Professional Cycling - Who is the tallest / heaviest TDF rider this year?

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Sincitycycler
07-07-05, 03:56 PM
Who are the big and tall of the TDF?

LinusY
07-07-05, 04:01 PM
Magnus Bäckstedt is the heaviest at 95 kg...
ed073
07-07-05, 05:25 PM
Tallest: Johan van Summeren, Lotto-Davitamon
Heaviest: Magnus Backstedt, Liquigas

Devil
07-07-05, 06:06 PM
Magnus will always be the heaviest.
skinnyone
07-07-05, 07:30 PM
Tallest: Johan van Summeren, Lotto-Davitamon

Is he the guy who pulls off the front a lot... Big dude whose shoulders rock from side to side when mashing???
ed073
07-07-05, 07:46 PM
Is he the guy who pulls off the front a lot... Big dude whose shoulders rock from side to side when mashing???


Yep. Robbie's workhorse in the absence of Gates and Vogels.
Wurm
07-07-05, 09:27 PM
The cool thing is: Magnus has won Paris-Roubaix. Not bad for a clyde, ay?
Sincitycycler
07-07-05, 10:32 PM
I'd love to know how many mph the big guy does up mountains? :p
ed073
07-07-05, 10:35 PM
I'd love to know how many mph the big guy does up mountains? :p


Depends....is he on his velo or in the back seat of a team car??

:D
531Aussie
07-07-05, 10:48 PM
what about "fatty" Kirsipuu? :p

did we see his fat can during that break away? He looked like a club rider
ed073
07-07-05, 10:50 PM
what about "fatty" Kirsipuu? :p

did we see his fat can during that break away? He looked like a club rider


certainly chubby around the face....well insulated against an Estonian winter.

Lucky Dario Pieri isn't in the race. :D
my58vw
07-07-05, 10:51 PM
Here is the big guy... gives hope to us tall riders (says he is only 79 kg (180 lbs though)...



His bike though looks huge... nice domestique...
ed073
07-07-05, 10:58 PM
Here is the big guy... gives hope to us tall riders (says he is only 79 kg (180 lbs though)...



His bike though looks huge... nice domestique...


Those arms look like rubber bands....
531Aussie
07-07-05, 10:59 PM
certainly chubby around the face....well insulated against an Estonian winter.
:D he wasn't always that fat, was he?
ed073
07-07-05, 11:00 PM
he wasn't always that fat, was he?


Kinda....I get the impression that when he retires, he's gonna blow up to the bejeezus.
ed073
07-07-05, 11:20 PM
Van Summeren is 4th wheel....looks like a stick insect!
Smoothie104
07-07-05, 11:28 PM
Kirsipuu was always a little thick, even when he was beating Steels and Zabel in the TdF
ryang
07-07-05, 11:37 PM
That's scary, I have the exact same build as Johan van Summeren. I must defend a fellow twig, rubber band arms are cool.:)
ed073
07-07-05, 11:40 PM
That's scary, I have the exact same build as Johan van Summeren. I must defend a fellow twig, rubber band arms are cool.:)


True.

Massive pipes don't look right on a roadie.
gcasillo
07-08-05, 12:25 AM
Michael Rich is a big man. 83kg, 187cm. About 6'2" and 182 lbs. in "old money." Massive hands.
ed073
07-08-05, 12:27 AM
Michael Rich is a big man. 83kg, 187cm. About 6'2" and 182 lbs. in "old money." Massive hands.




Holy sh1t....look at the sze of those thighs! Nice drinking straw, BTW.


I pity the guy on his wheel in the TTT.
Wurm
07-08-05, 07:53 AM
I must defend a fellow twig, rubber band arms are cool.:)

And no chicken legs allowed 'round heah. bk...bk...bkAAAAWK!!


:D
Guest
07-08-05, 03:23 PM
So, do we have an official list of the big riders of the peloton?

Koffee
Devil
07-08-05, 03:29 PM
So, do we have an official list of the big riders of the peloton?

Koffee
I'll call Leblanc and have him fax me a list, then I'll post it here.
JavaMan
07-08-05, 03:44 PM
79 kg is 174 lbs, not 180. I thought he was skinnier than me! Here's a link to his web page.

http://www.johanvansummeren.tk/
Guest
07-08-05, 03:45 PM
I'll call Leblanc and have him fax me a list, then I'll post it here.

Cool. Works for me!

In the meantime, we'll just speculate here in the thread.

Koffee