Ancient languages say that Miguel Indurain never urinated, had an innate ability to retain fluid, so stopping relieved not only his bladder but the entire platoon. Whether this oddity was also part of his success in winning the Tour five times will never be known.
But definitely pissing on the french tour is no easy task. Regulation commands the runner find a place of common sense and if it stands much better. But how will he stand up, let alone take shelter in the bushes while watering the field? It assumes that the peloton has disappeared on the horizon, a tremendous hunting effort, and even a pee risk costing the Tour de France.
Judges on the hunt
Referees are awake. It’s called ‘improper conduct’, but What if the road is full of spectators? it’s a drama. No holes and they can fall on you 300 euro fine. On the tour, as on the route between Briançon and Alpe d’Huez on Thursday, there are many more people everywhere and on the big mountain stages. It’s already been a headache for those passing by the Peloton. It was impossible to find a ditch without a fan, and the few rest areas along the way were filled with cars and RVs. And knocking on the door of one of those caravans, asking permission to use the bathroom, and leaving some weight there, as Peter Sagan had done a few years ago, was not a plan. The Slovak world champion was more solid than liquid.
Cyclists must travel an average of 160 kilometers per day competing in the Tour. It takes about four hours by bike. And while it’s true that you sweat a lot, liters of water are also consumed, salts are taken, gels are absorbed, and the urge to urinate begins. Them they look up, look for a place and can’t find it. It may sound ironic, but it is a real headache. In the Alps, frankly, it was impossible to urinate without being seen by the audience.
more careful
Cyclists are now more careful about throwing away all packaging energy bars and leftovers that they didn’t eat at provisioning checks. It is forbidden to throw them on the road, as in the past. There is a field enabled so they can be launched. Tour workers will collect the waste as the last runner passes. The same thing happens with the drums, but most spectators try to knock them down when they see it, that is, when they see fans who go to the bottle, almost always as if it were a EuroMillions ticket awarded with the jackpot of the lottery.
many cyclists they practice while teaching them how to pee on the bike. Not easy. You need to keep your balance and on top of that it’s hard to drain the liquid while sitting in the saddle. Normally, to avoid a fall, teammates snatched the bike Image of runner using an almost imaginary toilet on the tour path. The French television director immediately changes the scene when he discovers a cyclist in the open-air restrooms of the Grande Boucle. And sometimes there are fighting with the judges They hunted you like radar, emitting a white flash when you exceeded the permissible speed, albeit only slightly (in France, by almost centimeters per hour).
Therefore, no one should be surprised if a cyclist quickly changes his shorts before stepping onto the podium: this will not be the first nor the last time on this Tour. a runner who relaxes himself (liquid or solid) because when the race is in the red, with the attack of the opponents or when a jam comes in full attack, you have to make an immediate decision and stand calmly even if the trench is obviously full. public is not the best solution.
Ancient languages say that Miguel Indurain never urinated, had an innate ability to retain fluid, so stopping relieved not only his bladder but the entire platoon. Whether this oddity was also part of his success in winning the Tour five times will never be known.
But definitely pissing on the french tour is no easy task. Regulation commands the runner find a place of common sense and if it stands much better. But how will he stand up, let alone take shelter in the bushes while watering the field? It assumes that the peloton has disappeared on the horizon, a tremendous hunting effort, and even a pee risk costing the Tour de France.
Judges on the hunt
Referees are awake. It’s called ‘improper conduct’, but What if the road is full of spectators? it’s a drama. No holes and they can fall on you 300 euro fine. On the tour, as on the route between Briançon and Alpe d’Huez on Thursday, there are many more people everywhere and on the big mountain stages. It’s already been a headache for those passing in front of the Peloton. It was impossible to find a ditch without a fan, and the few rest areas along the way were filled with cars and RVs. And knocking on the door of one of those caravans, asking permission to use the restroom, and leaving some weight there, as Peter Sagan had done a few years ago, was not a plan. The Slovak world champion was more solid than liquid.
Cyclists must travel an average of 160 kilometers per day competing in the Tour. It takes about four hours by bike. And while it’s true that you sweat a lot, liters of water are also consumed, salts are taken, gels are absorbed, and the urge to urinate begins. Them they look up, look for a place and can’t find it. It may sound ironic, but it is a real headache. In the Alps, frankly, it was impossible to urinate without being seen by the audience.
more careful
Cyclists are now more careful about throwing away all packaging energy bars and leftovers they didn’t eat at their provisioning checks. It is forbidden to throw them on the road, as in the past. There is a field enabled so they can be launched. Tour workers will collect the waste as the last runner passes. The same thing happens with the drums, but most spectators try to knock them down when they see it, that is, when they see fans who go to the bottle, almost always as if it were a EuroMillions ticket awarded with the jackpot of the lottery.
many cyclists they practice while teaching them how to pee on the bike. Not easy. You need to keep your balance and on top of that it’s hard to drain the liquid while sitting in the saddle. Normally, to avoid a fall, teammates snatched the bike Image of runner using an almost imaginary toilet on the tour path. The French television director immediately changes the scene when he discovers a cyclist in the open-air restrooms of the Grande Boucle. And sometimes there are fighting with the judges They hunted you like radar, emitting a white flash when you exceeded the permissible speed, albeit only slightly (in France, by almost centimeters per hour).
Therefore, no one should be surprised if a cyclist quickly changes his shorts before stepping onto the podium: this will not be the first nor the last time on this Tour. a runner who relaxes himself (liquid or solid) because when the race is in the red, with the attack of the opponents or when a jam comes in full attack, you have to make an immediate decision and stand calmly even if the trench is obviously full. public is not the best solution.