Lance Done for the year? SPOILER

pastywhitelegs · March 23, 2009, 4:17pm

Lance crashed out of Castilla y León today. Possible broken collar bone. Is this the end of the comeback?

btmoney · March 23, 2009, 4:20pm

i mean its only been posted THREE OTHER TIMES
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Devlin · March 23, 2009, 4:21pm

i mean its only been posted THREE OTHER TIMES
Not to mention that SPOILER only works if the rest of the title is fairly ambiguous.

FAIL x3.

John

rehammer81 · March 23, 2009, 4:22pm

Collar bones heal in 4 to 6 weeks. Question will be how much fitness can he maintain during that time. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him skip the Giro now but he could still make the starting line at the Tour. Could be the straw that breaks the camels back as far as deciding who is going to be racing for who.

pastywhitelegs · March 23, 2009, 4:23pm

yeah, but mine’s on top.

pastywhitelegs · March 23, 2009, 4:24pm

spoiler. ie… if you don’t want to know the results from today’s race.

I thought that was rather polite of me to put that in.

pastywhitelegs · March 23, 2009, 4:26pm

he’s been on a steep curve getting his fitness back in time for the TdF, it’s not like he was on great form to begin with. This could derail any hopes of doing well.

I agree that it makes Contador the team leader for the rest of the year.

support_crew · March 23, 2009, 4:34pm

yeah, but mine’s on top.

  
That can easily be changed. ;-) 

Support Crew

pastywhitelegs · March 23, 2009, 4:36pm

that’s true.

gamebofh · March 23, 2009, 4:37pm

If they pin it he can be back and close to full speed pretty quick. ~2 weeks.

Even without that, he can be on a trainer inside a week. Not a lot of fitness loss there, although
also not “racing into shape”.

-Jot

jackmott · March 23, 2009, 5:02pm

what is to stop you from being on a trainer the next day?

HTFU! medical knowledge be damned! (joking, mostly)

If they pin it he can be back and close to full speed pretty quick. ~2 weeks.

Even without that, he can be on a trainer inside a week. Not a lot of fitness loss there, although
also not “racing into shape”.

-Jot

tim_sleepless · March 23, 2009, 5:08pm

Lance crashed out of Castilla y León today. Possible broken collar bone. Is this the end of the comeback?

Clearly crashed deliberately as he knew he doesn’t have it anymore.

afreekdusoet · March 23, 2009, 5:09pm

Know a cyclist that got back on the bike 3 days later and was doing push ups (no pain) in two weeks.

Not sure what the big worry is. You really think a collarbone will stop this guy??

uncle_evan · March 23, 2009, 5:22pm

testicular, lung and brain cancer didnt stop him…

jackmott · March 23, 2009, 5:23pm

Your story is not plausible.

A cyclist doing pushups?

Know a cyclist that got back on the bike 3 days later and was doing push ups (no pain) in two weeks.

Not sure what the big worry is. You really think a collarbone will stop this guy??

DC_Pattie · March 23, 2009, 5:28pm

If Tyler can do it…

Seriously, we need more information. How bad is the fracture? Are there any other legiments/tendens involved?

The Giro is probably out, maybe he will ride the tour de suisse like in 2001?

Dave in VA

dongustav · March 23, 2009, 5:29pm

Broken collar bone means he has to rebuild the season somewhat, even if he heals fast. No matter how hard you ride on your trainer, it is not equal to racing at race pace. He can maintain fitness, but its rather hard to get in serious race-quality efforts riding a trainer one-handed. Especially for lance, who does his best climbing out of the saddle. If he did indeed break it, I would speculate that he will scrap the Giro & race the Dauphine Libere to fine tune his form for the TdF.

eganski · March 23, 2009, 5:29pm

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Sam_Apoc · March 23, 2009, 5:31pm

video : http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20090323/armstrong-cae-abandona-castilla-leon/455839.shtml
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Brian_in_MA · March 23, 2009, 5:46pm

Also wondering how bad the fracture is, could be a longer recover if it is displaced.