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  • Absolutely, it is apple and oranges and I am not saying the other pro riders in the Tour are not absolute racing machines pushing their bodies to the limit (in a different bite-sized sharper way).

    But the guy rode 5000 km in sandals held together by a piece of inner tube.

  • I think far more of us could plod round France in sandals than finish the actual Tour within the time limit.

    It's quite a cool thing but as usual the hype has been multiplied by the usual Rapha marketing bullshit

  • It's quite a cool thing but as usual the hype has been multiplied by the usual Rapha marketing bullshit

    Maybe this was JV's plan B if Uran had flopped to flog a PPT to the next sponsor. The eyeball/click argument is flawed in cycling if it cant convert to real money and pls lets not mention the hammer series.

  • Are sandals the equivalent of living the rockstar pamper life in between stages?

    /goadymcgoadersonandthefourgoads

  • I think far more of us could plod round France in sandals than finish the actual Tour within the time limit.

    100%

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