Mike's Other Pixtures #12

It's easy to look at bike racing, with it's small slender men in bright colored lycra  .... and be fooled into thinking it's not a sport of tough guys.

This is a pixture of Chris Horner .... one of the American veterans of the sport.

In the 2011 Tour de France, he was involved in a spectacular crash .... after which he climbed up out of the weeds and got back on his bike. 

Then he rode another 20+ miles to finish that stage.

At the end of the day, we watched as the support guys from his team walked him to the ambulance .... and got him strapped onto the gurney.

As that happened we could hear Chris asking over and over again .... "did I finish"?

This is not a particularly unique story, in a sport that considers the ability to withstand pain .... a talent.