wrote:


Rasmussen's real problem is that he is a space alien:
http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/photos/04dauphineSt4-002000
and can't feed off normal human cyclist food. Carrying an
extra Clif shot in his pocket does him no good as he can't
metabolize it. He has to be hooked up to his alien bodily
regeneration system every night back at the team hotel,
or crazy **** happens. It drives the Rabobank soigneurs nuts,
which is one reason for his reputation of being difficult to handle.



That and his alien metabolism causes him to sweat molecular acid that eats
through deck plates and titanium frames. Don't ask what he does to the
podium girls.

--
Bill Asher