Professional Cycling For the Fans - TdF Stage 10 - Anyone else notice

While watching Stage 10 I noticed that the riders were urinating just about everywhere. At one point there was a rider on the left of the peloton urinating off his bike as they approach a French couple taking pictures on the left shoulder. Was pissing in front of every camera possible another way for the riders to protest the radio ban?

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=558579

it's july.

It's not a protest. It's normal.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=543430

http://www.velonews.com/images/details/12681.19429.f.jpg

It's always a pisser.

Haha yea I kept noticing it. Switching to different cameras so as to not show it on tv.

Oh, we're sorry, did you want marble bathrooms with attendants for 180 riders on every roadside in friggin France and Spain for 2,000+ miles? We'll be sure to install those by next year.

What would really be interesting is seeing how the women deal with this in big stage races.

they were pissed at the radio ban.

I think the relaxed pace made for relaxed bladders, there were no worries of getting dropped so they relaxed their "natural break" regimen.

they were pissed at the radio ban.

*slaps knee*

I noticed one guy twisting sideways sitting up in preparation to take a piss just before they cut to a different camera. Never seen that before, I think usually they can predict when the nature breaks are going to happen and go to a camera showing something else. Yesterday was less predictable because of the relatively slow pace.

Oh, we're sorry, did you want marble bathrooms with attendants for 180 riders on every roadside in friggin France and Spain for 2,000+ miles?

I think a bunch of PortaPotties would have been adequate.

Stage 10 put me to sleep. I did not notice anything.

Oh, we're sorry, did you want marble bathrooms with attendants for 180 riders on every roadside in friggin France and Spain for 2,000+ miles? We'll be sure to install those by next year.



I've been thinking about this a bit, and I think it could be an additional revenue stream, so to speak.

Establish PortaPotties at critical spots. Have advertising displayed on them for Flomax: "When speed of stream really really matters....". I'm saying it could generate big bucks.

Do the guys in a breakaway stop to pee? It seems like they'd get caught. Do they coordinate their pee-breaks with the peloton? Inquiring minds want to know.