Answering your questions
Posted March 24th, 2007 in Race, Dope
This in the Cyclingnews letters page.
Has anyone noticed Tyler’s dismal performance in the Tireno Adriatico? He is at least 40+ minutes down in the GC, almost last in the peloton. Anyone hear what is wrong? Or, is he just so badly out of shape after a two year layoff? Or, is it something else?
Phil Costic
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Yes Phil I have noticed, and it is something else.
In much the same way as any of us might lose our mojo, Tyler has lost his chimera. As Greek mythology defines it, a chimera is a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail - looking at recent images of Tyler in Tinkoff kit, I can’t seem to detect any of these traits - many of which were evident in 2003 while he was on the road from Pau to Bayonne with a broken collarbone.
Hope that helps.
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Ok, it was a cheap shot……..I was being silly. Time will tell if he gets his stage winning mojo back.
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Sounds like the same man to me
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/mar07/mar19news2
Meanwhile, Tyler Hamilton is also feeling ill, but decided to continue the race. “Although Hamilton has similar problems as Brutt, he insists on staying in the race, as he absolutely needs racing miles to open up in future tours,” Konychev continued. “We still have three riders who can aim high in [today’s] mountain stage: Vasyl Kiriyenka, Ricardo Serrano and, of course, Evgeni Petrov, who returned to Top 10 after an impressive time trial, an event he’s traditionally strong at.”