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Belgium Knee Warmers Defined
For many professional cyclists the Spring campaign is the toughest of the season; it means training from October until March in the worst, character-building weather conditions Europe can dish out. This weather and the suffering that is bicycle racing breed characters known as "hardmen".
Select cyclists tackle these conditions in shorts, long sleeve jerseys or short sleeve jerseys with arm warmers, wind vests, and shoe covers. A true hardman opts to forego the knee or leg warmers and instead chooses an embrocation to cover the knees. The liniment provides warmth for the legs and keeps the blood circulating and muscles supple. Embrocation and the sheen created is affectionately known as "Belgium knee warmers". The hardest of cyclists will sport bare legs in the most ruthless of conditions.
Belgium Knee Warmers are indicitive of the many subtleties that make professional cycling so enthralling.
Select cyclists tackle these conditions in shorts, long sleeve jerseys or short sleeve jerseys with arm warmers, wind vests, and shoe covers. A true hardman opts to forego the knee or leg warmers and instead chooses an embrocation to cover the knees. The liniment provides warmth for the legs and keeps the blood circulating and muscles supple. Embrocation and the sheen created is affectionately known as "Belgium knee warmers". The hardest of cyclists will sport bare legs in the most ruthless of conditions.
Belgium Knee Warmers are indicitive of the many subtleties that make professional cycling so enthralling.
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8 comments:
Is this finish the "Perfect Storm" or the fruit of well organized spring campaign? For some reason the image of three team members finishing together will always bring up the suspicion of doping for me. Please except my apologies for even bringing up the subject. I didn't follow the 93rd edition closely and I don't know the drama that led up to this complete domination of the finish. How is it that these three riders found the strength not to crack? Was it as simple as they had lady luck and the mental toughness to concur the cobbles? The drama of bike racing lives in those cobbles. I was secretly hoping for a puncture in the last section to give hope to the chase group which contained yet another Mapei rider. I honor Museeuw's win (even though he punctured with 8km to go), he was the face of the team and held the sponsors greatest hope at glory.
I think mapei was a powerhouse built for the classics, like postal was for the tour. As for the doping, I think that all the teams were doing it no matter how much they were tested or how clean they said they were.
Mmmmmm science.
Awesome - dopage or no dopage.
Wasn't '96 also the year that everyone figured out that suspension was foolish on road bikes, or was that the year Johan's dual suspension Bianchi shat the bed?
I agree, very awesome, drugs or no drugs.
As for the bianchi, Here you go,
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=5800
check out campyman!
Mapei's kit: How could something so hideous be so beautiful?
pompier has it right on the doping ATMHO.
"suspension was foolish on road bikes"
Sure, only won three consecutive P-Rs, after all.
I never get tired of that clip.
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