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Horner will not defend vuelta title
« on: August 22, 2014, 07:48:09 AM »
Bronchitis medication means low cortisol values and lampre is keeping him out.  :(
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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2014, 09:04:00 AM »
Noooooooooooooooooo!   :'( 

I don't know anything about cortisol. How does low cortisol effect you?

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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2014, 09:26:39 AM »
Aww that's too bad.
Read an interview with him a couple of days ago where he said he thought his form was actually BETTER than last year at this time. He was just worried about getting healthy.


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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2014, 09:45:30 AM »
Poor Horner.
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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2014, 04:27:58 PM »
That sucks.  I was hoping to see him defend. 
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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2014, 09:54:01 PM »
Horner took a 6 hour training ride to console himself -- while journalists waited...and waited...and waited.  :lambie:

He's looking at the Canadian races coming up.


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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2014, 10:35:55 AM »
 :( boo!
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Offline Mrtambourineman

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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2014, 12:04:13 PM »
Horner took a 6 hour training ride to console himself -- while journalists waited...and waited...and waited.  :lambie:

He's looking at the Canadian races coming up.

They race bikes in Canada?   :confused:
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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2014, 09:22:52 AM »
Only if the snow melts.

I suppose that's why Svein Tuft rides for an Australian team.

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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2014, 01:56:37 PM »
Only if the snow melts.

I suppose that's why Svein Tuft rides for an Australian team.

I was talking to a co-worker about Svein today.  Turns out said co-worker raced against Svein BITD when Svein raced locally. 
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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2014, 04:39:41 PM »
Very cool. Any stories?

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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2014, 02:26:18 PM »
Very cool. Any stories?

Sorry.  Nothing specific.  He just said Svein was something special - totally outclassed the peloton.  It really puts it into context when a guy like Svein who blew away the local competition is a domestique on the grand tours. 
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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2014, 09:21:40 AM »
From what I've read Tuft is an entirely different breed from most cyclists.

Just in case you haven't seen any of them. http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/news/the-oldest-tour-rookie-of-the-modern-era-svein-tuft-is-a-rider-like-no-other_293692
http://www.bicycling.com/news/2013-tour-de-france/tour-features/svein-tuft-s-curious-road-france

And since this started with a Horner thread -- his contract with Lampre is still up in the air. That's understandable since he spend so much of this year injured and then sick and then excluded from the Vuelta. I hope he gets a contract because that's not a great way to end a career.

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Re: Horner will not defend vuelta title
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2014, 12:35:11 PM »
From what I've read Tuft is an entirely different breed from most cyclists.

Just in case you haven't seen any of them. http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/news/the-oldest-tour-rookie-of-the-modern-era-svein-tuft-is-a-rider-like-no-other_293692
http://www.bicycling.com/news/2013-tour-de-france/tour-features/svein-tuft-s-curious-road-france

And since this started with a Horner thread -- his contract with Lampre is still up in the air. That's understandable since he spend so much of this year injured and then sick and then excluded from the Vuelta. I hope he gets a contract because that's not a great way to end a career.

Ha.  Svein is very BC - not that we all ride 1000 miles towing dogs to go mountain climbing, but I've met people like him around here. 

I hope Chris gets another contract and gets to go out on a high note. 
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