Competetive racing and lifespan

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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find hard

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally can
wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

Bad news for Joop Zoetemelk if this is true. His 16 tours then cost him 80
years of his life. Being 56 now, had he opted for another career he would
live to be at least 136 years old :-)

MB

Presumably Richard Virenque's days are numbered then....?

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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find

hard

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to

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally

can

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wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

Bad news for Joop Zoetemelk if this is true. His 16 tours then cost him 80
years of his life. Being 56 now, had he opted for another career he would
live to be at least 136 years old :-)

MB

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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find hard

to

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally can
wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

It is very easy to comprehend. This was just a bit of an arbitrary statement
that means *nothing*.

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Also, was told that Tour cyclists have to wake themselves up in the night

to

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do some exercise as their heart beats drop to such a low level. Erm ..

true

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or false?

LOL, that is even more retarded than the first one. How could you even give
that statement enough credence to ask the question?

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Wouldn't they have to do this all year when training too?

Uh, yeah sure.

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Thanks

Posting articles to Usenet newsgroups can take several points off of your IQ
if you don't think enough first.

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"elyob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find hard

to

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally can
wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

It is very easy to comprehend. This was just a bit of an arbitrary
statement
that means *nothing*.

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Also, was told that Tour cyclists have to wake themselves up in the night

to

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do some exercise as their heart beats drop to such a low level. Erm ..

true

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or false?

LOL, that is even more retarded than the first one. How could you even
give
that statement enough credence to ask the question?

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Wouldn't they have to do this all year when training too?

Uh, yeah sure.

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Thanks

Posting articles to Usenet newsgroups can take several points off of your
IQ
if you don't think enough first.

I agree, but most of the locals in my pub need a bit of wow factor to
realise how hard the tour really is. And can they please turn the replay of
golf off and show the tour highlights, please.

So, is it true the team cars will take a turd in a towel if needed?

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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find hard

to

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally can
wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

Emile Brichard died shortly after the start of this year's TdF. He rode the
1926 Tour.
He was only 104!
Slainte
Dan Gregory

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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find

hard

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to

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally

can

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wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

It is very easy to comprehend. This was just a bit of an arbitrary
statement
that means *nothing*.

Quoted message said:

Also, was told that Tour cyclists have to wake themselves up in the

night

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to

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do some exercise as their heart beats drop to such a low level. Erm ..

true

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or false?

LOL, that is even more retarded than the first one. How could you even
give
that statement enough credence to ask the question?

Quoted message said:

Wouldn't they have to do this all year when training too?

Uh, yeah sure.

Quoted message said:

Thanks

Posting articles to Usenet newsgroups can take several points off of

your

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IQ
if you don't think enough first.

I agree, but most of the locals in my pub need a bit of wow factor to
realise how hard the tour really is. And can they please turn the replay

of

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golf off and show the tour highlights, please.

So, is it true the team cars will take a turd in a towel if needed?

Yes.

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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find hard

to

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally can
wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

It was true that in the 1960's and 1970's a disproportionanelly percentage
of professional cyclists died of heart attacks at early age. Not because of
the Tour, but because they took too much amphitamines.

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Also, was told that Tour cyclists have to wake themselves up in the night

to

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do some exercise as their heart beats drop to such a low level. Erm ..

true

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or false? Wouldn't they have to do this all year when training too?

It was only true at the end of the 1980's and the beginning of the 1990's
when riders hadn't yet understood how to mitigate the side effects of Epo
(`thicker blood'😉. When dr. Michele Ferrari and his collegues solved this
problem it wasn't necessary anymore.

Benjo Maso

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Bad news for Joop Zoetemelk if this is true. His 16 tours then cost him 80
years of his life. Being 56 now, had he opted for another career he would
live to be at least 136 years old :-)

MB

That was the first thing that popped into my mind as well !

jw

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 19:35:23 GMT, "elyob" <[email hidden]>

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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find hard to
comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally can
wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

Only on rbr. Or maybe it only seems that long.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Dan Gregory said:

elyob said:

Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life

Emile Brichard died shortly after the start of this year's TdF. He rode the
1926 Tour. He was only 104!

He did abandon on the first stage though.

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"elyob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life which I find

hard

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to

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comprehend. I can see how participating in many sports professionally

can

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wear out your joints etc, but physically take years off your life?

Emile Brichard died shortly after the start of this year's TdF. He rode

the

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1926 Tour.
He was only 104!

He didn't ride the Tour of '26 but only part of the first stage. If he
hadn't been so wise, he probably would have died five years ago :-)

Benjo Maso

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Dan Gregory said:

elyob said:

Someone told me that the TdF takes 5 years of your life

Emile Brichard died shortly after the start of this year's TdF. He rode the
1926 Tour. He was only 104!

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He did abandon on the first stage though.

Otherwise he would have lived to be 107...

Dan Gregory said:

Emile Brichard died shortly after the start of this year's TdF. He rode the
1926 Tour.
He was only 104!
Slainte
Dan Gregory

In those days they used to smoke while riding.