Originally Posted by christo87
Only the pure climbers have skinny legs.
Jan Ullrich can be classified as a having a specialty in vlimbing, there is only one guy, maybe two who can drop him in the mountains of the Tour, and his legs are huge.
Jan leads in the climbs only at the very end after his team has beaten the real climbers into submission with a relentless pace on the flats.
Do not mistake this for the act of a REAL(tm) climber. When these guys go uphill it is breathtaking. They ride up hills almost as if it were flat ground. It leaves you stunned.