Beloki Prediction...

"Tom Arsenault" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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He's not going to make it through the first week of le
Tour the way he's going now. I think he's all done, at
least for this year. Jan is looking slow as well (I wish
that he wasn't). Armstrong on the top step again this year
in Paris.

Tom

Beloki is doubtful, but it's still rather early to draw any
conclusions for Jan or Lance, especially Jan.

Tom Arsenault said:

He's not going to make it through the first week of le
Tour the way he's going now. I think he's all done, at
least for this year. Jan is looking slow as well (I wish
that he wasn't). Armstrong on the top step again this year
in Paris.

Tom

I tend to feel the same way about JB. I actually wonder if
that fall didn't ruin his career, only time will tell. I
disagree with your acessment of JU, however, he's alway been
slow off the blocks early season. At the risk of reprtition
July is 4 months away.

Does anyone remember at what speed did Beloki crash?

Faster Bordello said:

I actually wonder if that fall didn't ruin his career,
only time will tell.

It took Erik Dekker 2 years to come back on top from a
broken hip.

"Callistus Valerius" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Does anyone remember at what speed did Beloki crash?

I seem to remember 45mph...

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Tom Arsenault said:

He's not going to make it through the first week of le
Tour the way he's going now. I think he's all done, at
least for this year. Jan is looking slow as well (I wish
that he wasn't). Armstrong on the top step again this
year in Paris.

Tom

I tend to feel the same way about JB. I actually wonder if
that fall didn't ruin his career, only time will tell. I
disagree with your acessment of JU, however, he's alway
been slow off the blocks early season. At the risk of
reprtition July is 4 months away.

Beloki is having a lot of problems related to fear and pain
from his extensive injuries. I think that come July he'll be
past most of them but I'd be surprised to see him in the
running his first year back from those sorts of injuries.
But obviously he'll be a force next year.

Jan is right on target. Lance is SLOWWWWWWW right now. I
don't know what that will translate into come July.

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Faster Bordello said:

I actually wonder if that fall didn't ruin his career,
only time will tell.

It took Erik Dekker 2 years to come back on top from a
broken hip.

I winder how much of that time was phyiscal recovery and
what portion was mental? JB may be physically ready to ride
the bike but a crash like that could really put a mental
block in place....

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Ewoud Dronkert said:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:15:17 -0600, Faster Bordello

Quoted message said:

I actually wonder if that fall didn't ruin his career,
only time will tell.

It took Erik Dekker 2 years to come back on top from a
broken hip.

I winder how much of that time was phyiscal recovery and
what portion was mental? JB may be physically ready to
ride the bike but a crash like that could really put a
mental block in place....

Was it the Criterium International that was his first race
back? And he crashed. It didn't look all that bad to me ...
kind of a low-speed affair. But he took a nice tumble into a
ditch. I'm sure that messed with his head pretty well. He
lost 16 minutes on the stage IIRC.

Bob C.

Considering that hip surgery leaves you with significant
metal hardware inside your leg, I can sympathize with his
desire not to crash and have his leg broken while attached
to this metal (that injury is always worse than the
original). I had this stainless steeel hardware in my own
leg for 18 months until I had it taken out this past summer.

As far as "muscular" strength, my own leg was close to 100%
within 6 months. I had issues with propriaception though,
and had slight difficulty doing stupid little things like
balancing and navigating my way around ottomans and chairs
in the house.

I was warned by the doc after surgery #1 not to subject
myself to activity that subjected me to a fall of the same
kind (meaning, no bike racing)...And after surgery #2
(hardware removal) not to ride in fast groups, as the holes
in my bone needed to fill-in and then solidify and calcify.
I am now allowed back to the bike at 100% of my former
activity level.

Beloki injured himself far worse than I did, so I have no
idea what kind of issues he's grappling with. I will admit
I'm considering not returning to the peloton though.

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Ewoud Dronkert said:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:15:17 -0600, Faster Bordello

Quoted message said:

I actually wonder if that fall didn't ruin his career,
only time will tell.

It took Erik Dekker 2 years to come back on top from a
broken hip.

I winder how much of that time was phyiscal recovery and
what portion was mental? JB may be physically ready to
ride the bike but a crash like that could really put a
mental block in place....