heckler
07-22-08, 10:05 PM
It seems like Christian Vande Velde is coughing the last few days worth of interviews. Is he sick or something? Do teams let information like sickness go or are they secretive about it?
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erader
07-22-08, 10:07 PM
It seems like Christian Vande Velde is coughing the last few days worth of interviews. Is he sick or something? Do teams let information like sickness go or are they secretive about it?
lance used to do the same thing after a lung bursting stage :eek:.
ed rader
lance used to do the same thing after a lung bursting stage :eek:.
ed rader
ed073
07-22-08, 10:11 PM
thin, cold air = coughing.
might be a mild case of exercise induced asthma as well.
might be a mild case of exercise induced asthma as well.
heckler
07-22-08, 10:14 PM
i guess both days i noticed were in the mountains...but noone else was coughing in their interviews.
USAZorro
07-22-08, 10:17 PM
thin, cold air = coughing.
might be a mild case of exercise induced asthma as well.
I have that sometimes, and I end up coughing in a similar manner. Most of the medicines that would be effective in helping (if this is what it is), could get him disqualified. :(
might be a mild case of exercise induced asthma as well.
I have that sometimes, and I end up coughing in a similar manner. Most of the medicines that would be effective in helping (if this is what it is), could get him disqualified. :(
ridethecliche
07-22-08, 10:55 PM
I have that sometimes, and I end up coughing in a similar manner. Most of the medicines that would be effective in helping (if this is what it is), could get him disqualified. :(
I think people can get some small doses of stuff for a medical excuse, but they risk going over and getting dq'ed.
I think people can get some small doses of stuff for a medical excuse, but they risk going over and getting dq'ed.
classic1
07-22-08, 10:58 PM
thin, cold air = coughing.
might be a mild case of exercise induced asthma as well.
+1. Thin, cold, dry air + big lung searing efforts = 'pursuiters cough'.
might be a mild case of exercise induced asthma as well.
+1. Thin, cold, dry air + big lung searing efforts = 'pursuiters cough'.
Laggard
07-22-08, 11:27 PM
Hincapie on occasion does the same thing.
MnHillBilly
07-22-08, 11:57 PM
Just pointing out that Vandevelde's interviewing journalist was also himself short of breath trying to ask the questions - and I know for certain the journalist didn't tax himself - it's the altitude and hydration. They need to let him cool off and grab some water before they ask him to wax poetic about the day.
smoke
07-23-08, 12:11 AM
pettachi did that as well. he was allowed, i think, two hits from his asthma inhaler. his finger slipped and he accidentally got six doses. D'OH!
USAZorro
07-23-08, 12:46 AM
pettachi did that as well. he was allowed, i think, two hits from his asthma inhaler. his finger slipped and he accidentally got six doses. D'OH!
I thought the doctor told him "as needed", and didn't bother to tell him that two a day was all that WADA said he could use. Having a similar condition, I empathize with him.
I thought the doctor told him "as needed", and didn't bother to tell him that two a day was all that WADA said he could use. Having a similar condition, I empathize with him.
ed073
07-23-08, 12:58 AM
+1. Thin, cold, dry air + big lung searing efforts = 'pursuiters cough'.
l'Alpe d'Huez tonight...we might see a repeat of the the Gert-Jan Theunisse "refund", where the day's takings were deposited on the tarmac just after the finish line. :D
l'Alpe d'Huez tonight...we might see a repeat of the the Gert-Jan Theunisse "refund", where the day's takings were deposited on the tarmac just after the finish line. :D
2wheeled
07-23-08, 01:31 AM
l'Alpe d'Huez tonight...we might see a repeat of the the Gert-Jan Theunisse "refund", where the day's takings were deposited on the tarmac just after the finish line. :D
I can thankfully say I never witnessed that ;)
I can thankfully say I never witnessed that ;)
classic1
07-23-08, 01:43 AM
l'Alpe d'Huez tonight...we might see a repeat of the the Gert-Jan Theunisse "refund", where the day's takings were deposited on the tarmac just after the finish line. :D
Gert Jan Testosterone. What a blast from the past. What a weirdo.
Gert Jan Testosterone. What a blast from the past. What a weirdo.
biffstephens
07-23-08, 01:51 AM
I think they called it something. "Track Cough" of something like that....there is a name for it.
Personally I tink the interviews with the Slipstream ride have been the most REAL interviews I have ever seen...they all seem close to tears and spent....pretty much how I would be if I was there an just watching it...
LOL
Personally I tink the interviews with the Slipstream ride have been the most REAL interviews I have ever seen...they all seem close to tears and spent....pretty much how I would be if I was there an just watching it...
LOL
ed073
07-23-08, 02:02 AM
I think they called it something. "Track Cough" of something like that....there is a name for it.
refer post #7
refer post #7
ed073
07-23-08, 02:03 AM
Gert Jan Testosterone. What a blast from the past. What a weirdo.
Yup.
Stranger than Pat Jonker.
Yup.
Stranger than Pat Jonker.
biffstephens
07-23-08, 02:08 AM
Well damn there it is...lol
Yet another rason to read ALL the responces...
I guess the thread should be over now since the question is answered... :)
Yet another rason to read ALL the responces...
I guess the thread should be over now since the question is answered... :)
classic1
07-23-08, 02:39 AM
Well damn there it is...lol
Yet another rason to read ALL the responces...
I guess the thread should be over now since the question is answered... :)
Aussies sometimes used to use the term 'trackitis' :)
Yet another rason to read ALL the responces...
I guess the thread should be over now since the question is answered... :)
Aussies sometimes used to use the term 'trackitis' :)
Nickel
07-23-08, 10:09 AM
This happens to me after doing hard efforts (like a crit) in cooler weather. (heard it called 'crit cough')
Flash
07-23-08, 10:18 AM
lance used to do the same thing after a lung bursting stage :eek:.
ed rader
Hello Ed! Come across any new Seikos or Citizens lately? cheers
ed rader
Hello Ed! Come across any new Seikos or Citizens lately? cheers
erader
07-23-08, 10:38 AM
Hello Ed! Come across any new Seikos or Citizens lately? cheers
just this one...but it's kinda old :eek:
http://erader.zenfolio.com/
ed rader
just this one...but it's kinda old :eek:
http://erader.zenfolio.com/
ed rader
Malthus
07-23-08, 11:09 AM
i guess both days i noticed were in the mountains...but noone else was coughing in their interviews.
It's a sampling problem. Few riders are interviewed to begin with and then you only see very few of those - three or four at most?
It's a sampling problem. Few riders are interviewed to begin with and then you only see very few of those - three or four at most?
dmotoguy
07-23-08, 12:31 PM
random giraffe corpse photo ftw...
LittleSally
07-23-08, 01:18 PM
I heard the cough too and was concerned. Of course, after reading this thread, (Okay, I admit I didn't read EVERY word of it. :D ), I'm feeling a bit relieved that the cough is just from the extra effort in the thin air...
Right? (hopeful look)
Sally
Right? (hopeful look)
Sally
dstrong
07-23-08, 01:35 PM
Right, mostly. I get it after heavy exertion but I'm here in Austin...no thin air here! Often it's thick!
Flash
07-23-08, 01:44 PM
just this one...but it's kinda old :eek:
ed rader
Beauty! the perfect safari watch
ed rader
Beauty! the perfect safari watch
collegeskier
07-23-08, 03:49 PM
If you catch his pre race interviews no cough. So cool thin air and exertion looks good for it
lotek
07-23-08, 04:21 PM
Erader,
what park is that? Looks like krugersdorf or Kruger proper.
marty
what park is that? Looks like krugersdorf or Kruger proper.
marty
erader
07-23-08, 05:07 PM
Erader,
what park is that? Looks like krugersdorf or Kruger proper.
marty
it was mala mala in SA.
ed rader
what park is that? Looks like krugersdorf or Kruger proper.
marty
it was mala mala in SA.
ed rader
robow
07-23-08, 10:01 PM
I don't care what the cough is from as long as he coughs up one heck of TT and might then just sneak into a top 5 spot.