Specialization vs. full season

Definately not!

All riders at the elite level are continually nagged by minor injuries which need time to heal. No rider can start the TOUR with more than one or at most two minor leg or foot injuries and expect to be competitive.

Lance knows his capacity and exactly what he is doing.

The armchair riders will always be ready to criticize, but then the only injury they will have to worry about is either a numb backside or in the severe cases bed sores!!

It is no longer possible to ride a full season at the elite level.

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Originally posted by Kathrin
I noticed that quite a few criticize Lance Armstrong for concentrating on the Tour de France. So, is it still possible today to ride a full season at top level?
I don't think so. Road cycling had reached a level where one has to concentrate on a limited number of events. And in my opinion, all of the best grand tour riders of today do so.

wtf????

'the armchair riders' --is it a way of talking about lazy asses whom only criticize or are you really talking about incapacitated people?????

There may be a cultural implication here.

In Australia an "armchair rider" is somebody who is able bodied but is too lazy to get off their fat asses and have a go, and are willing to heap sh#t on those who do.

This particular genre have a tendency to have their mouths in high gear and their brains in a much lower one.

No offence is intended to those who would love to participate but are unable to do so for reasons other than lethargy, sluggardness or shear lazyness.

Kind regards,

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Originally posted by zewol
wtf????

'the armchair riders' --is it a way of talking about lazy asses whom only criticize or are you really talking about incapacitated people?????

Also called Armchair Quarterbacks here in the states .. people who will criticize while not actually being able to do what they're criticizing the person for.

Thankheavens it is not just Australians!! I was beginning to think it was a unique characteristic.

Their seems to be an inverse correlation between waistline measurement and intellect with these characters in Australia, also

Kind regards

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Originally posted by Nitromike
Also called Armchair Quarterbacks here in the states .. people who will criticize while not actually being able to do what they're criticizing the person for.