Originally Posted by slvoid
When I watched the 2hr documentary on tv, there were guys falling asleep on the bike, there were guys who went so hard their kidneys failed, someone needed this brace installed to keep his head up cause his neck muscles were failing, someone else had their helmet pulled back with bungee cord tied to their saddles, one of the guys just collapsed as he got back on his bike after a short rest stop, people were seeing things and following invisible gnomes...
These guys seem to push themselves to failure way beyond what the people seem to do in the TDF and it's tragic sometimes...
call me soft, but its just not worth putting your self in that kind of danger. if you are too tired to ride safely, get off the dang bike already.
its sad that someone had to die for this.