sicklist: Mollema has mono
by JFS_PGH on Apr 19, 2009 12:45 PM EDT
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Watch those water bottles, folks... and those fan smooches.
Mollema reports he has the Ziekte van Pfeiffer. Which appears to be that strength-sapping, spleen-weakening disease, Mono/EBV. Which is bad news for any sustained effort in the next few weeks (that's assuming antivirals are not on the drug ban list, otherwise, maybe longer).
Poor dude. Poor all of us with him on VDS, too. But at least he's got years in front of him.
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my teams injury list just keeps on growing...
*sigh
by Bruce Suomi on Apr 19, 2009 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He was one of the last two guys dumped from my team.
Came this close to keeping him, then thought, “Nah, what if he gets mono?”
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
by majope on Apr 19, 2009 1:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bad news indeed
Let’s hope he has a heavy but quick variant.
by Lopex on Apr 19, 2009 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agh poor guy..hope he gets better soon!
And secondary to that, my poor VDS team….
by Albertina on Apr 19, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Riders seem to be magnets for "odd" medical maladies...
It cause me to wonder whether the overtraining and travel compromises their immune systems to some degree as is alleged with marathoners. All that close contact in the main peloton could also be the suspect for healthy people getting hit by things also attracted to college/university students. Then again, it could be biological weapons!
Mon coeur appartient à les forçats de la route.
by Josenka on Apr 19, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's the third rider Of Rabobank..
Vemelfoort sprinter of Rabo CT has also Pfeifer. Marc de Maar (Rabo) is under investigation
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
by Frinking on Apr 19, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Odd
From what I’ve learned in my various readings on the PdC. I would have expected Mollema to be on Drew’s VDS team. That doesn’t seem to be the case.
by jsallee00 on Apr 19, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And another Rabo for the sicklist
Gesink won’t ride the Fleche Wallone because he has a knee injury. He has a small crack in the tendon of the large thigh muscle in the right knee. His participation in L-B-L is unsure.
by Lopex on Apr 20, 2009 10:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
freaky deaky dutch
“Hey Bobo! This is your VDS calling. Get your chicken-bone ass off the couch and earn me some points.”
Gesink has to be on Drew’s team though, right?
Moreover, it is my opinion that Alejandro Valverde is an asshole who should not be allowed to compete in bikeraces right now.
by Jens on Apr 20, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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