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Could be as much a cultural thing as an athletic one.
See our portly friend Senor Betancur and his travails at AG2R for reference. Or Sagan at Tinkoff. Or Gilbert at BMC. Or Quintana even who is getting the life humped out of him in some kind of post-colonial hangover at Movistar it would seem.
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some kind of post-colonial hangover at Movistar
That's going straight to my book of Uber Gruber quotes :)
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But do they force domestiques to work themselves to the bone, far beyond a level where one can reasonably recuperate between efforts? I.e. could that be the reason why Kiryienka looks like a chain smoking smackhead?
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I heard the argument made, can't remember who, that Sky not only didn't use EBH to his best advantage, but furthermore that they had sort of broken him due to over-use. It's true he was doing poorly for a season or two before the switch to DD, but does it warrant a claim of a 'they shoot horses don't they' attitude towards the rank and file?