under 20L.

  Wait... is just me or does Huevos have some serious horny hoods?

• This from Tyler's book.

  With about 3 kms to go, it was down to eight contenders including Lance and me. It was the same old situation, like we were back on on the roads of Nice: Lance and I looking at each other, our wheels one centimeter apart, seeing who was stronger...

  And after Tyler won

  ...He (Lance) stalked out without saying a word to me or anyone else. I heard later that he threw his helmet across the his team's bus.

• @JohnB ,

  @Owen   Hell yes, I was so thrilled when Tyler won this race. I was totally thrilled and totally clueless and I enjoyed the hell out of it.