[MMcG]

I'm gonna ask it again.

How do the tour riders relieve themselves? Do they just do a en masse peloton pull over sorta thing?

I mean some of those stages are 6 hours in the saddle right?

 

[sanjuro]

There is a big controversy because the rule is no attacks the yellow jersey when he "pits", which McKwen apparently did...

 

[OGRipper]

I'm gonna ask it again.

How do the tour riders relieve themselves? Do they just do a en masse peloton pull over sorta thing?

I mean some of those stages are 6 hours in the saddle right?

Most don't stop, they just hang it out and piss toward the side of the road in full view of whoever is around. But I've read that due to fluid consumption, they don't actually piss that much.

 

[Wumpus]

They sprint off the front and stop, pee while riding or just have a group stop when the pace is slow.

 

[sanjuro]

And there was a special story in Udo Bolts' book about how Jan Ullrich's teammates held a baseball cap while Ullrich "relieved" himself during a race...

 

[MtnBikerChk]

MMcG - is this a big concern of yours? LOL

 

[MMcG]

Just curious and laura asked too.

 

[Serial Midget]

I've tried to do it while riding but I can't... just one of many, many reasons I'm not on the tour.

 

[skinny mike]

so that's what the hole in the middle of the saddle is for...

 

[splat]

fro Todays Stage

2:05 PM Landis jumps off the front
Nooooo... he's taking a leak. Sorry. He's relaxed... not to worried.

 

[DRB]

Usually there is a stop in mass at some point.