It's unreal what those guys can do --
my brother was ridiculously fit. He certainly wasn't doping. It was a club sport (I think) and he wasn't going to race bikes professionally. He's an Apple VP and could buy and sell pretty much all but the top echelon of those riders.
I remember he rode in a multi-day race in the U.S. that was sort of for everyone who didn't ride in the Tour de France. He finished in the peloton the first couple of days but got dropped the next day and I think he bowed out after that. And the kid was like a machine. He inherited the relative "short" genes from my mother's side and he could hill climb like a mother.
The idea that he'd get dropped in basically a Triple A race blew my mind.
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"Somewhere in Middle America"
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Joe I,
2026-07-09, 08:23
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- Is doping still a big problem? -
omahadomer,
2026-07-09, 11:44
- Who knows - terribletr, 2026-07-11, 06:21
- It's pretty clear teams and riders are pushing the limit of -
Joe I,
2026-07-09, 12:39
- It's unreal what those guys can do -- - omahadomer, 2026-07-10, 21:40
- And this has been my argument for decades... - BillyGoat, 2026-07-10, 06:50
- He's tough as nails. - San Pedro, 2026-07-09, 10:17
- Is doping still a big problem? -
omahadomer,
2026-07-09, 11:44