View Full Version : I know this has been asked before but.........
I'm gonna ask it again.
How do the tour riders relieve themselves? Do they just do a en masse peloton pull over sorta thing?
I mean some of those stages are 6 hours in the saddle right?
sanjuro
07-17-2006, 07:47 PM
There is a big controversy because the rule is no attacks the yellow jersey when he "pits", which McKwen apparently did...
OGRipper
07-17-2006, 08:16 PM
I'm gonna ask it again.
How do the tour riders relieve themselves? Do they just do a en masse peloton pull over sorta thing?
I mean some of those stages are 6 hours in the saddle right?
Most don't stop, they just hang it out and piss toward the side of the road in full view of whoever is around. But I've read that due to fluid consumption, they don't actually piss that much.
Wumpus
07-17-2006, 08:35 PM
They sprint off the front and stop, pee while riding or just have a group stop when the pace is slow.
sanjuro
07-17-2006, 08:41 PM
And there was a special story in Udo Bolts' book about how Jan Ullrich's teammates held a baseball cap while Ullrich "relieved" himself during a race...
MtnBikerChk
07-17-2006, 08:59 PM
MMcG - is this a big concern of yours? LOL
Just curious and laura asked too.
Serial Midget
07-17-2006, 11:41 PM
I've tried to do it while riding but I can't... just one of many, many reasons I'm not on the tour. :monkey:
skinny mike
07-18-2006, 12:26 AM
so that's what the hole in the middle of the saddle is for...
splat
07-18-2006, 08:34 AM
fro Todays Stage
2:05 PM Landis jumps off the front
Nooooo... he's taking a leak. Sorry. He's relaxed... not to worried.
Usually there is a stop in mass at some point.
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