Off-season training for Tour de France pros

[mstone]

they’re lucky none of the cyclists were accidentally broken.

[PeteD]

Was seeing all the tweets last night.

Seeing Kittel (one of the bigger pros) dwarfed by a sumo is a big illustration between the two sports.

http://instagram.com/p/f5FawwjMsG/

The event is one of those put on by ASO, so I’ll bet only stage winners/jersey winners were invited.

–Pete

[Vicegrip]

@mstone 67549 wrote:

they’re lucky none of the cyclists were accidentally broken.

..or lost in a crack or skin fold.

I love it. 100% polar opposite skill and genetic requirement pools. next up sumo guys on bikes.

[PotomacCyclist]

@Vicegrip 67551 wrote:

..or lost in a crack or skin fold.

I love it. 100% polar opposite skill and genetic requirement pools. next up sumo guys on bikes.

Sumo guys on bikes? Talk about something getting broken.

[PotomacCyclist]

@PeteD 67550 wrote:

Was seeing all the tweets last night.

Seeing Kittel (one of the bigger pros) dwarfed by a sumo is a big illustration between the two sports.

http://instagram.com/p/f5FawwjMsG/

The event is one of those put on by ASO, so I’ll bet only stage winners/jersey winners were invited.

–Pete

I read that Peter Sagan was there too. I was just about to say that he would be good for an event like this. Not that he’s big enough to be a competitive sumo wrestler, but he has more non-traditional athletic skills than most Tour de France pros do. I don’t think most cyclists can do a wheelie on a road bike and ride up the back of a parked car like he does. At the very least, he would probably be the most entertaining cyclist to enter a real sumo match.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-froome-and-sagan-step-into-sumo-ring-ahead-of-saitama-criterium

[grandallj]

The real question is: Will Rapha expand their line to reach Sumo-Fred?

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