how long does a broken collarbone take ?

re LA; if he's out due to broken collarbone, how long on avg. would it
be before he can race again ?

wrote:
re LA; if he's out due to broken collarbone, how long on avg. would it
be before he can race again ?

Six weeks.

Susan Walker wrote:
wrote:
re LA; if he's out due to broken collarbone, how long on avg. would it
be before he can race again ?

Six weeks.

Sooner if it's plated.

Carl Sundquist wrote:
Susan Walker wrote:
wrote:
re LA; if he's out due to broken collarbone, how long on avg. would it
be before he can race again ?

Six weeks.

Sooner if it's plated.

Right. Think he'll go out of his way to get to the start of the Giro?
Perhaps he will, to get to the Tour start in *some* sort of condition.

"Susan Walker" wrote in message
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Carl Sundquist wrote:
Susan Walker wrote:
wrote:
re LA; if he's out due to broken collarbone, how long on avg. would
it
be before he can race again ?

Six weeks.

Sooner if it's plated.

Right. Think he'll go out of his way to get to the start of the Giro?
Perhaps he will, to get to the Tour start in *some* sort of condition

I don't think so. Lance isn't dumb, and must be considering that he's
just a tad bit more "mortal" than before. His status isn't that of being
the only "protected" rider on the team, and as someone who's now having
to push his own limits not to win but just to remain competitive, he's
in there with the rest of those who have to ride in a way that's a bit
more risky than when you can overpower everyone else and ride off the
front if things get dicey.

Just think how we ride ourselves if we're in a bit over our heads. That
wheel in front of you becomes the most important thing in the world, and
as you tire, you're more likely to make a small mistake and overlap or
follow someone's wheel who's more likely to crash.

Lance's "luck" in the past was more a product of circumstance. The
strongest rider, fully protected position in the team, and perhaps even
other teams looking out for him in a way, knowing that if they did
something stupid and brought Lance down, there'd be hell to pay. I get
the feeling Lance is a bit more "one of the guys" out there now. One
hell of a rider still, but not the same we saw before.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

On Mar 23, 12:55*pm, Susan Walker
wrote:
Carl Sundquist wrote:
Susan Walker wrote:
wrote:
re LA; if he's out due to broken collarbone, how long on avg. would it
be before he can race again ?

Six weeks.

Sooner if it's plated.

Right. Think he'll go out of his way to get to the start of the Giro?
Perhaps he will, to get to the Tour start in *some* sort of condition.

Thanx for the fast reply.

there's always the dauphine, but losing 6 weeks at this point in the
game probabally means it is over.

If it was Amstrong back in the day, I don't think that would matter
much at all. He'd take a week off riding, then be training very hard
as he always does Considering he's been away from the sport for so
long, he might need the technical challenge of racing more this year,
in which case a long time away from racing could hurt him more.

On Mar 23, 1:08*pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"

Just think how we ride ourselves if we're in a bit over our heads. That
wheel in front of you becomes the most important thing in the world, and
as you tire, you're more likely to make a small mistake and overlap or
follow someone's wheel who's more likely to crash.

dumbass,

correct. the more you are in over your head the more likely you are to
crash. armstrong might have caught some danielsonitis.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:47:17 -0500, Carl Sundquist
wrote:

Susan Walker wrote:
wrote:
re LA; if he's out due to broken collarbone, how long on avg. would it
be before he can race again ?

Six weeks.

Sooner if it's plated.

it's always risky to get in there, they only do that if the bone is
shattered, like they did for Voeckler

John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
If it was Amstrong back in the day, I don't think that would matter
much at all. He'd take a week off riding, then be training very hard
as he always does Considering he's been away from the sport for so
long, he might need the technical challenge of racing more this year,
in which case a long time away from racing could hurt him more.

Good thing they had the world's best stage racer as a backup
plan.

Bob Schwartz