Originally Posted by
Hambone
It isn't about being right or wrong. (Of course he is.) It is about arguing some absurd piece of information.
His current point is "I'm pretty confident that a hockey player without too much training could finish a tour (not win it, but finish it). I'm also pretty confident that a cyclist couldn't last 3 shifts on the fourth line of a semi pro club." Granted, he has little understanding what it is to ride in a stage race but...
Without a time limit, sure, they could do it.
A 200 lb person who's optimized their body for 1-2 minute shifts? Doesn't take too much thinking to realize they'd be gone after the first HC climb.