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btompkins0112
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by btompkins0112

Horner is a boss....not sure he has it in him for the whole sack of potatoes, but he'll be around.

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by stella-azzurra

He will be a sack of potatoes by the end of it.
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by Monkeyboy3333

I think he may be enjoying some Um Bongo or whatever juice is flavour of the month

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by djm

I held Horner as one of my favourites before the race started. He seems very motivated and eager to prove himself. He may however be burning his matches a little early. But he'll be around :-)

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by KWalker

its day 2 and he's fresh. lets give it another 19 stages.
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by petepeterson

Horner and Basso are really interesting for this one. They don't have age on their side but much to prove and missing much of the season due to injury makes for great late season performances when others are struggling with fatigue and burnout.

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by ave

A big horner for who can stand him.
http://velo.hu/UserFiles/b/e/t/bettinip ... 282%29.jpg

And big peleton picture. pretty good actually.
http://velo.hu/UserFiles/b/e/t/bettinip ... 1_full.jpg

Firefox can't show the second one, but if you save the file, picture viewer software can show the image.
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djm
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by djm

But how wide are his bars? 46?

Edit: Bikeradar says 44 in 2011. Looks wider though, might be because of his slim torso.

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ave wrote:A big horner for who can stand him.
http://velo.hu/UserFiles/b/e/t/bettinip ... 282%29.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And big peleton picture. pretty good actually.
http://velo.hu/UserFiles/b/e/t/bettinip ... 1_full.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Firefox can't show the second one, but if you save the file, picture viewer software can show the image.


Firefox does show the second pic.
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Some course preview for the Worlds:
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horner's left leg is toed in a lot. Any reason why he does it? like injury or something ?

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btompkins0112
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by btompkins0112

Is that the leg he had surgery on in the spring?

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by maquisard

He has always been like that, it is just a congenital thing. His left toe naturally points in.

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He does seem to be on some wide bars, I guess it all goes back to what feels best for you.

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by KWalker

Horner has always been pigeon toed like that.

IIRC he rides 44s. I saw his bike in person and it looks pretty normal, but for the Pro Tour its basically a beach cruiser. If you look at some old videos, particularly the movie Pro, he used to ride the super slammed aggro setup back in the day
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