Roger's Profanisaurus (2002)

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We get the impression that the drivers just sort of resent the bikes just being on the road. As a consequence they make no effort whatsoever to pull out and they drive incredibly close. David Viner recently bumped into American cycling legend Greg LeMond who offered words in support of our campaign. UK Country Manager Gareth Mills said: “Millions of us around the world will start the year motivated and with the best of intentions to either get fit, or increase our activity levels. Now, replacing mountains with time trials? That will make a difference, and that difference consists of replacing one set of specialists (and one set of physical extremes) with another.

I will now dismount my soapbox and wander off into some even purer speculation: are mountain stages so popular because so few of us have the French Alps - or any mountains of real note - at our doorstep? On the subject of weight. I don't suffer from cycling's culture (looks at remains of icecream, christmas cake, crisps and cheese for tea, thinks about dinner...) I don't think enough coaches and sporting teams and sporting bodies have the information and the education they need, so when that is line crossed, it's often crossed at the expense of the athlete."

I've just received my new copy of the complete revised edition of Roger's Profanisaurus (VIZ) and it's creasing me up with laughter. When i watched cycling in the 70's it was much more big powerful riders, sports science and the routes now make things very different. If there is concern about diet and the strains the body is put through then maybe more could be done to change things. Take Rugby as an example, the laws have been changed to prevent so many deaths, why not be open to discussing change rather than throw tired cliches about? If you had a committee of medical doctors/dieticians/ nutritionists etc I am sure they could come up with some sort of system and include a race ‘weight in’ and then a table of permitted losses throughout longer races like a grand tour. This could ensure that competitors stayed within a defined healthy regime and would prevent there being an advantage to dangerously low body fat percentages/ anorexia etc. Yeah, I wish I was struggling to keep the weight on like I was in the Army 30 years ago whilst eating 7000 cals a day! Wiggo complaining about the weight he chose to be to compete and win the biggest races? Oh, cry me a yellow-coloured river of money!

aroma diffuser 1. n. A scientific device that breaks “essential oils” down into smaller molecules, dispersing them into the air for a pleasant or calming effect on the gullible. 2. n. The arsehole. You shouldn't need the physique of a small boy to be competitive....although as someone with a "sprinter's" build I would say that I think it is more than fine for him to say he's enjoyed being able to let go and enjoy food, beer, time with his family etc. and shed more light onto the sport... I know it is more complicated than setting a flat minimum weight, but something like a height/min weight index, or BMI (I know the limitations of BMI), or maybe a minimum body fat percentage etc. You get the idea? Now well into its fourth decade and suffering from hairy ears, stress incontinence and piles, Viz is firmly established as a national institution, just like Broadmoor Hospital for the Criminally Insane, the DVLA and the Porton Down Chemical Weapons Research Facility.

According to Strava data from 2019, Sunday January 19 will be Quitter’s Day this year – that’s the day people are most likely to give up on their New Year’s fitness resolutions. This time last year I was 190lbs (or so, maybe a little more). Today I'm 164lbs. At one point I got down to 158, but then I went on tour for 3 months... Almost all of this is down to exercise, mostly on my bike. #lloydscyclingadventure Speaking during the Giro d’Italia, he said: “I’ve put 10 kilos on because I was severely underweight as a 6ft3in man. Stop this rubbish!” Barbie’s minge sim. Something with a particularly difficult or troublesome mode of entry. ‘Gentlemen, make no mistake. The castle will be heavily guarded. I warn you now, it’wil be like getting into Barbie’s minge.’ Speaking to Sky News, she said: "It's a very fine line between being light enough to perform optimally and being so light that it starts to affect mental and physical health.