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Old 07-13-2006, 09:04 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by myboynoah
Please educate me. So, they don't actually get off the bike? I thought I heard a commentator the other day talking about one of the riders taking a break to relieve himself (I assumed he was peeing; or was he pooping?). I would think they would sweat out most of their fluids. Do they train their bodies to refrain from the call of nature, particularly the solid variety?
They can pee while riding. They ride over toward the side of the road, pull it through the leg of their shorts and let it fly. Pooping would cost major time. They try to regulate themselves so that doesn't occur during race time.
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