Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by jamil7 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:07AM
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I'm guessing because they don't meet the criteria to participate, what's your point?
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by Ekaros on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:14AM
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That adding a motor would be upgrade and tinkering of a bike. So why should it not be allowed? Isn't it entirely in same spirit?
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by jamil7 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:43AM
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Do you want me to enumerate the ways in which a bike is not a motorbike and the parameters in which people who are interested in bikes operate in their hobby or profession? Or are you asking why professional racing puts guidelines around what types of bikes can participate?
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by 1992spacemovie on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @10:45AM
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You’re being disingenuous and down right annoying. By your logic why not just use a F-18 and win the race in 10 minutes? Stop being asinine.
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by skeeter2020 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:34AM
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Not sure if you honestly believe this or just trying to be "edgy" but because a motorcycle is not a bicycle.
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by bell-cot on Thursday July 04, 2024 @05:15AM
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I assumed it was a reference to this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_doping
From a bit of reading, it sounds like there's a fairly widespread impression (or at least suspicion of) cheating. And that enforcement is quite weak, because the authorities care more about preventing public scandal than about preventing actual cheating.